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They cut the wire so the train crew couldn't telegraph ahead. Same old story, Mr. D. You think them bandits should figure out some new way. Why, this one usually works compounded. I said to keep that mob out of this baggage car. They're up, Doc. Huh? Well, who are you? Oh, I didn't know it was you, Matt. How is he? He caught one through the lung. I wouldn't give you a plug nickel. I want to find out where it happened. I can tell you exactly. Marshall, how about 100 yards east of milepost 314? It's on the curve where the line swings in toward the river bottom. You're one of the passengers? I'm a legal agent for the railroad and for the bank that owns that money. My name is Crocker, J.L. crocker. And I want immediate action on this matter. I want that money back at once. And I want the guilty parties brought to justice. Are you getting all this, Chester? Yes, sir. I'm making mental notes. Well, now, Marshall, I don't believe you quite understand who I am. Sure, you're the legal something or other for somebody. And you're bothering me now, will you stand back, Doc, Is there any chance of talking to him? Well, we can try. All right. Mister, can you hear me? Yeah. Yeah. Did you recognize any of them? No. Wore masks? Only one said anything. Gave all the orders. He's the one shot me men about 50. Is that all you can tell me? I don't feel so good, Marshall. I think I. That's it. Yeah. Chester, go get our horses. Saddled up, we'll ride out the milepost thr. With luck, we can get there before dark, maybe pick up their trail somewhere. Now, Marshall, in my opinion, you ought to form a posse and go after these criminals. Mr. Crocker, I don't care about your opinions. I think I'll have a little talk with your superiors when I get back to civilization. Good. Find out what's happened to my checks. I haven't been paid for two months. Feeling overwhelmed? Struggling with mental health. Shouldn't be the norm. At Mindful Therapy Group. 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You men pushing cattle? No. Hunting killers what had a train robbery this morning. I'm a U.S. marshal out of Dodge. My name Is Dylan proud to know you. Marshal Dylan, I'm Dan Eberly. This is my boy, Jerry. How are you, sir? Jerry, how are you? We're heading for Dodge ourselves. How far we got to go yet? About nine miles. You planted a homestead? That's right. Had a place back at Newton, but it didn't do so good. So somebody robbed a train. Three of them got away with $50,000 in gold. Have you met anybody today? No. No nary soul. Now, Marshall, you just rest yourself there now, and we'll have some side meat and harmony in a few minutes. Fine. Thanks. This is it. Chester, we found them. These two. How do you figure? They're horses. Saddle stock. Never meant to haul a wagon. And the third one's over to the right in that thicket covering us. Sergeant. Glint on his gun barrel. What? Will you move fast. You roll to the left, draw and cover the tube of the fire. And I'll take the one on the brush. You got it. All right, then. No, don't move. You, to your turret. You there, on the brush, come out with your hands up. Now wait, Marshall. Don't shoot. All right, then. Tell him to get out here with his hands up. They got us. There's no use fighting. Come out like he says. Why didn't you let me fight, Pa? I could have shot them both. It's a girl. So it is. My daughter, Janet. I told her to hide out there till we found out. What? I wanted to keep her out of this. So you and your two kids were the bandits, huh? You're quite a father, Mr. Everly. You leave him alone. Pa knew what he was doing. He had a right to that money. I see. How old are you, Janet? 18. It's any of your business? The young uns ain't to blame, Marshall. I brought him up to do like I told them. They didn't know. Somebody ought to have known. Now, where's the money? Don't tell him. Be quiet, Janet. Marshall, we buried that money. And I reckon I'm not going to tell you where it is. It's ours and we got a right to it. Yeah, you said that before. I had a homestead outside of Newton. My wife died there. Youngins and me fought the prairie for four years. Crop failures, hard times. Then last fall, I finally got a good stand of wheat, ripe for the harvest. You know what happened now? What happened? Sparks from a train set fire to the grain field. Burned us out. Lost everything. I wrote letters to the railroad office in St. Louis. They said I'd have to come back there. And prove my claim. Now, they knew I couldn't do that. Well, did anybody ever tell you things were easy out here in the West, Mr. Everly? Chester, you and the boy hitch up that wagon and start loading it. All right. You, come on, son. What are you. What are you aiming to do with it? Take him to D City. To jail? It's happened in Death Valley in the blazing desert sun. No others dared to do it. So there could be only one. Just one that passed the killing grind of sun and wind and sand. 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Well, Marshall, I see you brought in the culprits. Yeah, it looks that way, Mr. Crocker. Oh. Where's the money? I want to get it locked up in the bank right away. They say they buried it. They've what? Matt. Matt, are you all right? I heard of the balloon that you bought in the Bandits. That's right. Is she one of them? That girl? Yeah. Look, she's just a kid, Matt. You're not going to lock up a girl. Kitty, I don't like the idea any better than you do. That jail wasn't built for women. I know that, Matt. Let me take her. What? She won't try to get away with the others in jail. She can stay in my rooms while I work and I'll take care of her math. Janet, you go with Kitty here. Yes, sir. Stay with her and do whatever she says. Thanks, Matt. Thanks a lot. Come on. Just so you, take these other two inside and lock them up. M. Come on, let's go. Marshall. Pretty or not, that girl is a criminal. Why aren't you locking her up? Well, we've