1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,679 Speaker 1: Presenting Joel McCrae as Jace Pearson in Tales of the 2 00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:17,800 Texas Rangers. Tales of the Texas Rangers authentic stories from 3 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:21,800 their official files Texas more than two hundred and sixty 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,879 thousand square miles and fifty men who make up the 5 00:00:24,879 --> 00:00:43,200 most famous and oldest law enforcement party in North America. 6 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,039 Now from the piles of the Texas Rangers come these 7 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:50,880 stories based on fact. Only nine states and places are 8 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,880 fictitious for obvious reason. The events themselves are a matter 9 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:04,120 of records. Tonight's transcribe case Dead or Alive. 10 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: At exactly nine thirteen am on Wednesday, April sixteenth, nineteen 11 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,879 forty seven, the French freight of Grand Camp, carrying a 12 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,760 highly explosive cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, blew up in 13 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:27,079 the harbor at Texas City, Texas. It was the first 14 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:30,239 and a chain of explosions as chemical plants, tin smelts, 15 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:35,280 and oil refineries disappeared in blasts and flame. Shortly after 16 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,959 one am the next morning, the major chain reaction was 17 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,599 set off, the explosions rocking the city of Galveston, ten 18 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,040 miles across the bay, where excited crowds gathered in the 19 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,799 streets watching the raging flame fierce sky. 20 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:51,599 Speaker 3: Xtray xtray Texas City Death Hole, three hundred hundreds more 21 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,560 missed the scurse upon He's unidentified type a mistake. Yeah, 22 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:57,920 give me one here, lead about an unidentified death poles. 23 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 4: Where are the names? Vance, where's the list of the dead. 24 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 5: They only got a few of them identified. 25 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:06,519 Speaker 4: Well, it's Ralph's name there a minute. 26 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,159 Speaker 5: No, No, he's probably all right. A working square like 27 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:10,759 him would be. 28 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,199 Speaker 4: But he worked at one of the refineries. 29 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 6: That Bernie stop blubbering, want would tract attention to me? 30 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:19,159 Speaker 4: No, no, Vance, No, but he is my brother. I 31 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:20,639 gotta worry about him too, don't I. 32 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, come on over here in the doorway. Look 33 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,439 at that blaze over there across the bay with a spot. 34 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:33,560 The cleanest money jewelry must be laying around the streets. 35 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 6: Just fence. 36 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: Can't you crazy to be police there? 37 00:02:36,159 --> 00:02:36,479 Speaker 7: Arranges? 38 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 4: You're in enough trouble now. 39 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 5: Yeah, he'll live, You're right, but I'm gift out of 40 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,280 it now for good. And that place over there is 41 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:47,439 gonna do it. Maybe your brother Ralph is one of 42 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:50,319 the dead they haven't identified. You gotta go there, baby, 43 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,840 He is, you'll have to identify if he is there 44 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,039 and with the ones they don't know, there's nothing you 45 00:02:56,039 --> 00:02:58,360 can do to help him, But you can't help me. 46 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 4: That's what do you mean? 47 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 5: But if you find him there, baby, you can identify 48 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:03,639 the body. 49 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,199 Speaker 7: And say it's mine. 50 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 6: Y want me and the claar, don't you baby? It 51 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:09,639 won't be chasing after me if they think I'm dead. 52 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:10,159 Don't you see? 53 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:12,759 Speaker 4: What's my own? Brother? What are you asking me to do? 54 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 6: I'm asking you do as you're told. 55 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:17,319 Speaker 5: You want to walk out of me, go ahead, but 56 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,560 if you don't, you're gonna want me to keep on 57 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,639 running for the rest of my life. We'll let him 58 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,400 get me and send me to Huntsville for ten to twenty. 59 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:26,759 Speaker 4: Oh, I don't want anything to happen to you mentioned 60 00:03:27,039 --> 00:03:27,439 that one. 61 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 6: Then show me, baby, show me you can't help brother. 62 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,199 Speaker 8: He's over there, but you can't help me, don't you see. 63 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 5: I'll get out of here tonight and I'll let you 64 00:03:34,319 --> 00:03:36,879 know when to meet me, maybe at that resort place 65 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:38,319 where we passed near Lake Blue Water. 66 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:41,039 Speaker 6: It'll be free, baby, You and me free from there on. 67 00:03:41,639 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 4: What'll we do for money? 68 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:46,199 Speaker 6: That'll be taken care of too. It's a safe in Landstone. 