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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 chancy job that makes a man watchful and a little lonely.
It was a hard two-day ride back from Fort Wallace or I'd gone on government business.
And I was pretty saddle-weary when I reached Dodge late the second night, so I went straight
to bed without seeing anybody.
I'd been gone a couple of weeks, but I'd wired Chester a few days before when to expect me
back.
And he wasn't surprised when I walked into the office next morning.
I figured you'd rode in last night sometime, Mr. Dillon, but I didn't want to bother you.
No bother me why?
Was there trouble last night, Chester?
No, sir, but everybody was sort of expecting you.
Where was you yesterday anyway?
I mean, where'd you ride from?
Pawnee Creek.
I camped at Rocky Bend.
Rocky Bend's a good camp.
I remember it.
I meant to tell you, Mr. Dillon, they hung up a new sign at the Texas Trail across the
street there.
Come on over here to the window and you can see it.
Well, I'll look later, Chester.
I'd like to go through my mail now.
Yes, sir.
Well, now who's that?
What?
About four men just pulled up in a wagon right out in front there.
They're getting down.
Hey, they're heading this way.
I don't believe I know any of them.
Well let them in anyway, huh, Chester?
Oh, yes, sir.
Come in, gentlemen.
Come in.
This is Marshal Dillon.
He's just sitting right there at his desk, mister.
Marshal, I'm Red Samples.
Hello.
These other men here work for me, except him.
Huggins, come up here.
This is Jim Huggins, Marshal.
Huggins.
Hello, Marshal.
There's another man laying in the back of the wagon out there, Marshal.
He's been shot.
Did you say shot?
That's what I said.
Well, then I better run upstairs and get Doc Adam.
I'll be back, Mr. Dillon.
Doc Adams ain't going to do him any good.
No.
That man's dead, Marshal.
He's been dead since yesterday morning.
Who is he?
Lou Price.
Lou Price?
That's right.
The same man you ran out of town about a month ago.
You were pretty mad at him the way I heard it.
Yeah, I was.
He tried to put a knife under me.
Nobody saw him try?
How do you know that?
He told me Lou Price was a sort of partner of mine, Marshal.
Oh?
Buying up cattle, Marshal, all over Kansas.
I have lots of them.
I have me a big ranch when I'm through up on Pawnee Creek.
Well, that's fine.
You were camped on Pawnee Creek the night before last, weren't you, Marshal?
Yeah, I was.
At Rocky Bend.
That's right.
Hear that, men?
I heard him.
The only reason I asked, Marshal, was that Jim Huggins happened to see you there.
Now, is that so?
I don't remember seeing him.
Doesn't matter.
As long as he saw you.
Tell him, Huggins.
It was him, all right.
That's where Lou Price was shot, Marshal, at Rocky Bend.
Poor Lou.
He never had a chance.
He wasn't even armed.
Happened yesterday morning.
I seen the whole thing.
Huggins, tell us who killed Lou.
He did.
What?
You did, Marshal.
You're the man I saw.
You shot him.
All right, what's your game, Samuels?
I've got no game.
My partner was murdered.
You had a grudge against him.
Just admitted before witnesses you were at Rocky Bend.
Jim Huggins has identified you as the man he saw kill Lou.
It's good enough evidence for any court of law.
You'll hang for it, Marshal.
You got it all figured, haven't you?
We're going down right now and swear it out legal, on paper.
Then I'm going to send it to the governor.
Don't you try to get away, Marshal.
We'll run you down, sure.
Yeah, I expect you would, Samuels.
Your men look like professional gunmen, except for Huggins there.
I never saw Huggins till he ran into us yesterday.
I don't bear you no grudge, Marshal.
I'm only trying to do what's right.
Sure.
Sure you are.
All right, let's get going, men.
The sooner I get this to the governor, the sooner we'll see justice done.
Remember what I said, Marshal.
Don't you try to run.
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I'll say one thing for Red Samuels.
He had about as good a case against me as I'd ever heard of against any man.
There was nothing I could do about it but wait and see what happened next.
Meantime he spread the word around Dodge and people began looking at me like I was a white
buffalo.
I guess it wasn't often they had a U.S. Marshal walking around with a murder charge against
him.
