Hawaii Five-O (1968) s08e18 Episode Script

Loose Ends Get Hit

Please tell me if this is correct.
"I, Billy Madrid, being duly sworn, depose and say that on the afternoon of April 24th, I entered the Grass Shack Restaurant in Waikiki in the company of my employer Kum Chi, at which time I observed Kum Chi shoot and kill one Harry Kwan.
After the shooting, I drove Kum Chi to Hanauma Bay and saw him throw the murder weapon into the bay.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct.
" Yeah, that's good.
Sign all three copies, please.
Okay.
What happens after I sign? You say it all again.
First before a grand jury and then later in court.
McGarrett, no way out of this? No way.
No way, Billy.
And you realize you're putting yourself on the spot? I didn't have a choice, McGarrett.
For ten years I've been Kum Chi's right-hand man, so I know how that crazy mind works.
Loose ends, he don't like them.
Loose ends, they get hit.
And this time, I'm the loose end.
So I figured I'd better make the first move and get Five-0 protection.
And you better come through.
You'll get protection.
We've been trying to build a case against Kum Chi for years.
Until you came forward, no one was willing to talk.
Okay.
- I'll get an ambulance.
- Let's get the hell of here.
Hey! Over here.
You're a lucky man, McGarrett.
A few more inches and you'd have had it.
Well, I'm grateful, doc.
I'm also sore.
Boy, this thing smarts.
And that's the way it's gonna be for a while.
You're to rest for at least two weeks.
No excitement.
No straining that arm.
- And that's an order.
- Well, we'll see about that, doc.
Well, wait here.
I'll check you out.
Steve, I thought you might be tired of that ventilated jacket.
- I found this in your locker.
- Yeah, thank you, Danno.
Any luck on the sniper? No, he was gone by the time we got to the roof.
But we did find the rifle, a.
30-06 with a scope.
- It's on its way to the lab.
- What about our witness? - He's scared.
- Well, that figures.
- Where is he now? - On his way to safe house number four.
Yeah, that's good.
Who's with him? Duke, Chin and a couple of H.
P.
D.
Men.
They'll need relief.
I want four men, three shifts around the clock.
I'll get the extra manpower from H.
P.
D.
Meanwhile, will you run over to the lab.
See if there's a ballistics report on that rifle? Right, Steve.
It's McGarrett.
May I speak with the chief, please? How are you, Steve? I heard about it.
I'm pretty good, chief.
But I won't be pitching against the fire department.
Maybe we've got a chance to win for a change.
Well, I asked for it, didn't I? Chief, I've got a man in protective custody in safe house number four.
- You know where that is.
- Yeah.
The bullet that I took was intended for him.
I'll need, oh, at least a dozen of your top men for around-the-clock security detail.
You got them, Steve.
And I'll need a driver for, oh, at least two weeks.
Better make it someone with a top score on the pistol range.
Wait here.
All clear.
Now, make yourself comfortable.
We'll have some clothes picked up from your house.
Yeah, sure.
Wait a minute.
You call this safe? A guy in a boat out there could lay a few rounds to this glass, maybe even a bazooka shell.
You see that fisherman out there? - Yeah.
- And that one? So? Police officers.
We've never even lost a duck.
Thank you, officer.
Take me to 737 Kapahulu as fast as you can, please.
Yes, sir.
- You've been assigned as my driver? - Yes, sir.
- What's your name? - Officer Sandra Wells, H.
P.
D.
, sir.
You were assigned by the chief himself? Yes, sir.
You asked for someone with a high score on the pistol range and I was the top of my class at the academy.
Oh, you You've only been recently graduated, then, huh? Eight months ago, sir.
But don't worry, I've had plenty of experience.
Juvenile Division, Bunco Squad, and I cruised for two months in a blue and white with officer Fred Shigata.
And he survived.
Well, it isn't quite the same as riding in a squad car.
I'm aware of that, sir.
- What I'm trying to say, Officer Wells - You may call me Sandi.
What I'm trying to tell you is that the people I'm dealing with now are murderers.
They just tried to kill a witness and there's no reason they won't try again.
You think it's too dangerous for a woman, is that it? I didn't say anything about it being too dangerous for a man or a woman.
