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Lightning Jim 19xx.xx.xx Jesse James Helps The Marshall
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Lightning Jim 19xx.xx.xx Jesse James Helps The Marshall
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Let's go. Thunder. In the years following the Civil War, the name Jesse James struck fear and terror in the hearts of the peaceful folk in Missouri, Kansas and the great flames country of the West. In the following Lightning Gym adventure, we relive those stirring and exciting days when Jesse James was public enemy number one. On the plane we join a crowd of men gathered in front of the sheriff's office in the town of Center. The sheriff has just posted a reward sign. Well, there it is boys. $5,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive. $5,000 is a he tax to offer for one man, Sheriff. Oh, that ain't so much money, Tom. You're darn tootin. It ain't so much, mister. It'll be 25,000 if the law don't soon catch up with them critters. And I'm hoping it'll be my good luck to turn the trick. That's the way to talk, Sheriff. I say if there was more sheriff like you, Jesse James wouldn't have a chance. Of course he wouldn't. What do you want, bud? Sheriff, they done it again. Done what again? Who are you talking about? The James boys. The James boys? Sure. They just held up the train at Cottonwood Junction. You toured with the James boys? Sure. I was the conductor on that train. There was five of them. Jasper. Hi man. I'm sure the leader was Jesse James himself. All right boys, we're getting up a positive right now and going after them critters. Come on. So the James boys just held up a train At Cottonwood Junction. Looks like we got a little competition, Jesse. Yeah. Reckon we got a fight. Find out who it is, Frank. Yeah, it's too bad the sheriff didn't know he was meeting up with Jesse Jane. Remember your cousin Elmer? And I'm Tom Holler. Well, boys, that train at Cottonwood Junction was a sin. Yeah, but the best part of it is the James boys is gonna get the blank you set a mouthful, Boots, and we're just beginning. All we gotta do is pick some nice juicy ripe banks and trains and the law badges will think it's Jesse James Gang. That ought to give you a real laugh, Boots. Especially since I used to be in the James Gang myself. Yeah, that's right, Boots. Well, what happened to you? Well, had a little argument with Jesse one day. He's got a trigger finger temper and when he gets mad, he's like a wildcat. Yeah, I know that. Well, I draw it and he draws. When the smoke cleared, I was carrying three bullets and he was gone. Well, you can thank your stars you live to tell about it. Yeah, but someday I'm gonna meet up with Jesse and even up that score. Well, you're the only one in this bunch that knows Jesse James by sight when he ain't got a mask on. Don't worry. I'll let you know if we ever run into him. Well, I ain't worrying about that. You boys stick with Missouri Mike and we'll all get rich. Don't you worry. We're with you, Mike. We're with you. What's our next move, Mike? Joe, you and Pete and Jake go back to the hideout. Me and Butz is going into Center. There's a gold shipment due out of there and I'm aiming to find out about it. You boys wait till we get back. You betcha. We'll be there. See? Lights in there. I forgot to ask you where we was going. To a place called Center Railroad Town. Oh, you think maybe that's where we'll find them? Yes. The James boys don't know about that, Whitey. But if it was the James Boyce who held up that trail at Baxter, that means they worked in this country. Yo see? You ever met up with the CSC games? Nope. Well, then how are we going to know them if we do meet up with them? Well, the pictures is on the reward sign. Sure, I saw them, but that might not help us much. Wife all right? Not. Well, this is Jesse James, the clever Jasper. I figure he keeps himself pretty well disguised. Your lightning. That makes it pretty hard. I Tell you. Well, cheer up, Whitey. Just remember that the James boys have fooled every sheriff and marshal in the country. Got to deal with us. Well, not much, I reckon. Except that we can't feel too bad if we don't meet up with them, see? I tell you, I heard so much about this Yesy James, I think they'll be pretty