69 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 8: I've been itching to get at it for a long time. 70 00:03:48,639 --> 00:03:50,000 One last box job. 71 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 6: Baby, and enough to see us through. 72 00:03:51,759 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 5: I go ahead right now, and remember if you find 73 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,400 your brother, he ain't Ralph Brennan. He's me pants young 74 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,840 and come back, pack up and stay put to your 75 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,639 hair for me. Man On. It's gravy. Nobody ever arrests 76 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:04,240 a dead man. 77 00:04:13,159 --> 00:04:16,519 Speaker 2: By Friday morning, April eighteenth, more than two hundred bodies, 78 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,360 many still unidentified, were laid out in the Texas City 79 00:04:19,439 --> 00:04:24,000 High School Gymnasium. Texas rangers, including Ranger Jas Pearson, were 80 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,759 on hand to help distract relatives make identification. 81 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 6: You're sure your husband isn't in any of the other 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,920 places where bodies are being. 83 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 4: Hung up, No, Ranger, he. 84 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,199 Speaker 6: May be all right. Lots of men have been so 85 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,319 busy helping others. He may be one of those. 86 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,199 Speaker 4: Oh it, only he isn't here. 87 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 6: I hope he isn't. The en bombers are still working 88 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,160 on more bodies over at mcguar's garage. It's the only 89 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:56,360 place Handy keep your hopes up them. Just don't hope 90 00:04:56,399 --> 00:04:57,279 too much for a while. 91 00:04:59,079 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 4: I'll be all right. 92 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 6: I as well, start looking through this next row. Now, 93 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:18,000 there had pretty bad cases. Recognize anything on this one? No? This, No, 94 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,399 I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. Are you sure. 95 00:05:34,879 --> 00:05:37,759 Speaker 4: That ring on his sneaker? I came it to him 96 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:38,600 a long time ago. 97 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 6: It isn't easy, but try and get a grip. I 98 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:49,480 I I'm alright, Ranger, you better give me the any 99 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:50,720 name for the tag. 100 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,399 Speaker 4: His name is Rot. That's my husband. 101 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 8: That's Young, Vance Young. 102 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,079 Speaker 6: Her name burned in my mind like a branding iron. 103 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,959 There was no time to ask her, and yet I 104 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,560 had to ask. It was part of my job. I 105 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,480 waited until we got out into the street. There's some 106 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,920 information I have to get from you, missus Young, about 107 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:21,800 your husband. 108 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 7: All right? 109 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 6: Did he did he have a criminal record? 110 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:27,759 Speaker 9: Yes? 111 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 6: Did you know we were looking for him for a 112 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:32,160 string of safe critter? 113 00:06:32,439 --> 00:06:33,399 Speaker 4: He's dead, is he? 114 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,319 Speaker 6: Yes? I'm sorry. You'll find some men at the desks 115 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:40,600 and that building across the way. They will help you 116 00:06:40,639 --> 00:06:49,079 with funeral arrangements. All right, right, Vanceym j Hey, Jase, 117 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:54,160 huh oh, hello, Kurtz, where is he? Combile? Let's go? 118 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,759 Speaker 3: Oh be glad When this as Simon is over, I 119 00:06:57,759 --> 00:06:59,240 hope we never see another one like it. 120 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 6: Yeah, helped with five identifications. Today you stand there with 121 00:07:03,439 --> 00:07:06,199 somebody and see their life fall apart because of a 122 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,079 freak accident. Women who just left you, She finds somebody, Yeah, 123 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,759 her husband, Kurtz. It was Vance Young, Vance Young, the 124 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:19,360 knob knucker. Yeah, it's like the explosion ended his case 125 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:20,079 for our files. 126 00:07:20,519 --> 00:07:22,759 Speaker 3: Don't you think we better check the body for prince. 127 00:07:22,519 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 6: Of marks and he got it too badly. She identified 128 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:25,519 him by a rain. 129 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:28,959 Speaker 3: Unidentified bodies give a knob knucker like Young a big 130 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,000 chance to disappear. 131 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 6: I thought of that too, Except for one thing. That 132 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:41,959 woman's grief was real. She wasn't faking it. A week passed, 133 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,839 a week of horror and nightmares till the fires in 134 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:47,720 Texas City were controlled and stopped, and men with tight 135 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,959 lips and grim courage started to rebuild the ruins. Most 136 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:54,199 of US rangers went back to regular duty in our 137 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,439 regular areas. Then, one day, when Bud Kurtz and I 138 00:07:57,439 --> 00:07:59,839 had just finished a routine job and were driving back 139 00:07:59,839 --> 00:08:02,839 to headquarters, a call came through via sharp wave. 140 00:08:03,839 --> 00:08:07,199 Speaker 7: KTXA to Unit ten, KTXA to Unit. 141 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 6: Ten, Unit ten to KTXA, go ahead, KTXA. 142 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 10: Unit ten proceed immediately to Lanstone, Texas, Atha County Safe 143 00:08:16,279 --> 00:08:20,560 of Mercantile Store burglarized there at four am today. Crime 144 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:23,720 reported by ONO went store open at nine to thirty am. 145 00:08:23,839 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 6: The state any lead on responsible subject. 