 Gun smoke, brought to you by Chesterfield. To put a smile in your smoking, always by Chesterfield. Made the modern way with Accu-Ray. 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 US Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. William Conrad, the transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dullin, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely. How in blazes did you sneak up on me so quiet? I'll be friendly to anybody who comes into my camp with fair warning and guns holstered. Bacon's burning. You keep your hands where I can see them. You gonna turn away a hungry traveler? If you're traveling, where's your outfit? Where's your horse? Over in the next gully there. You alone? You don't see nobody else. You need the type to ride the planes alone? You calling me a liar, son? Your bacon's getting cold. All right, here, it's right there. Use your own knife. Thank you kindly. You ain't the type to ride alone. What type am I? You look like a storekeeper. Gambler may be traveling by request. You don't fear to say what you think, eh, boy? Well, I say now, this looks right good. Dip in the pancrease if you want. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Great. Right. Some bay horse you got hobbled out there. You wouldn't consider selling. No. Didn't think so. Only looks like he might be coming down with some kind of hoof trouble. Huh? The way he holds is off-rear. What do you mean? Well, you're crazy. I don't see nothing wrong with it. Let that be a lesson, boy. Don't never trust a stranger. With Chesterfield. Yes, put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as A-B-C. Because Chesterfield's made with accurate R-A, always milder. B, better tasting. C, cooler smoking. Yes, a Chesterfield is always milder. Accurate 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. An accurate Chesterfield draws more easily. Let's you enjoy all the flavor. And the Chesterfield is cooler smoking. 14% more perfectly packed than cigarettes made without accurate. You enjoy cooler smoking. No hot spots. No hard draw. So always by Chesterfield. Put a smile in your smoking. Just give them a try. Light up a Chesterfield. They satisfy. Left it with me, wants new shoes all around. Where is he now, Moss? Up to the long branch, most likely. Thought you wouldn't know. Do you still want it? Now that jury and I was worth it, quitted him, he's free. Named if I can understand. Everybody in the state knows he's the biggest horse leaf west of the Mississippi. Well, with operations as big as duchess, it's hard to prove. And it's a good-looking horse he's got there. Sure is. Wonder who it really belongs to. Yeah, I wonder. Well, thanks, Moss. Some poor man steals one horse. They string him to a tree. He steals 1,000 to make him a hero. Now he'll get caught, too, sooner or later, can he? I'll be back in a minute. Have a drink? Drink to that. Pour it, Sam. Now what I can remember up here. It was a long time ago. You were just a kid, some kid. Always pestering me with questions. Bound to learn every trick I knew. Be just like me. Yeah. You know, well, let that be a lesson to you. It was, Dutch. Well, then I did you a favor. Yeah. Thanks. You're welcome. But you know my job kind of puts us on opposite sides of the street now, Dutch. I don't see why. I've got no trouble with the law. I'm a legitimate businessman. I hope so, Dutch, because if your business gets illegitimate around here, I'll come after you. In spite of old times? Yeah, I expect you would. And you would be a rough enemy, too. Have another drink? No, no, thanks. Matt, I didn't know you knew Dutch, George. Well, it was a long time ago, Kitty. I only knew him for a few months until the sheriff caught up with him. That must have been a shock for you. Well, like he said, it was a good lesson. You know, the funny part of it is, Kitty, he's not really a bad man at all. You learn to be a horse thief back in the days when it was a game every frontiersman played with the Indians. He just never gave it up. Well, I just hope when he does get caught, it doesn't have to be you, does it? Yeah, I hope not, too, Kitty. Howdy, Marshall. Now, what can I do for you, son? My name's Jimmy McQueen, and I got robbed. Oh, where was this? East of Dodge, maybe 20 miles, the night before last. I was just cooking my grub when this stranger comes up real quiet. It seemed harmless, but he slugged me when I wasn't looking. What did he look like? Tall, maybe six feet. Strong-looking, with a gray mustache and an arrow scar by the temple. What'd you lose, son? $30, but that's not important. My horse is. He was a good one, Marshall, and I aim to find him and get him back. A bay with a white blaze on his forehead? That's right. You seen him? Let's go down the moss grimmick's table. Your horse may still be there. Marshall, he come and took the horse right after I finished shooting. I heard he left town a full dark last night. And we'll go after him. No, no, look, Marshall, you don't need to bother. You just loan me a horse, and I'll find him. You know the man you're after, Jimmy? No matter none to me. It's Dutch George. Well, I still got to get my horse back. You leave that to me. I'll take you along to identify the horse, but that's all, you understand? I don't know why you're so particular, Marshall. A man's only a horse thief. But a very particular horse thief. And for the first time, we might have some real evidence against him. I don't want you ruining it. All right, Marshall, whatever you say. It's more a skinny chuster's horse, too. We'll pick him up on the way. Let's pull up here a second. Where he met his men with a herd. You see, the ground's all trampled. There must be a couple hundred hands. Yeah, maybe more. I guess I don't rightly understand this Dutch George's way of horse thieves. He steals by the herd, Jimmy, from ranchers or Indians. Where does he take them to? West, over into the line, into Colorado. There he meets another bunch of his men driving a herd stolen from Colorado territory. They exchange their horses, sell Colorado horses in Kansas, Kansas horses in Colorado. That fellow may be smarter than I thought. And tougher, too. And