 The fiery horse with a speed of light, a clod of dust and a hearty hyo silver. The lone ranger. The daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. No where in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeaks of the great horse Silver. The lone ranger rides again. I am Silver! I am Silver! Pedro Camargo had quit Mexico, only a few jumps ahead of pursuing government soldiers. Eventually he made his way to Tombstone, reputed to be the most lawless town in the west. There one night as he lounged in a cafe contemplating his bleak future. He felt a hand pressed hard into his shoulder. Look who I find here of all the places in the world. Do not see my name so long. You mean to tell me you're running away up here too, Pedro? Senor, you make a mistake. You call me... Who do you think you're fooling, Pedro? You know me. Vinco, that's who I am. Vinco Shea. I have never seen you before, Senor. I've... He was not a lawman after all. Huh? What are you talking about? That hombre who stood there at the end of the bar. The way he keeps looking at me, I think truly he's a lawman. But now he is gone and I am released. Oh, Vinco, amigo. He's good to see you. Well, that's more like it. This is real luck, bubbing into you, Pedro. Luck for Pedro? Oh, Vinco, you are my amigo and always you have freed me good. Well, let me treat you now. What are you drinking? Right now I see a slow and a glass of wine because I cannot afford more. You want some red eye? Oh, Vinco, what do you think? To ask a man who loves red eye? Of course I will have to. The bar key. Pour me a pal here, double shot. Then, Pedro, when you get it, we'll sit over at the corner table and talk where we can't be heard. Vinco, this is a good tasting thing. Well, I'm going to give you something better. Here. A gold piece for you. It's not black. This is for me. Oh, come on. But of course, of course it is for me. What's the matter with you? What are you groaning about? Because, Vinco, whenever you give me money it is for something bad you want me to do. Then, always, trouble pursues me, like we lost. There'll be no trouble this time, Pedro. You're just the man I need to do a certain job for us. And do me go, are the people you call up? You ever hear of Coy Harper? Coy Harper? Who has not heard of that only? Tuffy is a great gambler, but more than that he is a smart one. Ever does he low catch up with him, no matter what he does. Yeah, that's Coy, all right. He plays his hand to get the full strength out of it. But he never makes an overplay. So you work for him now? Yeah, Duke and I are his right-hand men. We cut in on all the jobs we do for him. He's holding a big stake for us now. So that is why they called and read I run free. Yeah, and we have another job set up that we want you to help us on. A bank job. No, no, no, no, not for me a bank job. I steal a sheep, a cow, or maybe a horse. Sometimes I kill an hombre, I don't have any. Hold it, hold it. You don't like lawmen, do you? Lawmen in Mexico and this country do not like them at all. Good, because in this bank job Duke and I do the hold-up part. We just want you to get a certain lawman out of town while we work. And if I say I do not want to join in this job? Back you go to Sonora where they want you for murder. Where they'll hang you from a tree. I'll make sure you go back. Nothing, I work for you. But tell me first, where is this town you're talking about? It's west of here. A real-life town it is too. You've heard about it. It's Bovarado. The town of Bovarado half a day's ride west of Tombstone was fast becoming as lawless as Tombstone itself. A new kingdom of crime was in the making and it was for this reason that the lone ranger and tonto headed for Bovarado to help bring law there. It was evening when the two men set up camp in the hills outside the town. We were getting in touch with Sheriff Denton in the morning, tonto. We helped him once in the past. Perhaps he may be able to do so again. Him, good man. Not afraid of crook or outlaw. But he can get deputies, so he's doing a one-man job. That's too great a task for even the bravest man. Himasabe, you have ID who head outlaws in town? No, tonto. But Coy Harper set up hotels and cafes there. His reputation's the worst. I think he's the man we'll keep our eyes on. At that moment in his suite of rooms in a hotel he owned, Coy Harper met with outlaws Binko Shea and Duke Foster. No one saw you sneak up here, Mingu? We made sure of that, didn't we, Duke? Yeah. When they sure share of Denton was the other side of town. Denton, huh? He's been causing me a lot of trouble lately. I hope nothing goes wrong tomorrow morning. Don't worry, Coy. Duke and I will take over Higgs and the two people in the town. Duke and I will take over Higgs and the two people who work in his bank before he knows what happens. And he'll never recognize us in different clothes and wearing masks like we do. And as for leading Sheriff Denton into the ambush you've set up, believe me, Pedro will do a perfect job. You'll see. I hope so. Because we'll build Denton gone, we'll not have to worry about law in this town anymore. We'll run things the way we like. The way I like. Shortly after dawn next morning, Sheriff Bill Denton heard a knock on his front door. He walked to the door and opened it. A Mexican, visibly