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Now bring him over here, Glick. They're ready for you, Digger. Start walking.
I'd be lucky to find you so near this cottonwood grove. Know what we'd have done otherwise.
Oh, you'd have thought of something, Glick. Like what?
Well, you ain't about shooting the man in the back, are you?
You can make me mad talking like that, Digger. That worries me a lot.
You shatter. Oh, hurry up, Glick. Let's get this over with.
We've been waiting on you, Pate. Now what's Robo looking so long-faced about?
It's what I told you before. This ain't right.
You're telling me it ain't right to hang a horse thief?
It ain't right to hang nobody the way you're doing it. I don't hold with lynching.
Hanging a horse thief ain't lynching. You can't even prove he's a thief.
And what was he doing with our horses?
How is camped? I didn't know nothing about your horses.
I suppose they wandered up to here in the night, huh?
I don't know how they got there. Yeah, we do. That ain't so, Glick.
We don't know nothing of the kind. I've lost horses the same as you and Pate.
And I don't like it any better than you do.
But just because this man was camped down near a few head of yours is no proof he was stealing them.
We're wasting time listening to you, Robo.
If you don't like what we're doing, why don't you get out?
All right. I'm gonna get out. Now.
And keep your mouth shut about this, too.
You wouldn't dare say nothing, Glick.
He better not.
That noose looks kind of empty dangling there, Pate. Put his neck in it.
You men are nothing but murderers.
That's no way to go to your maker. Calling people names.
There.
Now, get on your horse.
Well, go on.
What are you gonna do? Hold the rope?
Horse knot. I'm gonna tie it off to the trunk of the tree.
Then we'll slap that horse out from under you.
Get mounted now.
How can I get mounted with my hands tied?
Oh, I'll help you. Come on.
There.
Now, take up the slap and tie that rope, Pate. I'll get our horse.
You might have the decency to wait and put a bullet in me.
Bullets cost seven cents apiece, digger.
You're worse than I thought.
That rope tight enough?
You figured.
I guess it'll do.
There.
All set, digger.
Ain't afraid.
Wouldn't matter if you was, would it?
You are, Pate. Get mounted.
Okay.
All right.
I'll hit his horse and then let's ride off, huh?
I got no stomach to watch a man hang.
You coward.
Go on, Click. Get it over with.
Let's go, huh?
Come on.
I'm cutting you down, digger.
There.
Now you can breathe.
It wasn't long.
You'd hardly passed out.
The air feels good.
Let me get your hands in.
I'm a little robo.
I'll come back.
Now you can sit up.
Sit up.
Feel okay?
I'm fine.
Feel okay?
You was waiting, huh?
I circled back into them trees.
I couldn't fight them, not the two of them.
But I sure didn't aim to let them hang.
I don't know how to thank a man for saving me.
There's no need to.
It's the truth, robo.
It's the honest truth.
I ain't no horse-leaf.
I never thought you was, digger.
Look, we ain't but 10 miles from Dodge.
I'd be proud to buy you a drink.
All right, I'll go with you.
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Aide Marshall Dillon showed up yet, Chester?
He went in office a minute, Robles.
He said for you to sit down, he'd be right out.
You tell him about Joe Digger?
I told him about the lynching and how you cut him down.
That all?
I started to tell him the rest, but he was in a hurry.
He said he'd hear it from you.
It's bad, ain't it?
Well, you were doing everything you can about it.
I hate informant on people.
Murder is worse.
Here he is.
Evenin', Robles.
Hello, Marshall.
Chester told me about what happened.
That was a fine thing you did, Robles.
I don't hold with lynching, Marshall.
No.
And I don't hold with murder either.
Now what do you mean?
He's gonna kill him, and he says he don't care how he does it.
This Joe Digger you mean?
That's what he said, Marshall.
And he meant it, too.
Well, you sure can't blame him much after what they done to him.
Where is he, Robles?
I left him over at the Long Branch, Marshall.
I don't want to come point him out to you.
But he's a tall fella.
No beard.
He wears a black Stetson.
Uh-huh.
I'll find him.
Come on, Chester.
Yes, sir.
Our, uh, Glick and Pate and Tom Robles.
I ain't seen them unless you don't want to.
No.
You better keep out of sight for a while.
I aim to, Marshall.
Well, I don't see nobody in here like you described, Mr. Gillen.
Oh, there's Kitty.
Let's go ask her.
Maybe he's already left town looking for Glick and Hank Pate.
Then we'll have to ride out after him.
And I hope he ain't left.
Hello, Matt, Chester.
Hello, Kitty.
Sit down.
Tell me what you're looking for.
How'd you know we was looking for somebody?
I saw how you came in.