146 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,199 Speaker 10: Subject unidentified but known to be one man working alone. 147 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:35,840 According to information given by Watchman, Watchman was overpowered being 148 00:08:35,879 --> 00:08:37,879 treated at Lanstone Emergency. 149 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:41,399 Speaker 6: Hospital Units ten and six. Preceding to Lanstone will keep 150 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,440 KTXA informed Unit ten ten four. 151 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 7: Assignment Authority Captain Stinton kt. 152 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 3: X A Austin Limestone for forty miles chase. Yeah, now 153 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:53,480 I'm knocking job. 154 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 6: Uh yeah. At least though there's one safe specialist we 155 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,679 can eliminate right from scratch on this one. O's young. 156 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,960 Oh yeah, I almost forgot about him. 157 00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 3: Dead men don't rob saves, do they. 158 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:15,519 Speaker 6: We reached the Lianstone Mercantil Store at eleven fifteen and 159 00:09:15,639 --> 00:09:17,840 Sheriff Joe Pastroni showed us through. 160 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 9: These back rooms are used for storage. He came in 161 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,879 through the back, went through that door over there to 162 00:09:24,919 --> 00:09:27,080 the general office. That's where the safe is. How to 163 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,279 get into the building, of course, the Watchman will let 164 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,879 him in. Watchman patrols this whole area door shape. It 165 00:09:32,879 --> 00:09:34,559 as keys to get at all the stores. If he 166 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,200 sees anything that looks funny. 167 00:09:36,039 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 6: And then he must have met the safecracker outside. 168 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 9: I guess so watchman was pretty days this morning with 169 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,200 the darkest patching him up at the hospital. 170 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 8: Debby, You don't drive him back here. 171 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 9: So's his head's fixed now, as you can see, been 172 00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:54,320 over everything for fingerprints, can find any sure, hundreds They 173 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,360 probably all belonged to employees of the store. 174 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,159 Speaker 6: Best bet is to check the prints on the safe first. 175 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 9: Already did that only two sets, owner of the store 176 00:10:02,759 --> 00:10:03,399 and the bookkeeper. 177 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,919 Speaker 3: Well that won't tell us anything, Jason, unless one of 178 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:07,879 them robbed the store, and isn't likely. 179 00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 6: I don't have a look at the safe now, Sheriff. 180 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 3: Sure they got last office back here. What maker is 181 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:13,600 a safe shore? 182 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 8: It's uh will Zatlas new model. 183 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 3: It's a tough box Jase steel and wrought iron plates 184 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,120 and more alarm wires and the marionette show. 185 00:10:21,639 --> 00:10:23,919 Speaker 6: But a good safe cracker could divert the alarm circuit 186 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,759 without tripping it. And the box is a cinch because 187 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:28,519 he's got the wire holes to start working on. 188 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 7: Here. 189 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,399 Speaker 6: You figured a jace backplate blown clean out. Yeah, and 190 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:41,480 didn't even have to drill small nitro charges in the 191 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:43,919 wire holes, and it was as good as having the combination. 192 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,159 Here's where he jumped the alarm circuit. Neat hook up. 193 00:10:47,159 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 3: All right, you take the pictures of all this, Sheriff. Yeah, 194 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,320 I can pick up a set of my office if 195 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:51,679 you like. 196 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 6: Thanks. 197 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 8: Oh, wait, the shrif arrangers. But waiting for this is 198 00:10:59,679 --> 00:10:59,960 a lot. 199 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 6: How you hear well? 200 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,799 Speaker 8: Ashburn ain't gonna help it anyhow, tell you that you're 201 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:06,320 gonna get the. 202 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 6: Front bill to answer that better. When the fingerprints are checked. 203 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,639 Speaker 11: Fingerprints, he ain't gonna find any he left. He's wearing gloves, 204 00:11:14,879 --> 00:11:15,600 figure Jase. 205 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, tell me, Winky, would you recognize the man if 206 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,600 you saw him again? Could you pick out his picture? 207 00:11:22,039 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 8: Yeah, they've had his picture? Chuckle. The sack over his head, 208 00:11:25,399 --> 00:11:26,799 I could that? Ain't likely? 