 around Dodge City and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke un-smoke starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America the story of a man who moved with it Matt Dillon United States Marshal after you you heard about the long haul you haven't heard or you wouldn't ask well heard what well I walk along with you as a matter of fact I was heading that way hey what's all that crowd out in front there for you in due time Matt in due time you know doc there's only one thing that makes you happier than having a secret and that's to collect your coroner's feet I might get a fee out of this too for it's a bit no wonder you're all worked up you heard about the long horns to see you heard about the long no no Chester I have not heard about the long horn what he's upset Chester is the only man in Dodge who hasn't heard like so help me doc if this is one of your practical jokes oh no no no no I had nothing to do with it you'll see let him throw pardon me please what do you think of it Matt aside from the miss Bell words long horn been closed all morning yep locked tight that sign was on the door daylight a long horn saloon will open at eight o'clock tonight with no management and a new policy everybody welcome signed the new manager Mamie Mamie that's a woman man lately of Kansas City St. Louis and points east yeah I don't know mr. Dylan my we never had a woman running a saloon in Dodge City before and we want now Chester boys won't let her last an hour I'm afraid the kind of fun for that hour though and another thing if this Mamie is the new manager what's happened to Herman bleaker well I don't know where he must have sold it to her didn't say anything about it yesterday morning that's right I saw him over at the liver stable in the afternoon showing off one of them fancy vests he's always ordering and he never said one word about it well you know that little pop and Jay he's flighty probably happened to sudden doc even for Herman say don't think of it I haven't seen him all morning and he's usually strutting up and down Front Street preening themselves like a powder pigeon he's probably upstairs they're sleeping in getting ready for the opening tonight we're gonna be here mr. Dylan Mamie mr. Dylan oh yeah Chester we're gonna be here about eight o'clock that's all I know about it now if you want to order anything let's hear it if you don't just shut up say the boys are acting kind of rambunctious mr. Dylan's yeah she'll wish she stayed in the St. Louis on one point season I was talking to bartender I asked him what she looks like and he said if he told me I wouldn't believe it the fellow I'd like to talk to is Herman bleaker yeah nobody's seen hiding here him you know Matt I'm beginning to wonder to a hundred and ninety pounds if she weighs the bartender was right I wouldn't have believed it so let's get things straight right in the packed up on the back wall now for the land safe did you see that draw mr. Dylan yeah and she got the car too all the boys won't get her no trouble man all right say you know she's big enough to well I'll bet she forced her myself yeah maybe doc I'll be right back I want to talk to her Marshall huh yeah that's right ma'am my name's Dylan proud to shake your hand mr. Dylan well thank you miss maybe welcome to Dodge City mighty decent to you to express the sentiment Marshall I reckon you won't get much business around the longhorn I'll take care of any trouble that's around here I'd be quite a change the boys used to push bleaker around every now and then how that runty little prairie dog I didn't know he was planning to sell miss maybe he must have made up his mind in a hurry yeah I made him an offer and he took it just like that I found himself some new living quarters I suppose oh yeah he moved right out last night I wonder where he's holed up there are a couple of things I'd like to see him about well now I'll tell you I'm afraid he left town mr. Dylan I think he said something about taking the Santa Feet of St. Louis now that I remember oh I see I see well that's too bad I sure like to have seen him well I'll probably drop in now and then miss Mamie sure anytime Marshall for you it's on and out mr. Dylan let's get out of here Chester coming back sure I don't use with both ears are flapping oh why she's got a voice like a buffalo isn't it awful it just itches your ears don't why the woman's a human monstrosity I still haven't seen Herman what's she saying man she says she thinks he left town oh Chester I want you to check all the rooming houses and hotels along Front Street I'm gonna go to the railroad station and the stage lines I'll meet you over at the jail yes mr. Dylan just stay mad I think Herman keeps a horse over to Libri say yeah and I thought of that doc I wonder would you be good enough to look into that for me sure be happy to you know mr. Dylan she is a awful straight shot yeah Chester his horse is still over stable he didn't tell them anything about leaving he didn't leave doc Mamie came in on the 9 o'clock train last night only one train out after that around midnight he wasn't on it and he didn't buy a ticket on the stage yes see now what did I