Around Dodge City and in the territory on West there's just one way to handle
the killers of the spoilers and that's with a US Marshal and the smell of gun
smoke
gun smoke starring William Conrad transcribed story of the violence that
moved west with young America the story of a man who moved with it Matt Dillon
United States Marshal
ah good morning Chester morning mr. Dillon is the prisoner awake yet yes sir
he's awake but he's sort of wishing he wasn't not after last night I never saw
Bob Adams that drunk before I gave him some coffee a little while ago and you
know what mr. Dillon he wouldn't drink it before he poured about a spoonful of
tobacco in that's mule skinner style Chester my bring him out here yes sir
come on out into the Sun Adam it's time to own up to your dark and evil ways I
sure must have been drunk if I let you throw me in jail Chester I didn't throw
you in jail he did but I coulda well howdy Marshal Dillon I thought you's out
of town I got back late last night Adams just in time to stop you from blowing
the roof off the other for again oh I don't even remember there's your gun you
you turning me loose hey you didn't commit any crimes you were just getting
worked up to sell oh thanks for stopping me Marshal I guess I was a little wild
too much to celebrate that's what oh well were you celebrating anyway while
selling out selling out huh you mean you sold your freight business both wagons
and all my mules a whole caboodle yes sir I sold out just like everybody else
what it happened while you was away mr. Dylan every freighter in town has sold
his outfit to a man called Ivy from st. Louis we all got a good price for him
too more than it was worth what's this Ivy going into the freight and business
so heavy for it says he wants to invest all his money in one business not
scattered around what are you and the other men gonna do now that he's bought
you out oh blow our money for a while and then probably go to work for Ivy you
know how it is only man who hasn't sold out Joe Trimble and that's just cuz he
won't get back to town till today sometime there's nothing wrong with Ivy
Marshall he's nice a fella as you ever met but I don't much like that man he
has following him around all the time cam spiegel no I don't like him did you
say cam spiegel that's right where they stayin at the Dodge
house why Marshall what's wrong I don't know Adams but if this Ivy has cam
spiegel with him there's plenty wrong
your name Ivy oh yes it is what can I do for you I'm Matt Dillon Ivy I'd like to
talk to you oh you're the US Marshal here that's right
come in Marshall come in I've been wanting to meet you well Marshall Dodge
acquired a new citizen while you were away yeah I've set myself up in the
freighting business and as soon as I buy out Joe Trimble I'll start running it
well that's fine Ivy but there isn't much money in freighting none of these
men you bought out are exactly rich it's like any other business Marshall it
depends on how it's run you you've had a lot of experience hauling freight
hmm none at all but I hope to learn of course I'll just manage the business you
understand Ivy I'm curious about two things tell you anything you want to know
Marshall I realize my methods are a little unusual like paying these men
more than their outfits are worth oh I did that just to be sure nobody could
say I'm unfair and also because I don't want to be bothered with any competition
once I get started what was the other question Marshall cam spiegel cam oh
well he works for most businessmen don't need a man like cam around I agree
Marshall but you see I brought a lot of money with me from st. Louis and I hired
cam for protection might say oh here he is now cam this is Marshall Dylan really
is ain't it oh you know him in the Marshall have
known each other a long time Ivy fact is he run me out Amarillo once ain't that
right Marshall you give me the same reasons and I'll run you out of Dodge
cam maybe I don't run so easy as I did then I'll come now gentlemen I'm sure
there won't be any trouble Marshall cam's hired as my bodyguard and if he
goes beyond that I'll fire him I'd be too late by then Ivy but he can stay
around both of you can till I find out what you're up to
mr. Dillon yeah what is it just Joe Trimble just pulled into town he's with
his wagons outside here he'd like to talk to you okay hello Trimble I couldn't
leave my mules out here I'd have come inside that's all right what's the
trouble nothing with me but Jim Hunnaker down at the Sand Creek stage station
said to tell you there's been too much engine sign around for comfort the last
few days he wants me to pass the word on to the army yeah Chester would you write
up for Dodge and tell Major Honeyman yes sir I'll get started right away I didn't
see no engine sign Marshall I think Jim's getting a mic spooky living out
there alone so much I thought he had someone with him now yeah yeah fella
couldn't stand it he run off oh hello Marshall just told me this is Joe
Trimble it is well Trimble I've been waiting for you my name is Ivy how do
you do and this is cam Spiegel Trimble I understand you own three freight wagons
and a dozen mules that's right well I bought out every other freighter in Dodge
and I'm prepared to give you a thousand dollars in cash for your outfit is that
true asked the Marshall here yeah they've all sold Trimble he's offered him too
much money to resist I guess well I ain't selling I've been freighting over
that trail for ten years and I ain't quitting now all right I'll give you
$1,500 Trimble I don't understand you Ivy you bought out everybody else what
do you need my outfit for ain't you got enough now it's my way of doing business
Trimble you accept the offer Ivy I got a little house at the edge of town my
wife's waiting for me there right now ain't much but I build it out of the
money I made hauling goods up and down the trail maybe someday I'll build me a
better one if I sell out to you I won't have nothing after a year or so and I
ain't gonna do it perhaps this has been too sudden for your Trimble why don't
you think it over first and then let me know I'm letting you know right now you
kind of stubborn ain't your mule skinner that's right I ain't that's enough can
well you're the only competition I'll have Trimble but I'm sure we'll get along
fine there's plenty of business Ivy of course but anyway if you change your mind
you just let me know sure a good day gentlemen come along cam why
he ain't handy when you change your mind Trimble you can always let me know now
what's he mean by that Marshal I don't know Trimble but we'll find out soon
enough
you
Chester what I what are you doing what is all this
Curtains, Mr. Dillon.