upset, stood in the doorway, hat in hand. Oh, Senor Sheriff, he's good you are here. Please, you must give assistance, Queen. What are you talking about? Give whom assistance? Where? Oh, Senor Sheriff, it is the Banditos. And it's where? Ah, Senor Sheriff, up in the hills I have a cabin. In the cabin I have gold which I find in the earth. Come last night, the Banditos. They break into my cabin, Senor Sheriff. They eat my food and drink my wine. Next they say they will take my gold. And it's broken onion that didn't take your gold right away. I thought it's right, Senor Sheriff. Now they sleep. I sneak out here and come to you. Please, you must give assistance quick before they wake. Take my gold and escape. Well, that's my job. Wait till I get my guns. What's your name? Pedro. Pedro Manuel Comarco. My cabin she's to the west in the hills where I show you. Strings I never saw you around, Oberado. But, Senor Sheriff, I never come to town. This town is bad. I stay in my cabin always and search for gold. Now let's get out of here then. Look into this matter. Lead the way. I'll have my horse ready in a minute. A few minutes later as Pedro Comarco and Sheriff Denton galloped out of town, Coy Harper appearing from behind the window curtain of his hotel room chuckles. So long, Sheriff Denton. This is the last time I see you riding like that, eh? The lone ranger and tato finished breakfast and left their camp. The sun had been up for more than an hour as they brought their horses to the edge of a deep incline and gazed toward the east where the town of Oberado lay. Town look peaceful, Kimosabi. Proving how deceiving appearances are. Towns like Oberado go to sleep at dawn. Don't really wake them until... Look, down below behind big rock near road. Yes, I see them, tato. Five men, Kimosabi, on horses. Them act like hold up men. Wait till I look through my binoculars. Tato, they're bended as they cross their faces. They are bandits. Men, get ready to ride, Kimosabi. There are two horsemen coming along the road. The sun's causing something when his shirt front a gleam as if... Tato, the Sheriff Denton, is heading for an ambush. Let's get down there quick. Get him up south! Sheriff Bill Denton riding with Pedro Camargo felt uneasy and slightly suspicious of his companion. As they near the massive boulder called Bald Head Rock, Denton slowed his horse. Pedro followed suit. Senior Sheriff, something is the matter. That's what I was just wondering. Camargo, where exactly is this camp of yours? Well, not far, Senior Sheriff, in the hills away. We go around big rock and turn up on trail that go there. Senior, why you look like that? Two men riding down from the hills. Are they your bandits? Well, that may be, Senior, that I cannot tell from here. I do not think they are, Senior Sheriff. A white horse like that, I did not see one ride. Ho, ho, musty! The crooks waiting in ambush had seen the two horsemen riding down toward them. To avoid an encounter, the crooks galloped their horses onto the road and headed toward Denton and their pal Pedro. Musty, what a... Oh, the bandits, you knew they were coming. Pedro, this means a fight. Get your gun out. Over here, musty. Stop saying that! Get off the road and shoot! The shots from the oncoming crooks whizzed by Sheriff Denton who was riding for cover. It was Pedro's shot that crashed into his shoulder and set him hurtling to the ground. Denton, as he fell, saw Pedro riding down on him, ready to fire again. I got you good now! But Denton's gun went off first. Pedro tumbled from his horse as his crook pals galloped out of the spot. The crooks fired as they approached and one of their bullets hit Sheriff Denton, but two found their target in Pedro. The long ranger and tutto shots were getting nearer and the fleeing crooks with no time to turn and fight fired wildly over their shoulders. Boys, we took care of the sheriff. Those numbers behind us, you two girls, go! You better meet him! Oh, I'm hit! They got me! The crooks separated and rode off the road into the brush as one of their men fell to the ground, hit by a shot from the long ranger. Seconds later, the long ranger and tutto rode up, stopping with a bandit lay. Oh, he's going to be killed. But other four are riding in different directions. It'll be useless to follow them now. He must look after the sheriff and his friend first. We'll make this crook tell us who his pals are if he doesn't have time to... Don't shoot me! You can't shoot me when I'm down like this! You shot me already! Otto, take care of this fellow. You know what to do. I mean, you know what to do, King of the Bugs. You need to take care of them good. Come on, boy. Subtle dismounted and walked toward the wounded crook who lay on the ground wide-eyed with fear at the thought of torturous death by an Indian. The long ranger rode back to where Sheriff Denton and Pedro Camargo lay, their shirts wet with blood. Sheriff, are you conscious? Yeah. You, the masked man. Don't try to talk yet. I'll bandage your wounds and do what I can for you and your friend. Kyle, it's no friend. You shot me. He led me... Never mind. Tell me later. I'll still look after him. But first, let me help you. The curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger adventure. