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I'm that man Matt Dillon United States Marshal The first man they look for and the last they want to meet It's a chancey job But it makes a man watchful and a little lonely It was a long ride from Dodge up to Ponca Creek in the Dakota Territory And I killed a good horse get in there But I caught Lee Trumbo He was asleep in a clump of willow and I took him without a fight We rode his horse double into Sioux Falls, but we came the rest of the way back to Dodge and style by stagecoach at least I thought we were traveling in style Lee didn't seem to care much for In fact, he wouldn't even talk until the stage pulled into Dodge and drove up front street for the plaza You're making a bad mistake Marshal. Is that so? I Didn't kill anybody There are two witnesses say you did Lee. They're lying. And why did you run? Brother Dahl he said you was after me. That's why I run You'll get a trial you can talk about it then I ain't gonna stand trial Marshal Dahl will get me out of jail before that. Is that so? I never figured Dahl is a man to do much of anything You've been against us trombos ever since we come to Dodge ain't you Marshal? Yeah, I have neither one of you is any good See what I mean? There's your brother Dahl now waiting to welcome you back I worried Chester from Sioux Falls a week ago Chester's not my deputy. Well, he sure acts like it. Yeah, he does doesn't he? No You got my brother in there Marshal. Come on out Lee You're gonna be sorry for this. Yeah, that's what Lee's been telling me. Come on Lee. Get on out of there I'm coming Marshal. I'm coming. Shoot him Dahl Don't look at me Marshal. I didn't even draw. No Now you didn't dig it off. You didn't have to kick him like that You heard him. You'll get his wind back. I got him covered mr. Dillon. Hello Chester Don't you try nothing like that again Lee? It's all right Chester the fights out of him You want me to take Dahl's gun? That's funny. I keep forgetting you do wear a gun. Don't you Dahl? Nothing wrong with wearing a gun Marshal. There is the way you wear one We mean all you might run into somebody who doesn't know you're afraid to use it He might shoot you before he found that out You call him your coward Marshal Now Chester I'm going over to the office when Lee here stops grown and hurt him over and lock him up with you Okay, and if Dahl gives you any trouble shoot him now Marshal get going Dahl Go on move You'll be sorry for this I'll make you sorry for it. Oh Say there's a fellow waiting for over at the office mr. Dillon He's a stranger to me, but he wanted to see you. All right Chester. Oh by the way Welcome back Thanks, it's been most of month you've been gone. We sure did miss you here. There were times when I miss being here Chester Don't let Lee get away from you. I'd hate to make that ride all over again. No, sir. I won't. Oh, I sure won't oh Stop breathing like that. Get on your feet Well You're surprised to see me alive on that hack it's been at least ten years And then man ain't born it could kill me at least ways. I ain't run into him yet. Oh, maybe you're just lucky Lucky you're new anyways Lot luckier sometimes the way I recall it Now you're thinking about Santa Fe. Yeah, you wasn't very lucky that day of math Remember how it was? You back into a corner with nothing but a beer bottle in your hand and three are John Chisholm's drunk cowboys about to empty your guns into you Yeah, yeah And you walked in and killed every one of them It was real surprise wasn't it Matt John Chisholm's been after you ever since hasn't he hacky Oh, that was just the first to Chisholm's men. I've killed Matt Then riding with Billy the kid to about half a year ago. Oh, why'd you quit? Never could make out of Billy was working for or against Chisholm besides didn't pay enough But you're the one Matt Well, I got the dodge last night heard you was US Marshal here. I just didn't believe it Well being a Marshal isn't that hard a job. Oh, you can handle it. I don't know that what I mean Is he kind of a sudden find a man you used to know be in a US Mars? Well, I gotta earn my keep somehow What are you doing a dodge anyway, I don't know Matt I don't know yet I've been over the wagon bed spring stretching my legs you sleeping in a bed doing a little gambling and the like now Some fellow here sent for me. I ain't seen him yet, but if it's a job. He's got I sure need the money Well, good luck with that hack. We'll get together later and have a drink What's this that's the prisoner what do you do I didn't do nothing shut up What you're locking them up for man murder That's bad That's real bad murder is always bad. I don't mean that I mean locking the man up. I Couldn't stand that Matt. I've never been in jail. I never ain't gonna be Then you better stay sober around here And you're taking it back about that drink No, you'll be safe as long as you're with me. Oh, I Don't know man. I've been around you when it wasn't so safe. I'll see you later. Yeah, sure hack Come on in mister. I'm leaving. Oh long man. Oh my god Marshall Dylan. Hello, how are you Marshall? I got something I got to tell you it's my duty the way I see it Oh, what's the trouble? Oh, what you doing here? Well, I come to tell the Marshall something Chester But I sure don't like informing on people you understand me Marshall. Oh, what's it about only doll crumble? That's what you got his brother Lee in jail here We sure have I just locked him up myself. Well doll's coming to get him out He's over at the alfaganza right now talking it up talking what up Well, there's some men at the bar there Marshall and doll's buying them drinks and telling them his brother's plum innocent And they got to raid the jail here and get him out. You mean he's forming a mom That's what he's doing, and I don't