But finally one night a couple of weeks later something did happen.
I was sitting with Kitty watching the crowd at the Texas Trail.
I'll fetch you a drink Matt.
No thanks Kitty.
You're expecting trouble of some kind aren't you?
Seems to me I got enough trouble already.
I know.
Matt I hate to say it but I think half the people in Dodge believe you're guilty.
Yeah sure and the other half just doesn't care one way or the other.
Well I don't think you are.
Don't you?
Of course I don't.
Then why don't we talk about something else.
You're edgy.
Sure I'm edgy.
I stay that way to keep from falling asleep all the time.
Now don't get all riled up.
I didn't mean anything.
I'm sorry Kitty.
I guess this business is getting on my nerves after all.
Well I should think it would.
Why don't you go and get good and drunk.
Forget the whole thing that way.
Kitty if I ever got drunk I could name you ten men right here in Dodge who'd cut cards
for the honor of shooting me down.
Mr. Dillon.
Oh hello Miss Kitty.
Evening Sheriff.
Good evening Chester.
Sit down.
Thank you.
I've been down to the telegraph office Mr. Dillon.
Oh any news?
Yes sir but you won't like it.
Here it is sir.
A telegraph from Washington D.C.
How do you know I won't like it?
Well you see I was standing there when he was writing it out and I couldn't help watching
him work and all that.
I don't want to read it Chester.
You tell me what it says.
Well if it's from the war department then it says they heard from the governor and you
better read it Mr. Dillon.
No you're doing fine go ahead.
You're suspended.
What?
You're suspended from U.S. Marshal Mr. Dillon and to make it legal and formal like this they're
sending somebody to arrest you and take you up to Hayes City for trial.
I don't believe it.
Neither do I Miss Kitty but that's what it says.
It's the only way they see how to clear this up proper.
Good evening Dillon.
Miss Kitty.
Oh I see Chester beat me back with the news.
What?
How do you know about this samples?
I'm just as interested in this business as you are Chester so I sort of talked the clerk
into giving me a copy of that telegram after you'd left.
Well you got no doubt.
It's okay Chester it doesn't matter.
One dodge is going to breathe a lot easier now that you're suspended.
You won't be around as marshal.
I'm still around samples.
But you're not marshal anymore.
You won't be around for long anyway.
Tell me something samples.
Sure.
With me out of office are you going to be breathing easier too?
I'll tell you Dillon.
There are two reasons I'll be glad to see you hang.
One is for murdering my partner.
And the other?
Well I always heard you were too strict here and I like to do a little gambling now and
then.
Oh?
In fact I'm thinking of running a few tables myself.
I see.
It's more fun without some hard-nosed law man looking over your shoulder all the time.
You understand?
Yeah.
Yeah I understand.
Well I'll see you at the trial.
I hope I'm around when they come to arrest you Dillon.
You probably will be.
So long.
What's he talking about Mr. Dillon?
You're being too strict.
Why there's plenty of gambling going on in Dodge right now.
Not his kind of gambling Chester.
What do you mean?
Well he told me he's buying up cattle and getting himself a big ranch.
But he's probably going to finance it from his gambling and that takes a lot of money.
Sure steady money.
And I've always run crooked gamblers out of Dodge.
Matt what are you going to do?
I don't know Kitty.
I'd sure like to have a talk with that witness of theirs, Jim Huggins.
Oh why don't you?
Well I can't find him.
I got him hit out someplace.
Matt is there something I can do?
No nothing Kitty.
But thanks anyway.
Well there she comes Mr. Dillon right on time.
There are not many people at the depot this morning are there?
No sir but anyway I'm glad I talked you into walking down here with me.
There is just nothing.
Pleasures mean more than watching a train come in.
At least it doesn't cost anything.
My I'd like to drive one of them wouldn't you Mr. Dillon?
Ah they're too noisy for me Chester.
Hello Marshall.
Hello John.
Maybe if I talked to the Santa Fe people they'd let me try it sometime you think?
Wait a minute.
What?
Over there just getting off a man with a long hair.
Well I'll be it's Wild Bill Hickok.
It sure is.
Hey Bill.
