- [Fenway's late arrival caused him to miss a fatal payroll robbery]
- Mike Barnett: Well, three people know about this for sure. I think I'll start with them.
- Fenway: Three people? Which three people?
- Mike Barnett: The late Mr. Theodore Hummel, the late Mr. Adams and the half hour late Mr. Fenway.
- Ella Weaver: I said I'd worry about Val.
- Bill Weaver: I read in the papers about the last two guys you worried about. Brother Ted's six feet under; Brother Val's holed up somewhere with a slug through him. They're only your brothers. Do me a favor - don't worry about your husband. It ain't healthy.
- Ella Weaver: You're a mechanic. Mechanics don't carry guns, especially guns like that.
- Bill Weaver: Yeah? What's wrong with it?
- Ella Weaver: I'll tell you what's wrong with it! That gun's an automatic and an automatic kicks out empty shells and the empty shells care picked up by the police and traced to the guy that sold it to you.
- Bill Weaver: You know everything, don't you, Ella.
- Ella Weaver: The shells came from a service automatic. That means taht the FBI can get in on the case. What do you want to do - play Wild Willie West with the FBI, you clown!
- [last lines]
- Mike Barnett: Don't worry, Ella. The city will spend a lot of money getting your brother well so the state can spend a lot of money executing him.