I think maybe we'd better camp here tonight. There are at least two hours ahead of us that had put them over on Crooked Creek, probably at the forks. Why don't we go on? Come up on them in the dark. Now, we can do the same thing by starting early a couple of hours before dawn. Now, horses need the rest. Not to mention me. I'm sure we'll be happy to get down. You notice all the Cheyenne trail sign, Marshall? Well, some. Some. I've been seeing it all day. This territory's thick with Cheyenne. They must be camped close, too. How do you know so much about Cheyenne sign? Well, I was raised with them, Marshall. My father worked at the Cheyenne agency at Darlington. Maybe I underestimated you, Jimmy. Maybe you're not as green as you look. I told you I could handle this myself, Marshall, but you wouldn't listen. That's just as well. Maybe you'll take care of the horses, Chester, and I'll rustle up some wood for a fire. Here, Marshall. Herds are likely snagging Mr. Dillon right over there. OK, Chester. Let's go see if we can carry it. Well, draw it a bit, Mr. Dillon. Why, that little whippers now. He's riding on. Yeah, I sure did underestimate him. What do you expect he's up to? He's probably headed for Crooked Creek, wants to face Dutch George alone. Then he's going to get hurt. Well, come on. We'll try to catch him before it's too late. On the edge of the bluff there. He have a word of horses. Don and the creek bottom out of sight, probably. I count four men, three sleeping, one on guard. I reckon that's all. Except for those riding night guard on the herd, yeah. I don't see the kid no more. Maybe he's around somewhere in the dark. What are we going to do? You stay here. Now, when I get up with that big tree there, you make some noise, but just enough to draw the guard out, OK? Me, Dutch, Matt Dullin. I got your man with my gun on his back, and I'm coming in. Now, you throw all your guns on the ground beside the fire. Do you hear me? It's just almost gone. You two, heck. All right, everybody, rest easy. Well, Matt, you got more nerve than I thought. Where's the kid, Dutch? What kid? The boy you stole the bay horse from. Well, I left him for all I know. You haven't seen him tonight? Drown here? Is he on the trail, too? He's probably out there in the dark right now drawing a bead on you. You sure you didn't plan it this way, Matt? It could save you a lot of trouble. You'll stand trial, Dutch, if I have my way. Matt, I don't want to see you get hurt. But I don't want to go to jail, either. Well, you'll have to decide that, Dutch. What about old times sake? I decided about old times before I became a lawman. I see. Mr. Dillon, there's something going on down there in the quick bottom. There's a stampede. Somebody's stampeding the horses. Matt, is this some of your doing? Use your head. Why would I want a stampede? I need them for evidence. We've got to do something. Stay still. You go down that bluff and you'll be traveled to death. Up here, maybe we're safe. Here's a smile with Chesterfield. Yes, put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as A, B, C. Because Chesterfield's made with Accuray or A, always milder. B, better tasting. C, cooler smoking. Yes, a Chesterfield is always milder. Accuray 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. An Accuray Chesterfield draws more easily. Let's you enjoy all the flavor. And the Chesterfield is cooler smoking. 14% more perfectly packed than cigarettes made without Accuray. You enjoy cooler smoking. No hot spots, no hard draw. So always buy Chesterfield. Put a smile in your smoking. Just give them a try. Light up a Chesterfield. They satisfy. I'll dutch your night herders are dead. Your horses are gone. Looks like the Indians have put you out of business this trip. Yeah. But you haven't got any evidence against me now. Even if you do find them horses, it will be the Indians, not Dutch George has them. Maybe you can arrest them. You know something, Dutch? In a way, I'm glad. I'd rather it was somebody else finally put you behind bars. Nobody is going to do that. Yes, they will. That's sooner or later. Unless I can talk you out of this business. Now, Matt, what else would I ever do? I don't know. You've got a long walk ahead of you. Don't worry about us. We will find some horses somewhere. I suppose you will. Now come on, we'll bury these men. And then Chester and I'll head back to Dutch. He looks just the same. You didn't expect it to change much in three days, did you, Chester? Oh, no. What I mean is it looks good. Chester, look up ahead there. One of the office. Well, there's Jimmy McQueen's Bay Horse. Yeah. Howdy, Marshal. Hello, Jimmy. Brought your horse back, Marshal. There's the hitch, Ray. You're welcome. Is that all you've got to say, Jimmy? Where in the world did you go to? Oh, well, I'm sorry about that. But I kind of had an idea. I didn't think you'd cotton to, so I just left. Well, I got your idea paid off. You got your horse back. Yes. Funny thing, I found him running loose out on a prairie. Very lucky, I guess. Ah, Jimmy. What, Marshal? I know you and your shy and friends ran off those horses. And two men died. A man gets trampled in the stampede. That's an accident, ain't it, Marshal? Especially if he stole the horses to start with. Yeah, I guess it is an accident, Jimmy. So long, Marshal. Have you done it? That boy sure tricky. I know, Chester. Yeah, let it be a lesson to us. How? Never trust a stranger. But our star, William Conrad, put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as A, B, C. Because Chester Fields made with accurate are A, always milder. Smoke much milder. Burn evenly. B, better tasting. Draw more easily. You enjoy more flavor. C, cooler smoking. 14% more perfectly packed than cigarettes made without accurate. No hotspots, no hard draw. So always buy Chesterfield. Remember, an accurate Chesterfield is always milder. Better tasting, cooler smoking. You know, a frontier peace officer was always ready to face someone who wanted to kill him. But on our next gun smoke, a Marshal faces someone who wants to be killed. Well, until then, good night. 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