Hey Bill.
Hello Matt.
How are you Bill?
How are you Chester?
Fine Mr. Hickok just fine.
Hey that's quite a surprise.
Why didn't you let me know you were coming?
I didn't know myself till just before I left Abilene.
Oh how is Abilene these days?
Well I'm still a sheriff there.
Guess I will be till somebody gets around to shooting me.
Oh nobody's going to shoot you Mr. Hickok.
They keep trying Chester.
They keep missing too don't they Bill?
Well so far.
Maybe that's just because nobody's tried to shoot me in the back yet.
Ah you've always worried about that haven't you?
I'll tell you something Matt.
What?
I don't think I'd mind so much if I was to be shot by a man like you.
By me?
You might take it in mind to try it.
I never could tell which way he was going to jump next like right now.
Wait a minute.
You came here to arrest me didn't you?
That's what I come for.
Yeah sure.
I might have known they wouldn't send a ten horn.
Guess they figured you might not take easy Matt.
I tried to tell them they could lose a good lawman this way.
For a pretty fair match you and me.
Yeah?
Yeah we are.
Well?
It's your play Bill.
No I guess that can wait a while.
Okay.
I'm still on salary Matt.
So?
Let's go have ourselves a drink.
Good.
You too Chester.
Thank you.
I'd be right proud to Miss Hickok.
I figure if I get a couple of drinks in you Matt I might worm your side of this business
out of you.
Why Bill don't you believe their side?
Well I've seen you pretty mean and ornery but even if I was to watch you judged and hung
for it I still wouldn't believe Matt Dillon killed an unarmed man.
Thanks Bill.
Hey that girl headed this way isn't that Kitty?
Yes you're sure are you?
Matt!
Matt I've been looking everywhere for you.
Well it's Bill Hickok.
Hello Kitty how are you?
I'm fine.
What are you doing in Dodge?
Well I sort of come on business.
You said you were looking for me Kitty.
Matt I know where he is.
Where who is?
The witness they've been hiding Jim Huggins.
Huh?
Well where is he?
Red Samples was in the Texas trail drinking last night and the bartender heard him tell
one of his gunmen to take some food out to the loft at the OK stable.
Oh Bill you know why are you buying me a drink?
I think I'd kind of like to buy Kitty one.
Later on back at my office I explained the situation to Bill Hickok and we talked it
over.
Then we sat around the rest of the day talking about old times and people and horses and
guns and along about evening we went up and laid out our plan to dock Adams.
As soon as it got dark we went over to the OK stable and took Jim Huggins out of the
loft and got him across the street and up to Doc's office before he was real sure what
was happening.
Put him on the couch there gentlemen.
We want him to be comfortable.
What are you doing with me?
Move Huggins.
Do what Doc says.
That's it, that's over here.
Yeah that's fine Huggins.
Now then you just relax.
When's Chester going to get here?
He'll be along Bill.
Bill huh?
Who are you?
I've never seen you before.
Mister you're going to see me double before the night's out.
Well never mind Huggins you'll find out.
Now then now you tell me have you ever had any heart trouble?
Heart trouble?
Yes you ever have dizzy spells, faint, have to lie down suddenly or anything like that?
Well a horse kicked me in the head once, made me awful dizzy.
I'm asking about your heart not your brains.
I don't want anybody to die here.
The business is bad enough as it is.
What are you going to do with me?
What's this all about?
Oh over here Chester.
I got it.
I got plenty.
That's good.
Just put them on the table here Chester.
Ah let's uh three quarters?
Well this is a man we're working on not an elephant Chester.
Well I wanted to be sure there was enough Doc.
Open one up Chester there's a glass here.
Yes sir.
Here you are Mr. Dillon.
Yeah.
What is that?
What are you doing?
It's nothing but good whiskey Huggins.
For once in your life you're going to drink all of it you want.
Maybe a little more here.
Oh no I don't want to drink all that whiskey Marshall.
I couldn't hold all that.
Oh you can drink it slow Huggins.
I bet you're going to drink it.
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Are you sure you got it all Bill?
Just about man.
There she is.
Want to read it over?
You heard everything I did.
