Henry Fonda in Period Drama I Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) I Retrospective

foreign [Music] foreign laughs yeah I tell you the Andrew Jackson that great volcano at Washington he's belching forth a lava of political corruption which is sweeping over the lengthened breadth of his land reading unscathed no Green Spot no living thing Sangamon County take warning send me John T Stewart back to the legislature and I'll see that every Jackson Man in offices whipped out of the place like a dog out of a meat house and now my friends I bow to one of your own citizens of New Salem who will address you further on behalf of the great and Incorruptible Whig party God bless it [Music] gentlemen and fellow citizens I presume you all know who I am playing Abraham Lincoln I've been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the legislature my politics are short and sweet the old woman's dance [Music] I'm in favor of a National Bank of the internal Improvement system and High protective Terror these are my sentiments and political principles selected I shall be thankful it's not be all the same [Music] hey somebody wants to do business with you howdy man howdy howdy how you've been making out right good way into the hard place yes I want you to get down rest yourself well thank you we was aiming to stretch a bit my old woman figured on getting some planning for shirts I reckon that could be arranged we ain't got any money now you can send it to me we don't aim to ask for no credit use your mind any man the whole shebang here has worked on credit that's right Abe Barry knee never put up a penny to start with from the way things look we never will there's no Barrel in the wagon that might be worth 50 cents to some folks well of course there ain't much in it just some old things laying around the house along with some folks that belong to my grandpappy books yeah in the last Barrel books you folks go in the store and help yourself I'll go back and get the barrel [Music] blackstone's commentaries that's long long I knew that book was about something oh you thought mark on it either no sir we took mighty good care of it reckon you can read it sir expect I can make head or tails out of it I set my mind to it [Music] hello the rights of persons and rights of factions the right to life reputation and Liberty rights to acquire and hold property [Music] wrongs are violations of those rights [Music] all right Jean that's all there is to it right and wrong maybe I begin to take this up serious hello Mr Lincoln hey hello Anne give me a minute to kind of untangle myself [Music] aren't you afraid to put your eyes out reading like that upside down trouble is them when I'm standing up my mind's lying down when I'm lying down my mind's standing up of course alone I got a mind you have a wonderful mind Dave and you know it Rivers you're pretty today ain't it [Music] you think a lot about things don't you oh my brain gets ditching inside sometimes I gotta scratch it father says you for real head on your shoulder and Away with people too he says it's not all just making them laugh they remember what you say because it's got sense to it Mr Refuge is the mighty fine man and but if you ask me I'm more like the old horse the fellas trying to sell the skin and skeleton and free from folks and faculties I know how smart you are how ambitious you are too ambitious you are deep down underneath even if you won't admit it you've got to have education these days to get anywhere I never went to school as much as a year in my whole life but you've educated yourself read poetry Shakespeare and now long I just had my heart set on you you're going over to Jacksonville to college when I go to the Seminary there foreign [Music] don't like red hair I do do you Abe [Music] I love red hair [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] pretty aren't they kind of a Bowling Greens place there's something like them in your life sitting there in a snow like scared rabbits that the woods are full of them too [Music] the snow is an icing it the way it's drifting ice is breaking up spring [Music] well and I'm still up a tree just can't seem to make up my mind what to do maybe ought to go into the law take my chances [Music] I admit I got the kind of taste for something different in this in my mouth still I don't know feels such a fool set myself up as a known so much of course I know what you'd say I've been hearing it every day over and over again go on ape make something yourself you got friends show them what you got in you oh yes I know what you'd say but I don't know [Music] and I'll tell you what I'll do [Music] stick to side [Music] falls back toward me and I stay here as I always have Falls forward towards you let's well it's the law here goes Anne [Music] man you win [Music] wonder if I get a tip to cheer away just a little [Music] foreign what are you doing in Springfield so you're not setting myself up as a lawyer well you know about life I don't have to hurt me [Music] and sit down now brother Woolridge brother Hawthorne here says you agreed to furnish him two yolks of oxen to break up 20 acres of prairie side ground he did search and that you were to line to raise a crop of corn on another piece of land that's right but he never done one thing he promised not one he claims further that when he talked to you about these promises you did strike beat and knock him down plucked pull and tear large quantities of hair from his head and that would stick or fist you did strike him many