Oh.
Um, Kitty.
Did you ever hear of Joe Digger?
Not till the night, Matt.
You been talking to him?
Bill Robles brought him in.
He went next door for some tobacco.
He'll be back directly.
Oh, good.
I take it you know what happened.
Yeah.
And what are you doing here?
Why aren't you out after Glick and Hank Pate?
For one thing at a time, Kitty.
Well, if you don't believe it about Joe Digger now, you will when you see him.
He's got a marker on his neck like a black snake.
That's a horrible thing, Matt, to lynch a man.
Yeah, it's about the worst thing I know.
What about those two men?
I mean, since they really didn't hang him.
Well, they came close enough for me.
Oh, there he is.
Just came in.
He's headed for the bar.
You see?
Oh, yeah.
You stay here, Chester.
Yes, sir.
You Joe Digger?
That's me.
I hear you ran into some trouble today.
Yeah, I seen you talking to Miss Kitty.
Yeah, I came in looking for you.
What for?
I'm a marshal.
Oh?
Somebody tries to lynch a man.
I want to know about it.
What is it?
I'm a marshal.
Oh?
Somebody tries to lynch a man.
I want to know about it.
It's all over, marshal.
They didn't kill nobody.
You'd like for me to forget about it?
Nothing happened.
I'm alive, ain't I?
You take it pretty easy, Digger.
An ordinary man might be kind of mad.
They made a mistake, marshal.
They thought they was doing right.
Oh?
Little rope burning gonna hurt me.
You're wasting your time lying to me, Digger.
What?
I came here to tell you to leave Glick and Paik to me.
Which one you going after first, marshal?
So you can get the other one?
They don't deserve a trial.
They're gonna get one.
And so will you if you kill either one of them.
I've been lucky so far.
Look, Digger, I know how you feel about this, but stay out of it.
From now on, this is my business.
You're denying me what's mine.
That kind of thinking's gonna lead you to the end of another rope.
And it's not worth it.
But to me, maybe it is.
Don't be a fool.
Now you think about it.
Okay.
I'll think about it.
It's midnight now.
I'll think about it till tomorrow night.
But by then, you better have them in jail, marshal.
Sure.
Either them or you.
I'll bet them Glicks ain't even home, Mr. Dillon.
There's smoke coming out of the chimney, Joseph.
Dinner?
It's not very likely Miss Glick's gonna feed the law today.
I suppose not.
Well, let's leave them here.
Hey, that horse of yours has got a loose shoe, ain't he, Mr. Dillon?
Yeah, we're gonna have to fix it before we start back to dodge.
Providing Glick will lend you the tool.
Well, he won't have much choice about it.
Think he'll put up a fight?
He might.
Hello, Glick.
I'm Marshal Dillon, Chester.
What you doing here?
Aren't you gonna ask us inside?
Sure, come on in.
The woman's done with dinner, but I'll tell her to find something for you.
Don't bother.
I, uh, want to talk to you.
Yeah? What about?
You and Hank Pate.
Me and Pate?
Yeah, we'll go pick him up when we leave here.
What do you mean?
I'm taking you both to jail.
Oh, now, wait a minute, marshal.
No, I have to explain it to you.
Well, it might help you walk into a man's house and arrest him.
You ought to know what it's about.
Didn't Joe and Pate murder a man yesterday?
What man?
Joe Digger.
I never heard of Joe Digger.
Then you shouldn't go around lynching strangers.
Yeah.
Oh, that's what this about.
Well, I seen that fellow, marshal.
I was riding by there yesterday and I seen him hanging.
I don't know who did it. It sure wasn't me and Pate.
Digger says it was.
What?
He says you and Pate lynched him.
Oh.
Robel, Robel told you.
Now Robel cut him down.
Digger's alive.
Well, what are you after us for?
Attempted murder.
You'll get at least 20 years, Glick, but it'll save your life.
What do you mean?
Digger's after you.
And he's gonna kill you if he gets a chance.
I beat him here and now I want to get to Pate's before he does.
Oh, Pate's in Dodge today.
We better get moving. You're a prisoner, Glick.
Good thing we got here before he put on his gun, Mr. Digger.
Yeah, keep an eye on him, Chester.
I'm gonna take my horse around to the barn and fix that shoe.
Then we'll leave.
Aren't you?
Now, you just sit easy.
All right, fella, you come with me.
We'll fix that shoe for you.
What happened, Chester? Where's Glick?
He ran out back towards the barn.
Oh, he better stop before he gets on a horse. Come on.
Yes, sir.
Now, you've been hit, Chester.
Well, he got me in the arm.
His wife hollered dreams in the kitchen and he went to the door
and she slipped him a gun.
