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Might as well stand up, Digger.
They're just about ready for you.
Bring them over here, Glick.
Yeah.
I'll start walking.
We're mighty lucky to find you so near a cottonwood grove.
You don't know what we'd have done otherwise.
You'd have thought of something, Glick.
Like what?
You ain't above shooting a man in the back, are you?
You could make me mad, talk like that, Digger.
And that worries me a lot.
Oh, shut up.
Get this over with.
We've been waiting on you, Pete.
What's Reubel looking so long-faced about?
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.
And I don't hold with lynching.
Hanging a horse thief ain't lynching.
You can't even prove he's a thief.
Then what was he doing with our horses?
I was camped.
I didn't know nothing about your horses.
I suppose they wanted up to you in the night, huh?
I don't know how they got there.
Yeah.
But we do.
That ain't so, Glick.
We don't know nothing of the kind.
I've lost horses the same as you and Pete.
And I don't like it any better than you do.
But just because this man was camped near a few head of yours is no proof he was stealing
them.
We're wasting time listening to you, Reubel.
Yeah.
And you don't like what we're doing once you just get out.
All right.
I'm gonna get out now.
You keep your mouth shut about this, you hear?
You wouldn't dare say nothing, Glick.
Better not.
Yeah.
That noose looks got an empty dangle in there.
Why don't you put his neck here?
You men are nothing but murderers.
There's no way to go to your maker, calling people names.
Yeah.
Now get on your horse.
Go on.
What are you gonna do?
Hold the rope?
Of course not.
I'm gonna tie it to the trunk of the tree and we'll slap that horse out from under you.
Get mounted now.
How can I get mounted with my hands tied?
Oh, well, I'll help you.
All right.
Take up a slack, will you?
Yeah.
And get that rope tied.
I'll go get our horses.
You might have a decency to wait and put a bullet in me.
Well, it's cost seven cents apiece, digger.
You're worse than I thought.
That rope tied nothing.
You figure it.
I guess it'll do.
Yeah.
All said, digger, I ain't afraid.
Wouldn't matter if you was, would it?
Here's your horse, bait.
Let's get mounted.
Okay.
Now, I'll give his horse a lick and then we'll ride off.
I ain't got no stomach to watch a man hang.
You coward.
Get over with.
All right, let's go.
I'm cutting you down, digger.
There you are.
Now you can breathe.
It wasn't too long.
You hardly passed out.
Here, air feels good.
Get your hands untied.
Oh, boy, oh, boy, you come back.
There, now you can sit up.
Feel okay?
You was waiting.
I circled back into them trees.
I couldn't fight them, not the two of them.
Well, I sure didn't even let them hang you.
I don't know how to thank a man for saving me.
There's no need to.
Robel, Robel, it's the truth.
It's honest truth.
I ain't a horse thief.
I never thought you was, digger.
Can you stand?
Yeah.
Look, if we ain't but 10 miles from Dodge, I'd be proud to buy you a drink.
All right.
I got something mighty interesting to tell you on the way.
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Chester?
Hello, Roger.
Hey, Marshal, Dylan showed up yet?
Well, he went into office for a minute.
He said if you'd sit down, he'd be right back out.
You tell him about Joe Dugger?
Well, I told him about the lynching and how you cut him down.
Is that all?
Well, I started to tell him the rest, but he was in a hurry.
He said he'd hear it all from you.
It's bad, ain't it?
Yeah, man, you're doing everything you can about it.
I hate informing on people.
Yeah, but murder's worse, really.
Oh, hey.
Isn't it all over?
Hello, Marshal.
Sit down.
I've been sitting.
There ain't time for it.
Chester told me about what happened.
That was a fine thing you did, Robo.
I don't hold with lynching, Marshal.
No.
And I don't hold with murder either.
Well, what do you mean?
He's going to kill him.
He says he don't care how he does it.
This Joe Dugger you mean?
That's what he said, Marshal.
He said it, too.
Well, my land, you sure can't blame him much after what they've done to him.
I didn't say if his life serves he could go on a killing spree, Chester.
Where is he, Robo?
I left him over at the Long Branch.
I don't want to come point him out to you, but he's a tall fella.
No beard, wearing a black hat.
I'll find him.
Come on, Chester.
Yes, sir.
Are Glicken paid in town, Robo?
I ain't seen him, and I sure don't want to.
Now, you better keep out of sight for a while.
I ain't even too, Marshal.
Goodbye, Jim. I don't see nobody in here like he described what they're doing.
Now, there's Kitty, let's ask her.
Maybe he's already left town looking for Glicken paid.