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. All to continue. The lone ranger stopped the flow of blood and treated Sheriff Denton's wounds as totaled it the same for the wounded crook. Pedro, who felt that life was having from him, began to plead. Oh, senority masked, do not let me die. I'm not ready to die. Please do not let me. Sheriff, you say this man shot you. He led me into the ambush with a fake plea for help. Then when we arrived this time... Say, Sheriff, I did not want to do this thing. They made me. They said that if I did not do what they tell me, I would die. No, you'll die anyway. No, no, you don't say that. Senority masked, it seemed like you were a good one and a meagre to this sheriff. See, this sheriff is not dead. He's alive. That's not your doings that I'm alive. Save me, please. I'll tell you why I do this then. I'll tell you about the bank robbery that took place while you were here. Bank robbery? No, not banking. Proceed away. The blood flows. Help me. Can I tell you all? Start talking, Pedro. I'll help you all right. Sheriff, let me put you over here and listen to this. I think I may be able to stand out. Don't try. Let me get your arms. No. There. Pedro, you better tell us nothing but the truth. It was evident to the lone ranger that Pedro Camargo's wounds while painful were not too dangerous. The fear of death to act as oil for the tongue of the man and soon Pedro had told how he had been drawn into the plot. He ended. So, senors, you saw Mbrewin Koshay. Tell me if I do not do like you say, he sent me back to Sonora where they hanged me to a three-brestealing sheep. And so I do it because I am afraid. And he promised you that you would have a job for life at Coy Harper's ranch if you led Sheriff Denton to the ambush. That is what he say. But he's fear more than reward if he dealt the filthy snake you should hang. Coy Harper and Mbrewin Koshay. That culmination adds up. There is the other hombre they called Duke. He do tell me all of these. That would be Duke Foster. He and Shay were run out of the panhandle together. But the bank, if they hold up the bank... What time is it open? Pedro says that's the hour they'll enter the place and hold it up. It opens at ten o'clock. I swear I tell the truth. He is at that hour they say that the safe is open. It's not nine o'clock yet. My side hurts too much to ride. You're able to hold a gun, aren't you, Sheriff? Yes, it's my left shoulder inside. I'll reload your gun. You can hold these two men prisoners. Tattoo and I are going to Bovarado. But that mask, they'll think you're one of the bank robbers when they see you. I'll take that chance. He must not be. We carry other crook over here. How is he, Tattoo? Him hit bad. Him must die. Is he conscious? No. It's two other crooks. Sheriff doesn't make your job of guarding them easier. It sure will. I'll take care of them all right. When Tattoo and I arrive in Bovarado, I'll have him send men out here at once. And have him send a wire to Tombstone, the United States Marshal. Thank robbery comes under his jurisdiction. I know you'll do whatever you plan. But you better hurry. Easy city, Silver. Don't worry, Sheriff. Silver and Scal will get us there before ten o'clock. You ready, Tattoo? Be ready, Camerati. Come on, Silver! Move over. Easy city, big clock. No problem. Well, here we are, Tattoo. There's at least 20 minutes to spare. Look down Main Street, Camerati. You see only one man? Yes. And he doesn't see us. I told you this is a town that doesn't wake up until noon. That bank built an opposite hotel. Yes, I see it. There's a path that runs along the rear of all the buildings there, including the bank. We'll ride that way. Come on, Silver. Come Scal, come on. The lone ranger and Tattoo walk their horses along the deserted back path until they were opposite the rear entrance to the bank. Who's in the rear of the building, Tattoo? Easy Scal, easy. There are windows in the rear of the building, Tattoo. There are no bars on them. Do you go there now? See how bank room looks. Yes. Meanwhile, you go to the telegraph office and send a message to Marshall Gray and Tombstone. Tell them, Sheriff, that has been shot that he needed to hear. And have her whoever's in charge of the telegraph office send a doctor and some men out to where we left Sheriff Denton's prisoners. The tell them, send men to help you, Kimus Abbey? No, not yet. Pedro may have lied. There may be no hold up plan at all. We're here only in case one does take place. And if it does, I think we'll be able to handle it. We'll return in the hurry, Tunnel. Could you send a message? Ah. And we have men get Doctor and Posse to join Sheriff. You see inside Kimus Abbey? Yes. There's only one room in the bank. The safe is in the rear. I was barely able to see it through the window. Almost time for bank to open Kimus Abbey. Yes, in about three minutes. I've already seen three persons in there by the side door. And we're there? Yes, I saw them getting books and records ready as I looked through the window. Kimus Abbey, back up! Topple grabbed the masked man's arm and pulled him back into the underbrush where their horses were tied. Look, two men on horses, right between buildings. Yes, they're dismounting by the side door. Ah, now they've put bandanas on face. They have their guns out. And go slow upstairs to door. See? One of them knocked door. I