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The Lone Ranger - "Legacy for Aghost" (Old Time Radio, 1942) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: A bank hold-up is over, and the sheriff has shot
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  Speaker 1: the apparent robber. But in a western town, a burial
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: soon raises questions when it appears the man laid to
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  Speaker 1: rest may not be dead. The Lone Ranger and Tonto
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  Speaker 1: investigate amid rumors of ghosts and a scheme built on
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  Speaker 1: fear and false appearances. From September 28, 1942, this is
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  Speaker 1: The Lone Ranger, Legacy for a Ghost, Episode 1511. Brace
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  Speaker 1: Beamer stars as the Lone Ranger, with John Todd as Tonto,
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  Speaker 1: in a Blue Network broadcast written by Fran Stryker. And now,
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  Speaker 1: our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger. THE
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  Speaker 2: END Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: THE END.
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  Speaker 4: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of
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  Speaker 4: the plains led the fight for law and order in
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  Speaker 4: the early.
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  Speaker 5: Western United States.
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  Speaker 4: The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and
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  Speaker 4: resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations. And
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  Speaker 4: nowhere in the pages of history can one find a
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  Speaker 4: greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those
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  Speaker 4: thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come
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  Speaker 4: the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver. The Lone
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  Speaker 4: Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 6: Come on, Silver. There's trouble on the trail ahead.
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  Speaker 5: Come, Silver.
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  Speaker 2: Hooray!
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  Speaker 4: Ordinarily, Cass Greenstreet, president of the state bank at Dawson, Nevada,
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  Speaker 4: didn't have lunch with Saul Conroy, his head teller. In fact,
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  Speaker 4: today was the first time in ten years that both
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  Speaker 4: men had left the bank at exactly 12 noon.
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  Speaker 7: Say, Cass, folks might think this is kind of funny,
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  Speaker 7: both of us going.
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  Speaker 8: To lunch at the same time.
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  Speaker 9: Nobody will notice it, Conroy. Come on. We'll eat over
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  Speaker 9: at the hotel dining room.
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  Speaker 4: A few minutes later, the banker and his assistant were
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  Speaker 4: seated at a small table in the dining room of
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  Speaker 4: Dawson's only hotel.
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  Speaker 8: Then Cass Greenstreet consulted his watch.
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  Speaker 9: Well, Conroy, it's five minutes after twelve. Nothing's happened.
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  Speaker 8: It'll happen all right.
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  Speaker 9: I'm not worried.
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  Speaker 5: I am.
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  Speaker 3: How can we be sure this hombre, whoever he is,
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  Speaker 3: will follow through and hold.
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  Speaker 9: Up the bank?
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  Speaker 8: Because I told him it would be easy.
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  Speaker 9: Who is he, anyway?
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  Speaker 8: I don't know. Just a tramp I picked up in Pineville.
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  Speaker 9: How about Sheriff Tuttle? Did you get word to him?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I wrote him a note.
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  Speaker 8: I slipped it under the door of his office last night.
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  Speaker 9: Wrote him a note?
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  Speaker 8: Well, I mean, I printed it. He'll take the tip
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  Speaker 8: all right. Bet he's out in front of the bank
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  Speaker 8: right now.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I hope so.
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  Speaker 10: And he'll be primed to shoot. Because in the note,
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  Speaker 10: I said this bank rival was a killer. Then I
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  Speaker 10: signed it with a name that's a cinch to make
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  Speaker 10: him think it's the truth.
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  Speaker 9: How'd you sign it?
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  Speaker 7: I gotta laugh every time I think about that note.
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  Speaker 3: Never mind laughing.
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  Speaker 9: Just remember, there is a killing you've got to get
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  Speaker 9: to the tram before anybody else does.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, sure, with you doing it.
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  Speaker 11: That must be it.
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  Speaker 9: Hurry up. Get over there.
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  Speaker 8: Now, Cass, there's no need to.
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  Speaker 5: I said hurry.
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  Speaker 3: All right, I'm going. Everything depends on it. Dawson Bank
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  Speaker 3: has been held up and robbed, and if the sheriff
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  Speaker 3: has killed the outlaw, you've got to examine the dead
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  Speaker 3: man before anyone else does. Now, get going.