tell you Matt that settles it of course he may have moved into one of the hotels oh sir mr. Dylan I'm afraid he didn't oh what did you find out Chester that nobody in this town has seen Herman Bleaker since around nine o'clock last night I knew I'd get me a fee out of this one way or the other well don't spend it yet doc oh Manuel come on in well what's on your mind well I was at the railroad depot when I hear you ask about the little one a senior bleaker no and the other the senora oh there is much woman and that one well there's no argument there manual senior last night I have seen something which is strange no I am come home very late in one hour two hour before dawn I was visiting friend you understand yeah yeah I understand you see I am walk home in much hurry and it is very dark senior when at once I see this lantern in the royal behind the longhorn cantina a lantern is I am think what is this so I wait and this lantern is come toward me and when it is close oh this woman who I have no see one like her oh what a scar oh what was she doing in the area I do not know but but it's one thing I forget she is carry something in her hand well what was it Manuel a shovel senior find anything Matt well there's something here doc but I can't quite hold the lantern over here will you Chester yes I found something here if I can just just get it loose lantern all right mr. don't you can see what yeah I'd say it's fine Chester yeah I got it oh it's a boot yeah here is the other one yeah all that fancy stitching Matt those are his I've seen him on yeah so if I duck yesterday in fact here take him Chester yes there's a bundle of some kind here you found the body now it's it's closed I think that let's have a look that's all there is to the hole doesn't go any deeper it's hard pen on the bottom there hold the lantern down Chester let me let me get to some rat I'm not so sure about that coat mr. Dylan a lot of them like that around town yeah I know but take a look at this fancy vest oh that's Herman's nobody else in Dodd City ever wear a thing like that well the looks of it he won't be wearing it again return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment but first the escape car speeds from the scene of the crime and the victim notes its license number police investigating the case discover the car has an ironclad alibi that just begins the excitement on tomorrow night's gangbusters program it's the case of the twice parked car an authentic crime story taken from actual police records don't miss gangbusters presented by CBS radio tomorrow night over most of these same stations now the second act of gun smoke you know don't rush me man don't rush me I have made one of these blood tests in years if you ask me I don't see any use of making one now well let me see poor they precipitate into here other kind of blood could it be except human doc I only want to be sure so let me see five drops of these sulfate you sure look uncomfortable Matt well how would you like to try a rest in that lady doc not my job to rest it all I'm doing is stopping up these loopholes mats trying to wiggle out of that's real decent of you doc real decent nursing that I don't recall you ever being in such a predicament oh of course I remember the night you shot it out with the Barkley boys over me Alif again sir there were three of them and you did not turn a hair and then that other time when you got dry gulched by the Platte River gang all right all right all right but this is different I go to arrest that woman she's just crazy enough to start a gunfight oh it's a problem it's a problem all right now let's see we'll just shake this up and warm it if there's one thing though mr. Dylan shooting at a Mark's not the same as a gunfight maybe she wouldn't even resist you really believe that Chester no sir she ain't a woman she's a human catastrophe she sure is for Matt well there's still a chance we may be going off half cocked here that blood could have got on Herman's vest a dozen different ways and we'll soon see a couple of drops of reagent and we'll look for the color change so turn up the lamp a little bit will it just be all right well doc well it's tough luck Matt it's human blood talk to me how come the jail has she'll keep doc she's not going anywhere looks cut and drive to me Matt it might not if you were in my shoes come on in boys you know mr. Dylan and I talked to the bar keep finnigan he said to when he showed up this morning to open saloon that woman was already inside waiting for him she told him to come back at eight o'clock tonight and he didn't see no sign of Herman bleaker oh well there's another nail in your coffin Matt doc if you keep this up I'm gonna deputize you and take you along with me he sure can have my job mr. Dylan no you don't I will not lift a hand in anger against a woman especially that one keep thinking we could still be wrong real die hard look now suppose Herman hurt himself some way how and he wanted to get away by himself and and recuperate where and suppose he didn't want anybody to know about it why so he decided to stay with some friend who and well maybe come on Chester let's go she is at the end of the