Speaker 1: Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshal and the Smell of
Guns Smoke Guns spoke, starring William Conrad, The story of
the violence that moved west with the young America, and the
story of a man who moved with it.
Speaker 2: I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the less they want to meet.
It's a chance, a job, and it makes a man watchful.
A little lonely.
Speaker 3: Morning like this makes a man feel mighty perkin as
you don't.
Speaker 2: It looks to be a nice day.
Speaker 3: Chester, sunshining, fine breeze starting up, and breakfast waiting right
down to cheat.
Speaker 2: I wondered how long it'd be before you get around
to mentioning foods. Oh, I watch you know, Chester, I know.
Give you a knife and a fork and you turn
into a tiger.
Speaker 4: Oh it ain't that bad.
Speaker 5: Yeah, in a.
Speaker 2: Long time, aren't you? Yeah? A long time.
Speaker 3: Well, just rode into town five minutes ago, and the
first man I run into is you.
Speaker 2: And I'm the first one a lot. I'm running to
there's a Chester prodfoot Carl killing Jesse badge you're wearing, Matthew.
Uh huh, the US Marshall here in Dutch? No man, Well,
never thought it. Yeah, now that seems we've both sold
our guns in different ways. I wouldn't know about that.
Speaker 3: I'm still a drifter, Matthew, same as always.
Speaker 2: That's how I've heard.
Speaker 3: It's just the saddle bum here today, going tomorrow.
Speaker 2: But it's what happens between today and tomorrow.
Speaker 5: And the Carl nobody ever knows ahead of time.
Speaker 2: Ill the pretty well do when you hit town the
way I've been hearing it. You know how easy stories
get started? Gun for a hire, thousand dollars a job
results guaranteed. That's how the stories go, Carol.
Speaker 3: When a fella ain't got a regular job, folks make
up things about him.
Speaker 2: You're a hired killer, Carl, and we both know it.
Speaker 3: Ain't you kind of a hired killer yourself, Matthew.
Speaker 2: Or you're here for Carl who you're figuring the kill?
Speaker 3: Well, now, if I was the kind of man and
them stories say, you don't think I'd answer that to you.
Speaker 2: You're here for a killer, nothing else would bring it
a Dutch.
Speaker 3: You're a law man for real, Matthew, were just a
bronco in this town for your own benefit.
Speaker 2: I'm a law man's funny years back when we used
to cut brush for strays down on the pacas, we
lay that night in our bedrolls, look at.
Speaker 5: The stars and talk.
Speaker 3: We never figured it turned out like this someday, Carl,
Why don't you get out of town?
Speaker 2: Or you still can?
Speaker 6: Now?
Speaker 3: I figured look around a few days, see what kind.
Speaker 5: Of place you got here?
Speaker 2: See you, Matthew, nae to meet you? Chester? Go on?
Speaker 3: Well, then is the cooldest pair of eyes I ever
seen in man's head in film.
Speaker 2: He got married the year after we worked together. Chester
and some fence cutters burned his place one night, killed
his wife. He run him down, shot 'em, all four
of 'em, and then he and he couldn't seem to
stop after that.
Speaker 5: Who do you reckon? He's after?
Speaker 2: I don't know who it gives you, the creeps, not
knowing when or who? Uh? Forget that, Chester, come on,
let's get some breakfast.
Speaker 5: Huh uh?
Speaker 3: You you go on ahead, mich doing for some reason,
I I guess I just ain't Henry.
Speaker 2: Well, sir, I do not understand this.
Speaker 4: There's do what that?
Speaker 5: What's this friend heals up to?
Speaker 7: Anyhow?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 2: Uh A which friend?
Speaker 5: Uh? Carl's kill him? That's true.
Speaker 2: Uh, he's not a friend, been a long time since
he was. Why what's he been doing?
Speaker 5: That's says that nothing?
Speaker 3: He's not been doing one bus the thing?
Speaker 2: Well then not everybody in.
Speaker 4: Town knows who he is and.