like it. There's gonna be trouble sure only. Thanks very much for telling me this But don't worry about the trouble. I'll put a stop to that right now Come on. Yes you What a pair What a buy King size Chesterfield now at the new low price and Chesterfield regular They're the quality twin the same highest quality the same low nicotine Either way you like them you get the same wonderful taste and mildness a refreshing smoke every time Change to Chesterfield America's most popular two-way cigarette Yes, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made What a pair Chesterfield regular Chesterfield king size they satisfy million They're best for you All tumble do something stupid like this, Mr. Dillon Trying to form a mob to take his brother out of jail how well it works sometimes just not in dodge You don't know not so far anyway Here's the oliver hands it. I don't get in the way Led by one of the best government in the whole country. I promise you that And and we'll have justice in charge what we're all old he told you I've seen him sneak out I just been talking Marshall No harm and talking is there Lee's innocent anyway He shouldn't be in jail and I'm gonna get him out too He's men here You're all with me and we're going Bartender this place is closed for the rest of the day no more liquor And you men get out of here and don't let me find any of you together again not for a long time I get moving. Oh here Chester. I'll pay for the beer. Are you leaving me Dylan? Oh kitty just came downstairs I haven't seen her yet. I think I'll go over and say hello. Yes, sir Like for me to go across the street and see if they're keeping the oliver again the clothes. No, it's all right. I Told them they could open up again Well, thanks for the beer How are you kitty fine I'd be even better if you brought two beers over instead of one But you can sit down anyway Well, you can take this one kitty. It's kind of warm. I don't want it Matt you suppose the day you'll ever come when having good manners will be a requirement for the marshals of Well, if it ever does kitty, I don't guess they'll need marshals anymore. Yeah, maybe you're right at that Well, have you been huh everything okay? Well, I was making up pretty good math till I broke my toe rookie toe How'd you do that in a line of duty right here in this saloon? I got trumped on dancing with a Texas cowboy. He should have been spending his trail money on red silk Can't get some soda water better me. He couldn't have been over 16 How much you can do for a broken toe is it? No At least it doesn't hurt when I'm sitting down. I Hear you broke up Dolph Trumbo's party at the Alif again to this afternoon. Oh You hear just about everything don't you get it man. They talk more than women This place is full of men day and night You think if I close my eyes and prayed real hard, they'd all go away. Well, if they did what would you do for a living? That'll keep me awake Hey, there's your friend Dolph now. It just came in. Huh? It's a stranger with him that don't be No matter who is he? He's a gunman kitty That's all. Yeah, I guess he's about the handiest man with a gun that ever hit dodge The dog's gone and hired him a gunman. Who is he anyway? What's his name? He's a friend of mine kitty a Friend of yours Yeah, good friend He saved my life once But now I guess he's gonna try to get it back His name's Brian Hack Brian The government never did pay me much for enforcing the law and dodge But even if they doubled it there were times when I'd like to acquit I Sat there with kitty and watch the two men at the bar They had a drink Then they shook hands And then hack walked out. I Got up and I followed it. Where you staying dodgy house. I'm gonna room. I Like to talk to you Street will do Okay Dolph was trying to form a mob this afternoon hack you Want to rate his brother out of jail? I heard about it when I went to break it up I heard him saying they'd be led by one of the best gunmen in the country That wouldn't be dolphin so no He's afraid of gun he uh He meant you didn't he hack I Hadn't talked to him yet. He was just guessing I'd come in And you have not with no mob. I told him that I don't work with mobs You should have known better than to say that. How do you work hack alone by myself? I'm a pretty good gunman Matt. Yeah. Yeah, I know It saved my life once sure being a good gunman. Yeah, man Turn his brother loose. I get paid if you do Look hack Lee Trumbo murdered a man. He's gonna send trial for it. I don't get paid if he stands trial But you get paid for shooting me. That's what Dolph said That was his deal Well, oh they tell me you're Better with a gun you used to be Matt hack. I don't want to fight you Frayed man How'd you get to be Marshall? Anyways? Job I Took it. Well, I've been offered a job too and I took it Yeah, but you had better jobs heck Oh, it's been bothering me some and I took an awful chance saving your life once now I got to take another to kill you. That don't make much sense Look hack, why don't you forget it huh? Go on back to wagon bed Springs I'll lend you some money to see you know it ain't that easy mad I back out on this the word will get around nobody'll hire me for nothing no more My reputation won't be worth crow bait. Did Billy the kid pay you to kill men course not Course not that was her pleasure. You know how I hate John Chisholm and you come down a long way hack Selling your gun I killed a man for pay over to the hunter didn't bother me none. Who was it? I don't know some gambler pretty good gunman though. Tell me something hack the Dolph say how his brother murdered that man here Dolph claims he didn't do it at all while there were two witnesses who saw him do it a man with a buffalo skinner unarmed He didn't even have a knife on him But he refused to buy Lee Trumbo a