Mr.
McGarrett, if I were afraid of danger, I would never have chosen a police career.
Besides, you don't wanna break the rules, sir.
Rules? What rules? Regulation 642, paragraph B states clearly that sex shall not be a barrier to any police assignment, provided the officer is qualified.
And I assure you, I am qualified.
Just think of General Eisenhower.
Eisenhower? He had a woman driver.
She got him through a war.
Would you fasten your seatbelt, please? Okay, wait here.
We're closed.
You just opened, bruddah.
What happened, McGarrett? I had a little accident.
Don't you believe in signs? It said "Amusement Corporation" out there.
I thought I'd stop in and see what was funny.
You think I ordered that hit this morning.
Is that it? If you didn't order it, how did you know about it? It hasn't been on the radio or television.
It's not in the papers yet.
Let's stop playing games, Kum Chi.
There is no one on this island who would benefit more by Billy Madrid getting iced than you.
You must think I'm stupid, McGarrett.
That's all I gotta do, is go around shooting cops? That part was an accident.
But what's going to happen to you won't be any accident.
You're gonna feel the full weight of the law brought down on you and your whole operation.
By you, McGarrett? Yeah, by me.
With the help of Billy Madrid.
You see, your whole botched-up shooting caper changes nothing.
Because Madrid already signed an affidavit which, the DA tells me, guarantees a murder one indictment against you.
So you've got a long, long stretch ahead of you.
You'll never make it stick, McGarrett.
Where have I heard that bromide before? Oh, one other thing.
Don't get any ideas about leaving the islands.
All the exits are covered.
Benny, Joe.
Do what you gotta do.
No question about it, Danny.
That's the rifle that wounded McGarrett.
- Got a serial number? - Right.
32X-479.
No attempt to scratch it off.
He probably planned to throw it away right after the hit.
What about prints? Just fragments.
I'm trying to piece them together now and see if I can work up an ID.
Okay, Che.
Keep at it.
He runs just about everything around here, doesn't he? - Who's that? - That man you were talking to.
Yeah, he's into it all.
Gambling, prostitution, dope.
When I was with the Juvenile Bureau we had a couple of OD deaths, just kids, 14, 15 years old.
We heard they were buying their stuff from Kum Chi's pushers, but nobody could ever prove anything.
Up to now, he's covered himself beautifully.
But this time we've got him, and I think he knows it.
- Mr.
McGarrett.
- Yeah? Would you look behind you? Yeah.
Yeah.
Are you as good behind the wheel - as you are in a pistol range? - Try me.
All right.
Let's see how you take evasive action.
Yes, sir.
You'd better Not bad.
You did that very well.
Okay, there they are.
All right, force them off the road.
Good.
Good.
Come on, on the double.
Hands against the car.
I said hands against the car.
Saturday Night Specials, huh? We're licensed to carry them.
Look in my pocket.
"Special security officer, Kum Chi Corporation.
" That's a laugh.
You go back and tell your boss we took your peashooters away.
- You ain't got a right.
- No? We're gonna run some ballistic reports on them.
And I'm gonna check the validity of those licenses.
If you're clean, you can pick them up at the property clerk's office any time after next Friday.
You can tell Kum Chi that if he thinks he can find the witness by sending his goons to follow me, he's more stupid than I thought he was.
Now, beat it.
How are we gonna get back to town? It's just about 3 miles right down that road.
I'm sure you'll figure something out.
Beat it.
Just a minute.
You are summoned to appear before the traffic court, City and County of Honolulu for reckless driving, exceeding the speed limit and endangering human life.
This summons is answerable within seven days.
You may have licenses to carry a gun, don't think you'll be driving much longer.
- That was very good.
- Thank you.
- How are you feeling, Steve? - Well, looks like I'm gonna live, Chin.
- How is he holding up? - Not so good.
Getting more nervous by the minute.
Hey, who's the dame out there? The "dame" is a highly qualified policewoman.
Terrific.
I'm going nuts in this place, McGarrett.
Stark raving nuts.
- Try a book.
- I read them all.
How about the television? Soap opera and game shows? Thanks a lot, pal.