blows on or about the face head breast back shoulders hips and whatever's other parts of the body and with violence did push thrust and gouge your fingers in his eyes yeah I got witnesses to prove it and for that he demands 250 damages yes I do well brother Woolridge what you got to say to that you forgot to put in there about me you hopping him with a neck yoke now it says here brother Hawthorne that you oh brother Woolridge 55.47 board at the rate of a dollar and a half a week if you owe him ninety dollars for use of a team and wagon for eight months besides one hundred dollars cash on a loan yeah well I never said I didn't well I know lightning calculator but according to my figure you owe him 245 dollars and 47 cents you're asking 250 damages now my ideas to split the difference of four dollars and fifty three cents which by a strange coincidence happens to be exactly the amount of my legal fee and the whole thing settled well what do you say well do it be here I'll go to law first gentlemen did you ever hear about the time in the Blackhawk War when I butted Two Fellas heads together and busted both of them well I'm within a few years it ain't fair but I'll do it just to be shot of him thanks gentlemen Ah that's going to save us all a heap of legal trouble and headaches okay just give me my and Stewart's Cheryl Mosey Longhorns see the parade it's gonna be a heap of yelling and carrying on it's going to be quite a pleasure to listen to after this Yes siree Bob Yes siree Bob [Applause] thank you [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] very much [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Edwards [Music] foreign ladies [Music] nice parade minion Mary this is Mr Abraham Lincoln this is my sister who's just come up from Lexington to visit us Miss Mary Todd [Music] [Applause] [Music] Mr Lincoln I've been hearing some mighty fine things about you let's hear it says about me straddle different political fences oh but I haven't been discussing you with any other gentleman my sister told me about you you're in the legislature aren't you look at that in the past tense I'll plead Gilly I was in the legislature Mr Lincoln's practicing law with Jon Stewart my opponent for Congress Mighty flattering way he puts it man what I'm really doing is wearing a hole in Stuart's best rocking chair [Music] first I thought it was that Apple for sure then I sank my teeth into that peach and I just couldn't seem to make up my mind so I sample the Apple again [Music] you all can't do that to me [Music] what is it it's a pie judging contest Ma I should have brought one of my sweet potato pie you sure should mid play here Joe win I wish you happy Queen they're so good [Music] lucky sure hungry [Music] [Music] by the time I get the Apple down the peach it smells so good I'm sure it's the best [Music] start goes first one and the other [Music] day [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Laughter] County led by Buck Troop [Music] s [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] feed counter demon led by Eve Tyler [Applause] ready [Applause] get set one two three go [Applause] oh yeah [Applause] leave my wife alone oh man you ain't looking for trouble get away from here you better look I'll scrub you're gonna get hurt yeah what are you gonna use zombie knives or pistols for your fists we ain't bothered nobody we're just here to have a good time do you please to leave us alone come on now man come on stop we got plenty of time later bye honey see you later hello everybody [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] foreign [Music] Adam you got to promise me something you got to promise me we'll come to town every single year we were living you just got to Adam you just say that now you wait till we're married and have babies the children that'll be different no it won't neither Matt and Sarah have a baby and they came yeah but maybe we'll have lots of babies maybe we'll have twins uh or something I don't care I don't care if we have 50 babies Oh Adam you got to promise me all right Gary Sue I promise Adam I wished we was married right now like like Sarah and Matt [Music] I've been meaning to talk to your family about us soon as we get home didn't you honest Adam oh Adam [Music] let's go back let's hurry for the light of time fails huh all right only I wish it was going to be that fella spitting them rails again I'd do for a bag [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right [Music] [Music] I know he will [Music] be here that's it come on top up stay in the clearance I'll tell you okay [Music] that's it come on now look out man he got a gun foreign oh he's dead dead Mercy on us could ride my heart with his knife get me Sheriff more get the sheriff hey come over here somebody it's been a murderer murder man Adam come over here somebody it's been a murderer foreign [Music] [Music] and they cut them tonight for Donovan [Music] let's do something which one of you fellas this knife hair belonged to me no me I want the truth now which one of you cut him I did that ain't so I did it I tell you it was me came after me with a gun now which one is it which one is it anybody see it I reckon I did Oreo the mother well which one was it [Music] I'm insane don't make no difference anyhow under the law they're both equally guilty sure I'm a cash I appoint you temporary Deputy help me get these colors down to the town don't let nobody touch nothing till I get back I'm gonna sure [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] this place