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l lived in an apartment
near the el line once.
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When the window´s open,
the train noise is almost unbearable.
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- You can hardly hear yourself think.
- Will you get to the point?
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l will. Now, let´s take two pieces of
testimony and try to put them together.
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First: the old man
in the apartment downstairs.
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He says he heard the boy say
´´l´m gonna kill you´´,
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and a split second later
heard a body hit the floor.
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- One second later.
- Right.
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Second: the woman across the street
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swore positively she looked
out of the window and saw the killing
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through the last two cars
of a passing el train - the last two cars.
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- What are you givin´ us here?
- Now, just a minute.
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We´ve agreed that it takes ten seconds
for a train to pass a given point.
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Since the woman saw the killing
through the last two cars,
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we can assume that the body hit
the floor just as the train went by.
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Therefore, the train had been
roaring by the old man´s window
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a full ten seconds
before the body hit the floor.
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The old man - ´´l´m gonna kill you´´,
body hitting the floor a second later -
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would have had to hear the boy´s words
with the el roaring past his nose!
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- lt´s not possible he heard it.
- Of course he heard it.
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- Do you think so?
- He said he yelled at the top of his voice.
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He couldn´t have identified the voice
with the el roaring by.
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lt was a matter of seconds!
Nobody can be that accurate.
:41:24
Testimony that could put a boy into the
electric chair shouId be that accurate.
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- l don´t think he could have heard it.
- Maybe he didn´t, with all that el noise.
:41:34
- What are you people talkin´ about?
- lt stands to reason he couldn´t have.
:41:38
- Why lie? What´s he got to gain?
- Attention, maybe.
:41:42
You keep comin´ in with bright sayings.
Send ´em to a paper! They pay $3 apiece!
:41:47
What are you talkin´ to him like that for?
:41:50
A guy who talks like that to an old man
really oughta get stepped on.
:41:54
You oughta have more respect, mister.
:41:57
You say stuff like that to him again...
l´m gonna lay you out.