We'll have to write out after him, Chester.
Then I hope he ain't left.
Hello, Marshal.
Chester.
Hello, Kitty.
Kitty, sit down and tell me who you're looking for.
Now, how did you know we were looking for somebody?
I saw how you came in.
Kitty, did you ever hear of Joe Digger?
Not until the night, man.
Oh, you've been talking to him?
Mm-hmm. Bill Robo brought him in.
He went next door for some tobacco. Who'd be back there?
Good.
I take it you know what happened.
Yeah.
Then what are you doing here? Why aren't you out after Glicken paid?
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.
It's a horrible thing, that, you mention, man.
That's about the worst thing I know.
What about those two men? I mean, since they really didn't hang him.
They came close enough for me, Kitty.
Oh, there he is. He just came in.
Heading to the bar, you see?
Yeah.
Ah, no, Chester, you stay here, huh?
I'll make sure.
You Joe Digger?
Yeah, that's me.
I hear you ran into some trouble today.
Yeah, I seen you talking to Miss Kitty.
Well, I came in here looking for you.
What for?
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 mean you'd like for me to forget about it?
Nothing happened. I'm alive, ain't I?
Seems to me you take it pretty easy, Digger.
The very man might be kind of mad about it.
Ah, they made a mistake, Marshal.
They thought they was doing right.
Oh, a little rope burn ain't going to hurt me, Digger.
Don't you think you're wasting your time lying to me?
What?
I came here to tell you to leave black and white to me.
Which one you going after first, Marshal?
Why, so you can get the other one?
They don't deserve a trial.
They're going to get one.
And so will you if you kill either one of them.
I've been pretty 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 thing is going to lead you to the end of another rope.
That's not worth it.
And to me, maybe it is.
Don't be a fool.
Think about it.
Okay.
I'll think about it.
It's midnight now, and I'll think about it too.
Tomorrow midnight.
By then, you better have them in jail, Marshal.
Sure.
Them or you.
I bet them blips ain't even homeless, John.
Yeah, there's smoke coming out of the chimney, Chester.
Didn't it?
Not very likely.
Ms. Glick's going to be feeding the law today.
No, I reckon not.
All right, let's leave them here.
Hey, that horse here's got a loose shoe, ain't he, Mr. Jones?
We'll have to fix it before we start back.
The bat and blip are lindges, too.
We don't have much choice about it.
Think you'll put up a fight?
I don't know.
He might.
Hello, Glick.
Marshal Dillon, Chester.
Yes.
What are you doing here?
Aren't you going to ask us inside?
Well, sure, come on in.
The woman's done with dinner, but I'll tell her to find something for you.
Now, don't bother.
I want to talk to you.
Oh, what about?
You and Hank Pate.
Me and Pate?
We'll go pick him up when we leave here.
What do you mean?
I'm taking you both to jail.
Wait a minute, Marshal.
Do I have to explain it to you?
That might help.
You walk into a man's house and arrest him, he ought to know what it's about.
Didn't you and Pate murder a man yesterday?
What man?
Joe Digger.
Digger.
I never heard of an old Joe Digger.
And you shouldn't go around lynching strangers.
Oh, oh, that's what this is all about.
Oh, yeah, I seen that fellow, Marshal.
Yeah, I was riding right by there yesterday.
I seen him hanging.
I don't know who did it.
Sure, it wasn't me and Pate.
Digger says it was.
What?
Well, he says you and Pate lynched him.
Robo, Robo told you.
Robo cut him down.
Digger's alive.
Well, what are you after us for?
A tempted murder.
You're going to get at least 20 years' click, but it'll save your life.
What do you mean?
Digger's after you.
He's going to kill you if he gets a chance, but I beat him here.
Now, I want to get to Pate's before he does.
Pate.
Pate, he's in Dodge today.
We better get moving.
You're a prisoner click.
Oh, no, wait a minute, Marshal.
Keep an eye on him, Chester.
I'm going to take my horse around to the barn and fix that shoe, and then we'll leave.
Don't pay a sure.
All right, fellow, you come with me, and I'll fix that shoe for you.
What happened, Chester?
Where's Glick?
He ran out back.
Well, you've been hit.
He got me in the oven.
It was his wife, Miss Digger.
She called to him from the kitchen, and he went to the door, and she said to McGwon,
she snapped off a shot at me and ran out.
That's where I could move.
She stood in the doorway and says I couldn't shoot.
How's your arm?
Is it broken?
No, no, it's just tore up a little.
That's better stop him before he gets on a horse.
