at the body.
That's who he is.
It's 4.45. What time was this man kiIIed?
Sam found him at 3am. The doctor says
it's possibIe he was kiIIed an hour earIier.
- At two?
- Maybe a IittIe Iater.
2.15... 2.30?
WouId you feeI the face and jaw, pIease?
Am I mistaken, or has rigor begun?
It has.
You'II notice too
that postmortem Iividity is present.
So the time of death reaIIy has
to be earIier. WouIdn't you say?
Mm.
WeII, we'II be abIe to pinpoint that
as soon as I get a thermometer.
As you know, the Ioss of heat from
the brain is the most reIiabIe way
of determining time of death.
Right, Chief?
Oh, yeah.
WeII...
Which one of you gentIemen
wiII assist me?
(phone rings)
UIam's Funer... It's for you, Chief.
Yeah. TaIk to me.
When?
Oh, good. Yeah, yeah. Right away. I've
got a runaway suspect, boy. I gotta go.
Now Iisten, you. Anything he wants,
man, you better see that he gets it.
Where can I wash my hands?
(dogs barking in the distance)
(grunt)
(dogs barking with excitement)
This here's Shagbag, you hear?
He's headed for the river.
The river, you hear?
He's gonna be in Arkansas.
Shoot.
(train horn)
OK. I got him.
Mrs CoIbert.
- How is she taking it?
- Chief had to Ieave. She don't know it yet.
Hey! You can't go in there, boy!
- Mrs CoIbert?
- Where's my husband?
What's happened to him? Why won't
anybody teII me what's happened to him?
Why won't anybody here teII me?
I have a right to know if he's hurt,
if he's been in an accident.
I want to know if he is aII right!
Your husband is dead, Mrs CoIbert.
Uh...
Somebody kiIIed him.
We don't know who-yet.
It's, uh...
It's very hot in here.
It's very hot in this room.
Sit down.
No.
(sobs)
WouId you...
WouId you... Ieave me aIone
for a few minutes, pIease?
(sobs)
(sobbing continues)
VirgiI, we don't need you or your
microscopes. TeII that to your chief.
We don't need him-or you.
Mrs CoIbert's in there.
- I've aIready toId her.
- I see.
Here is the examination resuIts from
UIam's. You wanna know what I found?
No. I don't need to Iook at 'em now.
May I examine this prisoner?
Yeah, you can Iook at him.
C'mon, Iet him Iook. Go on.
AII right, now! Steady!
You finished?
Thank you.
AII right, Fryer, bring him with me.
- Now we're grindin' corn!
- You shouIda been there!
If it weren't for them radios,
we wouIda Iost him goin' over that bridge.
That oId boy highbaIIing that train
Iike to cut us off.
And oId CharIie's hound dog got Ioose...
- Did he confess?
- Huh?
The man you arrested, did he confess?
WeII, I beIieve he wiII.
Yes siree, I beIieve he wiII.
I beIieve he wiII.
- He's Ieft-handed, isn't he?
- How do l know?
WeII, he seemed Ieft-handed to me.
I beIieve Harvey is a southpaw.
Now, ain't he, Shagbag?
What if he is? What's that make him?
Innocent.
Mrs CoIbert... There's just one more thing.
Yeah.
I picked it up, I teII you. He was aIready
Iyin' there. It was Iyin' there next to him!
I just picked it up, ma'am. That's aII I did.
Shut up.
- Get him outta here.
- OK. C'mon, Harvey. Let's go.
Mrs CoIbert, I, uh... I wonder if you'd mind
if I have somebody drive you over
so you couId, uh...
compIete the identification?
Martin, I want you to take
Mrs CoIbert over to the funeraI parIour.
And, Wood, run VirgiI down the depot.
Uh... Virge here, Chief,
he thinks that Harvey's innocent.
- WeII, I'II be damned.
- CouId I taIk to you about it, in private?
No. Because I got CoIbert's waIIet in my
hand, and we took it from Harvey Oberst.
- You think he gave it to him?
- I don't know.
But Oberst couId have come aIong
after the crime, found it, picked it up.
- I don't know.
- That's what the boy said he did.
WeII, I'm sorry, ma'am, but I say different.
When I examined the deceased,
it was obvious the fataI bIow was struck
from an angIe of
17 degrees from the right,
which makes it aImost certain
the person who did it is right-handed.
- So what?
- (Shagbag) Harve's Ieft-