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  Speaker 4: Oddly enough, the fears or hopes of Cass Green Street
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  Speaker 4: had been true. A masked outlaw had tried to hold
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  Speaker 4: up the bank just a few minutes after 12 o'clock.
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  Speaker 4: And it had been a simple affair because there'd been
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  Speaker 4: no one there except an old bookkeeper. When the outlaw
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  Speaker 4: had emerged from the bank with a sack of gold
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  Speaker 4: under his arm, he'd walked into the point-blank fire of
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  Speaker 4: Sheriff Tuttle's six guns.
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  Speaker 5: He was killed instantly.
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  Speaker 4: That afternoon, just at sundown, a small crowd gathered on
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  Speaker 4: Boot Hill to witness the unhappy outlaw's burial. A rough
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  Speaker 4: pine box was lowered into the grave, then the local
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  Speaker 4: parson spoke a few words.
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  Speaker 5: The crowd departed quickly.
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  Speaker 4: And after a grave digger had filled the shallow trench
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  Speaker 4: and pushed a wooden marker into the earth, he too
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  Speaker 4: left the scene. No one noticed a rather quiet young
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  Speaker 4: man who remained behind and stared dubiously at the writing
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  Speaker 4: on the wooden headboard. That is, no one noticed him
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  Speaker 4: but two horsemen who had watched the entire scene from
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  Speaker 4: a grove of cottonwoods not far away. One of the
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  Speaker 4: men was masked and rode a powerful white stallion. His
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  Speaker 4: companion was an Indian. It was the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
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  Speaker 5: Tonto, I wonder why one man stayed behind.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, me not know.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe he's a relative of the outlaw they had just buried.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 5: Still, I don't... Let's go over and talk to him.
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  Speaker 5: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 3: Get him up, Scout. Oh, Silver. What's going on, fella?
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  Speaker 5: A masked man. Well, this country's full of surprises.
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  Speaker 3: Who are you?
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  Speaker 9: Easy, big fella.
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  Speaker 5: I don't want to intrude.
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  Speaker 11: I guess Boot Hill is public property. You've got as
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  Speaker 11: much right here as I have. Was the man they
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  Speaker 11: just buried a relative of yours? That's what I've been
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  Speaker 11: standing here trying to figure out.
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  Speaker 9: Don't you know?
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  Speaker 5: Tell you the truth, I'm a little bit mixed up.
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  Speaker 11: The army that's planted under that headboard held up the
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  Speaker 11: Dawson Bank at noon today.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I know. And he was shot and killed by
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  Speaker 5: the sheriff. Well, what connection does that have with you?
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  Speaker 5: Go over and look at the writing on that wooden
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  Speaker 5: slab at the head of the grave.
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  Speaker 9: All right.
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  Speaker 5: Here lies Jack Potter, age 28. Shot and killed while
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  Speaker 5: attempting to rob the Dawson State Bank. May his evil
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  Speaker 5: soul at last find peace. Well, it just says that
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  Speaker 5: the outlaw was a man named Potter, age 28.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 5: That's what's got me mixed up.
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  Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 5: That's my name. You see, I'm Jack Potter.
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  Speaker 4: A few minutes later, in the Lone Ranger's camp, Jack
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  Speaker 4: Potter told the masked man and Tonto a strange story.
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  Speaker 11: I'm from the southern part of the state. Up until
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  Speaker 11: a few days ago, I was punching cows in a
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  Speaker 11: spread down there. Then I got a letter from a
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  Speaker 11: banker here in Dawson. It said that my Uncle Jeb,
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  Speaker 11: who lived here... Just died.
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  Speaker 5: I was his heir. Was that true?
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  Speaker 9: I guess so.
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  Speaker 5: I've never found out.
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  Speaker 3: Go on.
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  Speaker 5: It said to come up here right away and bring
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  Speaker 5: positive proof of my identity.
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  Speaker 3: Could you do that?
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  Speaker 9: Sure.
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  Speaker 11: I had my discharge papers from the army. So I
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  Speaker 11: got on a train and came up to Pineville.
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  Speaker 5: Pineville? Oh, I forgot to tell you.
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  Speaker 11: The letter also said that because there wasn't any railroad
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  Speaker 11: running through Dawson, I was to get off the train
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  Speaker 11: in Pineville and somebody would meet me there.