Curtains?
What for?
Well, sir, a girl I know got some new ones,
and she gave me these, and I thought nailing them up
would make this place a little more inviting,
if you know what I mean.
A jail inviting?
Oh, well, Mr. Dillon, I don't aim to hang none in the cell.
I don't aim for you to hang them anywhere.
Now pull them down and throw them out.
Yes, sir.
But that little girl's sure gonna be my disappointment.
She threw them out herself, didn't she?
Frills.
Marshall.
Oh, hello, Chester.
Hello, Trimble.
You want to buy some...
Chester.
Marshall, you know what that man Ivy's done now?
What, Trimble?
Well, you remember yesterday how he tried to buy me out,
and I couldn't understand why he needed every last freight outfit and dodge?
Now you know now.
I sure do.
Marshall, just this morning Ivy's doubled the usual prices for freighting.
Doubled?
That's what he did.
Every merchant in town's hopping mad about it, too.
They all come to me and want me to do all their freighting,
but of course I can't, not with only three wagons.
Yeah.
So that's Ivy's way of running a business right.
Yeah.
He come to see me, too.
Now what'd he want?
He said if I doubled my prices, too, then everything'd be fine.
But if I didn't, it'd be unfair competition for him.
You gonna do it?
Of course I ain't.
I'm an honest man, Marshall.
Then you're in trouble.
Bad trouble.
What for?
What are you making your next trip, Trimble?
Oh, we're getting loaded now.
I'm leaving for Sand Creek in the morning.
Ah.
I, uh, I think I'll kind of ride along with you, Trimble,
but don't say anything to anybody about it, huh?
No.
Oh, it's that other fella, ain't it, that, uh, Cam Spiegel.
That's what Ivy hired him for, Trimble,
in case he ran into somebody stubborn.
Like you.
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Now the second act of gun smoke.
It wouldn't be much trouble to hide out with a rifle somewhere along the trail
and shoot a teamster off his wagon.
And since it was so easy, I figured that was how Ivy would tell Cam Spiegel
to get Trimble out of the way.
So I took my horse and went along on the trip to Sand Creek.
As it turned out, I might as well have stayed in Dodge.
In fact, it would have been better if I had.
We made Sand Creek, all right, and a few days later, early one morning,
we were almost back to Dodge when we saw Chester riding out of town to meet us.
Hey, he's riding like a big wind, Marshal.
Anytime his horse isn't walking slow, Chester's in a real hurry, Trimble.
Chester ain't exactly all infancy.
But he can surprise you sometimes.
I know, I've seen him.
Well, let's pull up here.
Oh, there.
Hey!
I was hoping I'd find you close by.
Is there anything wrong, Chester?
Yes, sir, there sure is.
We had a fire in Dodge early this morning.
What? Fire? Where? What burned?
Trimble, I sure do hate to tell you, but it was your house.
Was it bad, Chester?
Plumbed to the ground.
My wife?
Oh, Doc's out there with her now.
She was still alive when I left.
Oh.
Give Trimble your horse, Chester. You can drive the wagon on in from here.
Yes, sir.
That's why I come to meet you.
Here, Trimble.
Thank you, Chester.
Any idea how it happened, Chester?
No, sir, nobody had.
All right, we'll see you in Dodge. Must go, Trimble.
Doc?
Is that her, Doc?
I just now covered her up, Trimble.
She's dead.
Why did everything occur?
Sure.
Sure, of course you did, Doc.
I don't know how she lived as long as she did.
They weren't able to get her out soon enough, Trimble,
but she was so far gone when they did,
and she didn't suffer much. You can be sure of that.
She must have been awful scared, though.
You leave her to me now, Trimble.
I'll take care of her and let you know when you can come and get her.
She was asleep when it happened, or she'd have had no trouble getting out.
Yeah, she was asleep, yes.
