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The Lone Ranger - "Murder Weapon" (Old Time Radio, 1953) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Beside Furnace River, a floating canteen leads the Lone Ranger
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: and Tonto toward the trail of an ambushed man. Their
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: visitors are Modoc City news editor Tom Bent and his
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: adopted son, Inky. Before long, the search reaches from the
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: riverbank into a case involving outlaws and stolen gold. From
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: June 8th, 1953, this is The Lone Ranger, Murder Weapon,
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: Episode 3183. Brace Beamer stars as the Lone Ranger, with
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: John Todd as Tonto. The script is by Betty Joyce,
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: and now, the original broadcast.
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: I'll do it! I'll do it!
• 0:57
  Speaker 3: A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud
• 0:59
  Speaker 3: of dust, and a hearty high of silver.
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger.
• 1:22
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: THE END.
• 2:45
  Speaker 3: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful
• 2:49
  Speaker 3: masked rider of the plains led the fight for law
• 2:52
  Speaker 3: and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in
• 2:57
  Speaker 3: the pages of history can one find a greater champion
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days
• 3:05
  Speaker 3: of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering
• 3:08
  Speaker 3: hoofbeats of.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: The great horse, Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 5: On, Silver.
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: Let's go, big fella.
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: On, Silver.
• 3:18
  Speaker 6: Hooray!
• 3:36
  Speaker 3: At the request of Marshal Jim Fraser, the Lone Ranger
• 3:40
  Speaker 3: and Tonto were camped on the banks of Furness River,
• 3:43
  Speaker 3: a few miles from the town of Modoc City. They
• 3:46
  Speaker 3: were there when two riders approached.
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  Speaker 7: Hello there.
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  Speaker 4: Hi.
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  Speaker 2: Hello.
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  Speaker 8: Inky.
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  Speaker 3: The callers were Tom Bent, editor of the Modoc City News,
• 3:56
  Speaker 3: and Inky, his 14-year-old adopted son. The masked man and
• 4:00
  Speaker 3: Tonto greeted them warmly. Then Tom said.
• 4:03
  Speaker 9: Marshal Jim told us we'd find you here.
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  Speaker 2: We were in his office last night.
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  Speaker 9: He said you were staying in these parts until his
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  Speaker 9: deputies bring in a couple of outlaws they captured in
• 4:12
  Speaker 9: Copper County.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, as soon as they arrive, we'll leave with Marshal
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  Speaker 2: Jim and the prisoners for territorial prison.
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  Speaker 9: Those prisoners will be mighty well guarded, mister.
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  Speaker 10: A couple of months ago when I saw you last,
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  Speaker 10: you said you'd teach me how to use a gun
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  Speaker 10: the next time you came to town.
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  Speaker 2: I remember, Inky.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I tried to tell him he shouldn't impose on you,
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  Speaker 9: but he insisted on coming here.
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  Speaker 2: It's no imposition, Tom. I'll give you your first lesson today, Inky.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, golly.
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  Speaker 10: Do we start now?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but before you try shooting, remember no gun is
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  Speaker 2: a plaything. A deadly weapon that must be handled with care.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Never draw a gun unless you plan to use it.
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  Speaker 2: Never point it at anything you wouldn't want to shoot.
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  Speaker 2: And never shoot unless you've no other choice.
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  Speaker 10: I'll remember, mister.
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  Speaker 2: Now, take my gun.
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  Speaker 4: Gosh, thanks.
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  Speaker 7: Golly, it's heavy.
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  Speaker 10: What do I shoot at?
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  Speaker 2: Fire at one of the logs floating downriver there.
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  Speaker 10: It's hard to cock.
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  Speaker 2: One of the arms companies is putting out a self-cocking gun, Inky.
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  Speaker 2: It's a double-action. 38. A pull on the trigger throws
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  Speaker 2: back the hammer and trips it.
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  Speaker 10: That'd be a lot easier to use.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, if you need help.
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  Speaker 7: I've got it.
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  Speaker 2: All set?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Here goes.
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  Speaker 9: Inky, you shot away over the mark.