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  Speaker 3: Did they?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah. When I got off the train in Pineville last night,
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  Speaker 5: two men were waiting Are you Jack Potter? That's me. Well,
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  Speaker 5: welcome to Pineville.
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  Speaker 7: My name's Conroy.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Greenstreet from the Dawson Bank sent me over to meet you.
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  Speaker 5: That's mighty nice of Mr. Greenstreet. But I guess I
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  Speaker 5: could have found my way to Dawson, all right?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, sure, but I brought my rig. We'll drive over
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  Speaker 8: in the morning.
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  Speaker 5: Morning?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, it's a hard trip. You'd better rest here overnight.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, excuse me, Potter.
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  Speaker 9: This is, uh.
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  Speaker 3: This is Mr. Anderson. Glad to know you. I am.
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  Speaker 10: I have a room reserved for you at the hotel.
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  Speaker 10: Guess we might as well go on over there.
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  Speaker 5: Sure, anything you say.
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  Speaker 10: Oh, by the way, Potter, I hope you brought your
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  Speaker 10: legal identification with you.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Greenstreet will want to see it as soon as you
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  Speaker 8: get to Dawson.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 5: I've got my army discharge papers right here in my pocket.
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  Speaker 8: Then let's go to the hotel.
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  Speaker 9: Come on, Anderson. Did you.
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  Speaker 5: Spend the night in Pineville?
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  Speaker 9: Most of it.
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  Speaker 5: But I didn't do much sleeping.
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  Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 11: Well, the three of us, Conroy, Anderson, and I, had supper.
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  Speaker 11: Then we went upstairs to our rooms.
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  Speaker 5: Well, here's your room, Potter.
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  Speaker 10: Anderson and I have to cope another flight.
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  Speaker 8: Couldn't get all three rooms on the same floor.
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  Speaker 5: That's all right, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Conroy.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not used to hotels, but I'll make out all right. Oh,
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  Speaker 5: of course you will.
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  Speaker 8: And we'll call you first thing in the morning.
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  Speaker 5: Good night, Potter.
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  Speaker 9: Good night. Good night, Mr. Anderson.
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  Speaker 3: Good night.
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  Speaker 11: And what happened the next morning? Things began to happen
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  Speaker 11: before morning. You see, I'd been sleeping out in the
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  Speaker 11: open for years. That hotel bed felt strange. I couldn't
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  Speaker 11: get comfortable. I must have turned and twisted for an
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  Speaker 11: hour or more. But I couldn't go to sleep. Well, finally,
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  Speaker 11: I decided I'd try putting my head at the bottom
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  Speaker 11: of the bed instead of the top.
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  Speaker 9: Well, that's when it happened. What happened?
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  Speaker 11: I heard a key put in my door, and it
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  Speaker 11: started to turn, real soft-like. I was wide awake, but
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  Speaker 11: I figured the best thing to do was play possum.
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  Speaker 11: So I waited until the lock clicked and the door
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  Speaker 11: opened just a crack. And somebody whispered my name.
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  Speaker 3: Putty? Jack Putty?
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  Speaker 9: Jack Putty?
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  Speaker 11: When I didn't answer, the door opened real fast, and
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  Speaker 11: somebody came in the room. It was so dark, I
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  Speaker 11: couldn't see. Whoever this critter was, I could hear him
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  Speaker 11: breathe as he came over to the bed. I didn't
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  Speaker 11: know what to do. My guns were lying on a
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  Speaker 11: chair five feet away. Then as he came closer, I
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  Speaker 11: saw he had a shooting iron in his hand, and
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  Speaker 11: he was aiming it at the pillow at the head
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  Speaker 11: of the bed. I guess in the dark, the pillow
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  Speaker 11: must have looked like my head, because the next thing
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  Speaker 11: he did was squeeze the trigger... I raised up and
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  Speaker 11: tried to grab him. But he had the advantage of
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  Speaker 11: standing up, and I was lying flat on my back.
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  Speaker 11: He swung on me with the butt end of his gun.
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  Speaker 11: And that's the last thing I knew. When did you
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  Speaker 11: regain consciousness?
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  Speaker 9: This morning.