Well gentlemen your friend Huggins has got one of the biggest hangovers coming up any
man will have to endure.
Is he still out Doc?
It won't hurt him any though.
I sent Chester out for some coffee.
I could use a little coffee myself.
There'll be enough.
Oh see wasn't it something how that Huggins talked once he got started.
I told you you get enough whiskey in the man and he'd start bragging.
Well you were sure right Doc.
He's not going to feel so big and smart when he wakes up.
I don't know the man was awful drunk.
He may not even remember what he said.
You'll remember when we tell him we even know where he hid the money Red Samples paid him.
Yeah that's Samples.
Imagine him shooting his own partner.
Well he's smart Doc you shoot your partner you get his half don't you.
That's a fine way for a law man to be talking.
You mean an ex law man don't you.
You know Bill I'm just starting to get mad about all this.
Come on let's get going.
Oh Matt you calm down this pal.
We got to get Huggins to sign all I got wrote down here first.
Doc how long will it be before he'll know what he's doing.
Four maybe five six hours.
Look Bill you do what you like but I'm going after Samples before he finds out his witness
is missing.
Don't seem quite legal till we get Huggins' signature.
Maybe not but my arresting Samples isn't going to be quite legal anyway.
I'll arrest him.
No you won't Bill.
He's mine.
All right Matt but I'm coming alone.
Okay but just stay out of it.
Matt once you get your tail up and your stinger out you're the hardest man to stop by ever
saw.
Man I've been thinking supposing we hadn't got Huggins caught.
What have you done then.
You mean what I have caught you when you tried to arrest me.
It's been on my mind son.
I wouldn't have fought you.
Because we're a good match for each other.
I'll fight any man alive if I think I'm in the right.
Of course.
I don't know you ever been afraid of anything.
I've been afraid lots of times Bill.
And so have you.
Well maybe.
I guess I've worked on the side of the law too long to go against it just because I'm
the one that's caught.
Well here's the Oliver Ganzer.
He'll be in here.
Which one samples.
The end of the bar the one in the middle.
The other two are his gunman.
Come on.
Samples I'm taking you to jail.
You gone crazy Dylan.
You're the one that's going to jail.
It's no use samples.
Jim Huggins has confessed the whole deal.
You killed Lou Price and you paid Huggins to testify that I did it.
You paid him five hundred dollars and promised him another five hundred after the trial.
He's lying.
Who's going to believe that?
I believe it.
And don't look at your hired help.
They're not going to get you out of this.
You can't throw anybody in jail Dylan.
You ain't a marshal anymore.
No that's not stopping me.
It ain't legal.
Wait a minute gentlemen.
It's true Matt Dylan ain't a marshal right now.
But I'm making this arrest and I'm deputizing him to help me.
Who are you?
Sheriff up at Abilene.
Samples I want them two hound dogs of yours to move a little to one side where I can keep
an eye on them easier.
Forgetting it's three against two.
That's fair enough odds for us.
Start shooting.
No Bill.
There's no need for killing.
I want these men alive.
You ain't taking me alive Dylan.
You nor Hickok nor anybody else.
I ain't going to hang.
Drop your gun belt Samples.
Why?
We just might be lucky enough to kill you.
Take Dylan first men and then go for Hickok.
Wait Sample.
Now.
All right.
What about you two?
They never moved a finger Matt.
They're too scared.
All right you gunman.
Pick up Samples and carry him out of here.
Aren't you going to take their guns first man?
You don't hobble a horse with a busted leg Bill.
Let them keep their guns.
Later Hickok and I decided to run Jim Huggins and Samples took gunmen out of town.
And the way they took off we figured they reached California before they stopped to
breathe.
The next day Bill went back to Abilene and took Huggins confession with him.
And a week later I had a wire of apology from the governor.
Washington took a little longer.
I just sent me my regular paycheck with the time of my suspension carefully deducted.
Which left me almost enough money to pay for the liquor I'd poured into Jim Huggins.
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Gunsfolk produced and directed by Norman MacDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon U.S.
Marshal.
Tonight's story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Neston with music composed
and conducted by Rex Corey.
Featured in the cast were John Danaer, Vic Perrin and James Nusser.
Harley Bear as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
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