bar what are you gonna do mr. Dylan take her in Chester maybe she'll talk when she's arrested gotta get that gun away from her some way it's not gonna be easy and it's gotta be done I've never drawn a gun on a woman yet and I'm not starting now I could just manage to I don't know there might be a chance stick close to me Chester yes glad you dropped back in I was just wondering how you were getting along miss like a kid with two tongues in an all-day sucker say not tell me did you find that little weasel Herman bleaker I thought you told me he'd left tongue oh well I was just guessing mr. Dylan he said something about planning to here step up and have a shot of poison no thank you thank you as a matter of fact I came back here for a particular purpose Chester and I have a little bet on what kind of a bet is it Marshall well it was a about that shooting trek of yours hitting the center of that playing card you know Chester figures that it was a fluke of luck he's bet me that you can't do it five times in a row well we'll soon settle that the card's still up there ahead miss maybe Marshall one of them's never to fight my gun empty I see well either that's a pretty good idea I guess sorry to lose your bet for you Marshall I guess that didn't quite Chester miss Mamie I guess you're not a gambler yourself who says so I'll take a fair bet and even odds any day of the weekend twice in Philadelphia well in that case I'll make you one I got a pretty fair gun here at least I thought so till I saw yours in action I'd say yours every bit as good as mine well then how about a bet you're gone against mine on the one cut high card well now how I didn't course it's sorry with me if you'd rather back out on who's backing out you got yourself a bet mr. Dillon better a fight Mamie never backs out who goes first mr. Dillon ladies always all right if you friend Lester'll cut him for us once it's Chester never mind cut the cards yes sir and ma'am let's see what we got a jack of spades that's not bad plenty good Marshall plenty good enough to beat anything you can King of diamonds one yourself a gun thank you here Chester will you take it yes sir and now the you're gonna stay fast to me until I get you in a cell so you might as well make the best of it and as far as that's concerned you'll be safer in jail than out of it once word gets around people here in Dodge City thought a lot of Herman Bleecker that's no excuse for killing him in cold blood what you heard in Mamie you killed me whole life to hear somebody finally shut me up and make her like it the bar shows a gentleman you little weasel here's how to talk to a lady and to hear you say how much the town thinks of me mr. Dillon what's this all about Herman well I'll tell you what it's all about this little grub worm ran out on me in Cincinnati three years ago like to broke my heart I've been hunting him ever since and last night I found him yeah he looks like it but why did you bury his clothes mr. Dylan would you want to be married to a man that dressed like that she pretty near murdered me though mr. Dylan I've been up there in bed all day just too bruised and embarrassed to hobble downstairs all we had our ups and downs Marshall me and Herman you know how yeah yeah yeah Chester give me the keys to the handcuffs yes I got him right here and I guess they're over in the what's the matter Chester mr. Dylan when we were digging out there guess I must have lost him Chester can't you file that thing any faster you might just well relax mr. Dylan took a half hour to get that off miss Mamie's wrist all right all right but just hurry give me this bottle of Irish here to make the waitin a little easier and it's Jameson's oh well fine doc fine Chester let that go for a minute huh and open it up yes mr. Dylan hey can you imagine it boys little Herman bleaker married for years to a woman like that I don't wonder a man oh I'd get nightmares oh thank you thank you well gentlemen here's to the weaker sex mr. Dylan which one is that gun smoke under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan US Marshall tonight story was specially written for gun smoke by Les Crutchfield with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey featured in the cast were Jeanette Nolan as Mamie with John Daner Ralph Moody and Byron Kane Parley Bayer is Chester Howard McNeer is dark join us again next week as Matt Dylan US Marshall fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the West in gun smoke colorful as a Western roundup and twice the fun that's the Gene Autry show which comes your way every Saturday evening over CBS radio it's one of radio's most distinctive programs flavored to taste with songs of the sagebrush and melodies of the Mesquite country the Gene Autry show is 30 minutes you'll enjoy packed full of comedy songs and the genial personality of the one and only Gene Autry the whole Melody Ranch gang is on hand to entertain you tomorrow night every Saturday night so tune in the Gene Autry show and hit the pleasure trail over most of the same CBS stations Clancy Cassell speaking and remember Broadway is my beat brings you startling mysteries Saturday nights on the CBS radio network