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  Speaker 11: I've still got a big lump on my head, but
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  Speaker 11: otherwise I'm all right. Who was this man who tried
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  Speaker 11: to kill you, you know? I've got a hunch it
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  Speaker 11: was Anderson. Well, what makes you think so? Because when
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  Speaker 11: I was able to move around this morning, both Anderson
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  Speaker 11: and Conroy were gone. So I rented a horse and
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  Speaker 11: rode over here to Dawson. Have you seen either of
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  Speaker 11: those men since you arrived?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 11: Because when I got in town, they were having that
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  Speaker 11: planting ceremony over on Poole Hill. And whoever's in that
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  Speaker 11: grave must have had my army papers on him. Why
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  Speaker 11: didn't you go directly to the bank and talk to
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  Speaker 11: Green Street or Conroy?
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  Speaker 5: I thought of that.
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  Speaker 11: Then I figured I'd have a hard time proving who
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  Speaker 11: I am.
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  Speaker 5: Especially when I just finished burying one army named Potter.
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  Speaker 5: You should have gone to the sheriff and told him
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  Speaker 5: about it. I was going to do that, too.
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  Speaker 11: But when the funeral was going on, I heard somebody
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  Speaker 11: say that Sheriff Tuttle knew this critter was a professional
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  Speaker 11: bank robber because he got a note from the Lone
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  Speaker 11: Ranger saying.
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  Speaker 9: What?
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  Speaker 3: What did you say?
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  Speaker 11: I said this Lone Ranger must have tipped off the
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  Speaker 11: sheriff because... Did you hear that, Tuttle?
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  Speaker 5: What's wrong?
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  Speaker 9: Everything.
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  Speaker 5: It seems, Potter, that you're not the only one who's
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  Speaker 5: involved in this attempt to bury a man who isn't dead.
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  Speaker 5: I don't understand.
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  Speaker 9: Neither do I.
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  Speaker 5: But I intend to find out.
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  Speaker 3: Here, Silver.
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  Speaker 5: I think I'll go to Dawson and look up this
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  Speaker 5: Conroy critter.
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  Speaker 3: If he thinks he can... No, Potter. Wait here with Tonto.
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  Speaker 3: I'll be right back.
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  Speaker 9: Easy, big fella.
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  Speaker 5: But what'll I do about this?
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  Speaker 3: Don't worry.
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  Speaker 5: You won't be alone. We'll both do something about it.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Silver.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, boy.
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  Speaker 3: Oh. Easy, big fella. Steady.
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  Speaker 9: Wait for me. Come in.
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  Speaker 5: Good evening, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 6: The Lone Ranger. Where'd you come from?
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  Speaker 5: I understand you received a note from me.
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  Speaker 3: I sure did.
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  Speaker 6: I'm much obliged for the tip-off. Caught that bank robbing
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  Speaker 6: varmint red-handed.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I heard about it.
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  Speaker 6: Nailed him right between the eyes. And we planned him
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  Speaker 6: on Boothill about an hour ago.
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  Speaker 5: I see that note, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 3: You mean.
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  Speaker 9: Well, sure, sure.
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  Speaker 6: Here it is.
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  Speaker 8: Hmm.
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  Speaker 5: Dear Sheriff, a bushwhacker that works alone is aiming to
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  Speaker 5: stick up the Dawson Bank at noon today. I thought
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  Speaker 5: you'd like to know about it. Signed, The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 6: Mind it nice of you to give me the tip.
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  Speaker 3: How'd you know? I didn't.
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  Speaker 5: I didn't write this note, Sheriff. Who was this outlaw?
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  Speaker 5: Did you identify him?
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  Speaker 6: Young buckaroo named Potter.
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  Speaker 3: Jack Potter.
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  Speaker 11: Sheriff, I don't know who it was who robbed the
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  Speaker 11: bank today, but I do know the man buried up
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  Speaker 11: on Boot Hill isn't Jack Potter.
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  Speaker 6: Isn't Jack?
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  Speaker 5: And I'm sure that Conroy and Greenstreet can tell you
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  Speaker 5: who it is.
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  Speaker 6: You mean them two hombres are pulling the shenanigan?
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  Speaker 3: They've already pulled it. Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I never did like them critters. I'll rustle them
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  Speaker 6: out of bed right now.