He just stood out there in the kitchen and heard every word of what's said.
I never thought about her, even the felt.
The barn door's open.
Are you going to walk right up there?
No, no, we can't do that.
We're here by the corner of the house.
You get out behind that rain barrel.
I will. I sure ain't let you.
There he's seen us.
You try to stop me now, Marshal.
It's no use to run.
Hold it, Grif.
You got him?
Yeah.
You hit him right in the head, Mr. Dumber.
He ducked down.
I was shooting for his middle.
How come he rode straight for you?
Why didn't you go the other way?
He knew our horses were out in front.
He wanted to get to them before we did.
Well, there's one man that won't go to jail.
Oh, my.
Here comes his wife.
He's dead, ma'am.
No.
I'm sorry I had to do it.
No.
Miss Glick.
Ma'am.
All right, come on, Chester.
Mr. Dumber, we can't go off on him.
You hurt him like this.
I'm going to dig a grave for him.
We'll just have to leave it.
Our Hank Pate won't go to jail either.
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Hello, Doc.
Oh, well, I'm all finished.
I thought just a couple weeks and I can start eating my arm again, Mr. Jones.
Good.
It is providing you keep it in that sling, Chester.
Oh, I will, Doc. I'll be real careful.
Is it all right, Doc?
Yes, it looks clean, Matt, but I'll change the dressing of the day for a while
so as I can watch it.
Did you get the horses put out, Mr. Jones?
Yeah, I took care of them.
You better start looking for Hank Pate.
Near midnight, Chester. You go to bed and I'll find him.
No, sir, I'm going with you.
Oh, I know I ain't much help, but I can look one way while you're looking the other.
Oh, that's up to you.
Up to him?
You know, I've heard of cases where this sort of thing was up to the doctor, not the patient.
I ain't no patient, Doc.
Oh, no.
Maybe you'll begin to feel more like a patient when I give you my bill.
Bill?
You're going to charge me for pouring that smelly old stuff on my arm
and wrapping it up with a couple of little rags?
Chester, your bill has just gone up a dollar.
Well, not Doc, I didn't mean to mean that.
You better shut up and come with me, Chester. You'll be a lot safer.
Yes, I am. I sure am.
See you later, Doc.
Yes, well, what matters is, is there going to be a shooting?
I don't know, but you better not go to bed for a while yet.
Oh, I'll be here.
Uh, Chester?
Yes, sir?
Hasn't your arm even hurt?
Sure it does.
It hurts this? Does that help keep me awake?
I don't think it hurts at all. You'd be yelling your head off.
It does too hurt. You just don't realize how brave I am.
I'm trying to get you to go to bed, Chester.
I know you are. Well, we'll look first.
All right, Texas Trail is closest.
I guess things could have already happened, Doc,
if the third of it wouldn't have.
Yeah.
Say, maybe if we run into Joe Bigger first,
you ought to lock him up temporarily, right?
I aim to. Of course.
He might have left town already and gone home.
They told me his horse is still at the stable, Chester.
I guess he's not planning to go home tonight.
You'd be disappointed if he is.
That was in Texas Trail, Mr. Jones.
Yeah.
Hey, look.
There's Joe Bigger. He just come out.
You stay here.
Yes, sir.
Dig out.
You're too late, Marshal.
Did you do that shooting?
Why, I waited.
I told you I would.
You waited for what?
For the kill, Hank Pink.
Why?
It's after midnight.
Five minutes or so.
I just figured you wasn't going to do nothing about it.
You figured wrong.
Were both those shots yours?
Sure they were.
I didn't even wait for them to draw.
You know, a man like that don't deserve a chance.
You should have let the law decide.
I'd have arrested him, getting him to jail.
All right, then why haven't you done it?
Because I was busy.
Busy doing what?
Trying to take Glick.
Trying? Where is he?
He's dead.
I guess that beat you to him.
You didn't beat me to Hank Pink, Marshal.
For your sake, I'm going to kill you.
I'm not going to kill you, Hank Pink, Marshal.
For your sake, I wish I had.
All right, I figure you're under arrest for murder.
Oh, no, no, now that ain't fair.
I warned you.
No.
Is he doing you all right?
What's the matter? Did he start going on you?
I couldn't see him.
Maybe I should have let him.
But then you'd have had to shoot him.
I know.
And this way, like I told him, I probably just saved him for the end of another rope.
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Guns Most.
Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Guns Most by John Meston.
Featured in the cast were Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, and Harry Barcell.
Harley Bair is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kiddick.
This is George Walt inviting you to join us again next week when PBS Radio presents another story on Guns Most.
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