I can send you some 16-mm movies and a projector.
I don't want movies.
I want Madeleine.
Madeleine? Yeah.
She runs a dress shop on Liliouakalani Street.
Madeleine Gray, that's the name she goes by.
I want her.
Well, that's not exactly my profession.
She happens to be my wife.
Is that okay? I didn't know you were married.
Yeah.
We split up over a year ago.
My fault.
Mr.
Big Shot, I was riding high.
Anyway, we're still hitched.
And I want her back.
You tell her that, McGarrett.
- That's not a very good idea.
Not now.
- Why not? Because we've got to keep this location a secret.
If you wanna live.
You don't get it, McGarrett.
I'm not asking you to bring her here.
I'm telling you to.
Because if you don't, then I don't testify.
Not to a grand jury, not in a courtroom, not to anybody.
Now, you're gonna bend on this one.
You're gonna bring Madeleine here now.
Keep driving around the block.
This is a wonderful style for you, Mrs.
Carol.
It'll give you height.
- Dorothy, would you help Mrs.
Carol? - Oh, certainly.
Would you excuse me for a moment, please? - Certainly.
- Okay.
Mrs.
Carol, this cord can be shortened or tied in a bow, however you prefer.
- Have you seen Billy yet? - Not yet.
You will.
And when you do, tell him I got a message for him.
McGarrett and the lady cop are on their way.
- You'll remember? - I'll remember.
Come on.
- Mr.
McGarrett to see you, Madeleine.
- All right, Dorothy.
- Miss Gray? - Yes? McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0.
I've come at the request of your husband.
- Is something wrong? - No, not at all.
Not at all.
He's safe.
He's in our protective custody, but he wants to see you.
Billy wants to see me? I'm afraid you've got the wrong lady.
If Billy wants a girl, it's somebody out of a nightclub chorus line in Waikiki.
Somebody tried to kill him today.
Now, that can help a man decide what he really wants.
Now, I must warn you, if you decide to come, you would have to stay with him until after the trial is over.
That means no mail, no phone calls, no visitors.
Complete isolation.
That's the way it has to be.
- And after the trial? - Well, that's where Five-0 can help.
We can give Billy a new identity, find him a job on the mainland, and if you wish to go with him, we can arrange that also.
But there's no turning back.
A new start, huh? No more worrying about Billy or what might happen to him.
That's it.
I'd have to sell the shop.
Oh, that could be arranged with attorneys, I'm sure, after you've gone.
You know, it's funny.
Billy treated me like last year's styles.
But now that I hear he wants me, it doesn't seem to matter.
I guess I still got a thing going for him.
- You'll take me to him? - Right now.
Dead end on the rifle, Danny.
It was sold by the Wildlife Sporting Goods Company to a Holland Peters, Laikini Street ends in the 600 block.
A phony.
It figures.
And now the good news.
- Che put together a good thumbprint.
- Whose? - Belongs to Jimmy Naguchu.
- Kum Chi's button man? - That's him.
- Let's get him.
This is Williams.
When I signal, all units hit the house.
Remember, subject is armed and dangerous.
- Duke, you ready in the back? - All ready, Danny.
Okay, let's hit it.
Police.
Open up.
You're surrounded.
Wrap him up for the morgue.
- I've got a message from Kum Chi.
- What's that? He said to tell you that everything is going just fine.
The grand jury returned a true bill based on Billy's testimony.
- Kum Chi indicted for murder one.
- Good.
Good, John.
Congratulations.
I'll pick him up.
Face front.
You've cuffed me, you've printed me, you've mugged me.
And I'm gonna sue you and Five-0 for false arrest.
One call, make it count.
I'll make it count, all right, McGarrett.
And I'll be out of here soon.
You won't make this phony rap stick for five minutes.
Get me Chauncey D.
Allen.
Let's go.
- How do you figure that, Danno? - Chauncey Allen? - The best defense attorney in town.
- No, no.
I mean Kum Chi blowing his cool like that.
I've never seen him do that before.
We never nailed him with a murder rap before.
What's up? Your friend Kum Chi just hired a lawyer.
So? Chauncey Allen, highest paid criminal lawyer in town.