dead. Dog gone disappointed if I don't meet him. Well, who knows, Whitey? Maybe you'll be the lucky Jasper to catch. There's a $5,000 reward on his head right now. $5,000? Yeah. See, if I had that much money, I could eat all the steak in the same month if I. Hey, what's the trouble? Down yonder was a river there for them putting woods, your woody fellers and horseback. Okay, what about them? Well, they look suspicious to me, buddy. Minute they saw us, they rode off fast. You're back, at least. Come on, Whitey, let's follow them. Let's go, Thunder. I think we give him the slip, Mike. Maybe so. We ain't taking chances. We'll separate here. You go south and circle back to the town. I'll come in from the west. Sure. Say, who do you reckon them hombres might be? Your guess is as good as mine might be. Lower badges. Yeah. I'll meet you at the cafe in town. Yeah. All right. Say, look. What? Yeah, men. And they're coming this way. Come on. We'll slip into them trees over yonder and wait till they get by. Yeah. Get up there, boys. Looks like them James boys covered up the tracks pretty slick. Yeah. No, you was following this trail. Hey. Hey. Somebody's coming. Yeah, Two riders. Yeah. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We won't need to go after them. They're coming this way. No, no, they're turning down to the river. Maybe it's him. James. Varmint spirit. Come on, boys. Come on. Get up there. Hold your fire, boys. Hold your fires. I give it up. Don't kiss. Don't pan yourself. Shut up. Shut up. All of you. Shut up. I'm running this. Put up your hands, whoever you are. We even got you covered. And we'll drill you if you make a move for your guns. All right, mister. Yeah, that's better. Take a good look at them jaspers, bud. See if you can tell if they're the ones that robbed the train. Sure. I don't recognize the big fella. Yes, but that skinny hombre with him looks like he might be one of them. You sure? I reckon so. I don't know what you're talking about, Sheriff. But you boy get up. I'll do the trucking and you do the entering with the shame. Hell are you? What'd you call that horse? Just call him Thunder. Thunder? The only horse I ever heard of that name belongs to a United States Marshal. That's right. Belongs to Jim Whipple. Killed Anderson? Why, sure. Lightning Jim never met up with him and I never seen his horse. But I've heard plenty about both of them. Well, Sheriff, that horse is the real Thunder Yo. And this is Lightning Yim. Yo, Magaly. Thunder and Lightning. Well, those Jesse James hombres are sure giving us a headache. Right. You say there was a train hold up at Cottonwood Junction? Yeah, that's right. I was a conductor on the train when it happened. How many was it? Five. And they was all wearing masks. Well, was there any gold on a train? Yep. Not on that one. So they only got cash for the passengers, huh? Yep. But there's a gold shipment due to go through today or tomorrow. I see. Are you sure about that, bud? That's what I heard. Well, I think I'll go over the railroad and find out for sure. You think those varmints will try it again so soon, Lightning? Well, they might. James boys work fast and unexpected. If they hear about the gold, then they might strike again, see? Lightning, you don't need me, do you? Why? Well, I ain't had no supper and I was just thinking. You just come along with me, Whitey. My sister Liz is a waitress over at the cafe. Well, by golly, that's the best snoo s since we got there. I see. Do they serve good steak? The best in the state. Well, your. Let's go. What about Jesse James? Oh, to heck with him. If he wants to see me, he's got to come over to Ly's Cafe. May you compare yester James with a steak dinner. Howdy, cousin Elmer. Hello, Tom. Lightning Jim and his deputy just came in town. Well, that's mighty interesting, Elmer. Yes, it is. There goes the sweet at hand Cafe. Well, I'm sorry you can't join me, Elmer. I reckon I'll go over to the cafe for a bite late at the Roman House. See you later, Elmer. All right, Tom. Well, looks like there might be some excitement in the Center Cafe. Will Whitey meet up with a famous Jesse James? And what about Missouri Mike and Boots? The rest of this thrilling story will come in part two, which will follow immediately it. And now for part two of this