foreign [Music] I'm your lawyer man [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you let me out of here [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hold on back I thought I'd find that big mouth ears around here telling people what to do I'm big Buckle right I'm the biggest buck in the up and wet your horns [Applause] are you gonna move get away Lincoln we're coming through [Applause] we're all joking aside look at this matter from my side well you all know I'm just a fresh lawyer trying to get ahead but some of you boys act like you want to do me out of my first clients I'm not seeing you fellas or not right maybe these boys do deserve to hang but with me handling their case don't look like you'll have much to worry about on that score all I'm asking us to have it done with some legal Pomp and show that's all right we've gone to a heap of trouble not to have at least one hanging sure you have mac and if these boys had more than one life I'd say go ahead maybe a little hanging mightn't do any harm but to sort of hanging you boys had given but be so so permanent [Laughter] trouble is when men start taking the Law into their own hands just Zapped in all the confusion and fun to start hanging somebody who's not a murderer is somebody who is and the next thing you know they're hanging one another just for fun till I guess the place a man can't pass a tree or look at her rope without feeling uneasy we seem to lose our heads in times like this we do things together that we'd be Mighty ashamed to do by ourselves for instance you take Jeremiah Carter Yonder there's not a finer more decent God-fearing man in Springfield than Jeremiah Carter and I wouldn't be surprised if when he goes home he takes down a certain book and looks into it maybe you just happen to hit on these words blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain Mercy why don't you put it down for a spill Boys in it getting heavy that's all I've got to say friends good night [Music] thank you nice pair of muse you got here man we're all gentled you worry about a thing I'll keep my eye on them all right Matt you don't eat much at all but Adam's just a boy he's sure to get hungry I'll get plenty with a sheriff's wife in the kitchen I want to talk much but after what you've done for us save your thanks [Music] of course you know I'm just a sort of Jack leg lawyer without much experience in this business but as long as you want me out the best I can still you might feel like safer if my partner was here could get Steve Douglas tenure rate I'll drop around in the morning and have a little talk with the boys one of these days I'll take her right into country and my two ladies know how things are coming you know my mother Nancy Hanks would be just about your age if she was alive an idea is she like you too a whole lot like you well goodbye Ma'am watch out for the ruts get along you get in [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] right very well a Charming girl very well anyway [Music] S three times [Music] all the way on my word ma'am and all my experience I've never danced with a more graceful and Charming part thank you so much I'm awfully glad you don't share Mr Lincoln's aversion to feminine Society Mr Lincoln's a great Storyteller like all such actors he Revels in boisterous Applause and yet nimian says it was his wit that saved those two wretched boys oh yes unquestionably he has ability in handling an unthinking mob not even his enemies deny he has a certain political Talent are you by any chance a member of the well-known Lincoln family of Massachusetts not by any chance I know of Sir a very Fine Furniture very fine then I'd say the evidence is all against us belonging to it and Nick and I renew my two yellow beans Mr Lincoln the part of the South I come from it's customary for a gentleman to ask evistingly to dance wouldn't you care to ask me I'd like to dance with you the worst way man but since all the dancing I've ever done was behind a plow Mr Lincoln now should be very glad to dance this dance with you [Music] oh Mr Lincoln at least you're a man of Honor you said you want to dance with me the worst way and I must say you kept your word this is the worst way I've ever seen I warned you man should we go outside and talk instead of dancing Mr Lincoln you delighted man foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music] foreign [Music] what are you up to now look at the smell of the country in my nose just riding out if a client comes by hey why are we tell him you're at in my office of course where is your perceived in my hat [Music] babe you sure love that River don't you mighty pretty River Reef never saw a man like you look at a river like you do folks who think it was a pretty woman or something the way you carry on [Music] how come they call that thing you're playing a juice harp comes down from David's harp in the Bible I don't want to say nothing against the Bible those people back there sure had funny taste in music [Music] watch that Junior player don't know catchy though [Music] makes you wanna March or something foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] people used to say I could sink an ax deeper than anybody they ever saw foreign well that's still not bad for City Feller [Music] this house certainly takes me back to the timeline I was just a little shirt table in Kentucky a place is just about this size too one window I remember and jerk floor [Music] some wild crab apple trees out in the front yard [Music] a big Hearth inside