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  Speaker 10: I know I did, Tom. What did I do wrong, mister?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you didn't allow for the kick of the gun.
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  Speaker 10: I'll try again.
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  Speaker 2: That was better. But you still missed the log, Inky.
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  Speaker 2: Try standing sideways, placing most of your weight on your
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  Speaker 2: right foot.
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  Speaker 4: Like this?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. That's the best position for a beginner. It not
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  Speaker 2: only helps you balance your gun, but it makes a
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  Speaker 2: smaller target of your body.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Don't make your trigger finger do all the work. Use
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  Speaker 2: your whole hand and squeeze both butt and trigger.
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  Speaker 9: I'll shoot again. Good for you, Inky. I hit it.
• 6:05
  Speaker 10: I hit the log. I saw the bark fly.
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  Speaker 2: You're learning fast, Inky. That's plenty good shot for a beginner.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Tonto.
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  Speaker 10: The log's gone now, but here comes a smaller target.
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  Speaker 10: It's only a few feet from shore. I'll try to
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  Speaker 10: hit it.
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  Speaker 2: Don't shoot, Inky.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: Let the hammer down gently.
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  Speaker 10: It's down. What's wrong, mister?
• 6:24
  Speaker 2: That's not a piece of wood. Oh, it looks like canteen.
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  Speaker 4: It is.
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  Speaker 2: I'll wait in the after tunnel.
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  Speaker 9: Will you be able to reach it, mister?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Tom.
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  Speaker 9: I wonder where it came from.
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  Speaker 2: Not know.
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  Speaker 10: Maybe someone drowned and lost it.
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  Speaker 9: Let's hope not, Inky.
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  Speaker 2: I've got it.
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  Speaker 10: You think there'll be a name on a canteen tunnel?
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  Speaker 9: You'll soon know whether there is or not.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take my gun now, Inky.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, sure, mister.
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  Speaker 10: Thanks for the lesson. Is there a name on the canteen?
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  Speaker 2: No, but there's something inside.
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  Speaker 4: Listen.
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  Speaker 9: It sounds like gold nuggets. Inky has a lively imagination.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take the cap off and pour out whatever's inside.
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  Speaker 9: Gee, those look like small pebbles.
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  Speaker 2: They are, Tom. Here's something else. That rolled piece of paper. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: someone hoped the canteen would be found and opened. Pebbles
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  Speaker 2: were intended to arouse the finder's curiosity. There's writing on
• 7:14
  Speaker 2: the paper.
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  Speaker 9: It's a note.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: What's it say? I, Pete Hall, was ambushed on the
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  Speaker 2: 2nd of May on my way to Modoc City for
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  Speaker 2: my gold claim. I was shot in the back and
• 7:24
  Speaker 2: left for dead. When I came to, I was paralyzed
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  Speaker 2: from the waist down. My horse is gone. The gold
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  Speaker 2: I was taking to town was stolen. The two men
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  Speaker 2: who shot me were hiding in the brush where Squaw
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: Creek runs into Furnace River. I can't live much longer,
• 7:39
  Speaker 2: but tell the marshal... Tell him what? That's the end
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  Speaker 2: of the letter, Inky.
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  Speaker 9: Gosh, I know Pete Hall. His claims in the hills
• 7:47
  Speaker 9: near Chief Blackhawk's Indian village. Pete was downright friendly with
• 7:51
  Speaker 9: the Indians. Yes, we ran a front page story when
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  Speaker 9: Blackhawk made Pete a blood brother. Do you think there's
• 7:57
  Speaker 9: a chance he's still alive?
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  Speaker 2: No, Tom. The 2nd of May was three weeks ago.
• 8:01
  Speaker 2: A badly wounded man couldn't live three weeks without food, shelter,
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  Speaker 2: or medical care. Oh. And what we do. You and
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  Speaker 2: I will ride to Squaw Creek to look for the body, Tonto.
• 8:11
  Speaker 7: Me get Scout and Silver.
• 8:13
  Speaker 9: What about Inky and me, mister?