209 00:11:27,039 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 6: You mean his face was covered, had a shack over. 210 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 11: His head like a Tulia holes for the eyes. He 211 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,840 ain't gonna catch him by no fingerprintser pictures if you 212 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,000 ain't gonna catch her at all. 213 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 6: Oh, I wouldn't say that, Winki, Sheriff, would you mind 214 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,080 going down to your office for prints? Of the pictures 215 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,639 of the scene here. I'd like them send on to 216 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,080 my headquarters for an m O check. 217 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 8: Oh sure, take care of it right away. What kind 218 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:53,240 of chick is an m old chick ranger? 219 00:11:53,519 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 6: It means modus operandi, winky. All criminals have definite methods 220 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,679 and habits. They're repeated on each job they do. Forms 221 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,480 a pattern, wether Sure a pattern here? 222 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 3: All right, Jason, method of entry, whether that circuit was jumped, 223 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,279 sack mask, ndro charge and the wire holes. 224 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, and it fits three men, three safe crackers we 225 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:12,840 followed before. 226 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's bird of lockin he's still doing time and 227 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,519 folsom for a job he pulled. 228 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 6: On the coast. Yeah. And the other two are Jack 229 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:25,240 Fontaine and Vance Young. Yeah, but young as dead. That 230 00:12:25,399 --> 00:12:27,320 leaves us Fontane, you. 231 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:29,919 Speaker 8: Mean you know who did it without nothing to tell you? 232 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 6: There's plenty to tell us. The modus operandi can be 233 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,840 almost as good as a fingerprint or a signature. 234 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 8: I'll be waned. Maybe that fellow is gonna pay off 235 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,759 for slugging me after all and hurting my arm when 236 00:12:41,799 --> 00:12:43,080 he grabbed me in the alley there. 237 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:46,879 Speaker 6: How do you grab you? Show me go ahead, show 238 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:48,279 me on you. 239 00:12:48,919 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 8: Well, let's see. You whipped my arm up behind me 240 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,159 like this. Then he japped the flumb up behind my 241 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,840 ear like this. Sure hurts. 242 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 6: You can let go now. Judo still fits Fontaine, Jace, Yeah, 243 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,399 or Vance Young? He used it too on other jobs. 244 00:13:12,799 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 11: When did he slug you after he made me open 245 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,360 up the back door and let him in. 246 00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 6: I mean he sneaked up on you before he could 247 00:13:19,159 --> 00:13:19,720 draw your gun. 248 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,159 Speaker 11: Sneak nothing. That's why I didn't get onto him at first. 249 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,159 Heard him come walking through the alley toward me like 250 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,320 he's taking a shortcut. 251 00:13:27,399 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 8: You heard him, Yeah, it was dark, so so I. 252 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 11: Didn't see the mask until a little match he yes 253 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,519 for a late see. Then he grabbed me and he 254 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,799 got me inside here and beat on me and kick me. 255 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,159 Speaker 6: Jase, that doesn't sound like Fontaine. It wasn't Fontaine. He 256 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,039 always sneaked a watchman from behind and they never heard him. 257 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,519 He always wore sneakers. Well, then who Vance Young? That 258 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:56,879 match trick is Vance Young's. But Young is dead? Maybe yes, 259 00:13:56,919 --> 00:14:00,720 maybe now, but I know one thing I'm going find out. 260 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:16,639 Speaker 1: You are listening to Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring 261 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,679 Joel McCrae as Ranger Jase Pearson, and now we continue 262 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,159 with the night's case Dead or Alive an authentic story 263 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:29,000 from the files of the Texas Rangers. 264 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 6: I headed for Texas City. In Galveston, Kurtz and I 265 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:38,200 had no way to move until we knew for certain 266 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,279 whether Vance Young was dead or alive. As we drove, 267 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,440 I put through a request for headquarters to dig up 268 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,240 some information. We were still on the road when kt 269 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,399 XA came up with the. 270 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,919 Speaker 7: Answers kt X A un ten kt xaighty, Unit ten. 271 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,159 Speaker 6: Unit ten to kt X A, go ahead, kt. 272 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,799 Speaker 7: XA, have information you requested. 273 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 10: Woman who identified body of Vance Young in Texas City 274 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:05,039 gave name as Lillian Young, residing at. 275 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,559 Speaker 7: Four to one oh Harbor Lane, Galveston. 276 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 6: Deceased was wearing ring used in identification. Has subject Lilian 277 00:15:12,519 --> 00:15:13,519 Young claimed ring. 278 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 10: No claim has been filed yet, ring still being held 279 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,240 at property claims in Texas City. 280 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 6: Unit ten also requested check on place where body identified 281 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,360 as Vance Young was originally found. 