![]() ![]() After he questions the witnesses, who assert they saw Waldron, he reveals that he recreated the crime seven times with his men and that none of them could identify the one portraying the murderer. At court the next day, Henry asks to reserve his plea until he has laid evidence before the court. Henry then finds that Madge loaned the money for the playground when cash was needed. As Henry is making a call to report Harris' actions to the proper authorities, Harris pulls a gun, then reveals that Henry's wife Madge, as chairman of the project, has unwittingly given $2,500 to help buy the land, a transaction that, however innocent in intent, would not look good in the newspapers. If the party does not win, he states, the new government will not purchase the land, and Harris will stand to lose all his money. Henry then is confronted by Harris, who argues that the party needs a conviction to win the election and reveals that he owns the Sunset Realty Company, which controls land planned for a recreation area. When Henry answers that it is, Mac warns that he will have to fight the whole town. ![]() Robby turns away from Henry in disgust, and "Mac" McCreery, a reform politician, who has been grooming Henry for the governor's race, asks Henry if one man's life is worth more than the community. The judge, in his chambers, warns Henry that he will take steps to have him disbarred and prosecuted for malfeasance of office if his motives are political. At the indictment hearing, Henry reviews the evidence against Waldron, which seems overwhelming, then surprises everyone by saying that he believes Waldron to be innocent. When Waldron, who had a good war record, states that he left town because he did not want the unskilled jobs available, and hoped to start a small business somewhere else, Henry is moved, but Waldron accuses Henry of wanting to see him hanged and lashes out. Henry then questions Waldron in his cell to learn what his defense will be. At the coroner's inquest, Waldron says he was forced to sign the confession, yet the testimony of witnesses leads the coroner to refer the case to the district court. Once Robby learns that the bullet that killed Lambert came from Waldron's gun, he presses more intensely, despite his inner doubts about Waldron's guilt, until Waldron, in a daze, signs a confession. Furthermore, Waldron left town after breaking up with a waitress, Irene Nelson, who is now bitter toward him. During a tough interrogation, Waldron, a disgruntled ex-serviceman, tells a number of lies to police, who learn that he had lived in the city for at least two months and had met and spoken with Father Lambert. The man, John Waldron, is extradited, and when the witnesses pick him out of a line-up, he is booked. ![]() Finally, the Ohio State police locate a man who matches the description and owns a gun of the same caliber used in the slaying, and who also left the Connecticut city a few days earlier. After the seven witnesses agree that the murderer was wearing a dark coat and light hat, a composite drawing of the suspect is circulated, and suspects throughout New England are picked up and forced to appear in police line-ups. "Robby" Robinson, an honest but cynical policeman, Robby decides to quit, but Henry convinces him to stay on, as he has gotten civic leaders to agree to back him for two weeks without interference. When the commissioner angrily confronts Chief of Police Harold F. Harvey by suggesting that the FBI be brought in. Supporters of the government, including banker Paul Harris, anger State's Attorney Henry L. Wade, an opposition figure, ruthlessly attacks the police and city government for their amateurism. The whole community is outraged as The Record, owned by T. The town's newly elected reform government, which has made some inroads in city planning, is severely criticized by the newspaper The Morning Record for failing to find the killer, despite having seven witnesses to the crime. Lambert, a much-loved, civic-minded minister, is shot in the head and killed during his nightly after-dinner stroll by a man in a dark coat and light hat. ![]() On Main Street in a small city in Connecticut, Father George M. ![]()
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