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  Speaker 9: No, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 11: I'm involved in this, too. And we need proof before
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  Speaker 11: we can accuse anyone of a crime.
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  Speaker 3: You say you didn't write that note.
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  Speaker 6: That's good enough for me. I'll get Conroy and Green Strickland.
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  Speaker 5: So, it's always best to let crooks convict themselves.
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  Speaker 6: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 3: Wait a couple of days. I'll keep in touch with you.
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  Speaker 5: In the meantime, I'll ask a ghost to help us.
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  Speaker 6: A ghost?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Silver.
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  Speaker 5: Sometimes fear is more powerful than lead, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Silver.
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  Speaker 6: Well, howdy. If I didn't know he was the Lone Ranger,
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  Speaker 6: I'd swear that man was local.
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  Speaker 4: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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  Speaker 4: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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  Speaker 4: to pause for just a few moments.
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  Speaker 2: THE END Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Now to continue our story.
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  Speaker 4: After the masked man left Sheriff Tuttle's office, he returned
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  Speaker 4: to the camp where Tonto and Jack Potter were waiting
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  Speaker 4: for him. There, he proposed a plan that would take
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  Speaker 4: several days to complete.
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  Speaker 5: Now, this is what I want you to do. Write
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  Speaker 5: a letter to Green Street. Pretend that you've just received
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  Speaker 5: his letter. Tell him you'll arrive in Pineville the following day.
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  Speaker 5: What good will that do? I'll explain it later. Write
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  Speaker 5: the letter now.
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  Speaker 9: Sure, I will.
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  Speaker 5: Where can I get paper and a pencil? Over in
• 16:39
  Speaker 5: my saddlebag.
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  Speaker 9: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Tonto. Yes?
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  Speaker 5: I want you to take it and ride south.
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  Speaker 3: Where me go?
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  Speaker 5: To the town nearest the ranch where Potter used to work.
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  Speaker 5: Mail it at the post office there.
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  Speaker 3: Me do it.
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  Speaker 5: Then ride back to Pineville. I'll meet you by the
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  Speaker 5: river just east of town.
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  Speaker 3: Here.
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  Speaker 5: It's sort of scribbled, but I guess you'll be able
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  Speaker 5: to read it. That's all right.
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  Speaker 9: Here, Tonto.
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  Speaker 3: Now ride fast.
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  Speaker 11: I want that letter to arrive back here in Dawson
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  Speaker 11: by tomorrow afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: You just go. Me take letter and come back to Pineville.
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  Speaker 5: That's right. And hurry, Tonto. Get him upstairs. I guess
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  Speaker 5: I don't exactly understand what you're doing.
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  Speaker 3: It's simple.
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  Speaker 5: That's the main reason why it should work. You and
• 17:17
  Speaker 5: I will go to Pineville. And then, day after tomorrow,
• 17:19
  Speaker 5: you'll pretend you just got off the train. But why?
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: Because tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Greenstreet will receive a letter he'll
• 17:25
  Speaker 5: hardly believe.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: A letter for you, Cash.
• 17:33
  Speaker 9: Who's it from?
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: It was the only mail on the afternoon stage.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: Let me see it.
• 17:44
  Speaker 9: What is it?
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: This is from that kid down south. Jack Potter. Potter? Listen.
• 17:51
  Speaker 9: He says, Dear Mr.
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: Greenstreet, I am sorry to hear about Uncle Jeb's death.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: Regarding the inheritance and complying with your instructions, I'll arrive
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: in Pineville tomorrow afternoon. Sincerely yours, Jack Potter.
• 18:02
  Speaker 9: Oh, I know what it is.
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: That letter's been delayed some way.
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: It should have been here two days ago.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: But it doesn't make any difference now because.
• 18:10
  Speaker 9: I'm... Conroy, look at the date at the top of
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: the page.
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: Date? Date?
• 18:13
  Speaker 8: Well, sure.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Dated yesterday morning. It can't be.
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: It's a mistake.
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: I thought you met this kid in Pineville yesterday afternoon.
• 18:20
  Speaker 6: I did, Cass.
• 18:21
  Speaker 9: Really, I did.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: I thought you hired a tramp to put a bullet
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: through his head. The same tramp that was killed yesterday.
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: I did.
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: I mean, he did.
