 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 Gun 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 Marshal Marshal Dillon over here son. What's the trouble Marshal? Why that's will Thompson's young and Mitch Dillon. What is it kid? What's wrong? Yeah Mom they burned our house Got the fences poor of them my sister Sister they wrote in a shop He's been shot hold that lamp down here Chester. Yes, Mr. John Blood all over the back of his shirt Well Thompson he's a homesteader in me. That's right came to Dodge City about three months ago took up a section over our mulberry creek Mr. Dillon you want me to go get the doctor No boy doesn't need a doctor now The house is right, Mr. Dillon. They're still burning. Yeah, what's left of it is? Watch yourself not yes No sign of life though Whoever did it's probably long gone by now No reason to hang around Let's tie up here and look around on foot Bring up your carbine Chester. I got him. It's Dylan. They even fired the corn crib Now why would anybody want it? What's there? What is it? Dog shot a dog when even shoot the dogs. It's a You see something Yes, it's well Thompson. I Think it's real. What do you mean? You think it's with calved you was Indian mr. John. I Couldn't have been Indians Only tribe reported in 20 miles of Cairo isn't they wouldn't do anything like yes They've been peaceful for years. Yeah, I don't know but come on Find out what happened to the rest of the family. Yeah Besides will and the boy who rode into town. There's miss Thompson and a daughter girl about 17 pretty picture There's something lying over there by that cottonwood. Yeah, I see I guess we found will's wife She's alive Yeah, if you can call it that Scatter on take a look for the daughter just yes, mr. No It's all right miss Thompson, it's all right Mary my daughter they took her And dragged her away easy man easy I tried this Held on to one His spur came off Here on the ground Yeah, I see it my daughter Baby It's all right, we'll find her ma'am We'll find her and then There's Thompson. You're better off a man. Yeah We're here in the Willis. I Found her. All right Chester seen her in God Walking down Front Street pretty as a picture. Yeah. All right. Let's ride French first and the polisco Pete's not there. We'll try the other Salinas. I bet his boss is here He's here every night. Yeah, I know Follow me and Chester. Just keep them off my back. I'll take care of the rest of it. Yes, sir Yeah, thanks Are you kidding what bring you in sweetie business? It's not pleasure Oh plenty of other men in Dodge kitty Are them they come in here don't they sure they come in I talk to them and I drink with them That's my job. You follow me man. I follow you. I'm off every night Kitty have you seen how let's go tonight No, he hasn't been in that Ben rocks sitting over there at a door table. Oh good. I'll talk to him I'll see you kidding sure man. All right boys. Here's where money talks. I'm raising another hundred and I'll stand pot Ben Well It's a Marshall himself. I'd like to talk to you Ben All right, Matt talk not here. We'll go over there by the bar. I'm sorry. I'm busy I got a pat hand in the cinch back maybe This is official Ben Made it. I want to talk to you. I come on Take over my hand darling. I'll be right back. All right, Matt. Let's have it What do you want to talk about one of your cowboys Ben? Let's go Pete. What about it? No, where he is We're on somewhere. I guess why I'd like to know if he lost his spur recently tonight in fact Pretty ain't it Mexican silver little point Raul gold and late It's the only man. I know and Dodgers got a pair like this. All right. I'll see the big gets it He'll appreciate your money. I doubt that I found a line beside a woman. He just kicked to death Will Thompson and his whole family were wiped out a few hours ago by four night writers You know anything about it. How would I know about your boys call you a king rock, don't they? Never heard of one up and pulling anything without being sure you'd back him up Matt Are you claiming I was in on this you're a cattle rancher been an open range man You boys all hate the homesteaders coming in with their plows and fences, but a lot of fences cut by night writers Now it's murder. You haven't named me yet Matt couple of months ago here in the long branch I heard you say you'd get the homesteaders out of Ford County if you had to burn them out Well, did you? Sometimes the man gets known as a fast gunslinger and it goes to his head I Asked you a question then then he gets himself a tin star and goes around bothering Oh Then if you're figuring to draw on me, don't Why not man? I've seen you in action. You're not fast enough. I asked you a question and maybe I don't feel like How are you? What does I hear about an Indian uprising? There's been none that I've heard about all family massacre the way I hear it, sir Murdered and scowled scowled two of them were so as Indians What game are you playing Matt Indians don't cut fences Ben? That's a cattle man's trick scalping to but have been an afterthought It wasn't an Indian who lost that spur. Well, we'll soon find out about it I'm riding into the Kiowa country with troops see tonight. I hope you won't do that Colonel Blake You know the Kiowa's are peaceable enough when you let him alone But if you push him they'll fight through enough Marshall We can't let him get away with it the Indians weren't responsible Colonel I got evidence to the contrary give me 24 hours and I'll prove it Well, I certainly don't relish stirring up the tribal war, but just 24 hours Alright Then you know where Jolisco is you better turn him in