282 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,159 Speaker 10: Body was among those recovered from debris of amalgamated refinery 283 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:31,919 plants seven. 284 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 6: Unit ten believes identification may have been falsified. Possibility Vance 285 00:15:37,159 --> 00:15:42,519 Young still alive. Units ten and six continuing investigation, maybe 286 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,639 tied in with robbery in Landstone, Texas proceed and Keith 287 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,279 kd XA informed authority Captain Stinson, Unit ten ten four 288 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:53,000 dy Xales. 289 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 3: You get that address, Kirtz, Yeah, four ten Harbor Lane, Galston. 290 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,559 Speaker 6: If we're right, she may have cleared out by now, 291 00:16:00,639 --> 00:16:02,120 but we've got to try it. What do you want 292 00:16:02,159 --> 00:16:05,080 me to do? I'll drop you at Texas City, get 293 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,919 that ring and check every living person who worked it amalgamated. 294 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:09,919 See if any of them remember that ring and the 295 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,759 man who wore it. Right, I better call kat x 296 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,679 A again. Have that marriage rector of trace. Find out 297 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,240 when and where that woman married Young, what her maiden 298 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:19,279 name was. Everything. 299 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 3: We can get to be in Texas City in a 300 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,039 couple of minutes. I can start to check from there 301 00:16:23,039 --> 00:16:24,200 and bring the information to you. 302 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 6: Where we meet the Harbor Lane address and Galveston. I 303 00:16:40,039 --> 00:16:42,600 found the rooming house Lilian and Advance Young had lived in, 304 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:45,200 but I was too late. Lili and Young had checked 305 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:53,440 out the day before. The landlord showed me the room. Hey, 306 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,919 they lived here five six months. Also, you get to 307 00:16:56,919 --> 00:16:59,399 know the husband very well. I'll tell you the truth, Ranger. 308 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,399 I hardly have us. I saw him. The only time 309 00:17:01,399 --> 00:17:02,559 he ever lift the place was at. 310 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 5: Nine the White City's eyes got hurt in the wall 311 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:05,759 or something. 312 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:08,799 Speaker 6: The sunlight bothered him. When did you see him last? 313 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:09,519 When they moved out? 314 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 7: Oh? 315 00:17:10,039 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 6: No, he wasn't with her. 316 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 7: Then. 317 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 5: Last I saw him was, Oh, we went out about 318 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,480 a week ago night had the big blast over at 319 00:17:17,519 --> 00:17:20,759 Texas City, cracked the wall plaster here. Are you sure 320 00:17:20,799 --> 00:17:22,839 you didn't see him after that? Why, I'm positive. I 321 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,799 don't think he ever did come back. Didn't even hear 322 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:29,480 no talking from the room, just just her crying an 323 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:30,079 awful lot. 324 00:17:30,319 --> 00:17:32,839 Speaker 6: I see. She decided to leave kind of sudden. 325 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,279 Speaker 5: Oh, like a jack rabbit here and a hound dog. 326 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,920 Left for work yesterday morning, came steaming back by. Now, lady, 327 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:41,640 give me the keys, pack up and left. 328 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 6: Came back from work. You know where she worked? 329 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 7: Yeah? 330 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, she was a waitress the Bay Shore Diner, Bay 331 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,160 Short Diner. 332 00:17:50,839 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 6: Thanks. 333 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 2: So she up and quit on it just like that 334 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,640 yesterday morning, right smack in the middle of a breakfast 335 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,720 rush too. Because the postman come in and give her 336 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,680 a special liver letter Who is it from? 337 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 6: Who was it from? 338 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 2: With twenty dollars of ham man in the fire, I 339 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,319 got time to read a mail. All I know is 340 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,720 she leaves me the servant, the dishes and the clean and. 341 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 8: And stop beef and chuck. 342 00:18:18,039 --> 00:18:19,559 Speaker 6: That little little gal had trouble. 343 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you should talk. All you got to do 344 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,720 is drive one cab. You don't have the servant and 345 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,839 the dishes and the cleaner. 346 00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 12: They find yourself a little old chaplain to hear your 347 00:18:28,519 --> 00:18:29,960 troubles and give me some coffee. 348 00:18:30,039 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 2: Come on kill, Okay, maybe you can tell a ranger 349 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,599 more about little than I can hanging around her making 350 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,720 eyes at her all day. 351 00:18:38,519 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: You took her out when she left her? 352 00:18:41,039 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 4: Is that right? 