wonder if... No. They're answering the knock. The door's opening. Come on, Tutto. It's a hole up there. All right. As the two crooks with guns drawn pushed into the bank, the lone ranger and Tutto ran alongside of the building. Then they ran up the steps and quietly made their way to the open door. Inside the bank building, Huey Hibbs, the flight-faced bank president, backed up against the wall with his two quaking employees. Vinko Shea did the talking for the gun-wielding bandits. You, mister, you take those money bags from the safe and totem over here. Move, Prado! Don't shoot. I'll get the money for you. We'll shoot the killer if the others make a sound and go near their front door. Stay closed until we finish here. Hurry along with that money, you. Here's one sack. What's in this one? Gold? What's in this one? Gold? Whatever it is, you'll have to use it. Who said they call a mess, man? Oh, my race! Oh, I'm shot! You dirty coyote! Don't make me shoot again, Vinko. Mr. Hibbs, have your men pick up those guns from the floor. You stand back. He's shooting at me. I'm standing back. I'm hurt. See? Don't do anything for you. Break the other arm. Now stand against the wall. You, Vinko. You do. Yes, yes. Here are the guns. Can't you hold up men, too? No, Mr. Hibbs. You're the president of this bank? Yes. Then go out and get all the citizens in town that you can trust. Have them bring their guns here in case some of the partners of those two try to start trouble. Vinko. Hey, how do you know who I am? I haven't removed my bandana yet. Neither have I. He called me by my name. I think someone double-crossed you. Oh, uh, Mr. Hibbs, before you go. Well, what is it? If you see Coy Harper around, time to come over here, will you? Coy Harper? Vinko, did you hear that? Yeah. Hibbs, wait a second. Mask Man, did Coy put you up to this? What do you think? See, Vinko? Boy, they're double-crossed and no good. This was a frame-up. Yeah, trying to get us out of the way. So we wouldn't get our cut on the other job that he put us up to. Coy Harper did? Yeah. Well, he's crazy if he thinks sending us to jail would make us keep quiet. But tell all the jobs we did. Tell where he keeps the loot hidden. You do that. Mr. Hibbs, you've heard all this? Yes. So have my employees. That's right. We'll testify to it. You bet. You're going to be in this hold of none of us. Was he the one who had Pedro lead Sheriff Deppin to ambush? I don't think so. You did that, Vinko. Yeah. Yeah, but it was Coy's idea. It was... But Mask Man, if you're in with Coy, why are you siding in with Hibbs and these people? You've done all the guessing so far, Vinko. Do some more about that. Go on, Mr. Hibbs. Tell your friends what's happened. And also the things you've heard. Tell them to get guns. That's just what I'm going to do. Get guns, and before we return here, we'll go first to Coy Harper's hotel. Today was the last straw. Harper's overplayed himself. A short time later, a vigilante committee headed by Huey Hibbs stood outside the hotel where Coy Harper lived. Shots were fired through his window and spent on the inside bang on his door in high temper. Harper! We know you're in there. We want you. If you don't want to be shot down, give up now. Your game has finished, Harper. Are you surrender? Oh, stop it! Stop it! Don't shoot! Don't shoot any more. I shouldn't have given up. All right, man. Hold the fire. If you don't tell Hibbs and his men to hold their fire, too. No, I don't do it. All right, Coy Harper. Open that door and come out with your hands up. That's all right, here I am. Don't shoot, though. We're not shoot. You'll be handed over to the law. What's this all about? You know how to start moving. Early that afternoon, when Sheriff Denton was brought back to town with his prisoners, he found Harper, Vinko, and Duke themselves. He talked with the Lone Ranger and Totto, then shortly after, propped in a chair. He talked to the men who had rallied around him. Men? Everything's under control. That's right. Hangers on and Harper's place are leaving town as if Old Nick were after him. As I saw that, I'm deputized men to go after the four crooks who escaped when they ambushed me. The crook who was shot told me where the hideout was. It seems to me they're all anxious to talk. Pedro, Vinko, Duke, and the other one. Trying to save their own hides, that's why. Because they're cowards like all crooks are. Coy Harper's lost his road on his town now. He's lost more than that, including his freedom. He may end up losing his life on the gallows. We'll have a good town now, a clean town. Here we have to thank one man for it. The man who appeared just when I and the town needed him most. You mean that masked man? Yes, he's something. We know all about what he did. Yes, and after he did it and said everything right for us, he and his Indian friend disappeared. Sheriff, you seem to know him. Yes, I know him as well as any man in the West, but only for the good he does it. No man ever gets to know him personally. You see, he's the lone ranger. This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated. Created by George W. Trenville. Produced by Crenville Campbell Mure Incorporated. Directed by Charles D. Livingston. And edited by Fran Stryker. The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beemer.