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  Speaker 2: Tom, I wish you'd take this message to Marshal Jim
• 8:18
  Speaker 2: in Modoc City. Tell him how we found it. And
• 8:21
  Speaker 2: ask him to join Tonto and me on the riverbank
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  Speaker 2: near Squaw Creek.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 9: Come on, Inky. We'll hit the saddle and head for town.
• 8:39
  Speaker 3: Shortly after noon, a hard-faced, well-dressed man named Lefty Blunt
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  Speaker 3: was eating a substantial meal in Ma Hank's Henry House
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  Speaker 3: Hotel in Modoc City. His companion was a gunslinger named
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  Speaker 3: Sutton Jones. On the opposite side of the dining room,
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  Speaker 3: Marshal Jim Fraser was enjoying a sizable portion of Ma
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  Speaker 3: Hank's celebrated chicken and dumplings. As Sutton Jones wolfed a
• 9:01
  Speaker 3: huge piece of apple pie, he nodded toward the Marshal. I.
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  Speaker 4: I still think we ought to dodge that lawman, let me.
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  Speaker 2: Why?
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  Speaker 6: He doesn't know we shot and robbed Pete Hall. In fact,
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  Speaker 6: as far as I can find out, no one knows
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  Speaker 6: the old fella's dead. Even so, we should clear out
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  Speaker 6: of town.
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  Speaker 3: Leave the Henry house?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, not me, Sutton.
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  Speaker 4: This is the first time in years I've been able
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  Speaker 4: to afford grub like this. We have a fine room
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  Speaker 4: and we get first-rate service. I keep expecting the marshal
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  Speaker 4: to haul us in for murder. Why are you so edgy?
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  Speaker 4: Pete Hall isn't the first man we've done. Oh, but
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  Speaker 4: this is different, Lefty.
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  Speaker 2: How so?
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  Speaker 4: I rode to Squaw Creek this morning.
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  Speaker 9: For what?
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  Speaker 4: I figured I'd head for the hills to see if
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  Speaker 4: I could find Pete Hall's gold claim. Did you? I
• 9:47
  Speaker 4: didn't go any farther than Squaw Creek. Why not? Pete
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  Speaker 4: Hall's body was gone.
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  Speaker 9: What of it?
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  Speaker 4: Maybe the high water gave it all.
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  Speaker 6: And it'll turn up sooner or later, Lefty. When the
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  Speaker 6: body's found, it'll come out that he was.
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: Killed with a. 38 caliber slug.
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  Speaker 6: That new double-action gun of yours is the only.
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  Speaker 4: 38 around here. Drink your coffee and quit worrying. I'll
• 10:12
  Speaker 4: quit worrying when you... Figured a way to keep us
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  Speaker 4: from being charged with murder. Why gross bridges did we
• 10:18
  Speaker 4: have to?
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  Speaker 2: I knew what you were doing.
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  Speaker 8: Howdy, Tom.
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  Speaker 9: Hello, Enge.
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  Speaker 10: You kept me close. You were here, Master Jim.
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  Speaker 9: What's the excitement? We were with the Lone Ranger and
• 10:26
  Speaker 9: Tonto at the bank of Furnace River.
• 10:28
  Speaker 4: What's the Lone Ranger?
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: I know the masked man's around here, Tom.
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  Speaker 7: He and Tonto brought me a couple of important handbills.
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  Speaker 9: Did you know Pete Hall's been shot?
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 7: How'd it happen?
• 10:37
  Speaker 4: Lefty, hear that?
• 10:38
  Speaker 9: Shut up and listen. The Lone Ranger found this in
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  Speaker 9: the canteen that floated downstream from Squad Creek.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see it.
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  Speaker 10: Pete rode it, Marshal Jim.
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  Speaker 1: Ah.
• 10:47
  Speaker 4: So I see, Inky.
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  Speaker 9: It's too bad he didn't name the poor cats who
• 10:51
  Speaker 9: gunned him.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 10:53
  Speaker 7: Where's the Lone Ranger now?
• 10:54
  Speaker 9: Well, he and Tonto were going to Squaw Creek to
• 10:57
  Speaker 9: look for the body. They'd like you to meet them there.
• 10:59
  Speaker 9: I'll saddle my horse and head for the creek pronto.