353 00:18:41,519 --> 00:18:43,319 Speaker 6: Driver? Did she leave here with you? 354 00:18:43,799 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 8: Well, she hired my cabs, that's what you mean. 355 00:18:46,319 --> 00:18:47,559 Speaker 6: Where'd you take her? Hello? 356 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 12: I took her home, waited while she packed some things, 357 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,680 then rushed her to the bus depot. She said somebody 358 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,359 in her family was seek and she had to go 359 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,000 help them right away. I guess that's what the letter 360 00:18:57,079 --> 00:18:59,480 was about. I was sitting there having my breakfast like 361 00:18:59,519 --> 00:19:00,599 I always and. 362 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I understand. But what about the bustypo? You 363 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:04,680 know what bus? 364 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 8: She caught the north bound towards San Anton. 365 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 12: Cut it mightifying to got there just about a minute 366 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 before the bus pulled out. Would have made it a 367 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,480 lot easier if she didn't make me come dashing back 368 00:19:14,519 --> 00:19:14,920 about a. 369 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 6: Mile after we left here, back here to the dinner. 370 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 8: No, back to the laundry down the street. 371 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,599 Speaker 12: I guess she had some stuff in there, although she 372 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,839 didn't bring a bundle out with her. And then on 373 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,119 top of that, she says she can't pay me, Not 374 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,720 that I'd mind, except for the ten extra blocks back 375 00:19:29,759 --> 00:19:31,640 to the laundry, I could have put the flag back 376 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,920 up as she told me beforehand. 377 00:19:33,079 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 6: You say the laundry is right down the street about 378 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,839 half block. Thanks. I walked down. 379 00:19:42,759 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 3: Hey, Jake, Hi, Kurtz Hell at the room house told 380 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:47,640 me you came down here. 381 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 6: Ye find out anything on that ring? 382 00:19:49,559 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 3: Plenty couple of men who worked at Amalgamy that recognized 383 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,200 that longco plant man named. 384 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 6: Ralph Brennard, And it wasn't Young. No. 385 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 3: I got that rundown on Young's wife. Her maiden name 386 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,839 was Lilian Brenner. The guys identified was her brother and 387 00:20:01,839 --> 00:20:02,200 not her. 388 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 6: Husband, and that's why she was broken up. I knew 389 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,559 that part wasn't an act. Come on, where we're going 390 00:20:08,279 --> 00:20:18,200 we're going into the laundry business. 391 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 13: Yeah, she was re upset cause the things wasn't ready, 392 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,200 But you know how it was range. You know, we 393 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,720 was almost ten days behind because of Texas City. 394 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 8: There was even using our delivery trucks for emergence over there. 395 00:20:30,079 --> 00:20:31,799 Some of 'em men left the job to help out. 396 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, sure, But uh what did she leave here? 397 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:35,640 Waitress uniforms? 398 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,079 Speaker 13: Oh lands, no dinner up there has the regular uniform service. 399 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,319 Speaker 8: All she ever left here was men's. 400 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 3: Shirts, probably vancer's shirts Chase. 401 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 13: Yeah, a real good shirts to ranger kind, you don't 402 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,839 have to start at all, and real fancy colors too, Dude, 403 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,799 wouldn't want to be found dead in some of 'em. 404 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 6: Did she say she'd be back to pick 'em up? 405 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 7: Oh? 406 00:20:54,799 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 13: No, she she asked me to send 'em to a 407 00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,920 cod said she needed the money she. 408 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,319 Speaker 8: Had on us for traveling shirts like that. 409 00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:03,279 Speaker 13: You think her and a man was living off the 410 00:21:03,279 --> 00:21:03,960 top of the hall. 411 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 6: But sure, sure? But uh did she give you an address? 412 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,319 Speaker 8: Oh yeah, I got it right here in this book, m. 413 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 6: Right here. 414 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,839 Speaker 8: Sh she wrote it down herself. 415 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 6: General Delivery Lake Blue Water. 416 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 8: Uh, the sure it's are ready? Now I'm gonna mail 417 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,799 'em out tonight when I leave. 418 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 6: We'll save you the trouble, wrap 'em up, and we'll 419 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:36,000 deliver 'em for you. Kurtz and I headed for Lake 420 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:38,599 Blue Water, towing our horses in the trailer, ready to 421 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,440 follow vance Young. No matter which way you moved. It 422 00:21:41,559 --> 00:21:44,000 was dark as we drove into the town. The clock 423 00:21:44,039 --> 00:21:47,279 on the courthouse was just striking nine. Not many people 424 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:47,920 on the streets. 425 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 3: Jay walks like everything's closed up with the night except 426 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,039 for the moving the duck store. 