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I'd go not to see a rancher friend that afternoon, and it was near midnight when I got back and rode up Front Street, but a small crowd gathered opposite the Long Branch. I dismounted and walked over. At the center of the crowd I found Doc and Chester crouched over a man sprawled in the dust, a man somebody had put a bullet in. It's Ben Williams, Mr. Dillon. Who did it, Chester? Nobody don't know. He rode off too fast. Anybody see it? Miss Kitty did. She's standing over there by the Long Branch now. He's dead, Matt. It wasn't much I could do for him. A nice fellow like Ben Williams. Never hurt nobody. He bled to death. Somewhere's inside. Was he conscious at all, Doc? He was until a few minutes ago. He say anything about who shot him or why? You know somebody called El Cater? El Cater? All right. That's a town, Doc, not a person. Well, they kept trying to say something about it. All I could make out was the name. I didn't want him talking anyway. The car Williams came from up around El Cater, didn't he, Chester? Well, he had a little ranch up there one time. Ben Williams was a good man, man. Yeah, Doc. Chester. Yes, sir. I'm going over and talk to Kitty for a minute. Find me a fresh horse and saddle one of your own, huh? We're going to be riding out of here in a few minutes. Yes, sir. I'll hurry, Mr. Dillon. I hope you get him, Matt. Go wherever he is. Ben didn't deserve that. Not being killed that way. He didn't deserve being killed at all, Kitty. Of course he didn't. How'd it happen? Well, Ben and I were having a drink inside, and we heard a couple of shots in the street here, and then somebody helped Ben to come out. How'd the man who killed him? It must have been. Ben didn't want to go, but I guess he figured he had to. I got by the window. I could see Shippen out there on his horse. Shippen? Lou Shippen. That's what Ben said when he heard him yell. All right, then. What happened? Well, Ben walked out into the street, right up to him. He didn't even draw his gun, but Shippen must have been holding his in his lap. He suddenly shot Ben twice and then rode off as fast as he could. He murdered him, Matt. Can you tell me what the Shippen looked like, Kitty? He's too dark. I don't even know what color his horse was. Yeah. Yeah, that's not going to make him very easy to find. But you find him, Matt. You find him. Put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as ABC, because Chesterfield's made with Accur-A-R-A. Always milder. B. Better tasting. C. Cooler smoking. Yes, a Chesterfield is always milder. That's because Accur-A controls your Chesterfield in the making, gives it a more even distribution of fine tobaccos that burn more evenly, smoke much milder. A Chesterfield is better tasting. That's because an Accur-A Chesterfield draws more easily, lets you enjoy all the wonderful flavor. 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I've already seen all I want to of this place, except maybe the inside of that restaurant. And I've been thinking, Chester... Maybe we'll stop there first? Oh, no, no. About Louis Shippen. I finally remembered her. I've seen his name. You have? Of course. I want it over in Wichita. And I can't remember his description. Well, that's easy. All you got to do now is telegraph for it. Yeah. Ain't there nobody at this stable? Yeah, it doesn't look like it. Well, here comes somebody. Hello. You got room for a couple of horses, Mr. I reckon. They've got a hard ride. You got any grain? I might scare some up. Yeah, good. Wait a minute. Where'd you make this hard ride? Where are you from? Dodge. You're the Marshal. Yeah, that's right. I thought Marshal's traveled alone. Sometimes they do. Well, I tell you, Marshal, I got a little mixed up. I didn't sleep. You woke me. I plum-forgot. Forgot what? I can't get your horses here. There ain't no room. Well, now here, you just said you could. The stable's all full. And I got no crown. I can see some empty stalls through the door there. Them spoke for her. What is it, Mr. Everything was fine until I told you I'm a Marshal. I can't help it if the stable's full. These horses are going in there, Mr. And you're gonna feed them. Now look, Mr. Now we're gonna be back directly to see that they're all right And believe me, that better be. All right, let's take them in, Shuster. Don't look like much of a hotel. We don't have much choice. I'm sure I'd rather sleep outdoors. Good morning, gentlemen. Hello. We're looking for a room. You mean two rooms? All right, two rooms. Of course, one room would be cheaper. And noisier, my friend here snores. Oh, now you always say that, but I never heard me snore. If I ever thought you were lying awake snoring, I'd ram a gun barrel down your throat. Now, gentlemen, please. You don't mean it. Do you, Mr. Dillon? Dillon. Marshal Dillon? Yeah, is there something wrong? No, no. You've been expecting me, is that right? I never heard of you before. That's one line. I tell me another one. Have you ever heard of Lou Shippen? Shippen? No, not around here. Never heard of him. Uh-huh. All right, let's see those rooms. I'm sorry, Marshal. I made a mistake. I forgot there are a lot of people coming in tonight. Our rooms are all taken. A lot of people coming in from where? No, it's true. I forgot all about it. Oh, you just go on forgetting about it. Now throw me a couple of those keys before I lose my temper. We're here and we're going to stay. Again, I feel like a frothy dog, Mr. Dillon. Like a what? They're calling them slavern dogs that run around drooling and biting people and making them sick. Oh. I never been treated so bad before in all my life. That's Lou Shippen, Chester. He's here somewhere. My guest says he's told everybody in town they got to get us to move on. Well, why would they care? He's a killer, Chester, and they know it. And they're afraid of it. You want something? Yeah, I want to send a telegram. You do? Where? Wichita. I wrote it out of the hotel. Sheriff Wichita, need full description of Lou Shippen. All right, what's the matter? Nothing, nothing. Send to me an El Cater at once. Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. Look, mister, it's... It's Henkel, Marshall, Mr. Henkel. All right, Mr. Henkel, are you going to send that or am I going to have trouble with you, too? Trouble? I know Lou Shippen's got this town scared to death of him, but all the time I made some of you people scared of me. It might as well start with you. Now, Marshall, I don't want any trouble. I'll send your telegram as soon as the line's free. Good. Come on, Chester. Shouldn't we have waited to make sure he's really going to send it, Mr. Dillon? He isn't going to send it, Chester. There's no way I can make him. Why, ain't there? I don't know Morse code. He could send anything he wanted. Oh, God, Mr. Dillon, this town scares me. 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I aim to have a drink. Those men gave him a go-ahead sign, Chester. Did you see who it was? No, I didn't. I was watching the market. Ah, one of them's Lou Shippen. Yes, sure, but they sick something to choose from. There comes that telegraph operator. Ah, Mr. Henkel. Come over here. What do you want me for? I want to buy you a drink. Bring a glass to Mr. Henkel, Bartender. Here you are. I don't want a drink, Marshal. That's what you came in here for, wasn't it? I... I don't need a drink. Shippen. There's gonna be a fight. You stay here, Mr. Henkel. All right, tell him it's all right to drink with me, Shippen. There are six of you men sitting there, and one of you is Lou Shippen. And by 10 o'clock tonight, I'm gonna know which one. Isn't that right, Mr. Henkel? I didn't send that telegram. That's the truth. I didn't send it. You sent it? I stood there and watched you. But I didn't. You sent my telegram and we'll have an answer by 10 o'clock tonight. Now, you're lying. That isn't true. You'd be wasting my time here if it wasn't. Now, you drink up. Drink up, Mr. Henkel. Now, Kay, I'll be over about 10, Mr. Henkel. I'm coming with you. Are you afraid of Shippen? All right, come on. But I'm not gonna wait around your office with you. You've got to help me, Marshal. He'll kill me now. All those lies you told. Which one is he, Mr. Henkel? I can't tell you. Why not? He's a devil with a gun. He could kill you and then where'd I be? All right, it doesn't matter. I'll find him later. But I didn't send any telegram. There ain't gonna be an answer. Doesn't matter, Mr. Henkel. What are you gonna do? Now, for one thing, I'm gonna see you're in your office tonight and that you stay there. That's all you have to worry about. I'll handle the rest. It must be close to half past nine, ain't it? Yeah, just about. Can you see Mr. Henkel? Yeah, he's in there. He's pretty fidgety, too. Well, I don't blame it. He knows Lou Shippen is gonna come after him and he don't know we're laying out here waiting. No, he doesn't. Maybe Shippen will figure you was lying and stay away. He can't take that chance, Chester. He's gotta come. We're sure stuck if he don't. We won't never find him. Shh, quiet, Chester. We'll look coming. Right, but I'll have office. Yeah, you stay here. All that, Shippen. You reckon you killed him? I don't know. Watch it. You're Lou Shippen, huh? I'm sure I'll smarter than you, Marshall. He was lying about Henkel sending that telegram. Yeah. I had no way of knowing for sure. Shippen, why did you kill Ben Williams? I never liked him. You killed him because you didn't like him? Good reason as any for killing the man. Oh, my goodness. Why did you stay here on El Cater? Buttoned you right on. Here's my home. Nobody's gonna push me out of it. Except you, Marshall. You pushed me all the way out. I swear I never heard nothing like it, Mr. Dillon. He must have been plum crazy. He's probably killed a lot of people we don't even know about, Chester. And for no better reason. I mean, it's a good thing he's dead. Yeah. I guess so. I guess it is. In a moment, our star, William Conrad. If you want tomorrow's better cigarette today, next time you buy cigarettes, stop. Remember, only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accure. You'll notice how fresh and good Chesterfield's made with Accure taste, how smooth they are, and how they satisfy. So buy Chesterfield today, smoother, cooler, best for you. You know, some of the roughest citizens on the frontier were bread and Oklahoma territory. And when two of them arrived in Dodge at the same time, that meant trouble. And that's our story for next week, so until then, good night. Gunsmoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal. Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston, with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. 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