He's a very rough cross-examiner.
Hey, that doesn't scare me.
Everything I'm saying is true.
Just the same, he's gonna look for holes, and I wanna make sure they're not there.
Okay, okay, suit yourself.
- Where's Madeleine? - She's in the kitchen.
Hi.
- Meringue? - Yeah.
If I'm lucky.
There's some goodies from the supermarket.
Oh, thanks.
Well, you're a real sweetheart.
Now, Mr.
Madrid, you said that you entered the restaurant on April 24th with Kum Chi, your former employer? - That's right.
- Why former employer? - Because I quit.
- You quit or were fired? - I quit.
- Isn't it a fact, Mr.
Madrid, that Kum Chi was dissatisfied with your work and gave you notice - and that you've been bitter ever since? - No.
- I really like the dresses in your shop.
- Thanks.
You know, you can spend a lot of money, - but good taste is hard to find.
- For buyers too.
There was a number that was black and long and slinky - and cut way down to here.
- Oh, the Sharmonay.
That's a French original.
Yeah, I looked at the price tag.
That's a French original too.
Listen, I've been saving some money in a cookie jar.
Oh, don't buy it yet.
Wait for my new spring line.
There'll be some lovely things at popular prices.
And I'll even arrange for a discount.
- Who did you see in the restaurant? - Harry Kwan.
- By himself? - Yeah, that's right.
There was no one else in the restaurant? Yeah, the waiters in the kitchen.
No other customers? - I don't think so.
- You're not sure? It was pretty dark.
- Then you couldn't see very well.
- Yeah, that's right.
Perhaps not well enough to see who fired the fatal shots? Wrong.
It was dark in back of the room.
Next to me it was clear as day.
And I saw my boss Kum Chi take out his gun and put three slugs into Harry Kwan.
I'm convinced.
Good morning.
May I help you? Hi.
Yeah.
I was in here the other day and I saw a dress on a model.
- It was long and black and slinky.
- Yes, the Sharmonay.
Yeah.
Here it is.
Price hasn't been marked down yet, huh? No, I wouldn't count on that.
Madeleine told me she was gonna be getting in her spring line.
Do you have any samples you could show me? She hasn't placed the orders yet.
Why don't you try again in? - Oh, say three weeks.
- Oh, okay.
Dorothy, can you come here a minute? Excuse me a minute, please.
I've been checking these receipts I won't be needing you until the noon recess.
Good.
That'll give me a chance to check the timing.
Timing? I think it's retarded.
I'll probably have to advance the spark.
Good.
Advance the spark.
Will you state your name and address for the record? Billy Madrid, Your most recent occupation? Security chief, Kum Chi Amusement Corporation.
Were you so employed on April 24th of this year? That's right.
What happened when you got to Hanauma Bay? He told me to stop the car and then he threw the gun into the bay.
The same gun that he used to shoot Harry Kwan just half an hour before? That's right.
Your witness.
Mr.
Madrid, you said that when you entered the Grass Shack Restaurant - it was dark.
- Yeah, that's right.
- Especially in the back.
- That's right.
And that the waiters were in the kitchen? Yeah.
Ever worked in a kitchen, Mr.
Madrid? Oh, yeah.
You need lights, don't you? That's right.
So if it was dark in the back, then the kitchen door must have been closed.
That's right.
Then how do you know the waiters were in the kitchen? I'll repeat the question, Mr.
Madrid.
If the kitchen door was closed, how do you know the waiters were there? Because I heard them.
You mean you heard voices? Well No, I heard this one waiter, Louis Rabal.
He's got a loud husky voice and I just know that voice.
And when you heard someone in the kitchen that you knew, - how did you react? - I looked up.
- Your eyes toward the kitchen door? - Yeah, that's right.
At the same time the fatal shots were fired? - Well, l No I don't know.
- A man's life could be at stake.
Now tell us, did you in fact look away when the fatal shots were being fired? Don't remember.
- Do you remember not looking away? - Well, no.
Then it is possible that you did look away.
That in fact you were not an eyewitness - to this murder at all.
- Look, everything, it happened so fast.
- Everything that happened was - Is it possible, Mr.
