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Has Mrs. Blake made a statement?
I thought it best not to press her
until you arrived.
You did the right
thing.
You did the right thing.
Jacob's not a murderer.
The
mayor of San Francisco has been killed in his own
home.
Someone is gonna be arrested for
murder.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are
looking for this man.
My men will not
stop tearing this place apart.
- So, if
you know anything... - I don't.
- Would
you tell me if you did? - Nah.
I can
find your Jacob,
but I'll want
something in return.
Ma'am, you need to
leave now.
Any friend of the father is
a friend of ours.
You can't just barge
in here without appropriate--
Please...
help me.
Miss, are you okay?
I think so. I think so.
Is-I'm so sorry!
I--I didn't
mean to!
He tried to kill me!
Sophie! Sophie!
Sophie!
Sophie! Get up. Please, get up, Sophie.
Sophie! Sophie, Sophie!
-
Where's Blake? - It's okay.
Don't move.
Don't move. I'll get you some water.
Police will come, miss. What do we do?
- We tell them the truth. - I killed
him!
- You were protecting me. - They
will never believe it.
I will make them
believe.
I--I--I will testify that my
life was in danger.
You see what they
do to Chinese for nothing.
Mr. Blake is
Mayor. They will hang me.
We have to
get you out of here.
- I--I can't. -
You can and you will.
There's a train
to San Jose every morning.
You know the
station.
Buy a ticket and get out of
the city.
If anyone asks,
I'll tell the police that you've been
away,
that you've been visiting family.
No one will have any reason to suspect
you.
You just make sure no one sees you
tonight.
- Thank you, miss. - Thank
you, Jacob.
Mother, it's me. It's time
for your medicine.
I have to leave for
a few days.
Chun Hua will come by to
check on you.
I won't be long. I
promise.
- I told you, Jacob! - Have
you seen this man?
Have you seen him?
- Look at this face. Do you know this
guy? - Jacob. Are you sure?
Come on.
Hey, get back here!
Come
here! You have to get back here!
-
Where is he? Have you seen him? - No one here.
Look.
You seen this man?
-
He's here? No? - Which way? This way!
He went down this alleyway then.
You got anything, boss?
Check that house there with the light
on.
All right.
- San
Francisco police. Open up. - Open up!
Get the fuck out of the way.
Find the basement.
Let's go
down the stairs.
Watch your step here.
Filthy living.
And would you
fucking look at that?
Jesus Christ.
Who are you? What the fuck do you want?
Please.
Help me.
- I can't help you. - I'm not a
murderer.
I don't care.
Please. I don't have anywhere to go.
Look, I don't stick my neck out for
people I know,
- and I don't know you.
- I can pay you.
You can't pay me
enough to get involved with this.
Any
Chinaman walking around with that much chop's
gonna be found guilty of something.
Then take it off my hands.
I
just need to get out of the city.
My
mistress told me to catch a train, uh, to San
Jose.
You'll be needing that.
- Thank you. - Look,
the
bulls will be watching the train stations and the
ports.
By now they've sent word to San
Jose,
Sacramento, every city in a
hundred miles.
You killed the mayor of
San Francisco, so--
I didn't mean to
kill-
They aren't gonna let up until
you're caught or dead.
Your best bet is
across the salt.
- I can't go back to
China. - And you can't stay here.
How?
You said they're watching the port.
I can't ride all the way to China in a
coffin.
You can always stay here in a
coffin.
Look, I got a man on the ship.
They'll let you out when you're in
international waters.
You've done this
before?
More than once.
Sun'll be up in about two hours.
That's when they start moving the dead
bodies to the port.
Stop there, driver!
Let's see what you've got there.
No, he doesn't look very dead to me,
does he?
No, he doesn't look very dead
to me, does he?
So you got your man.
Not now.
I'm just wondering
how you knew exactly where he'd be.
I
was working these streets long before you got
here.
Maybe I picked up a few tricks.
Mr. Buckley got a tip.
Buckley?
That's right.
That doesn't strike you as odd?
A brand-new mayor somehow getting
information from Chinatown?
Why should
it?
We're not getting the full picture
here.
Buckley obviously has another
agenda.
Maybe, and if it wasn't for his
tip,
we'd still be tossing Chinatown,
making life hell for all the other
Chinese.
So what's your problem?
I don't trust him.
It
doesn't matter.
I don't trust you.
You found your swordsman
and
now you found the mayor's killer faster than a
scalded cat.
For a man who doesn't care
about police work,
you sure do get
results.
You like your farming
expressions, yeah?
Here's one.
Don't dig up more snakes than you can
kill.
Let's go!
Let's go!
Get the hell out of here.
Move 'em out! Yah!
Clear the
way! Clear the way!
Relax, Chao. It's
over.
You know they're gonna hang him,
right?
Did he tell you he didn't do it?
Everyone in Chinatown was gonna pay for
his crime.
You did the right thing.
Let's go, boys. All right?
Word spreads fast.
Think
there'll be trouble?
No, just keep
moving! Step lively, everyone!
All
right! All right!
That's far enough,
boys!
Word is you've got the slant that
killed Blake.
We don't know anything.
We're just bringing him in for some
questions.
You need eight cops to ask
questions?
They've got the chink who
killed the mayor!
Bill, Bill, they're
taking the horses.
Okay, come on, come
on, come on.
Get back! You men need to
get back now!
Thing is we've got some
questions of our own,
so why don't you
guys take a five minute smoke
- and
we'll ask them? - Fuck off, Tully.
Do
you really wanna go back to jail over some
Chinaman?
No jury would convict me.
Come on, Bill. Just give us the chink.
Come on!
Easy! Stay back!
Come on, lads! Get that chink!
Back, boys! Stay back!
Put
that away! No guns!
The last thing we
want is to be killing our own over this.
You wanna crack a few skulls, well,
they've got that coming.
Step aside,
Bill. We're taking him.
The fuck you
are! Now listen to me!
I know you're
looking for justice, but this isn't the way!
Get that chink! Get him!
That's it. Come on, lads!
Get off!
That's it! Give
them it!
Come on, guys!
Get
the chink!
Come on, boys! Get that
chink out of there!
Come on now!
Get that chink over here!
Go
in, come on!
Drag him out!
That's it.
Come on!
Come on! Come on!
You slept.
I didn't think I could.
You
needed to.
I should go.
There's no need to be rushing anywhere,
things being the way they are.
I'll make you some tea.
I
could do with something stronger.
A
little early, don't you think?
Thinking's what I'm trying to avoid.
Well...
It's lucky for you I
live in a bar.
Murderer!
Get
him! Hold him still!
Tully!
Tully!
Get him up there!