got a different attitude toward women out here, Mr. Crocker. We never got around to building jails for him. Well, what about the money? $50,000 missing. That's right, it is. It's a long ride into town, wasn't it, Marshall? Moonlight, pretty girl in a wagon, Chance to talk maybe. You. You there. Yes, sir. Drag him over there to the water trough and stick his head under the pump. Now here's a lilting little tune sung by a group that really knows how to keep you looking your best. Dressed best. There's a difference. See the difference? With stains Stay New. S T A N U. The quality finishing offered only by Quality Dry Cleaners from coast to coast. Stain you costs nothing extra. Restores the like new look to all your clothes. Makes them soil and wrinkle resistant. Brings back original store fresh texture, sparkling color and cashmere like feel. Stain you dry cleaners are listed in the yellow pages under the stain you trademark. 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That's Mr. Crocker's doing. He's been shooting his mouth off for a while week now. He's offered a thousand dollar reward for the return of that money. No questions asked. Yeah, I know, but how much do you know? What do you mean? Well, people will know. You don't pay any attention, Matt, but some of these hangers on around the saloon wonder if you did make a deal for that money. Who cares what they think? But it's bad matter Crocker keeps prodding them. Some of them are beginning to say that Everly might remember where the money is if they ropes around their necks. Lynch Marble, they're going to have to move fast. I got orders about an hour ago to send the three up to Hay City every morning. Oh, did she know about it? No. I just didn't have the heart to tell her. Mr. Dylan. Mr. Dylan. What's the matter, Chester? Ms. Kitty sent me to get you. That fellow Crocker's over at the Long Branch. He's got a bunch of the boys all liquored up. They're talking about crashing the jail. Well, usually the best way to stop that kind of trouble is to break it up before it starts. Well, that groove just upstairs, right over the head. Ms. Kelly. Yeah, I know. They hadn't bothered her, had they, Chelsea? Well, they hadn't when I left. All right, you let me handle it. You stay clear and cover my back. Yes, sir, I will. All right. Come on. A man that holds a deal like that ought to be run out of town. And you're just the boys to do it. It's about time somebody took the star off of that tin horn Marshal and shoved it down his throat. And as far as I'm concerned, I. Go on, Mr. Crocker. You're doing real fine. There's quite a crew. You picked up all the bums, barflies, swindlers and bushwhackers in Dart City. Well, your friends don't seem to be as talkative as they were a couple of minutes ago, Mr. Crocker. Dylan, if I had you in St. Louis for one hour, you'd be in jail, not running. All right, boys, the party's over. Now move on. Now. 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All right, pull up. So let's take a Look around, Mr. Gen. Look there. Hole l ground. Right where they had their campfire that night. Yeah. They buried the gold there, Chester. And built their fire right on top of it. Get out. It came from that thicket over there. I'm gonna fire and roll away, maybe draw a shot. You keep your eyes open. Sure I will. He came from the left of that big tree off there. Yeah, I saw it. You got him? Yeah. Come on, Chester. Everly. Now you're covered, Everly. One move and you're finished. I'm finished anyway. I'm sorry I had to do it. No matter. Want the youngins to have a chance. They rode on with the money, I suppose. Let them go, Marshall. It's their money. I had a right. Maybe. But you had no right to kill. I didn't mean to, Marshal. The law has to go by acts, Everly. Not intentionally. Storm coming up. Yeah, it looks that way. I hope that young uns find shelter. Jerry caught Cole there in jail. Used to worry his mother when he coughed. So she's dead now. Died back there. Back back. Guess he paid for it, Mr. Dylan. Yeah, he paid. Well, let's try to pick up the trail of the other two before that storm. What is it? Horses. A couple of horses coming in fast. All right, hold it. It's all right. Marshall. Weed on Pa. Where is he? We heard the shooting and turned around and rolled back. You better get off your horses, both of you. Tell me what happened. Oh, I'm sorry, Jonathan. I knew. I knew when he made us right on ahead that we'd never see him again alive. You kids carrying the money? It's there in my saddlebags. Get it, will you, Chester? He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was doing it for us. I know. But he was wrong. And now there's the two of you to decide about. Good morning, Mr. Jones. Chester, count out $1,000. Yes, sir. You know, technically, I guess I ought to take you back to Dodge. But I figure everybody's got certain rights. It's my job to try to keep all those rights sorted out and evened up. All I can do is call him. The way I see him, chester. Give him $1,000. There you are. But I don't understand. Crocker offered $1,000 and no questions asked for the return of his money. Will you return it? Then there's the reward. Yes, but now if you ride north and keep burying west, you'll eventually hit Wyoming. I hear it's fine country, plenty of rangeland, homesteads. The two of you ought to do all right. Jerry. Yes sir. You take care of her. Yes Sir, I will. Mr. Dillon, I understand what you're doing for and I. Go on, you two get out of here before I think it over and change my mind. Now go on. Right. Thank you, Marshall. Thanks. Go on. Goodbye Mr. Dylan. And thank you. Go on, get out of here. You better get a move on, Mr. Dillon. It's starting to rain. I hope they find shelter somewhere. Ms. Dillon is starting to rain. Mr. D. We better get a move on. Mr. Millen, service manager tell you about Guardian Maintenance? Well, sure, I'll be glad to. 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