The Front Page1974

Roy Bensinger of the Tribune:
[picks up his phone] This is Bensinger. Give me a rewrite man. Oh, Marty, is that you? [reads from notes] "New lead on the Earl Williams Hanging"... Yes, the execution is still set for seven o'clock in the morning. "The authorities are prepared for a general uprising of radicals at that time".

Murphy:
[picks up his phone while playing poker] Murphy here. Get me rewrite.

Roy Bensinger of the Tribune:
"Extra guards have just been thrown around the jail, the municipal building, railroad terminals, elevated stations".

Murphy:
Update on the Williams hanging: Sheriff Hartman's just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the city against the Red Army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes. Bet a dime.

Roy Bensinger of the Tribune:
"Now, this is what the condemned man ordered for his final meal: shrimp cocktail with Thousand Island dressing, rare roast beef, Brussels sprouts, apple pie ? la mode, Ovaltine".

Murphy:
For his last meal, Williams is getting a 95-cent Blue Plate Special from the greasy spoon across the street.

Roy Bensinger of the Tribune:
"At nine o'clock tonight, Williams will be examined by still another psycholigist, Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer, at the request of The Friends of American Liberty"... Eggelhofer. Yes, he's from Vienna... It's in my story this morning! He wrote that book, "Self-Abuse and Anti-Social Behavior".

Murphy:
Poor bastard's gonna swing in the morning, and this big brain from Vienna wants to ask him if he played with himself when he was five. More later. [hangs up]