Madrid? Yes, it's possible.
No further questions.
Your Honor, the state asks leave to redirect.
Granted.
Mr.
Madrid, are you aware that your testimony is in direct conflict with statements you made previously in sworn affidavits and before a grand jury? Are you aware that you can be charged with perjury? See, what I said before I mean, I had to say.
He said if I didn't, he'd bust every bone in my body.
Who told you that? McGarrett.
Okay, John, what's our legal position? I'll make it simple, Steve.
The judge is boiling mad.
At me, at Five-0, at everybody concerned with the prosecution.
Come on.
Are you saying that he believes that perjured statement? No, I'm saying he's angry at us for failing to come up with evidence to gain a conviction.
He's given us till Monday at 10:00 to come up with something concrete, or else he'll probably order dismissal.
And once he does, Kum Chi can never be tried on that charge again.
He's protected by the double jeopardy clause - of the U.
S.
Constitution.
- That's right.
Even now he's been released in his attorney's custody, pending continuation on Monday.
Boy, that's beautiful.
That's beautiful.
We think we're so smart.
And here's a guy who comes up with a legal gimmick, a foolproof scheme to get out of a murder charge.
And it's so simple.
So simple.
You arrange with a pal to appear against you as a witness.
Then you have somebody take a couple of shots at him, near misses to establish credibility.
And then you go to court, the pal changes his testimony, case is thrown out, and you are free of the charge forever.
That's just a hypothesis, Steve.
Danno, will you come in with Miss Wells, please? Only a hypothesis, perhaps.
But backed up by some additional evidence.
Come in, please.
Officer Wells, you know John Manicote.
- Yes, sir.
- Sit down.
Thank you.
Tell us what you found out.
I was in the safe house with Billy's wife.
She told me she was going to order the new spring line of dresses.
Any woman can tell you that you order your spring line in the fall.
Say a week or two from now.
I thought that was very funny if she was gonna sell the shop and then go with Billy to start a new life.
So I went back to the shop in plain clothes and I asked if the new spring line had already been ordered or if it was going to be done.
And it's going to be done.
- That's good work.
- Thank you.
I also noticed something interesting.
One of Kum Chi's musclemen was in the office and I think he was checking the books.
Which all ties in, John.
That dress shop is a Kum Chi enterprise.
Madeleine Gray works for Kum Chi and so does Billy Madrid.
Nothing has changed.
They are all in it together.
- Looks like we've been had.
- But good.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Remember, we still have until 10:00 Monday morning.
- See you in court Monday, McGarrett.
- You really expect to be there? What's that supposed to mean? Starting Monday, Kum Chi's a free man unless you change your testimony again.
Can he risk that? Billy, you're a loose end.
And we know what Kum Chi does with loose ends, don't we? Give it some thought.
Okay, let's go.
Hey, Benny.
How we doing? Hey, Big Louie.
Still rolling the high ones, huh? How's it going, bud.
Okay, what can I get you? Okay.
We're gonna have some champagne to start with No.
- I want the good stuff from the cellar.
- Yes, sir.
Take care of that for me.
Well, hi, honey.
Hi.
See? Sharmonay.
The old cookie jar's full of Fig Newtons again.
But it was worth every penny of it, don't you think? - Yes, it's lovely.
- Isn't that gorgeous? Now, you don't have to worry about cookie jars.
You can get anything you want from Kum Chi, right? - What? - Well, it's true, isn't it? I mean, the two of you cooked up the whole thing.
You know what? You could send him away on a first degree conspiracy rap anytime you decide to sing.
And if I was you, I would start taking singing lessons.
You know, it could be worth Listen, why don't you do me a favor and go back and sit at the bar, because you're sucking wind, baby.
Kum Chi and I are like brothers.
We are brothers.
So why don't you take a hike? - Okay? - I know.
I know.
Even ears have walls, right? Or is that the other way around? Marvin.
Marvin, will you take me home? This is my friend Marvin.
Yeah, why don't you do that? Come on, darling.
You drink too much, did you know that? This is Officer Sandra Wells.
Patch me through to Five-0.
- McGarrett.
- This is Sandi.
The seeds have been planted and I think they have taken root.
