- [last lines]
- [the vigilantes have beaten the wrong man senseless]
- Wally Pollock: Here's your man!
- Ernie Brenner: We arrested the murderer a few minutes ago and we have proof. He confessed!
- Wally Pollock: [pointing to the beaten man] What about him?
- Roy Brenner: I don't know; you tell me. What did he do?
- Roy Brenner: We'll try it your way just by the prints, but there's another angle we can try in the M.O. file. I want the sheet on every man who ever used a roof or a fire escape in a burglary. if the cross index shows he's been arrested for molesting or a mug job, so much the better.
- Detective Steve Macon: [wearily rubbing his nose] Sure, Lieutenant, sure.
- Roy Brenner: If you're tired, maybe I could get a few of the vigilantes in to give us a hand.