Lightning Gym adventure. Jesse James helps. That's the Marshals. Following a train robbery at Cottonwood Junction, United States Marshal Lightning Jim Whipple and his deputy, Whitey Lawson, come to the nearby town of Center. The fame of the James boys caused them to be blamed for nearly every bank and train holdup that occurred. Taking advantage of this situation, an outlaw known as Missouri Mike and his partner, Boots Bragg, a former member of the James Gang, organized a band of his own. They held up the train at Cottonwood Junction and planned another holdup. But they did not know that the real Jesse James and his brother Frank were also in town. Bud Larkin, a conductor on the railroad, took Whitey to the Center Cafe, where Bud's sister Liz waits on table. Mike and Boots are seated at the counter. Another cup of coffee, sister? Sure. Find out anything, Mike? Yeah, it's going out tonight. Here you are, mister. Well, thanks, beautiful. Yeah, you're welcome, Boots. There's a girl with his real plays. They're all alike. Best way to keep out of trouble is to keep away from women. Not me. I like them and I can handle them, too. Ah, you can't trust them. What's your plan, Mike? Hello, Bob. Howdy, Liz. Howdy. I'll tell you later. Oh, all right. Hey, Liz, I want you to meet a friend of mine. This is Whitey Larson. Howdy, mister. Glad to know you. Oy, thank you. And I'm pleased to meet you, too, Bug. Alice. Liz, I told Whitey you had the best steak dinners in the whole state. You're. You know, miss, there's only one thing I like better than a big juicy steak. What's that, mister? Two of them. Well, if you can eat them, we've got them. You want all the trimmings, too? Oh, sure thing. All right. How about you, Bud? Oh, the same. Two Sears in a pasture. And give them all you've got. You get the nice sister, Bud. There's just a great kid. We'll sit there at the end of the counter waiting. Sure. That's all right. See? You see them two Jaegers that got ran to the counter? Yeah. They've been watching us pretty close. They look like tough customers, if you ask me. I want to keep an eye out there. Hey, give me a hunk of pie. Coming up, mister. Yeah. Well, come on. I'd like to hear some of my stuff over here. Here you are. Thanks, sister. Hey, Boots. Yeah? See them two Ombreys that just came in? Yeah. The fat one is the conductor that was on that train at Cottonwood Junction. Yeah, you're right, Mike. Just a cup of coffee, ma'am. Say, Mike. Yeah? That hombre that just asked for coffee. Well, what about him? It's him. Jesse James. Yeah. Oh, there's. Come on. What do you want, bud? I reckon we'd like some more bread and coffee. Right. Hey, what's the trouble, Whitey? Don't you like the steak? Yo, but that was just looking at them two jiggers. Yeah, looks like they're watching this chap blow or something. What's the matter? Tim Yeagers is pulling guns. Hey, put them guns back. Liz, you all right? Sure. Them two just as the start of the shooting went out the back door. Well, you want your coffee now? Say, Liz, you got plenty of nerve, I tell you that. Let's have some light. All we've got is candles now. Well, that's better. Anybody here get hit? I reckon not. Everybody's standing up. Thanks, partner. I reckon you kept them coyotes from drilling me in the bank. Oh, and I'm certainly glad they didn't get you, mister. Yeah, so am I. Hey, hey, here comes the sheriff. Well, what's going on here? Well, Sheriff, I think you missed a good fight. Yes, you sure did, Sheriff. Who started the shooting? Well, it was this way, Sheriff. When me and Whitey came in, there was two hombres sitting at the counter. Me and Whitey were sitting here at the inn. Then another fellow came in and the first two pulled guns and was aiming to shoot him in the back. Yo, I was can of speeches and I kept my eye on them. Yeah, Whitey seen him draw, so he drawed too, and hollered at him. And then the shooting started. Anybody hint? Nope. And that's a miracle. Sure was a miracle which made their mamas go. It went out through the kitchen. Well, where's the fella they were shooting at? Right here, sir. Did you know who it was? Didn't have time to notice, huh? What's your name, mister? Tom Howard. My home is in Needville. Tom Howard. I'm Evill well, come on, boys. We'll get up another posse and see if we