police officer.
You gonna get him outta here,
or do l gotta do it?!
You ain't gonna do nothin'.
You just stand there and shut up.
(sniggers)
Sit down, little girl.
All right, now.
You tell me... all about it.
Just tell me how it happened.
Oh, come on. Come on, girl, speak!
- Well, you know how hot it's been.
- Yeah.
Nights, they aren't any better.
My brother works nights.
He leaves me all alone.
This particular night,
l go out on the porch.
I'm thinkin' how nice it'd be
if l had a fountain drink.
Sam comes down our road.
Just like he comes every night.
Passin' like a lord
in that fine, big, shiny car.
Only, this time he stops.
He's got a nice face,
don't you think, Chief?
So he stopped.
- (softly) He says...
- What? l didn't hear what you said.
(louder) He says...
"Hey, little girl,
you know what
the coolest spot in town is?"
And l said "No, Sam. I guess l don't."
And he said...
"The cemetery. That's where."
"Know why?"
"Cos they got all of them
big, cool tombstones."
"Ever stretch out
on a tombstone, Delores?"
"Feel all that nice, cool marble
along your body?"
- He said that?
- You hear, Chief? You hear?
Yeah, l hear. I hear.
All right. Sam comes along and stops in
front of your house and talks. What else?
Well, come on now, girl.
What else? What else? What else?
- Then l went for a ride with him.
- Where'd you go?
The cemetery.
So, Wood took you to
the cemetery in the patrol car, right?
And then things went a bit too far.
Is that what you're sayin'?
Did they get a little bit outta line?
Come on now.
Is that what you're tryin' to say?
Come on, girl! ls it or ain't it?
- Yeah, they went too far!
- Well, fine!
Now, l got one more question.
Very important.
Did he force you, or did you let him?
Don't mean a damn whether
she let him or not! She is still 16!
In this state, that's rape!
l know the plain law on that!
I know the laws in the state
of Mississippi, thank you!
- Are you sure you're pregnant?
- Yes, l am pregnant!
- Courtney!
- Yes, sir?
Better get in here with a pad and a pencil.
Come on in. I want you
to take this all down.
You had no right to keep a nigger
in the room, shame my little sister.
You had no right.
Virge, what's happenin'?
- Hi, Harve.
- How are you?
- Fine.
- Man, uh...
- You sure saved my hide.
- Listen, Harvey. Man, uh...
If a guy knocks up a girl in this town,
where can he go for help?
- Barbershop.
- Barbershop?
Borrow Mr Fanning's razor
and cut your throat!
Well...
But suppose
Mr Fanning's razor is too dull.
Suppose he's got some
real money to spread around.
uh...
Well, uh...
There used to be a coloured gal.
But she kept bumpin' her price,
and l don't know if she's still in business.
- What's her name?
- Well, l ain't never had to look her up.
But, uh... Packy might know.
Where do l find Packy?
Down at the pool hall.
But, man, he wouldn't tell you.
Not unless l say so.
And how am l gonna say so
locked up in here?
Suppose l get word to Packy that you
wanna see him? Have him come here?
Will you let him
bring me a cheeseburger?
Onions?
Now you're talkin'!
(Sam) uh... Virge?
(footstep)
A little careless, ain't you, Virgil?
Parked in the road, you could get yourself
killed. Anybody'd know where you are.
- You know what this land is?
- Yeah. It's the site for the new factory.
I found a piece of wood in Colbert's scalp.
The lab identified it as pine.
Three people saw Colbert drive by -
alone - on the way back from Endicott's.
Colbert must have picked up somebody
in town and then come out here.
I tell you he didn't pick up nobody.
Sam followed him here, come up behind
him, just like l come up behind you.
- I heard you. Colbert would have too.
- He turned and he got smashed!
He was hit from behind!
If Delores Purdy hadn't come in,
l never would have seen the truth.
I was hung up trying to get Endicott,
for personal reasons.
Do you know what l'm gonna do, Virgil?
I'm gonna