• 11:02
  Speaker 9: I'll go with you. So I... No, you stay here, Inky.
• 11:05
  Speaker 2: But, Tom.
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  Speaker 9: There's no use arguing. We've work to do and you'll
• 11:08
  Speaker 9: just be in the way.
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: Come on, Tom.
• 11:10
  Speaker 9: We've no time to waste. Yes, I'm with you, Marshal Jim.
• 11:12
  Speaker 3: As Marshal Jim Fraser and Tom Bent strode from the
• 11:15
  Speaker 3: dining room, Sutton Jones leaned toward his partner.
• 11:18
  Speaker 4: Lefty, we'd better clear out of here. We're in real trouble.
• 11:21
  Speaker 7: You heard what was said.
• 11:22
  Speaker 4: Pete Hall died before he named the men who shot him.
• 11:25
  Speaker 6: When his body's found, that. 38 slug will tell who
• 11:29
  Speaker 6: killed him. You said the body was gone. The masked
• 11:31
  Speaker 6: man will find it. If he does, your gun will
• 11:34
  Speaker 6: hang us both. It's the only double-action. 38 around here.
• 11:38
  Speaker 6: Get rid of it.
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  Speaker 9: Relax, Sutton.
• 11:39
  Speaker 4: No one knows I have the gun. You've been wearing it.
• 11:43
  Speaker 4: Get rid of it now before someone sees it. No.
• 11:45
  Speaker 4: It'll prove we killed Pete. I paid plenty for this gun.
• 11:49
  Speaker 4: Nobody around here has one like it. That's just it, Lefty.
• 11:51
  Speaker 4: We'll wait till they bring the body to town. Then
• 11:54
  Speaker 4: we'll find out whether or not they removed the bullet
• 11:56
  Speaker 4: that killed Pete.
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: But the gun's mine.
• 11:58
  Speaker 9: Let me worry about it.
• 12:12
  Speaker 3: When the two men retired that night, Southern Jones waited
• 12:16
  Speaker 3: until he was sure Lefty was asleep. Then he took the.
• 12:22
  Speaker 3: 38 from its holster, removed the cartridges, and moved quietly
• 12:27
  Speaker 3: to the open window of the second-floor hotel room. Leaning out,
• 12:31
  Speaker 3: he hurled the weapon as far as he could throw.
• 12:35
  Speaker 4: It.
• 12:37
  Speaker 3: A moment later, he heard a crash of shattering glass.
• 12:40
  Speaker 3: He realized that he had thrown the gun through someone's window.
• 12:43
  Speaker 4: Well, at least I don't have to worry about it
• 12:45
  Speaker 4: any longer.
• 12:46
  Speaker 6: Maybe now someone else will get the blame for gunning
• 12:48
  Speaker 6: Peter Hall.
• 13:01
  Speaker 3: The murder weapon Sutton Jones had thrown from the second-floor
• 13:04
  Speaker 3: bedroom of the Henry House smashed the glass in the
• 13:07
  Speaker 3: window of the lamplit newspaper office, where Inky dozed in
• 13:11
  Speaker 3: the editor's chair, waiting for Tom to return from Squaw Creek.
• 13:15
  Speaker 3: Startled from sleep by the sound of breaking glass, Inky
• 13:19
  Speaker 3: leaped from the chair.
• 13:19
  Speaker 9: What's going on?
• 13:23
  Speaker 7: What happened?
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  Speaker 3: Then the wide-eyed boy saw the broken window and stared
• 13:26
  Speaker 3: in dismay at the glass on the floor. He hurried
• 13:30
  Speaker 3: to the door.
• 13:32
  Speaker 10: Who broke Tom's window?
• 13:34
  Speaker 9: Who did it?
• 13:34
  Speaker 10: Hey, come back here.
• 13:36
  Speaker 9: You sneaky... Tom! Right down, Mickey.
• 13:39
  Speaker 10: Oh, Tom, you're just about two minutes too late.
• 13:41
  Speaker 4: Why?
• 13:42
  Speaker 9: What are you hollering about? Look at our window.
• 13:45
  Speaker 10: Someone must have thrown a rock through it.