Okay.
Let's let them grow overnight and tomorrow we move.
Wait a minute, Madeleine.
Those guys out there.
Who are they? Well, I don't know.
Cops? No way.
I know every plain clothes guy on the force.
Besides, those aloha shirts, they're brand new.
- Maybe they're just new neighbors.
- Come on.
- Let's stop imagining things.
- I'm not imagining anything.
Now, come on.
- Yeah? - This is Billy Madrid.
It's important.
Billy Madrid.
He says it's important.
What is he, crazy? Calling me here? Not in.
- Yeah? - It's important.
It's him again.
- You out of your head or something? - Listen, Kum Chi, whoever these guys are outside, call them off, would you? You don't need them with me, pal.
I don't know what you're gassing about.
Well, I'm gassing about friendship.
I mean, it's there.
It's been proved.
You don't have to believe any talk you might hear on the streets or from drunks in bars.
The friendship is there.
And you don't have to bring any mainland pressure in to enforce it.
What do you say? All right? Let's go.
I think maybe we're gonna have some trouble with Billy.
I don't want no trouble.
You hear that, Benny.
They're behind us.
That may not be them.
We're gonna find out.
We lost them.
- But we found something else.
- What? Oh, no.
- You in a hurry? - I'm sorry, officer.
I wasn't watching.
- Let's see your driver's license, please.
- Oh, sure.
Here you go.
What did I do wrong? Come with me, please.
Both of you.
Hey, wait a minute.
He did it.
He killed Harry Kwan.
I saw him do it.
I saw him shoot Harry Kwan in the head three times.
Now, what I said about looking the other way and about McGarrett twisting my arm, that was a lie.
That's what I was supposed to say so Kum Chi would be sprung.
But I'm not lying for you, Kum Chi.
No more! Now, you killed Harry Kwan and then you tried to kill me, bruddah.
- Yes? - Officer Gordon to see you, sir.
Oh, yes.
Send him in, please.
Just came up to say goodbye, Steve.
I've got a 2:00 flight back to the mainland.
- Frank went on ahead.
- Appreciate your help, Ralph.
Please tell Chief Pennelli that I'm grateful he could send two of his best men.
Boy, you really shook Billy up, didn't you? Well, we did our best.
But frankly, we'd never go as far as you did.
What do you mean as far as I did? Blowing up Billy's car.
We'd get axed for a stunt like that.
Now, wait a minute.
Do you think that I was the one who blew up Billy's car? We assumed you ordered it, Steve.
I mean, I thought you told her to have it done.
- Her? - The lady cop.
Just a minute.
- Is Officer Wells here? - She's just arrived, sir.
Send her in please.
We'll get this straightened out right now.
- Look - No, you look.
I've just been told about Billy Madrid's car.
- What? - I don't know who you conspired with, but if it was anybody in H.
P.
D.
, I can assure you that they will be severely disciplined - along with you.
- What do you mean? What do I mean? Blowing up Billy Madrid's car was a stupid and dangerous stunt.
Not to mention a highly illegal one.
Now, in this office, Miss Wells, we do not intimidate witnesses, physically or otherwise.
And we never risk lives in order to obtain a conviction.
Never.
Mr.
McGarrett, I had nothing to do with blowing up Billy Madrid's car.
But this does.
It's from the district attorney, marked urgent for you.
"Benny Suvaric, Kum Chi's lieutenant has turned state's evidence.
Denies any connection with the death of Harry Kwan.
But admits planting a bomb in Billy Madrid's car on Kum Chi's orders.
" Well, Ralph, give Chief Pennelli my regards, huh? Sorry, miss.
You were saying, Mr.
McGarrett? I was saying, Officer Wells, that I I guess I should have started with a question instead of an accusation.
He thought that you suggested blowing the car.
I am a highly trained professional police officer.
I could never be a party to such a stupid and dangerous, not to mention highly illegal stunt, as you put it.
Touché.
My apologies, also.
My sincere apologies.
You may call me Sandi.
Okay, Sandi.
Have the car washed, get it gassed up.
And pick me up in the morning at my apartment at 7 a.
m.
Sharp.
- You've got the job.
- Yes, sir.

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