He snapped off a shot at me and ran out back.
And she stood in the door so I couldn't shoot.
How's your arm?
Oh, it just tore up a little.
Yeah.
She must have stood out there in the kitchen,
heard everything that was said.
I never thought about her aiming to help me.
Wait a minute.
The barn door is open.
Are we going to walk right up there?
No, no, we can't do that.
We'll wait here.
You get on behind that rain barrel.
Well, I'm not sure I need much use, sir.
I hope there ain't a back door to that barn.
Oh, he's seen us.
Don't try to stop me, Marshal.
It's no use to run, Glick.
Stop, Glick.
Stop, I said!
You got him?
Yeah.
You hit him right in the head, Mr. Nellie.
Yeah, he ducked down.
I was shooting for his middle.
Come come your road straight for you.
Why didn't he go the other way?
Well, they knew our horses were out front.
He wanted to get to them before we did.
There's one man that won't go to jail.
He's his wife.
He's dead, ma'am.
No.
I'm sorry I had to do it.
Miss Glick.
Ma'am, if...
Come on, Chester.
Mr. Dillon, we can't go off and leave her like this.
And I'm gonna dig a grave for him, and we'll just have to leave her.
Or Hank Pate won't go to jail either.
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Ah, hello Doc.
Hey, hey, all finished man.
Yeah, Doc says a couple of weeks and I can start using it again Mr. Jones.
Ah, good Chester.
Providing you keep it in that sling Chester.
Well I will Doc, I'll be real careful.
Is it alright Doc?
Oh, it looks clean Matt, but I'll change the dressing every day for a while so as I can watch it.
You get the horses put on Mr. Dillon?
Yeah, I took care of them.
Then we better start looking for Hank Pate.
It's near midnight Chester, you better go to bed. I'll find him.
No sir, I'm going with you. I know I ain't much help, but I can look one place while you're looking another.
Well that's up to you.
Up to him? I've heard of cases where this sort of thing was up to the doctor, not the patient.
Why ain't no patient Doc?
Oh you? Well maybe you'll begin to feel more like one when I give you my bill.
You gonna charge me for pouring that smelly old stuff on my arm then wrapping it up with a couple old rags?
Your bill has just gone up one dollar Chester.
Oh no Doc, I didn't mean it that way honest, but if you're gonna charge...
You better shut up and come with me Chester. It'll be cheaper.
Yes sir, I'm coming Mr. Dillon, I sure am.
We'll see you later Doc.
Is there gonna be a shooting Matt?
Well I don't know Doc. Tell you what you better not go to bed for a while yet.
I'll be here.
Ah Chester, doesn't your arm even hurt?
Well sure it does, but that helps keep me awake.
You know I don't think it hurts at all. You'd be yelling your head off.
Well it does hurt too, terrible. You just don't realize how brave I am.
Well I'm trying to get you to go to bed Chester.
I know you are. Well we'll look first.
Yeah the Alaphorganza is closest.
I guess if anything had already happened Doc would have heard of it wouldn't he?
Yeah.
Maybe if we run into Joe Digger first you ought to lock him up, temporary like.
Yeah I aim to.
Of course Pete might have left town already and gone home.
They told me his horse is still in the stable Chester. I guess he's not planning to go home tonight.
You'll be disappointed if he is.
Hey that was in the Alaphorganza Mr. Dunn.
Yeah.
Look there. There's Joe Digger Mr. Dunn. He just come out.
Yeah you stay here Chester.
Yes sir.
Digger.
You're too late Marshal.
Did you do that shooting?
I waited. I told you I would.
You waited for what?
To kill Hank Pate. It's after midnight. Five minutes or so.
I figured you wasn't going to do nothing about it.
You figured wrong. Were both those your shots?
Sure they were. I didn't even wait for him to draw.
A man like that don't deserve a change.
You should have let the Lord decide about that Digger. I'd have arrested him.
He'd have gone to jail.
And why hadn't you done it?
I was busy.
Busy doing what?
Trying to take Glick.
Trying? Where is he?
He's dead. I guess I beat you to it.
Well you didn't beat me to Hank Pate Marshal.
For your sake I wish I had.
Digger you're under arrest for murder.
No.
That ain't fair.
I warned you.
No I didn't.
Get off.
Did he try to draw on you Mr. Don? I couldn't see him.
I tried Chester. Maybe I should have let him.
But then you'd have had to shoot him.
Yeah I know.
But this way like I told you.
I probably just saved him for the end of another rope.
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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 Reston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey.
Sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Ray Kemper.
Featured in the cast were Joseph Kearns, John Danaer, Lawrence Stopkin and James Nusser.
Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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