where I used to stretch out while my mother read to me I'll never forget how bad I felt today we decided to pull up steaks and head for Indiana Kentucky's a mighty fine place to live but with all the slaves coming in white folks had a hard time making a living you folks just like my folks I said that to myself the minute I laid eyes on you my mother would feel right at home with Mrs Claire I said now I know she would Sarah I bet you didn't know I had a sister once just about your age name Sarah too only she died when her baby was born [Music] and I knew a girl like you Carrie Sue and Dan and died too [Music] we all finished reading your letters yet I read mine by myself too I never learned to read you I thought maybe you'd read it to me I certainly I'll be glad to [Music] dear Mom I seat myself this evening to inform you that I and Matt are well and hoping these few lines may find you all enjoying the same blessings we had turnip greens and pork chops for supper but oh me nobody can cook turnip greens like you Mom Matt always says nobody can cook turnip greens better than me sour can cook them as good as anyone so can carry soon been treated mighty nice the sheriff says he never had anybody in here who could beat me playing checkers well Ma I bet you wish we were there to do some plowing and laying in fresh meat oh me wouldn't a squirrel stew taste good [Music] them boys were great ones a preacher comes in regular and reads us the Bible I'm fixing to learn me a whole song If I don't get hung first well my opinion is bad my ink is pale my love for you will never fail [Music] foreign sincerity I suppose you've got an extra piece of paper in the house I want to make some notes while I'm talking to your mother we got any paper that I know of Dominic reckon oh yes it's just a thing Carrie Sue my must be getting the water for some of those turnip greens honest if there's anything you can do about that yeah Sarah and me will fix them together [Music] sure foreign [Music] your husband he died somewhere after we got here we just finished building the house it's a fine house all right got a nail in it well it was mighty good with his hands was killed by a drunk Indian long round sundown I was just coming back from milking animals clearing out the timber Matt was down with the fever bad Adam I bet he knew what to do with an ax he takes after his father Matt was always the puny one but once when he was a baby I I held him for two days while he was burning up with lung sickness Mrs clay which one of your boys killed scrub White [Music] I can't tell you I just can't find your lawyer you can trust me I don't want to scare you but got an awful fight on our hands I gotta know what I'm doing I can't be just like choosing between what do you suppose made them both say they've done it Matt did because he's older and Adam said so because Matt has a wife and a baby there are a lot of people like to see those boys hang foreign [Music] lawyers on the other side who used [Music] no I don't reckon you can [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you I'm gonna take him in the back door Sheriff [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] foreign [Applause] all right Mr Clerk we're ready The Honorable Court of the eighth Judicial Circuit of the state of Illinois is now in session judge Herbert a bill presiding State Ready Mr Felder may he please the court the state of Illinois is ready ready and waiting sir then go ahead gentlemen and pick yourselves a journey so your name's Bill kill you yes sir you don't like my clients do you build no sir I don't well tell me this you want akin to hold Jay killing you slip down new sail why yes sir I mean son well Bill if you take after your dad you're a smart boy and an honest one too reckon he's all right with us your honor clerics how you stand on capital punishment you mean do I want to see them Two Fellas hung or do you're a blacksmith aren't you sure well there's going to be a heap of horseshoeing around here this week I wouldn't want to keep you from your job you're excused get going Clarence you say you've never discussed this case no sir I never did ever hear anybody else discuss it no sir how long you been a barber in this town oh about 18 years going on and you never heard it mentioned no so not that I remember do you know the uh gentleman who is Prosecuting this case Mr Felder I guess I know him and you're excused your honor this is a waste of time Mr Lincoln should know that the mere effect that a prospective juror knows counsel for the state does not disqualify him I know that John what I'm afraid of is that some of the jurors might not know you and that had put me at a great disadvantage [Applause] foreign [Applause] ER yeah hip to then John Sam Boone kill it no no Sam sit down sit down you drink liquor Sam yep because go to church regular enjoy hangings got a job foreign just like the loaf huh you ever tell a lie well you're just the kind of honest man we want on this jury take your place all right Mr prosecutor your move Gentlemen of the jury Thou shalt not kill so says the sixth commandment has handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai by the Lord God of Israel himself Thou shalt not kill but Matt and Adam Clay did not heed that command they killed scrub White Two Against One they came at him with their deadly weapons two against one and that one a peace-loving servant of the law from all I hear scrub was doing some mighty fancy fighting for a peace loving man true Mr Lincoln an American in whose veins