And how the fire got started? She couldn't have spilled nothing.
I don't know, Trimble. Nobody does.
Doc, who saw the fire first?
Oh, some cowboy, Matt. They say he rounded up a few men from out of the Oasis,
but there was nothing they could do.
He didn't know there was anybody inside the house.
Oh, Trimble.
You out here, too, Ivy?
I came as soon as I heard about it.
In fact, I was at the Oasis when that rider reported it.
The other men can tell you...
Okay, what do I care?
You have my deepest sympathy, Trimble.
Now, if there's anything I can do...
No. No, nothing.
You can do something for me, Ivy.
For you, Marshal?
Yeah. Where's Kam?
Why, she's right over there.
Calling.
Well, all right. Oh, Kam. Kam.
What do you want, Ivy?
Nothing, but Marshal Dillon seems to.
He does, huh?
Why were you when you heard about the fire, Kam?
I was in bed, Marshal, till woke you up.
Nobody.
I heard people shouting. I got up.
Anybody see him?
I don't know. Why should they?
Ivy. Yes, Marshal?
You still want to buy Trimble's outfit?
He might sell.
No.
Why, of course I do.
But I'll only give you a thousand dollars, Trimble.
You've waited too long.
I didn't say I'd sell you nothing.
What makes you think I would?
Wait a minute, Trimble.
Ivy, you got a good alibi. I'm sure of that.
I won't even bother to check on it.
But you don't seem to have one, Kam.
Wait a minute, Marshal. You're going too far.
If you're suggesting that either one of us had anything to do with this, I won't stand...
Shut up, Ivy.
Now, how about it, Kam?
You know you don't scare me, non-Marshall.
I can't prove you had anything to do with this, Kam.
No, you can't.
But you'll have to prove you didn't.
And you'll have to prove it by someone reliable.
I'll give you till noon.
What happens at noon, Marshal?
You'll leave town.
Now, aren't you being a little high-handed, Marshal?
Call it what you want, Ivy.
But he still has till noon.
Matt?
Yeah, what is it, Kitty?
Matt, look at this.
Huh?
That's $300.
Uh-huh.
What's this for?
I want you to take it and give it to Kam Spiegel.
Kam?
I got it from him.
Along with a hint that if I didn't take it, I'd end up in a ditch with a bullet in my head.
Oh.
You were supposed to be with Kam last night, is that it?
That's it.
And the idea is that if I alibi for him, you'd believe it.
Oh, Kam's right, Kitty. I wouldn't.
It's up to you how you get the money back to him, Matt.
But couldn't you stuff it into a shotgun and give it to him that way?
You've often said it's a good thing you're not a man, Kitty.
If I were, I'd probably wouldn't be any better than the rest of you.
Well...
It's almost noon.
Matt?
Yeah.
I'll buy you a drink after.
How can you? You just threw away $300.
Matt.
Mr. Dillon?
Did you see it, Chester?
Right in the longhorn there.
Trimble come in, tried to shoot Kam Spiegel, and Kam killed him.
Trimble drew first, Mr. Dillon, but he just wasn't fast enough.
Get out of the way, Chester.
Yes, sir.
Tried to kill me, Marshal.
With self-defense, he drew first.
Kam, I've changed my mind about your leaving town.
What?
You're going to jail instead.
Jail? Everybody here's a witness to this, Marshal.
I'm talking about Trimble's wife.
I haven't got enough evidence to hang you, but you'll spend a long time in prison.
I'll turn around while I take your guns.
I told you before, Marshal, I don't scare so easy as I once did.
You're under arrest, Kam.
Not yet, I ain't.
All right, quiet, everybody.
I said, quiet, everybody.
Ivy, come over here.
That was mighty fast, Marshal, but he had it coming.
He shouldn't have tried to draw on you.
Trimble's dead, too, Ivy.
Trimble tried to kill him, Marshal, you know that.
I guess Trimble figured he had a pretty good reason.
That may be, but you can't prove I had anything to do with it.
If I could, I'd throw you in jail.
But I'm not even going to run you out of town.
Okay, you've certainly no reason to.
I'll see you later, Marshal.
Just a minute, Ivy.
Here.
Here's $300 Kam gave to Kitty to alibi for him.
Somehow she didn't want to do it.
I don't know anything about it. Why give it to me?
Take it, Ivy.
It was your money in the first place. Kam was just working for you.
I won't stand for this, Marshal. You have no right.
You know, the Trimbles were pretty well liked around here, Ivy.
You just might get out of town alive...
if you hurry.
Gunsmoke, transcribed under the direction of Norman McDonald,
stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
Tonight's story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston,
with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey.
Featured in the cast were Joseph Kearns, Herb Ellis, Vic Perrin, and Jack Crouchon.
Parley Bear as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
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