427 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,319 Speaker 6: Better find a place and turn in. I think we 428 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,519 ought to drive out of town, camp someplace off the 429 00:21:56,559 --> 00:21:58,599 lake shore. Walk the horses out for a while. 430 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:00,839 Speaker 3: I thought, we're gonna plant that laundry bundle at the 431 00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:03,519 post office in the morning, watch for a pickup. We are, well, 432 00:22:03,519 --> 00:22:05,599 why not pass to the horses the edge of town. 433 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,200 Find accommodations right here. 434 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,599 Speaker 6: If we stay in town overnight, it may start some 435 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,640 talk talk drifts. We don't want to tip our hands. 436 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:15,559 I guess you're right. Well, let's get out to the 437 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:17,519 lake and find a campsite. 438 00:22:18,519 --> 00:22:21,759 Speaker 3: Funny thing about Young's wife remembering his shirts is his 439 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:22,359 force of. 440 00:22:22,319 --> 00:22:26,319 Speaker 6: Habit for a woman. Strong thing habit his safe, cracking 441 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,599 habits told us he was still alive, and now maybe 442 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,440 her habits are gonna make him wish he was dead again. 443 00:22:42,519 --> 00:22:44,799 We took the road for the lake, past the summer cottages, 444 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:47,000 skirting the shore on one side of it. Then as 445 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:48,799 we rounded a curve and passed a house and a 446 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:54,240 group of resort cabins, I spotted something. Hey, Jase, what's 447 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:59,519 the matter? I saw something? Wait, I back up headlines 448 00:22:59,559 --> 00:23:01,240 picked it up as we came around this curve. 449 00:23:05,599 --> 00:23:08,599 Speaker 3: There, look at those well, I see is the back 450 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:09,599 of a few cabins. 451 00:23:09,599 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 6: Some wash on the line. Look at those two shirts 452 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,599 on the end of the line. Look like a couple 453 00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:18,559 of rainbows even in this light. Hey, that's the kind 454 00:23:18,559 --> 00:23:21,279 of color scheme Vance Young goes in for shirts we 455 00:23:21,319 --> 00:23:23,400 have in the laundry bundle are just like those lights 456 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,400 on in a few of the cabins. I'm gonna leave 457 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,240 the car here while we have a look at those shirts. 458 00:23:27,559 --> 00:23:29,359 Horse trail will make too much of a racket if 459 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:29,839 we drive in. 460 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 3: There are no chance of being taken for tourists with 461 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,119 that on the back. Better cut the motor and dossa headlights. 462 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 6: Yeah, what was the laundry mark on those shirts. 463 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 3: We've got four to ten Mark. There was a number 464 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:41,440 of their house in Galveston. 465 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 6: Come on, let's see if we can find it on 466 00:23:43,759 --> 00:23:54,880 that line. Close the car door's easy, right right, Take 467 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,400 one of them down so we can get a better 468 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,559 look at it. Watch of other Yeah, clothes pins, dark there, 469 00:24:01,759 --> 00:24:03,960 I got it and pulled it a load of the ground, 470 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,200 A couple of head out of the flashlight. Good, here 471 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,799 it is four ten. He's belonged to our boy, all right. 472 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,960 Quite a few cabins, Jase, he's in one of 'em. 473 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:21,920 That's all we have to know. Come on, stuck with 474 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,759 his end cabin and go right on down the line. 475 00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:26,720 We'd better be ready for anything. Here's the first stop, 476 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,680 dark jays. Yeah, I have to feel your way around. 477 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Doesn't seem to be anybody living here. This one's empty. 478 00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:44,200 That's moving all right, But that flash out before I fire? 479 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,599 Speaker 8: Oh, oh, rangers, I'll put him on. 480 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 6: That's better or you. 481 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 9: That name's Ed Bullock. I own these cabins. Just walking 482 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,839 back from the boat dock with a couple of guests. 483 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,400 So he's sneaking in the dark. You uh, you look 484 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,079 him for a place to stay. We're looking for a 485 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,200 couple named Young. Oh well, that's funny. It was mister 486 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:06,720 Young who spotted your shadows. 487 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 7: Hey, mister Yung? 488 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 6: Was that young just with you? 489 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:10,079 Speaker 1: Yeah? 490 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,559 Speaker 9: Him and his wife was right behind me when I 491 00:25:12,599 --> 00:25:14,759 flash light in them here they spotted us, Jase. 492 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,559 Speaker 6: Yeah, come on, hey, hit of my boat and somebody 493 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,559 started my boat? Is that the only boat you got 494 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,720 down there? Only one with a motor. There's a canoe. 495 00:25:21,799 --> 00:25:24,319 You're not gonna reach them, Chase. They'll head across the lake. 496 00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:25,400 How far is it, Bullock? 