• 13:47
  Speaker 9: Who did it?
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  Speaker 10: The sneaking polecat, Bamuth, before I got a look at him. Gosh,
• 13:52
  Speaker 10: it cost so much to buy that glass.
• 13:54
  Speaker 9: Well, no use crying over broken glass. I reckon one
• 13:58
  Speaker 9: of our subscribers has a complaint.
• 14:00
  Speaker 10: He picked a fine way to let us know it.
• 14:02
  Speaker 9: We'll board the window tomorrow. Come on, we'll go inside.
• 14:06
  Speaker 9: I'm so tired I could sleep standing up.
• 14:08
  Speaker 10: Did you find Pete's body?
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: No.
• 14:11
  Speaker 9: The Lone Ranger and Tonto found some tracks and they're
• 14:14
  Speaker 9: following him.
• 14:15
  Speaker 10: Pete's tracks?
• 14:16
  Speaker 9: I didn't know what to make of them, Iggy. They
• 14:18
  Speaker 9: look to me like tracks of four or five men,
• 14:21
  Speaker 9: but following them by moonlight's slow hard work. Master Jim
• 14:26
  Speaker 9: and I finally gave up and decided to come home.
• 14:31
  Speaker 10: What about the Lone Ranger?
• 14:33
  Speaker 9: He and Tonto are still on the trail.
• 14:38
  Speaker 10: Tom, I'm sorry.
• 14:40
  Speaker 9: About what?
• 14:42
  Speaker 10: That window. If I hadn't been sleeping, I'd have seen
• 14:46
  Speaker 10: the critter who threw the rock.
• 14:49
  Speaker 9: Rock?
• 14:50
  Speaker 10: The rock that smashed the window.
• 14:52
  Speaker 9: It wasn't the rock. Look on the floor here.
• 14:56
  Speaker 6: A gun.
• 14:58
  Speaker 8: Is it loaded?
• 15:00
  Speaker 4: No.
• 15:04
  Speaker 9: This is one of those new double action 38's the
• 15:07
  Speaker 9: Lone Ranger was talking about.
• 15:09
  Speaker 10: Gosh, a pull on a trigger will throw back the
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  Speaker 10: hammer and trip it.
• 15:13
  Speaker 9: It's a mighty valuable weapon.
• 15:15
  Speaker 10: I never figured we'd get one of them.
• 15:17
  Speaker 9: Let's get some cartridges. No, we're not keeping.
• 15:20
  Speaker 4: It, Inky.
• 15:21
  Speaker 9: Why not?
• 15:22
  Speaker 10: Whoever tossed it in here doesn't want it.
• 15:24
  Speaker 9: We'll take it to Marshal Jim's office in the morning.
• 15:30
  Speaker 9: Right now, I'm turning in for the night.
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: Ranger adventure. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: to pause for just a few moments.
• 15:52
  Speaker 4: Lone Ranger.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: THE END.
• 16:41
  Speaker 11: THE END.
• 17:08
  Speaker 9: Now to continue.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Though Inky did.
• 17:12
  Speaker 11: His best to persuade Tom to keep the gun....
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: The newspaper editor went to Marshal Jim's office the next morning.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: While the lawman examined the unusual weapon, and Tom explained
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: how it had been thrown through his window, Ma Hank's
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: houseboy Ned entered the office with a steaming pot of
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: coffee and fresh donuts.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: Oh, Ned, if that coffee's half as good as it smells,
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: it's the best Ma ever made.
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: It's as good as ever, Marshal Jim. Master, do you
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: have placement cups here? Yeah, that's right.
• 18:04
  Speaker 9: I expect she'll start charging me rental for using the
• 18:06
  Speaker 9: hotel crockery.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: Hey, I'll get him from the shelf. How about joining
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: me in a cup of coffee and a couple of
• 18:12
  Speaker 7: Mars donuts, Tom?
• 18:13
  Speaker 9: Well, thanks, Marshal.
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: Good.
• 18:16
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you pour the coffee.
• 18:18
  Speaker 9: Huh? Yeah, Ned.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: This for your trouble.