flowed the blood of pioneers who braved the Wilderness to make this great state what it is mmm he fought himself defense as he would have fought against the wild beasts of the forest for scrub white loved life he loved the blue of God's heaven the soft caress of the south wind he loved life but he is dead and there gentlemen there sit his murderers I tell you gentlemen they must be wiped out as a man wipe of the plate [Applause] you got to give the boys a fair trial a jury trial before you hang them get going John John it's a pure shame you aren't running for congress or something or are you running for congress or something no Mr Lincoln I'm here for the sole purpose of seeing Justice Done Justice my air sure a spellbinder from way back as attorney for the state of Illinois gentlemen I shall prove that by their own confessions the defendants did stab unto death the deceased I shall prove that they were under the influence of an alcoholic beverage at the time and when I have proven these facts gently I expect you as 12 loyal intelligent red-blooded citizens to find Adam and Matt clay guilty of murder called a share of Billings thank you God Sheriff have you ever seen this knife before yes sir that's life they kill scrub white with did you see him do it with a knife no but I I just want to get you back in your groove go ahead your honor I must insist if the Learned counseled for the defense wishes to object let him address the court not my witness you heard that a one thing more Sheriff did you visit the wagon owned by the defendant yes sure yes and then what did you find there jug of liquor about three quarters full did they boys deny they'd been drinking on the night of the crime no sure they said they'd had a snort or two as usual as usual yes sir that's what they said as usual thank you Sarah your Witness where's The Jug now in my jail empty well there's some left how much about one-fourthful who drank it well never mind that'll be our little secret tell me this did scrub white have a pistol he was a deputy he had to have one do you know if he tried to use it on the defendants no sir you don't know he didn't no sir sure do you ever hear about the fix the man was in when he was coming down the road with a pitchfork on his shoulder and a farmer's dog ran out and bit him on a leg no sir that must have been out my district well and you probably don't recall that him defending himself he stuck one of the prongs of the Pitchfork into the dog and killed him farmer got pretty mad what made you kill my dog he said a fella said what made your dog bite me well a farmer says why why didn't you go at him with the other end to which the man replied well why didn't your dog come at me with the other end [Laughter] [Applause] get going Lincoln ah Sheriff let's just suppose that my two defendants here were like that man with a pitchfork only let's say they've got a knife and scrub white was the farmer's dog only instead of teeth he's got a pistol well now wouldn't you say it was a matter of self-defense to use that blade so long a scrub didn't come at him with the other end of the pistol your honor I object and move that these remarks be stricken from the record counsel is presenting an argument the council's remarks will be sticking from the record the jury will disregard them now you jurors watch out don't remember about that dog that's all just a moment you don't you don't of your own knowledge know that scrub white came at them with the shooting end of the pistol do you no sir that's the end the bullets usually come from isn't it yes sir that but you didn't see a shock fire did you no sir Yes you heard it I heard something sounded like a shot what do you figure you're best at seeing or hearing that's what I figured step down if you call upon my cast fan if you found this way to tell the truth old truth nothing but the truth so I forgotten I do what's your name Jay Palmer cast you knew scrub white didn't you sure I knew him well uh when was the last time you saw him the night he was killed you had spent a great part of that day with him hadn't you I was with him all day near boss you tell me Mr Cass just what did you and Mr White do that day well we went to the parade first and then to the fairgrounds and supper down to people's house and went back to Fairgrounds at night and do you recall where and under what circumstances you first saw the defendant we went on down to the tug of war and there they were first thing I knew there was both cuss and scrub out and wanting to fight him well I can't so I showed up what did Mr White do then well you just laughed some more asking what they want to fight him with knives pistols or fists and that how did he ask that jokingly well sure he was laughing all the time and that night Mr Cass just before The Killing tell the jury what happened then well scrubbing he had a little argument and he went off by himself the next thing I knew I heard a shot you heard a shot yeah all right run down there as fast I could but time I got there and scrub was laying on the ground and them two fellows was standing over and the knife was on the ground between the defendants yeah and where was Mr White's pistol his holster I ate went all thin while he was trying to get it out of his holster yeah I guess it did yeah thank you you're a witness you say your name's J Palmer Cass yeah what's a J stand for John anybody ever call you Jack yes why Jay Palmer cast why not John P Cass I mean a matter with John P no because Jay Palmer cast anything to conceal no then what