Speaker 5: What he's here for.
Speaker 4: But they don't know who the mark's on.
Speaker 6: Well, it's got them so spook they're ready to jump
out of the skins whenever a door closes.
Speaker 2: Well, I can't do much about it, Doc, until he
tips his hands someway. He hasn't committed any crime in Dodge,
and he's not wanted anywhere else.
Speaker 4: And why isn't he wanted?
Speaker 2: And they always managed to go to his victims into
making the first move, So it's self defense.
Speaker 3: You get any idea who he's after?
Speaker 6: No, brother, there's two dozen more men around town who think.
Speaker 2: They're the one one of them? Maybe right, Doc.
Speaker 3: Chiding stop in front of Wilberg Jones the store window.
Speaker 5: This morning, stood looking in there for a while.
Speaker 6: As soon as he left, Wilbur locked up and went
home and he's been sitting home. Man that's Poller ever since,
with a shotgun across his knees.
Speaker 2: I dott he's after Wilburg.
Speaker 5: But you don't know one of you men to.
Speaker 2: Marshall, Yeah, I am. Come on in, Marshall.
Speaker 8: There's a man here in Dodge that's fixing and kill me.
Oh oh, what's your name? Text Bartoe. This man calls
himself Carl Killyon.
Speaker 2: He's been hired to follow me here and do me in.
I'll half the town thinks that same thing in text.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but I know I seen him in Peblo two
weeks ago.
Speaker 2: Night turns up here blow huh.
Speaker 8: I got in some trouble there, Marshall, not with the law.
I was cleared, but I killed a man in a fight,
and his friend swore they'd get me one way or
another's kill him. The figure he was there, he's seen
the fight. I didn't know who he was in, but
I remember his face.
Speaker 4: All right, and they hired him.
Speaker 2: I know they have.
Speaker 4: He ain't here just by ach, then he might be right.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 6: If Killian wasn't Peblo just before he came here, that
must be where he was hired.
Speaker 2: I may be you gotta lock him up, Marshall, I
can't do that. Text I got no charge.
Speaker 5: But if you don't to kill me, run away. Wouldn't
even help.
Speaker 4: He just follow me.
Speaker 2: I keep clear of him texts, and don't let him
push you into d on against him. Uh, where are
you staying? Dorchy host? All right, then go on over
there and stay there and keep off the street.
Speaker 5: Huh.
Speaker 2: All right. In the meantime, I'll try to figure something out.
Speaker 5: We'll keep Marshall so on.
Speaker 6: Oh if he's not the one, Mad, there's another possibility
you Maybe you haven't.
Speaker 5: Even thought of me.
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I thought of it.
Speaker 5: That would he take a job like that? Would you
be in friends once? You think he'd really do that? Yeah,
he'd do it.
Speaker 4: Mad.
Speaker 9: If you don't run that man out of town, I
might have close up here and take a vacation.
Speaker 4: He's factually living here at the Long Round.
Speaker 2: Well, why not you serve the best beard in town?
Speaker 4: Kidding, he's about the only one. I serve it to him.
Speaker 9: Minute he comes in, the rest of the boy started
edging towards the door.
Speaker 2: Now he can't blame him. It's pretty hard to relax
with the executioners standing at your elbow.
Speaker 4: You never know looking at him even.
Speaker 5: Been miss Kitty.
Speaker 3: Matthew, Hello Carol, Well how's the law business going along?
Speaker 4: Matthew?
Speaker 2: Our town's been pretty quiet the last few days, and I.
Speaker 3: Noticed that don't seem to be hardly any people around
at all, well at.
Speaker 2: Least not close to where you are. Folks had in
order to feel that way. I don't mean no harm
to him. Were you and pebloaders before you came here, Carl,
I might have been. Why was that where you took
on the job.
Speaker 5: I reckon you.
Speaker 3: Believe all them stories all right, just like everybody, Miss Ki.
Speaker 7: Yeah, Rusty, oh good evening Marshall kid.