it'll save trouble When any of my boys need discipline I take care of not this time other people are involved homestead Squatting on a measly 320 acres of peace ruining the whole country got rights, but who says so I do Chester no, sir. I just thought by the jail here to see if you'd found it. I wish I had I'll head out again in a few minutes Oh This fellow's been waiting for you all morning. Mr. Dylan is that so my name is Ezra Hawkins Marshall way I met more I Got a homestead up the river. Don't leave me much time to get the town I see. Well, what can I do for you? Mr. Hawkins? Well, it's about what happened to the Thompson family last night All the homesteaders sort of pointed me to speak for the whole bunch All right speak Well, we want to know what you aim to do about it. Mr. Dylan. I aim to get the killers When mr. Hawkins I've been up all night trying to get an answer to that question if you've got any information to offer Fine if you haven't that What's up Chester a trail herd hit down a guest You men just blow into town And you're not talking to the sheriff. I'm the u.s. Marshall you the range boss Dudley we got a new law here against shooting off firearms inside the city limits No Dudley I mean more like this Come on down off that horse What you're doing he's got a knife so I see Nice work, mr. Dylan drag him in and lock him up Chester throw some water on it. Yes All right curly wolves your bosses jailed and fined $50. She can get him out tomorrow morning I said tomorrow Now on the move Alley a gas you handle things right fine Marshall once you get started Thanks Hawkins only trouble is some of us homesteaders are getting kind of impatient Cabaranches been treating us pretty bad for too long Boys are all meeting in my place today. I reckon I can hold them back till tonight You know what I mean, Marshall Yeah, I saw it happen. I believe dirty and bloody I'd hate to see it happen here. Sure. I know what you mean range war You can hold an incest anytime now I'm all finished with the autopsy. All right, doc It goes pretty fast when you can line them that away for in a row Makes the job a lot easier Yeah, I imagine Doc have you ever seen a range war? I hear there's one boo on there is less Indian trouble I don't bring in a list go Pete before tonight and find out who was three partners where you're gonna have bodies lined up 20 in a row. Well, it should bring in a lot of fees. I could retire and buy myself a ranch Sure Oh, that sounds like Chester. Yeah, he's been scouting those thickets along the river bottom I've brought in Halisco. Where is he Chester outside tight on my pack new good? No, sir I'm afraid it ain't so good. He's dead been shot in the back and scout We will return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment But first CBS radio and cooperation with Time magazine makes available to you free of charge a valuable convention handbook Packed with facts and sidelights about American national political conventions This convention handbook containing a convention map and box score of interesting pictures and a complete history of this old American custom will be yours if you send a postcard with your name and address to time CBS Chicago 90 Illinois. That's time CBS Chicago 90 Illinois And now with William Conrad starred as Matt Dillon. Here's the second act of gun smoke Just a second now, Martian Here it comes now Well, there's the bullet It won't talk the slugs I dig out of the body's all look alike Someday though, they may figure a way to tell them apart. They'd even tell which gun fired which bullet. Oh, no, not a chance Well, it gets us all I can do for the late limited This is only wearing one spur. Yeah, I know I got the make to it here It's what I wanted to talk to him about. It's too bad. Marshall. He's talking days over. Yeah, somebody made sure of that All right, then tried to cover the trail by scalping now I can tell you one thing it wasn't done by Indians. It's my guess, too I've seen how Indians do it down in the territory up in the Dakotas Slick and clean nothing like this. Well, I could do a better job of my eyes closed. Yeah, I bet you could Well, yes, I'd better get ready for the rush Looks like a showdown, my friend, and I don't see any way that you can stop either do I All the year man. Oh Hi, you kitty Business again, man. Well, I was looking for Ben Rort Isn't here he left about an hour ago. Some of his boys came after him Matt I Waited for you last night. I Worked kidding all night. Yeah There's a bad Feeling near mad. What is it? What's gonna happen? I wish I knew they call all the soldiers and see true back to Fort Dodge This afternoon. I hear they're planning to move out tonight. I hope not There's a lot of homesteaders in here drinking that's unusual What's gonna happen the bloodiest mess you've ever seen and I don't know any way you're stopping it If I'd only found a lisco feet before they killed him now I got nothing to go on. Let's go came in here last night late. Have you gone? Well? Why didn't you let me know there wasn't time he heard he was wanted and he left right away his friends with him friends What friends? I've never seen him before Thanks, he didn't know him in the Pecos country. They're all pretty drunk. How many were with him Kelly? Three against one of them was named red Dudley red Dudley and one called himself Tulsa Jim He kept talking about the circle bar be bright might be it might be they could have written in last night ahead of her To look up people in there So you better come on outside here if you want to stop a lynching Coming down be careful Matt. Be careful What is it Ben Rourke and