a walk with me, kid.
Give it to me straight.
There's nothing I haven't heard.
Come on.
It started out as a favor.
Favor... who am I kidding?
It's do it or else.
Believe me, I just thought they
was gonna lean on him a little bit.
I never figured
they was gonna knock him off.
I really tried to tell Edie
the other night.
I wanted to tell her she's the first
nice thing that ever happened to me.
What are you gonna do about it?
- You mean about telling her?
- Yes. About the Commission...
your subpoena.
- I know you got a subpoena.
- I don't know.
It's like carrying a monkey
around on your back.
A question of who rides who.
You know if I spill,
my life ain't worth a nickel.
How much is your soul worth
if you don't?
They're asking me
to put the finger on my own brother.
And Johnny Friendly took me
to ball games when I was a kid.
Ball games.
Don't break my heart.
I wouldn't care if he gave you
a life pass to the polo grounds.
You've got a brother.
Let me tell you something.
You've got other brothers
getting the short end...
whileJohnny's
at the polo grounds!
Ball games!
Listen! If I were you,
I'd walk right... Never mind.
I'm not asking anything.
Your conscience has gotta do the asking.
Conscience.
- That stuff can drive you nuts.
- Good luck.
Is that all you gotta say?
Come here.
Edie called me this morning.
She's coming here
to talk to me.
Come on.
Why don't you tell her?
No curves.
Thanks.
- You?
- Honest to God, l...
You gotta believe me.
I swear to God.
Terry, guess who's here?
That joker from
the Crime Commissioner's office.
If I knew a guy that knocked somebody
off, think I oughta turn him in?
You mean, call a cop?
Are you kidding?
You don't think I oughta
turn him in.
You was a Golden Warrior once.
That's right.
You started the gang.
Looking for me?
Not exactly. I was just
resting my dogs a minute.
On the next investigation, I hope
it's got buildings with elevators!
So far, this one's
just been climbing stairs.
- What are you climbing for?
- It's worth it...
if we can tell the waterfront story the
way the people have a right to hear it.
Don't you think?
Say, didn't I see you in the Garden
three or four years ago...
with a fellow named Wilson?
Thought you were gonna take him
that night. He really dumped you.
He dumped me?
What would you say if I told you
I held that bum up for half a round?
Yeah. I could see he was hurt.
What do you think I was doing
with them combinations? Petting him?
- Just couldn't finish him off, huh?
- Don't monkey around there.
- Why didn't you finish him off?
- What are you talking about?
- I did a favor for some pals of mine.
- Favor?
- That's the way it was.
- That's the way it was.
If I'd have put him down,
I'd have had a title shot.
- I was ready that night.
- That's when I figured it was all over.
It was all over,
except for the lousy bet.
- My own...
- Yeah?
Well, I guess I better get going.
Hit those stairs again.
Say, was that a hook or an uppercut
you caught him with that first time?
I didn't use no hooks.
I was strictly a short puncher.
Looked like a hook.
I had that bum all figured out.
He had a good left hand.
I let him tag me
for a couple of rounds.
Just when he starts...
he thinks he's getting cute...
I step inside a jab with a left,
with a right, with a left.
I had him in my arms,
and from there we were just dancing.
- I see.
- And that's a fact!
When those guys wanna win a bet,
there's nothing they won't stop at.
"Longshoremans Local 374"
I didn't hear them,
but I sure seen them nose to nose.
The flatfoot was eating it up.
So they've been seen together
and he smiled at her.
That doesn't mean
he's going to talk.
There's no evidence
until he gives public testimony.
Thanks for the legal advice.
It's what we always
kept you around here for.
How do we keep him
from giving testimony?
Ain't that what you call
the main order of business?
He's a