can pick up the trail of them fireman. Well, it's about time you was getting here, Jesse. Frank, we got some work to do. Are we robbing the bank or a train this time? Not so fast. I went in the cafe and two jaspers sitting at the counter drawed guns and was aiming to drill me in the back. What? Yeah, there was a Swede at the counter, too. He saw him and drawed. Two yelled at him and the lead began firing. Did you get them? No, I reckon not. The Lights were shot out and when the smoke cleared, they was gone. Any idea who they was? Yeah. When the Swede yelled, I turned and there was our old friend, Boots Bragg. Boots Bragg? Yep. And the other one, Missouri Mike. So that's the lay of the landing. Yeah. We've been hearing a lot about Mike and his gang. Sure, and we're getting blamed for their jobs too. If we had all our boys here, we'd clean up on them fast. Yeah, but. But wait till you hear what I found out. There's a gold shipment going out tonight on the train. Well, that is interesting. This might be our chance to meet up with Mike and Boots. All right, all right, all right. Now quiet, boys. Now listen. Yeah, we're taking that bull train tonight. Sure, sure. We're with you, Mike. Tell them about who we met at the cafe, Mike. Oh, yeah, you'll get a laugh out of this, boys. Yeah, me and Boots was eating in the cafe and who walks in but Jesse James? Boots knowed him right off. Yeah, we was aiming to drill him when a sweet at the counter opened up on us. Wait. Everybody started shooting and me and Butz got out by the back door. Did you get Jesse? Don't know about that. But if we did, we'll be hearing about it plenty. And tell him about the note to the sheriff. This is good. When we heard about the gold shipping, I got me an idea. Wrote a note to the sheriff and told him the James gang was aiming to hold up the train at Red Rock. I'm aiming to hold up the train at the bridge over Sand Creek. That's five miles to the side of Red Rock. Sheriff and his posse. He'll be waiting for the James gang at Red Rock while we're taking the gold at San Crick. That's all right. And even if Jesse is dead, the sheriff won't be missing a chance to get the rest of the James gang. Come on now, let's get moving. Hell. Anything? What do you think of that note to the sheriff? Let me read it again. If you want to get the James gang, go to Red Rock. That's where they're aiming to hold up the gold train tonight. And it's signed, an enemy of Jesse James. Yeah. At least that sounds like that might be a trap. Yeah. Yeah, but remember, Jesse James has got plenty of enemies who double cross him in a minute. Name them. And you think that note is genuine? Well, can be sure, of course. But we can't overlook it neither. Well, what do you reckon we we'd ought to do? Well, Whitey told me all about the shooting at the cafe. But, Sheriff, your posse didn't pick up the trail of them two gunmen. No, dad. Rattan. I'll bet they was a couple of the James boys. Yeah, sure they was. Well, what become of the stranger they were shooting at? I don't know. Clean forgot about him. He said his name was Tom. Tom Howard from Meadville. That's right. Well, we got to decide on a definite plan of action. Well, we'll do whatever you say, Lightning. All right, Sheriff. Get your men and go to Red Rock. Stay there until the train goes by. If this note's right and the James gang show up, well, you know what to do. You bet. Whitey, you and me are going to ride on that train. Yo. And I'll be honest, Conductor, we're due to pull out in an hour. I'll meet you boys at the train. Hey, what you want to do, Lightning? I'm going to ask the railroad to hold up the gold shipment and let the train go through. That's a good idea, Lightning. I sure hope some James boy shows up at Red Rock. Howdy, mister. Ain't seen you since the big shooting. That's right, ma'am. Say, you're all dressed up in Sunday clothes. Yeah. Going down to Ardmore to see my sister for a couple of days. Oh, I see. Going out on the train tonight? Sure. I'm waiting for my brother, Bud. He's the conductor. Oh, here he is now. I'm all ready, Bud. Listen, Liz, something's come up and I don't think you'd better go on this train. What? You can go tomorrow just as well. But why can't I go tonight? Well, there might be a holder. A holder? Yeah. The sheriff got