drink so Lee shot him on our that's right Shut up on our man You think it over hack. I'll see you tomorrow Good night a man like hack prime had his own peculiar sense of honor The idea of shooting me seemed to bother him less than the fact that Lee Trumbo would kill them unarmed man Later that night. I heard he'd been seen having an argument with Dolph So I figured I'd won But another kill him in dodge either me or hack had been avoided Deloley next morning where it came that a man had been shot at the dodge house I sent Chester on over while I went up and got doc Adams. How do you know the man? He's no already dead man. I don't know doc Well, it doesn't matter. I probably make more money off of him dead than alive Well, I get paid for all tops. He's gonna sure yeah, but just try to collect for the ones I keep alive Just you try and I'm glad I don't have to doc, but I still notice you buy a new buggy ever Oh, yes, and wear it out before racing across the prairie Delivering baby setting bones digging out bullets Delivering baby. I'll exercise to keep the man young Good thing. I don't think on sympathy to keep me young Oh, hold on. Where is he just in that room right there number 12 and you know who it is It's only only yes, sir an act prime child. What it's hack through Mr. Dillon. He did it. All right. Let's take a look Where's hack now? I don't know sir. Nobody's seen him for the past hour. I kept everybody out of the room All right now stand aside here boys. Let the marshal and doc through Let me through here. It's only all right. He's dead Matt real dead Three four hours probably nobody heard a shot or nothing. Mr. Dillon when the clerk come on duty about an hour ago He saw hack Brian walk out of here Why anybody want to kill poor little Oley? I do not understand. I'll bet I know mr. Dillon What just it you didn't talk hack out of trying to kill you after all He went back to Dahls last night and told him he'd take the job Then he figured the only way to get you into a fight was to shoot somebody so you'd have to come after him Maybe now come on. Let's start looking for him I Turn for the last act of gun smoke in just a moment What up here? Last Paul and Mary Ford America's most popular recording duo you ought to know you buy millions of their records Lesson Mary say Chesterfields for me. I guess you could call us a real Chesterfield family. I've been enjoying them now for over six years Over 15 years for me. We believe it's the best cigarette ever made Yes, they have just that refreshing taste and mildest that we like what up here Chesterfield king size now at the new low price and Chesterfield regular America's most popular two-way cigarette I guess I'll forget is the only place we haven't looked in mr. Dillon He's got to be there and that's maybe he's gonna try to bushquack it hack maybe a paid killer Chester But he always faces man head on. Yes, sir That come right from the alphabet. Yeah Mr. Dillon There's a He's coming out. All right get off the street Chester Just killed a man that saloon there Dolph Trumbo I killed him. I give him a chance, but he wouldn't draw. I Killed him anyway That's too bad heck ain't no man gonna frame me. I never thought you killed only but I wanted to hear you say so And you know, I didn't do it They wouldn't be your style to kill a defenseless little fella like that. Would it course not? So while you were out gambling last night Dolph killed him and dumped him in your room I found him there, and then I went after doubt Ain't no man can do that to me Hack according to the law you murdered Dolph. I'm gonna have to arrest you What You're gonna have to stand trial for it. Oh, no, man No, sir. I ain't going to jail Not me Matt never I'm a lawman hack Matt. I told Dolph last night. I wasn't gonna take his job. I Told him I was gonna leave town You're under arrest hack. I guess you've got to do it. Let's go for it man. Oh hack. No, let's see what happens You're good Matt You're awful good better this way Matt And getting paid to fight you sure Sure it is. There weren't no reason to fight you Not that way. I can't see you no more Matt It's like I can be in underwater. I can't see nothing That was awful good shooting. I never seen nothing as fast as that in my whole life My I'll bet he didn't know what hit him way. He spun around there when when you Dylan Mr. Dylan, what's the matter? Mr. Dylan. There is our star William Conrad Right now I'd like to step out of my character is Marshall Matt Dylan to join George Finerman as a Chesterfield salesman You know about the greatest compliment. I've ever heard about any product is what smokers say about Chesterfield They satisfied so whether you smoke a regular or a king-size cigarette Chesterfield is best. We hope you'll try them and soon Transcribed under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan US Marshall Tonight story was specially written for gun smoke by John Meston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin Vic Perron John Dana and Harry Bartel Harley Bear is Chester Howard McNair is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty 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 Today L&M filters have a nationwide demand never before equaled by any other cigarette in so short a time The reason this is it It's the filter that counts and L&M has the best L&M's exclusive miracle tip contains alpha cellulose to give you effective filtration Two other things are important L&M's have much more flavor much less nicotine By America's highest quality and best filter tip cigarette light and mild L&M Be sure to listen to dragnet the story of your police force in action tomorrow night Tuesday on another network Next week at this same time Chesterfield will bring you another story of the old West on gun smoke This is the CBS radio network