• 18:20
  Speaker 7: Oh, it's no trouble, Marshal Jim. But golly, thanks for
• 18:22
  Speaker 7: the tip. Hey, you've earned it. Come back later to
• 18:25
  Speaker 7: pick up the empty coffee. Sure, right. Hey, who turned
• 18:30
  Speaker 7: in Mr.
• 18:31
  Speaker 9: Blunt's guns? What gun are you talking about, Ned?
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: That one.
• 18:35
  Speaker 7: I'd recognize it anywhere. I've seen it in his holster.
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: Who's Mr.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Blunt?
• 18:40
  Speaker 9: One of Ma's guests.
• 18:41
  Speaker 7: He was howling around the hotel this morning that someone
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: had stolen his gun.
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: Oh, that's interesting.
• 18:47
  Speaker 9: Mighty interesting.
• 18:48
  Speaker 12: When I go back to the hotel, I'll tell him
• 18:50
  Speaker 12: he can claim the gun here.
• 18:51
  Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, do that, Ned. I'd like to see Mr.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: Blunt.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: Lefty Blunt and Sutton Jones were on their way to
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: the livery stable when Ned met them on his way
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: back to the hotel. The houseboy told Lefty the Marshal
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: had his gun.
• 19:16
  Speaker 11: Thanks for the information, Ned.
• 19:19
  Speaker 7: I figured you'd be glad to know the Marshal has it, Mr.
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: Blunt.
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: I'd like to know how he got it.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Say, Ned.
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Mr.
• 19:26
  Speaker 11: Jones?
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: I heard the Marshal left town yesterday afternoon to look
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: for Pete Hall's body.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 19:32
  Speaker 7: But he didn't find it. He and Tom Bent gave
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: up the search.
• 19:35
  Speaker 11: Oh?
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Then the body will never be found.
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: It'll be found, all right.
• 19:39
  Speaker 12: My friend Inky told me the Lone Ranger and Tano
• 19:41
  Speaker 12: are looking for it. They won't give up till they
• 19:44
  Speaker 12: find it.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: How do you know?
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: They're following the tracks from the scene of the shooting.
• 19:48
  Speaker 6: Oh?
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: Everyone knows.
• 19:50
  Speaker 12: How good they are at tracking. Well, I better get
• 19:53
  Speaker 12: back to the kitchen. Small Hank will want me to
• 19:56
  Speaker 12: help her get things set up for the noonday meal.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: So long, Red.
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: So long.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: So long.
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: I figure you know how the Marshal got my gun. Me?
• 20:07
  Speaker 8: Me.
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and you'd better talk. Well, I don't know any
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: more than you do. Someone must have broken into our
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: room last night. The door was locked on the inside
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: when we got up this morning. Well, maybe someone climbed
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: into the room and threw the window. They'd have taken
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: cash as well as the gun.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: I admit it, Lefty. I threw the. 38 out the
• 20:28
  Speaker 4: window last night after you went to sleep. You junkhead.
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: I wanted to get rid of it before it caused trouble.
• 20:32
  Speaker 9: Thanks to you, we're up to our ears in trouble.
• 20:35
  Speaker 9: The Marshal knows that gun's mine.
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: Someone must have found it and turned it over to him.
• 20:39
  Speaker 9: You and your smart ideas.
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: I didn't know how things would turn out.
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: I thought I'd save us both from a murder rap.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: Without a body, the law can't prove a murder.
• 20:48
  Speaker 6: We'll not be in the clear till that masked man
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: and his Indian pal give up the search for Pete's body.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: You might make him give up the search.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: Huh?
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: You'll ride the squaw creek and follow the Lone Ranger's tracks.
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: What do we do if we catch up with him?
• 21:03
  Speaker 11: We'll give him the same thing we did to Heath Hall.
• 21:06
  Speaker 11: But before we leave town, we'll get my gun from
• 21:09
  Speaker 11: the Marshal.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger and Tonto had been in the saddle
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: all night, following barely discernible tracks by moonlight. The trail
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: was so faint that other men would have despaired. But
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: the masked man and his Indian friend refused to give up.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: By mid-morning, they were approaching Black Hawk's Indian village. As
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: they neared the large circle of teepees, Tonto's eyes narrowed.