• 18:26
  Speaker 10: I know he killed Potter because he brought me the
• 18:28
  Speaker 10: army discharge papers that night in the hotel.
• 18:30
  Speaker 7: And besides that, I heard the shot.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: Then how do you explain this letter? It's a mistake.
• 18:35
  Speaker 7: Potter must have written it before he left and put
• 18:36
  Speaker 7: the wrong date on it.
• 18:38
  Speaker 9: Maybe you're right.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Just to make sure, you'd better go over to Pineville, Lamar,
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: and meet that.
• 18:42
  Speaker 9: Train from the south. Yes, it isn't true.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: It can't be true. Listen, I don't know what happened
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: in Pineville, but I do know what'll happen to you
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: and me if that Potter boy is still alive. Go
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: over there, meet that train, and if he's on it,
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: don't hire any tramps. Do the job yourself this time.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: You mean.
• 18:59
  Speaker 9: You know what I mean.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: All right. I'll do it.
• 19:09
  Speaker 11: Hey, stranger, can you tell.
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: Me how to get to Dawson?
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Why, sure.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: I'm a stranger in this neck of the woods.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: What's your name? Potter.
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: Jack Potter. I'm on my way to Dawson.
• 19:25
  Speaker 11: I guess I'll have to catch a stage over there,
• 19:27
  Speaker 11: but I don't know where to find it.
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: Have you ever been here in Pineville before?
• 19:32
  Speaker 5: First time I ever saw the place. Say, stranger, what's
• 19:35
  Speaker 5: wrong with you?
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: You know, it's rather coincidence you coming up and speaking
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: to me like you did.
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: That so?
• 19:44
  Speaker 7: Yeah, you see, I came over from Dawson to meet
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: a man named Jack Potter, I guess you're him.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: Well, this is lucky. What's your name?
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: I'm Sal Conroy.
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 19:55
  Speaker 7: Greenstreet from the bank sent me over.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: To meet you.
• 19:57
  Speaker 5: That's mighty nice of Mr.
• 19:58
  Speaker 9: Greenstreet.
• 19:59
  Speaker 11: He sent word about Uncle Jeb dying, so I came
• 20:01
  Speaker 11: right up. I guess he must have gotten my letter, too.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: Yes, he got it.
• 20:06
  Speaker 5: Well, where do we catch the stage for Dawson?
• 20:08
  Speaker 7: Well, there isn't any stage until tomorrow morning. We'll have
• 20:11
  Speaker 7: to spend the night here in Pineville.
• 20:12
  Speaker 8: Oh, that so?
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: Well, I guess I can use the rest.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: Oh, sure, sure you can.
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: I've got a room all reserved for you at the hotel.
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: Well, it's mighty decent of you, Mr.
• 20:19
  Speaker 9: Conroy.
• 20:20
  Speaker 5: But you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, no trouble at all. Glad to do it.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: You see, Mr.
• 20:24
  Speaker 10: Greenstreet told me to be sure and take care of you.
• 20:27
  Speaker 10: So I'm just following instructions.
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: Oh, here, here.
• 20:30
  Speaker 5: Let me carry your suitcase.
• 20:31
  Speaker 9: Thanks, Mr. Conroy.
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: Come on, we'll go to the hotel now.
• 20:43
  Speaker 5: Conroy and Jack Potter are eating supper in the hotel
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: dining room. And Conroy isn't wearing his gun belt. Must
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: be in his room. There's a store building right by
• 20:50
  Speaker 5: the side of the hotel. You can climb up there
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: and get into Conroy's room through the window.
• 20:55
  Speaker 9: Why tell him to do this?
• 20:56
  Speaker 5: Find his gun. Take out the bullets and fill it
• 20:58
  Speaker 5: with these blanks.
• 20:59
  Speaker 9: Here.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: Time to go.
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: Well, here's your room, Potter.
• 21:12
  Speaker 7: My bunk is one flight up. Couldn't get both rooms
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: on the same floor.
• 21:16
  Speaker 5: Oh, that's all right, Mr.
• 21:17
  Speaker 9: Conroy.
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: I'll make out all right.
• 21:19
  Speaker 9: I feel right at home. What's that?
• 21:23
  Speaker 5: No, there's something familiar about this place.
• 21:27
  Speaker 9: What do you mean?