a note saying the James boys was going to hold up the train at Red Rock. Do you think they will? I don't know, but Lightning Jim is fixing it so the gold shipment won't go out. You mean the train ain't going neither? Oh, sure the train's going. Well, I'm going, too. No, you ain't. You'll wait till tomorrow, and that's fine. Up. I'll see you when I get ready. Well, can you imagine my. Pardon me, miss, but I couldn't help overhearing your talk. Your brother is right. You don't want to be on no train. It might be held up. Darn them James boys. If I had to meet up with them, I'd give them something that'd burden their ears off. Come on, Frank, get out of here. Say, what's all the rush? Where are we going, Jesse? For a little train ride. A train ride? What's the idea? I was just over to the cafe and heard the conductor talking to his sister. Yeah? He said the sheriff got a note saying that James boys was gonna hold up the train at Red Rock. Oh, so that's it, eh? Now, who do you reckon sent that note? Well, listen, I'm powerful wrong. I'd say it was Missouri Mike and Boots. Yeah, they're aiming to hold up the train and put the blame on us again. Right. And we've got to beat them to the draw. Well, what's your idea? Well, since we haven't got our boys with us, we'll ride on that train. Maybe we can catch up with Mike and Boots and help the law badges at the same time. That's good. Jesse James on the side of law and order. Boy said looks like little hair. No. What's your plan, Lightning? Well, I'm riding in the express car. Why, you go in one of them coaches with the pass. Yo. What's your light, then? All right, boys, we're ready to go. See, what. I'm going to go take up tickets. You kind of stay here with you. You all right? I do that. Well, hello there, Mr. Howard. Howdy, mister. Where are you going? Why, the Ardmore. Pardon me, but I don't remember your name. Righty. Righty Lawson. Well, Mr. Larson, this is my cousin, Elmer Jones. Oh, please to meet him, Mr. Jones. Howdy. Oh, I see an empty seat over there. I think I'll take it. Ben. I hope you have a nice trip. Yeah, thanks, and the same to you. Well, boys, this is the bridge over Sand Creek. How do we work, Mike? Jake covers the engineer. Joe and Pete gets the gold in the express car. Yeah, me and Boots will take the coaches. Sure, sure, sure. We got you. And while we're working, the sheriff and his posse will be waiting for the James boys at Red Rock. Where are you going? There she comes waiting for with them logs across the track. She's gotta stop. Hey, what are we stopping here for? We never have before, Jesse. This is it. Yeah. Come on. Come on, mister. Get away from. I can book in the bag. Mike, we better get out of here. Take off your hands, mister. Why, you hard work on that. You got Missouri Mike? Sure. And you got the order one, Mr. Holland. See, these are the same two years that was in the campaign. Yeah. Reckon we both cut even with them coyotes that was going to kill us both in the back. Did you get them? Sure. There they are. They were quite outside. Well, there was three of them out there. Enlightening. Jim killed them all. Lightning Jim. Quiet. Quiet, all of you. Did you shoot both these jaspers, Whitey? No. I killed this one here. His name is Missouri Mike. And the other one, the feller that's wounded there, well, I don't know who he is. Well, I do. Whitey, this is Boots Bragg. Used to belong to the James gang. I'm Boots Brag, all right, but I'm dying, so you won't be hanging me. Yeah, well, that'll save the state some money, Boots. By the way, Whitey, how'd you know this other Jasper is Missouri Mike? Right. That's what Mr. Howard said his name was. Mr. Howard? Yo. He must be better. I told you about the cafe. Well, he was on the train and Wendy Segers come in. I shot Mike and he got the other one. Where is this Mr. Howard? Hey, Mr. Howard. Well, see, that's funny. Why, he was seriously mean at the boat. Why, he and that fellow that was with him just got off the train. Listen, Law badge, he fooled you plenty. His name ain't hard. Is that so? Well, if you know so much, who was he? That. That was Jesse James. The real Jesse. Jesse James, you believe? And so ends another thrilling chapter in the lives of United States Marshal Lightning Jim Whipple and his deputy, Whitey Larson. It.