Speaker 2: Hello, Rusted given in this fanel.
Speaker 10: Excuse me for aboutting in this kitty, but Melbourne Becky
wanted to think and have the rest of the night off.
I'm seeing there's not much business anyhow, And sure, I
tell the girl ahead.
Speaker 4: You seem as to kill in. You're running my business.
Speaker 3: I'll try to make up for it some right now,
Miss Fannel will do me the honor having a drink
with me?
Speaker 10: Well, sure, i'd love kidd see you later.
Speaker 2: Matthew is kitty.
Speaker 9: I'll give him credit on one thing, matt The girls
all like him.
Speaker 4: They think it's fine.
Speaker 2: Ally was fine.
Speaker 4: Once makes a.
Speaker 9: Jumper, though Waye moves around, not saying much, but always watching.
Speaker 2: It started some of the citizens thinking, all.
Speaker 7: Right, oh, everybody's guilty of something.
Speaker 4: Matt. I even catch myself wondering if I'm the one
is after. That's not likely, Kitty, But even you're not sure.
Speaker 9: No, you see, you know, I almost wish you to
hurry up and happen so with no, so we have
it over with I.
Speaker 2: I guess a lot of people feel that way.
Speaker 5: But there's nothing nickel do Hey, what does it mean?
Speaker 2: Tax Bartow? That kid came to see me this afternoon.
Speaker 7: He's got a gun. He tried to shoot, killing in
the back.
Speaker 2: I tried his right, Bardo, bardo.
Speaker 4: You know. I think that boy was aiming to do
me some harm.
Speaker 2: Matthew and Ellie's dad kill him. I didn't have much choice.
Speaker 5: Well, he come at.
Speaker 2: Oh you're undeclared. It was self defense. I saw it myself.
That's another job done according to order. Who are you
talking about? He was the one you were after, wasn't he?
Speaker 3: I never saw that boy before in my life, never
heard of him I don't even know his name. If
if I really was after anybody, I still am.
Speaker 2: Even what are you doing back there? Chester? When I
gave it the night off, I didn't figure to see
you the morning.
Speaker 4: I am giving up going to bed.
Speaker 3: An't have no fun tall in this time along that
dog on old killings round.
Speaker 2: He has kind of slowed down the nightlife.
Speaker 3: And they just ain't nobody out no place hardly, And
then it is it's a busy looking over their shoulder
and jumping sideways.
Speaker 4: A man can't get to feel an easy.
Speaker 5: No matter how hard he puts his mind to it.
Speaker 2: And it just seems ashamed to waste all that hair,
grease and that boiled shirt of Chester. I figured you'd
end up as a king of the Long Branch.
Speaker 3: And that's another thing, you know, that little girl over
the long Branch. I've been kindly sweet talking lately, Rusty Funnel,
Well now she can't see me for does she just
keeps hanging around him all the time.
Speaker 2: It's not smart to get serious of her dance hall
girl anyway, Chester. Well, well, Rusty ain't just a common
dance hall girl, mister gun.
Speaker 5: She comes from a real good family.
Speaker 3: Ah is that so yes, sir, Her papa mama's dead,
but she's got a rich uncle. AT's a very important
man and his help ain't too good neither the last
couple of years.
Speaker 2: So that's why he's so interested in her. I thought
it was true love just yet.
Speaker 3: Well now you know, I ain't one to off to
be thinking about money.
Speaker 4: But it sure don't hurt none to.
Speaker 5: Know that the only heirs is just her and her.
Speaker 2: Cousin in Gueblo Webba.
Speaker 3: That's where her uncle and her cousin lives. What matters,
John H.
Speaker 2: Chester, Right, and I think i'll drop over the long
Branch and have a talk with Rusty.
Speaker 3: Well she ain't there now, She left with that doll.
Speaker 4: Don killing.
Speaker 5: It's that her room.
Speaker 3: That's your second door down the hall land lead and said.