• 21:27
  Speaker 11: Almost like I'd been here before. No, that must be crazy.
• 21:34
  Speaker 9: Either you are or I am. What did you say?
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, nothing, nothing.
• 21:37
  Speaker 5: Good night, Potter.
• 21:38
  Speaker 9: Good night, Mr. Conroy.
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: I'll see you in the morning.
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: I'll see you in the morning. Now, the only thing
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: to do is wait.
• 22:00
  Speaker 9: Pretend to be asleep.
• 22:01
  Speaker 11: I sure hope that mask man or the Indian reached
• 22:03
  Speaker 11: Conroy's guns before he did.
• 22:15
  Speaker 5: I've got to keep this up.
• 22:22
  Speaker 9: Make it sound like I'm really sleeping. Potter. Jack Potter.
• 22:38
  Speaker 9: Are you awake?
• 22:49
  Speaker 10: Life, I seem to always look so much like what.
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: For a while.
• 22:55
  Speaker 7: I thought you might be a ghost, but this will
• 22:56
  Speaker 7: settle it.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: What happened?
• 23:11
  Speaker 7: I met the train case yesterday afternoon. Well, and this kid,
• 23:14
  Speaker 7: Jack Potter.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: Was on it. He was. And who was the other critter?
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: The one the tramp driller said he did. I don't know.
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: Those army discharge papers the tramp gave to you. We
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: planted them after he was killed.
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: They belonged to Potter.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: What happened to the kid you met yesterday?
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: I took him to the hotel in Pineville. Then I
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: plugged him just like you told me to.
• 23:31
  Speaker 9: Are you sure?
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: I'm positive.
• 23:33
  Speaker 9: Well, I hope so.
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: There's been a mix-up someplace, but as long as they're
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: both dead, I guess.
• 23:37
  Speaker 5: A letter for you, Mr.
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: Greenstreet.
• 23:39
  Speaker 9: All right, give it to me.
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: What? Chaos.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Chaos, what is it? Listen to this.
• 23:49
  Speaker 9: Dear Mr.
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Greenstreet, I'm sorry I missed the Pineville train yesterday. I
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: hope I didn't inconvenience you in any way. I've decided
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: not to ride the train anyway. I'll come to Dawson
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: direct by stage from the south. I'll arrive about 10 p.m.
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: and go right to the bank. Sincerely yours. Signed, Jack Potter. No. No,
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: it can't be from Potter. He's dead. It's right there
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: in black and white. I don't believe it.
• 24:15
  Speaker 6: I killed him.
• 24:16
  Speaker 7: And dead men can't write letters.
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: Shut up. You've got to figure this out. It's a ghost, Cass.
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: That's what it is. Jack Potter's dead.
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: He's lying up there on Boot Hill.
• 24:23
  Speaker 6: I killed a ghost last night.
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: And now this is another one. Be quiet. How can
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: I think with you sniveling like an old woman?
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: But, Cass, I talked to him.
• 24:30
  Speaker 6: I ate supper with him when I killed him.
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: No.
• 24:35
  Speaker 6: No, I didn't. Nobody can kill a ghost. That's why
• 24:38
  Speaker 6: he's coming here tonight.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: Quiet.
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: Oh, Cass.
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: Only one thing to do. We've got to ride out
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: and meet the stage tonight before it gets to town.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: Ride out and meet.
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: No.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: No, I'm not going. I say we're both going. But
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: this time I'll do the shooting.
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: Cass, you can't kill a ghost.
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: Somebody that's already dead.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: Stop yapping. A good solid slug from a. 45 doesn't
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: care what it hits. You and I'll meet that stage.
• 25:10
  Speaker 8: We shouldn't do it, Cass.
• 25:11
  Speaker 9: We shouldn't do it. Quit squawking. Get that mask over
• 25:13
  Speaker 9: your face. I want the stage driver to recognize us.
• 25:16
  Speaker 9: Shut up. Here comes the stage.
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: Hey, pull up.
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: Pull up or I'll shoot.
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: Hold there.
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: Hold on. Hold there.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: Keep your hands up.
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: And they're up. Road agents, huh?
• 25:29
  Speaker 6: Well, boys, this is one time you picked the wrong coach.
