In Chicago, a local Polish trouble-maker and boxer, Bruno "Lefty" Bicek, is called in for questioning by the police. The arresting officers and a local reporter sit around the chief's desk. Sergeant Adomovitch uses physical force to bring Lefty into the room. The chief, Kozak, is a brother to an alderman. He sits at the desk as the interrogation begins.  Sergeant Comisky begins by saying that Lefty was found following a drunk downtown. They ask if he is part of an organized crime group. He declines but is grateful that the officers seem to know who he is. They ask what he was doing following the man on Chicago Avenue. They ask why they found a knife on him. Lefty says it isn't his and that he ran errands for his mom. Lefty explains that he was following a man who was drinking tiny shots of alcohol from his pockets. Lefty followed the man into a hallway and presumably robbed the elderly man who couldn't speak English. Lefty explains how he robbed the man of his alcohol and some of his money. When the man starts hollering, Lefty tries to constrain him. He claims he ends up not getting any of the alcohol. Lefty says he only fires one shot at the man to scare him and get him to stop fighting back. Lefty tries to make it out like he is being a neighborly person by stopping a person from getting overly intoxicated in public. The police informed him that the old man died and had a family. Lefty says the bullet must've recoiled.  The police question if he did it alone. They ask about his bald-headed friend. All of his crime-making buddies have shaved heads. Some say it is to make them less distinctive. Lefty explains that he ended up cutting his hair after a bad haircut. Everyone made fun of him for shaving his head, so he cut someone else's hair off. The trend of balding continued in the "gang." The baldheads then gained a reputation that bald people shouldn't be messed with.  They talk about Lefty and his crew's fight records. Lefty tries to get up and show him how built he is. Adomvitch is angry and racist towards Polish people. As an Irish nationalist, he thinks the Irish people in Chicago are superior. Lefty says he would not have committed this crime as it could ruin his fighting record and chances of college scholarships.  Lefty tries to manipulate the cops during the interrogation just enough so they leave him to go. They ask Lefty what sentence he wants. He says for manslaughter, he could get between one and fourteen years. The police ask if he wants to go to the farm for fourteen years. Lefty does not. However, if he stays in the standard system, his case could roll over, and he will be tried as an adult. He agrees to go to the farm and be released when he is thirty-two.  Lefty hears a car outside. He threatens Kozak by saying that he knows the alderman has been indicted. Instead of being intimidated, the officers all laugh at him. The questioning seems to end, but Lefty wants it to continue. He wants them to continue accusing him of things and give him a plea. However, they do not.  The officers act like Lefty is not there. He reminds them that he is. They say his case is well-disposed. The reporter leaves. The officers take Lefty to the courtroom, and Lefty wonders if his crew is waiting there to help break him out. Adamvitch puts Lefty in the basement cell. Hearing church bells ring in the distance, Adomvitch thinks the issue is that the kid doesn't feel guilty. Adamvitch believes a person needs to feel guilty; otherwise, they won't attend church. Lefty is down on his knees. Adamvitch takes his own hat off. Lefty comments that he would not be caught praying there; he is looking for his cap. Adamvitch puts his hat back on, feeling dissatisfied. Adamvitch leaves and does not see how Lefty stays on his knees, staring at the shadowy wall.