• 21:43
  Speaker 5: Oh, there's something wrong here, Kimasabi.
• 21:48
  Speaker 9: May not see anyone around.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: Yes, the village must have been warned of our approach.
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: Flaps and teepees all down. That's not good. The flap
• 22:00
  Speaker 5: of one teepee is opening, Tonto. Chief Blackhawk and the
• 22:03
  Speaker 5: medicine men are coming out.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: It's bad.
• 22:07
  Speaker 9: The chief does not know us.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: We'll make the peace sign and act as if we
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: hadn't noticed anything unusual. Salute the chief and tell him
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: we come in peace.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: Before Tonto could speak, Chief Blackhawk shouted a command. Instantly,
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: the flaps of the teepees surrounding the council ring opened...
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: In each opening, a brave stood with an arrow strung
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: to a bull.
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: We're surrounded.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: You chief fans from guns, race overhead. We better do
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: as he says, Taro. If we resist, we'll be killed.
• 22:37
  Speaker 9: You look like chief fan killers anyway.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: What did the chief say, Taro?
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: Tell other Indians, come from teepee, take pants from face
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: of tall stranger.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: We have to stop them.
• 22:53
  Speaker 9: Too many Indians, Kimasabi. It's too late.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: And we'll go down fighting.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: As Indians approached the Lone Ranger, they were stopped by
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: the sudden cry from the nearest teepee. The masked man
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: and Tonto, who were about to snatch guns from their holsters,
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: turned in the direction of the cry. They saw a
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: white man approaching with uneven, lurching steps. He was haggard
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: and unshaven. One Indian ran to meet him, threw his
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: blanket over the white man's shoulders and steadied his steps.
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: Stop it.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: That man, he's white.
• 23:26
  Speaker 11: Come on!
• 23:28
  Speaker 8: Come on!
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: Come in!
• 23:30
  Speaker 9: Him tell the Indian not harm us.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: He doesn't know us.
• 23:33
  Speaker 9: But him say, we not men who shoot at them.
• 23:37
  Speaker 9: Who are you two?
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: We came to this village in peace to look for
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: the body of Pete Hall.
• 23:43
  Speaker 9: I'm Pete Hall.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: You?
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 23:46
  Speaker 8: Why were you looking for my body?
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: We found the letter in your canteen.
• 23:51
  Speaker 8: Oh, so that's it.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Before we could ask Chief Blackhawk any questions, the tribe
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: took up arms against us.
• 23:57
  Speaker 8: Blackhawk and my brother Indians are not to be blamed.
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: They thought you were the ones who shot me.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: We didn't.
• 24:04
  Speaker 9: I know.
• 24:06
  Speaker 8: What'd you do with the letter you found?
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: We turned it over to Marshal Jim Fraser. How'd you
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: manage to reach this village?
• 24:12
  Speaker 9: After I put the letter.
• 24:13
  Speaker 8: In the canteen... Tossed it into the river. The Indians
• 24:18
  Speaker 8: found me.
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: We bring him to village.
• 24:20
  Speaker 8: For weeks I've been lying in that teepee, half conscious.
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: You were fortunate the Indians found you.
• 24:26
  Speaker 8: Yes. They got the bullet out of my back and
• 24:29
  Speaker 8: relieved the pressure that had paralyzed me. They hung the
• 24:33
  Speaker 8: bullet around my neck as a medicine charm.
• 24:36
  Speaker 9: Ah, we see it.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: That was fired from a.
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: 38.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: If the chief.
• 24:41
  Speaker 8: And his braves ever find the critter that shot me...
• 24:44
  Speaker 8: Paul can't repay with his life.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: Would you be able to recognize the man?
• 24:48
  Speaker 10: I know him.
• 24:50
  Speaker 8: Just before I lost consciousness, I saw him and his
• 24:53
  Speaker 8: father come from the brush.
• 24:56
  Speaker 9: I said, look!
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: The group in the clearing turned to see Lefty Blunt
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: and Sutton Jones approaching. The two killers held guns and
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: were so intent on killing the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Pete Hall that they weren't aware of two of Black
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: Hawk's scouts. silently following them.