some of the cattle ranches they caught themselves of Indian and they're gonna string him up. I've doubt it We know what we're doing. I hope so Ben Who have you got here one of the murdering skunks who wiped out the Thompson's and the objections I might work up some then What's your name color? He won't talk to you hasn't opened his mouth look fella is an Indian your award of the government I'm a US Marshal. I represent the government. I'm here to protect you Now what's your name? He talks while work hard good man. No kill What makes them think you did they kill people no kill He pleads not guilty Ben sure he does and maybe he can explain why we caught him two miles from my ranch house Is that reservation? What was he doing there? Mr. Rourke Maybe I can tell you what he was doing. What? Ezra Hawkins inside if you don't mind. Let me through here, please We got tired of waiting marshal we come on into town. Maybe that was a mistake Hawkins, maybe You have to play it the way you see it. Look mister. Let's have it. What's this all about? I'm a homesteader. Mr. Rourke Well, I accept your apology Weren't no apology. I just wanted you to know who those hundred men across the street were 100 I'm Well, there's 30 of us so the odds aren't bad What's on your mind? This Indians been working for us, mr. Rourke Tracking down fence cutter Maybe that's why you caught him within two miles of your house Got the nerve to come out and say what you mean homesteader You bet I have fence cutter. All right hold it Now you're covered Ben and you too Hawkins this place gone far enough not giving a man a chance to draw Matt not this time Ben All right, you talk sick climb off that horse and get over here behind me move slow and stay out of the line of fire You man Be the side mix a move Ben and Hawkins will be the first to get it you understand Don't take us in in your office Well, Matt, what's the next step you can't keep us here with our hands in the air forever. I don't intend to I Got one of the murderers locked up in jail I want you two to come along and listen to his statement, but leave the questions to me. All right It's just fine with me Marshall. It's your show Matt. Good. Come on Chester Chester looks kind of deserted man. He may have gone back to the cells to see Chester Ben Hawkins, what's the matter Matt here? I'll get that gag off of him. You cut the ropes, right? Chester here we go easy now There What happened Chester? Oh, they slipped in and got the drop on me. Mr. Dylan took red Dudley with him There was two of them not more than 20 minutes ago. Who were they? Do you know him? Nope circle Barbie boys to think they slugged me and thought I was out But I heard them talking they were all in with Pete on the Thompson killing Yeah, I know and they killed Pete too. It was afraid you'd make him talk the question now is where are they? I know where they are Kansas rooms They are Kansas, huh? They plan to hole up there. It'll it got dark. Maybe they've gone, but now though Maybe not want some help Matt. No, thanks Ben. It's my job mine and Chester's Come on Chester. Let's go It's all dark. It doesn't mean a thing Watch the windows Drop behind that water crop here use your carbine. It's more accurate. Yes, Dudley Come on out. You're under arrest Come and get it part the flashes Chester that came from the side window mr. Dylan and into one There's somebody behind the other corner, so Yeah, there was break the front of the building Chester. Yes, I got one. He's hanging out the window. Yeah, it's too down All right, come on out be careful mr. Dylan. It may be a trick it's up to him Come on out Dudley Well, hurry it up. I'm coming Got a bullet in my leg. I can't hurry very fast You got me all wrong. What could he drive? Wrong Chester. He started to See if you can find the doctor get him to help you pack these Things over to the jail. Yes, right away Matt Are you all right Matt? Yeah Yeah, I'm all right Ben. I had a clean sweep and looks that way Well bullets are cheaper than rope. I guess so Ben You and your boys aren't murderers like red Dudley, but This business of fence cutting can lead to a range war too Like it or not homesteadings here to stay. There's more up and coming in on every train. I know all that Cattlemen built this country Matt a few more years now. They'll have us fenced out of times change been There's range still left out west in New Mexico, Arizona. Yes, I know some of us have been thinking about it Matt they'll fence you out to you know. Yeah, I guess they will Well when that time comes I'll move on if I'm still around farms and families Next thing they'll do is set up courts and bring the law in here Laws here now Ben In Dark City, I'm the law Gun smoke under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon U.S. Marshall tonight's story was especially written for gun smoke by Les Crutchfield With music composed and conducted by Rex Corey featured in tonight's cast where Harry Bartell Lou Krugman and Georgia Ellis with Jack Krushen Barney Phillips, Vivi Janus and Johnny McGovern Polly Bear is Chester and Howard McNair is Doc Join us again next week as Matt Dillon U.S. Marshall fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the west in gun smoke Jungle Legacy is the name of tonight's adventure with Tarzan Listen as Tarzan Lord of the Jungle faces a band of unscrupulous men who seek a uranium deposit in Tarzan's realm Through which they hope to rule the world Don't miss Jungle Legacy tonight when most of these same CBS radio stations bring you Tarzan It's packed with thrills packed with action packed with tense atmosphere This is Roy Rowan speaking Remember