Speaker 2: Alright, Chester, you wait here, but the stairway. Hell s
if she's come home, and she'd be better if I
talk to her alone. Alright, you know who is it, Marshall,
Dylan Rusty, I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
Speaker 4: Well it's it's off of late Marshall.
Speaker 2: I didn't won't take long and pretty important.
Speaker 4: Alright, just to take it.
Speaker 5: What is it Marshall, mind if I come in? I
I I guess.
Speaker 6: It's all right.
Speaker 3: Thanks, Please don't mind the room.
Speaker 10: When a girl lives alone, she gets careless about throwing
things around.
Speaker 2: That it's fine to me.
Speaker 10: Uh, what is it, Marshall's anything wrong?
Speaker 2: No, not exactly, or well, he's not yet. That's see.
I hear that you've been seeing quite a bit of
Carl Killian the last couple of days.
Speaker 10: Yes, I I guess maybe I have.
Speaker 5: I see.
Speaker 7: Well, I think he's nice. I th I think people
are wrong about it or us.
Speaker 5: See.
Speaker 2: How did you happen to meet him that?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 2: Did he make a point of trying to get acquainted
with you?
Speaker 3: Well?
Speaker 10: He be he He came into the Long Branch a
few times, and he talked to all the girls. But
he well he he seemed to like me the best.
L can't we talk about something else, Marshall?
Speaker 2: Uh, Killian is the reason I came here?
Speaker 5: Ruh, Well, let.
Speaker 10: Uh come on over by the window.
Speaker 7: It's a hot end here.
Speaker 2: Huh all right, sure, yeah, let me open it for you.
Speaker 4: Thanks.
Speaker 6: This is better, isn't it?
Speaker 2: Yeah? That's fine. You got a nice view of the
street from here.
Speaker 10: That's one reason I took the room.
Speaker 7: He's behind that screen in the corner.
Speaker 2: That's quite a street. Always something going on down there,
any hour of the day or night.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I guess that's right. He didn't want to see you.
Speaker 2: Now there's the night stage pulling in from Walnut Creek,
webload and Denver. Rusty, your life's not worth ten cents
of mine either. Hum, I say, it looks like they're
carrying a short load tonight. If I know him, he's
got a gun on us right now. You're the one
he's here to kill.
Speaker 5: I don't believe you, and just take it easy here.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna jump his movie if the only thing I
can do. And I just stand still. And I was right.
He didn't have his gun in his hand.
Speaker 10: My Why why did they wanna kill me?
Speaker 2: Your cousin hired him. Your uncle died in boeblog two
weeks ago, and checked my telegraph an hour ago with
you dad too. Your cousin would get the whole estate. Yeah, yeah,
I'm alright.
Speaker 5: Chester, Oh, Carl Carling, I'm sorry. It was a fast
draw man.
Speaker 2: You thanks. Thanks.
Speaker 3: They they just give me the name Rusty Fendly. I
didn't know it was a woman.
Speaker 2: Now that I got here.
Speaker 3: I never took a job like that before. Who hides
your car? Young fella in Peblo.
Speaker 2: A cousin.
Speaker 3: I think he said I had turned it down. If
known it was, a woman had to go through with it.
Don't matter of honor.
Speaker 2: Uh you call it honor if you want so. It's alright, Many,
I'm finished.
Speaker 5: I'm glad of it.
Speaker 3: I liked the girl's funny.
Speaker 2: Only job.
Speaker 3: I ever failed one was the last one.
Speaker 5: Don't we wanted ever Fay?
Speaker 4: I thought he was so nice.
Speaker 7: He was just waiting for a chance to kill me.
Speaker 2: He'd had four days to do arest him, and he
hadn't tried. Now, sometimes a man can win, by phelan,
and maybe he got just.
Speaker 5: What he wanted.
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as Matt Dillon Us Marshall. The story was specially written
for Gun Smoke by Less Crutchfield, with editorial supervision by
John Meston. Featured in the cast were Vic Paren Dick
Prenna and Virginia, Christine Parley, bear Is Chester, Howard McNair
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