do you part your name in the middle for am I gonna write to call myself anything I please as long as it's my own name well if it's all the same to you I'll just call you jack Cass I am object to this ridiculous line of questioning Mr Lincoln's clownishness may win him alive from his friends but I assure him his entire game of buffoonery is lost on this intelligent jury take to the point Mr Lincoln I'll do my best sir well Jay Palmer Cass you say you and scrub White had a little argument yeah I just got it [Laughter] what kind of an argument I'd rather not say oh you'd rather not say Well Jack suppose I told you I'd rather you did say all right you want to know so I'll tell you we was arguing about politics that's something new to argue about I found out a lot different since but I said I figured you had more sense in politics than Steve Douglas and scrub got mad as I went in and said you didn't [Applause] [Laughter] well Mr Cass I reckon we can let all you said go in till we've heard from my side let's step down [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] need please the court the next witness for the state is not in a strictest sense a witness for the prosecution however in the interest of Mercy as well as Justice this state desires at this time to call upon an eyewitness to the killing of scrub fight Mrs Abigail clay foreign [Music] say I do I do extend you are the mother of Adam and Matt clay aren't you you love your boys don't you and you would like to save their lives if you could I'm sure you would Mrs clay you were present the night scrub white was killed weren't you I saw them fight alone don't be afraid of me Mrs clay I'm not a bloodthirsty man I have no desire to see you lose your two boys in fact no man could wish that less so on behalf of the great state of Illinois on behalf of the people I am prepared to offer you the life of one of your sons provided you tell us which one of your boys stabbed and killed scrub White go prompt term Mr Lincoln let her answer Mrs Kane you believe in God you believe that if you take a sacred oath in the sight of God and on his Holy Bible that you are bound to speak the truth can't I just can't Mrs clay do you appreciate the grave situation your two boys are in don't you know that under the law they are equally guilty of murder that under the law they may both be hanged for him but I can't tell you and you can't make me don't you understand I am offering you the life of one son take it and tell us which boy killed scrub White don't you know this court can make you answer my question don't you know that you can be sent to jail yourself that shielding a criminal makes you an accessory to that crime that by your mistaken affection you are deliberately sending both boys to the girls don't you know for that your honor I protest against the prostitution's attempt to Force this woman to decide which of her two sons shall live and which shall die in her eyes these boys hold an equal place perhaps if my learned friend knew more of the law I may not know so much of law Mr Fowler but I know what's right and what's wrong and I know what you're asking is wrong put yourself in This Woman's Place your honor can you truthfully say you do differently which look at her she's she's just a simple ordinary country woman she can't even write her own name yet as she know feelings no heart I've seen Abigail clay exactly three times in my life gentlemen and yet I know everything there is to know about her I know her because I've seen hundreds of women just like her working in the fields kitchens hovering over some sick and helpless child woman who say little but do much who asked for nothing and give all and I tell you that such a woman will never answer the question that's been put to her here never I'd rather Mrs clay see you lose both your boys than to see you break your heart trying to save one at the expense of the other so don't tell him may I please the court to save the jury any more of these harrowing outbursts the state will withdraw the question and excuse the witness thank you no doubt Mr Lincoln will be glad to hear that she was not the only eyewitness to the murder of scrub White recall Palmer cast to The Stand Mr Cass where were you when scrub white was killed I was about 100 yards away I reckon and you saw the killing with your own eyes yes sir all right I did [Applause] why didn't you tell us this before nobody asked me have you told anybody else about this hypnosis why not well I I just didn't want to help get nobody hung that's all and that was your only reason this natural reluctance against being a party to any man's hanging yes sir why do you tell us now well I I just began to realize that if I don't tell her maybe both of them will get hungry Mr Cash how could you see so clearly from a distance of a hundred yards at 11 o'clock at night it's Moon bright Moon bright yes sir then you clearly saw which boy pulled the knife yes sir I did the defendants will stand up now Mr Kaz tell us which defendant stabbed and killed scrub white it was the bigger the two they saw [Applause] us this court is adjourned tomorrow morning at nine o'clock computer take the prisoners away [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] sorry folks you'll have to leave now we've all got a long hard day ahead of us tomorrow thank you [Music] you were discussing your political plans Mr Douglas please go on [Music] ah um [Music] good evening judge dog got it Lincoln this is against all my principles but I want to talk to you as an older