• 25:13
  Speaker 7: No, you're still alive, Pete.
• 25:15
  Speaker 9: You, you dirty killers.
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: Tip your hands away from your guns.
• 25:19
  Speaker 11: Hey, Blackhawk, unless you follow orders, we'll blow your head off.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Pete, are these the men who shot you?
• 25:25
  Speaker 9: Yeah, the ones.
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: How did you find us?
• 25:27
  Speaker 11: We followed the tracks you and your Indian pal left
• 25:29
  Speaker 11: when you started tracking Pete from Squaw Creek.
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: Oh.
• 25:32
  Speaker 7: They wanted to find you before you uncovered Pete's body.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: You can't hope to fight an entire Indian village.
• 25:38
  Speaker 9: We've got the.
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: Drop on you.
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: And with my. 38, I can do some pretty fast shooting.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Then you'd better turn around and start.
• 25:45
  Speaker 9: Two of my men behind you.
• 25:48
  Speaker 7: You can't fool us with that old trick.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: It's no trick. Thomas, come on!
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: At a word from the chief, the two young braves
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: behind Lefty and Sutton leap forward. They grip the two killers.
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: As Lefty and Sutton fought to free themselves, the Lone
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: Ranger drew his colt.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: You two are finished.
• 26:04
  Speaker 6: Help!
• 26:05
  Speaker 7: Let go of me, red skin!
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: They're both going back to Modoc City to pay for
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: the shooting of Pete Hall.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Late that day, Inky and Ned saw the Lone Ranger, Tonto,
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: and Chief Blackhawk ride into town with the two prisoners.
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: As the cavalcade grew rain, dismounted, and entered the Marshal's office,
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: the boys raced down Main Street to find out what
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: was going on. They opened the door of the marshal's
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: office in time to hear the masked man say.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Here's Lefty Blount's gun. An examination of the bullet that
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: was taken from Pete's back will prove it was fired
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: by that gun. Oh, I knew you should have gotten
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: rid of that six-gun, Lefty. Oh, shut up.
• 27:01
  Speaker 7: I'll put both of them behind bars, mister.
• 27:03
  Speaker 11: Then we'll go to their hotel room and try to
• 27:06
  Speaker 11: recover the gold they stole.
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: Good. Pete will be able to come to town in
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: a day or so. He'll sign a statement telling how
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: they ambushed him.
• 27:13
  Speaker 9: I'm downright glad the polecats didn't kill him.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: He'd have died if it hadn't been for Chief Blackhawk
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: and his people. Me plenty glad help, blood brother. Now
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: me go back to village, tell them fellas who shoot
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: them pay white man for crime.
• 27:28
  Speaker 7: They'll pay plenty too, Chief Blackhawk.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: That's good. Tonto and I are going back to camp,
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: Chief Blackhawk. We'll ride part of the way with you.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: We go now?
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: See you later, Marshal Jim.
• 27:39
  Speaker 9: Right, mister.
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: Come on, Tonto.
• 27:40
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: Adios, Marshal Kim. So long, Chano. Perhaps we'll have time
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: to give you another shooting lesson, ain't we?
• 27:45
  Speaker 10: I hope so, mister.
• 27:48
  Speaker 9: We'll put these two polecats behind bars where they belong.
• 27:51
  Speaker 7: Come on, you two.
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: Ah, Lefty, if it hadn't been for you and that gun,
• 27:54
  Speaker 6: we'd never have been caught.
• 27:57
  Speaker 10: It wasn't the gun that trapped you. It was the
• 27:59
  Speaker 10: Lone Ranger.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: I'll do that.
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: Ah! Ah!
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: THE END.
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: Thank you. The End THE END.
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: This is a feature of The Lone Ranger Incorporated, created
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: by George W. Trendle, produced by Trendle Campbell Muir Incorporated,
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: directed by Charles D. Livingston, and edited by Fran Stryker.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: The part of The Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer.
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: That was The Lone Ranger in Murder Weapon. Until our
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: next visit to the old radio trails, good night.