• 25:33
  Speaker 6: I ain't carrying a lead quarter.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: We don't want any cash. All we want to do
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: is talk to the passenger you've got inside.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: Passenger?
• 25:40
  Speaker 6: You draw another blank, boys. I haven't carried a passenger
• 25:43
  Speaker 6: on this run for over two weeks.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: I don't believe it. Tell your passenger to get out.
• 25:47
  Speaker 6: You tell him. If you can find him.
• 25:49
  Speaker 8: He's right.
• 25:51
  Speaker 7: There's no one inside the coach.
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: Satisfied? I.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: All right, get moving.
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: Anything to oblige.
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: Get out, please.
• 26:02
  Speaker 9: I can't understand it.
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: I can't.
• 26:04
  Speaker 10: We're dealing with a ghost, a man who's dead on
• 26:06
  Speaker 10: Boot Hill, but his ghost is plaguing us because we're
• 26:08
  Speaker 10: stealing the money that's rightfully his.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Shut up. Get on your horse. What are you going
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: to do, Cass? Ride back to the bank. Come on.
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: Get up, man.
• 26:14
  Speaker 5: Get up.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: Get up.
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: Here they come, Potter.
• 26:27
  Speaker 5: As soon as they get inside, you go up and
• 26:29
  Speaker 5: knock on the door. Shall I carry the suitcase?
• 26:30
  Speaker 9: Of course.
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: You just got off the stage. It doesn't make sense.
• 26:48
  Speaker 9: None of us cares.
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: I told you what we're up against.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: If you mention ghosts again, I'll.
• 26:54
  Speaker 9: Excuse at the door.
• 26:54
  Speaker 10: No, no.
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: It might be.
• 26:56
  Speaker 9: All right, I'll open it myself. Mr.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: Greenstreet?
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: Who are you?
• 27:04
  Speaker 11: Seems kind of funny that you don't ask me in.
• 27:06
  Speaker 11: I've had a long trip. I just came in on
• 27:09
  Speaker 11: the ten o'clock stage.
• 27:10
  Speaker 9: You just.
• 27:11
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 27:12
  Speaker 11: I thought you'd be expecting me. My name's Potter. Jack Potter.
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: Cass!
• 27:17
  Speaker 6: Cass, it's him!
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: It's Potter!
• 27:19
  Speaker 6: The man I killed! He's dead!
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: Shut up, Potter!
• 27:21
  Speaker 6: I will not shut up!
• 27:22
  Speaker 5: You're talking to a ghost! This is what we get
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: for robbing the estate! I.
• 27:25
  Speaker 11: Uh, came to save up the money that Uncle Jeb
• 27:28
  Speaker 11: left to me.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: Oh, you did, huh? Well, I don't believe in ghosts,
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: so get your hands up, both of them. Why, uh...
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: Drop that suitcase and get them up.
• 27:35
  Speaker 9: That's better. Now, listen to me. I don't know what
• 27:39
  Speaker 9: your game is, but you're not going to outsmart me.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: I'm not trying to outsmart anybody.
• 27:42
  Speaker 9: Oh, yes, you are.
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: But I'm going to plug you, so it doesn't make
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: any difference how much you know. Sure, I took the
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: money from your uncle's estate. I've got every bit of it.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: And now I'm going to... You do nothing, Green Street.
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: Why, you... Come on in, Sheriff.
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: Well, well.
• 27:57
  Speaker 6: Nice little sociable party.
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: You heard Green Street's and Conroy's confession, didn't you, Sheriff?
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: Heard every word.
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: Enough to send them both to the penitentiary for life.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: He's a ghost.
• 28:05
  Speaker 6: He's a ghost.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: I'll leave them in your hands, Toto.
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: Where are the horses?
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: Silver and Scout. Outside. Good.
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: Adios, Jack Potter, and good luck.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: Oh, wait, wait.
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: I don't even know who you are.
• 28:15
  Speaker 6: A lot of folks have said the same thing, Jack.
• 28:17
  Speaker 5: But he didn't give me a chance to thank him
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: for everything he did.
• 28:19
  Speaker 6: He never waits for thanks, son.
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: That's the Lone Ranger.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: Lone Ranger! THE END THE END THE END.
• 30:03
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• 30:06
  Speaker 4: of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.
• 30:13
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• 30:16
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