Boss Tweed
Bill, I can't get a days work done for all the good citizens coming in here to harass me about crime in the Points. Some even go so far as to accuse Tammany of connivance in this so-called rampant criminality. What am I to do? I can't have this. Something has to be done.
Bill
What do you have in mind?
Boss Tweed
I don't know. I think maybe we should hang someone.
Bill
Who?
Boss Tweed
No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley amusers with no affiliations.
Bill
How many?
Boss Tweed
Three or four.
Bill
Which?
Boss Tweed
Four.