497 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 8: A mile and a half? 498 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 6: Kurtz. Grab your horse from the trailer. You can beat 499 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,839 him around to the far side. If you ride hard. 500 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 When you get there, flash your light. That'll keep him 501 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,039 from trying the shore over there. Right, what about you? 502 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,599 I'm taking the canoe and hurry, will you Arranger. 503 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 8: I'm gonna go up back to the office my wife. 504 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 6: You can faint later, mister Bullock. Right now, I need you. 505 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:45,079 I'm going out in the canoe. Flash your light from 506 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,319 this shore. They'll think I'm here and they won't dare 507 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,640 land on either side. But make sure you don't turn 508 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,559 the light on me in this canoe. All right, Bullock, 509 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,440 turn your light on As soon as I get out 510 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:07,920 in the open water, I paddled the canoe toward the 511 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,240 center of the lake. Kurtz beat the youngs a ound 512 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:12,359 of the outfit shore, and I could still hear their motor. 513 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,640 When I saw the beam of Kerk's light. The young 514 00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:17,480 saw it too. The beam wasn't strong enough to reach them. 515 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,559 I heard the boat in a turn, and the motor 516 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,519 came back towards me form and it went dead on 517 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:23,279 the dark water. 518 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,039 Speaker 4: What you stop the motor for? 519 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:27,319 Speaker 9: Then? 520 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 6: Shut up? They waiting for us on each shore That 521 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:32,160 lights don't reach us. 522 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 8: Thanks, we gotta get out of here. 523 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,519 Speaker 6: Let me think there's a little wind. The boat will 524 00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:37,720 drift to the far end of the lake. 525 00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 8: It's so slow. 526 00:26:38,519 --> 00:26:39,839 Speaker 6: What do you want me to do? I can't swim 527 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,319 like you can. 528 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 8: Why can't you use the ocause the all locks. 529 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,319 Speaker 6: Squeet stupid, they'd hear him. Yeah, there's only two of them. 530 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:47,559 They can't cover the whole shore. 531 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:54,799 Speaker 8: She invented. So dark And hey, I hear something something 532 00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:55,160 in the water. 533 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 6: Crazy, can't you see their lights on the shore? 534 00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 8: Thanks? I do hear something. 535 00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 4: I see it's a canoe. 536 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,599 Speaker 6: What don't young I'm coming into your boat. What you 537 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,119 I'll bring you with this hour? 538 00:27:10,279 --> 00:27:13,599 Speaker 5: Help hell he called me? 539 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 8: Letting go? 540 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 6: He have you got any he can't him where he's going, 541 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,079 It won't matter. Grab on the canoe and kick for shaw. 542 00:27:29,519 --> 00:27:31,960 I got a nice dry shirt waiting for him. 543 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: Convicted of robbing a safe in the mrcanteal store of 544 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:51,519 Vance Young on the basis of his previous record, was 545 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:54,400 sentenced to life imprisonment at Huntsville. 546 00:28:06,279 --> 00:28:10,279 Speaker 6: This is Joel McCrae. Many of our listeners, particularly in Texas, 547 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,400 recall these cases we've been dramatizing, and some listeners have 548 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,160 sent in questions about the Rangers. Yes, it's true, there 549 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,079 are only fifty Texas Rangers. And to show you how 550 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,359 busy these Rangers are, from nineteen forty six to nineteen 551 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,720 forty eight, the Rangers handled nearly seventeen thousand cases with 552 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,519 Texas as big as it is. That means they cover 553 00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:33,119 about four times greater area of per man than any 554 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,400 other police officer in the world. Next week, we'll have 555 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,720 another authentic story I believe you'll enjoy very much like 556 00:28:39,839 --> 00:28:42,759 the others. It's based on their official files, adding further 557 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,319 glory to the Rangers. Hope you'll be listening good Night. 558 00:28:49,559 --> 00:28:52,279 Speaker 1: Next week Joel McCrae and another authentic reenactment of the 559 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:52,799 case from. 560 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 6: The files of Not Texas Rangers. 561 00:28:59,079 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: Joel McCray, currently seen starring in the MGM production Stars 562 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,319 in My Crown. This story was transcribed and adapted by 563 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,960 Joel Murcott, and the program is produced and directed by 564 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:09,720 Stacy Keach. 565 00:29:10,119 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 6: This is Hell, Give Me Speaking. 566 00:29:15,079 --> 00:29:18,839 Speaker 14: Three Chimes Mean Good Times on NBC. Your Saturday Hour 567 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,279 of Fun begins in four weeks. 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