man go ahead judge I'm listening what I mean to say yeah dag blame it is don't you think you want to have some older lawyer with more experience to help you out tomorrow or you suggesting that I retired judge or just take a back seat I'm suggesting that is if you want me to I'll speak to Mr Douglas and get him to act in a sort of advisory capacity I'm sorry judge but I I'm just that sort of fella can swap horses in the middle of a stream and at least change your plea accept sentence for your guilty client and I'll guarantee the state will be leaning with the other well that's a mighty tempting offer Mighty tempting bye I'm afraid it can't be done you see I promise those folks I'd stick with the game to the last available card was played man you'll send both defendants to The Gallows as surely as the moon sets Maybe but that's the way it's got to be good evening judge [Music] [Applause] [Music] get going Lincoln your honor the defense wishes at this time to cross-examine the last witness for the state Palmer cash foreign Mr Cass yesterday you identified Matt clay as the killer of scrub white yes I did you're sure of that sure I'm sure I just want to know you say you were about a hundred yards from the scene of the fight just about yeah are you familiar with the land over there yes what's the nature of the layout well it's a little clear the trees they're between McLaren and the fairgrounds and you saw right through the trees no sir I was already through the trees when I saw him fighting foreign I suppose the clearing was all lit up by lights from the tar barrels no sir how'd you see so well I told you it was Moon bride Mr Lincoln Moon bright yes of course if it hadn't been Moon bright you couldn't have seen a hundred yards could you of course not but you did see it I told you I saw it didn't I and uh the only reason you're telling us this now is because you feel sorry for one of the defendants you want to see them Bulls get hung I don't reckon you'd lie about a thing like that you can step down no further questions Rona oh Mr Cass I forgot there's just one other question I want to ask you Cass what'd you have against scrub White well nothing what'd you kill him for then I don't know what you're talking about yes you do look at this go on look at it it's a Farmer's Almanac go ahead look at it look at page 12. you see what it says about the moon that the moon was only in its first quarter that night and set at 10 21 40 minutes before the killing took place so you see it couldn't have been Moon bright could it you lied didn't you Cass and you weren't trying to save these boys next were you you were trying to save your own weren't you well come on weren't you no well then what'd you lie for I didn't lie oh yes you did it's as plain as a nose on your face but why why did you lie about the Moonlight I don't know what you're talking about I'll tell you what I'm talking about you lied because you had a fight with scrub white but it wasn't about politics you never mentioned politics that was your first lie wasn't it was politics fighting about something else maybe it was money maybe you owed him money or maybe he owed you something or maybe he was getting a little graft here and there and you wanted to get in on it maybe it was some girl no that ain't right well what was it it was one of those things something made you want to get rid of scrub well you're crazy scrub was my friend maybe just the same you lied now why come on tell us why did you say you saw what happened when you didn't see well I'll tell you what happened you heard a row and you saw the fight start and you come running and you saw that scrub was still living and right there on the ground you saw the knife that matter dropped and you bent over him and you picked up the knife and your body hid what you were doing and you stabbed him you stabbed him in the back and killed him and these two boys Matt and Adam they each knew that he didn't do it therefore each thought the other did it and their mother she saw the knife in Matt's hand but she couldn't say so without putting the Rope around his neck and you you killed him and you lied and your lie trips you up no that crude cold-blooded lie that was going to cover up the crime that you committed oh the lie you can't deny now can you can you answer me you did kill him didn't you didn't you huh I didn't really show it I was drunk I was thinking all day he was afraid I didn't mean to kill him [Music] no more questions your honor [Applause] go Witness [Music] [Applause] I'm so glad you won thank you man Mr Lincoln my congratulations thank you Mr Douglas yesterday I made some remarks about you that I now publicly retract furthermore I give you my sincere promise never to make the mistake of underrating you again well Steve I don't reckon neither of us better underrate each other herein good day hurry up babe the crowd's waiting [Applause] all right Well ma'am I reckon I better say goodbye to you here you've got quite a ways to go for sundown goodbye sir Goodbye Mr Lincoln bye we ain't got very much but after all you've done for us thank you ma'am That's mighty generous of you foreign watch out for the ruts man get out mules get out I reckon I just about die if I didn't kiss you Mr Lincoln ain't you going back Abe no I think I might go on a piece maybe to the top of that Hill [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music]

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Length: 99min 54sec (5994 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 21 2023