The Lone Ranger - The Wrong Pete Lorenzo

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Lone Ranger - The Wrong Pete Lorenzo

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Date: May 29, 2026
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Focus: Golden Age radio drama: The Lone Ranger – "The Wrong Pete Lorenzo"

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Episode Overview

This episode features a classic Lone Ranger radio drama, transporting listeners to the lawless days of the American West. In "The Wrong Pete Lorenzo," the Lone Ranger and his loyal companion Tonto uncover a cunning plot surrounding a bank robbery and murder in Carson City, where identity, deception, and justice intertwine. The drama revolves around the hunt for the infamous outlaw Pete Lorenzo and a case of mistaken identity, with tension building until the masked hero unravels the real crime.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage: Gold, Law, and Outlaws

• [03:18]–[04:19] The episode opens in a bustling, gold-rich Carson City, where the discovery of gold triggers prosperity—and criminal interest. The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive, aware that notorious outlaw Pete Lorenzo may target the city’s bank.
• Quote:
  • Narrator: "No man did more to bring law and order to the frontier than the masked rider of the planes."

2. Bank Robbery and Murder

• [05:17]–[07:16] Chaos erupts as a banker is shot dead and a large sum is stolen. The townspeople quickly alert Sheriff Conard, who begins collecting witness accounts.
• Quote:
  • Bank Employee: "He's took as much folding money as a man can carry. A whole stack of it. Thousands of dollars." [05:41]

3. The False Lead: Andy Felden's Accusation

• [06:06]–[07:54] Andy Felden claims not only to have witnessed the robbery—but to know and recognize Pete Lorenzo, describing him (long black hair, limp, chestnut horse) in detail. The sheriff organizes a posse, relying on Felden’s lead.
• Quote:
  • Andy Felden: "He's a man about my size...carries a bullet in his leg and it makes him walk with a limp." [06:55]

4. On the Trail: The Wrong Man Captured

• [10:32]–[12:45] After a day’s pursuit, the posse apprehends a lone camper matching Felden’s description. He insists he's Pete Atwell, also hunting Lorenzo, but is tied up as the supposed killer.
• Quote:
  • Pete Atwell: "I ain't Pete Lorenzo. I'm hunting for that varmint. I'm trailing him, same as you are." [12:14]

5. Justice Imperiled: Moral Dilemmas and Intervention

• [17:34]–[18:25] That night, Felden (secretly Lorenzo) loosens Atwell’s ropes, rationalizing that he doesn't want to hang another innocent man, and plans Atwell’s escape, giving him a gun (with blank cartridges).

• Quote:

  • Felden: "I helped hang a man once...he wasn't a guilty one after all. Since then, I don't take chances on the same mistake." [18:08]

• The Lone Ranger intervenes, inspects the gun, and, suspecting foul play, resets Atwell’s bindings and monitors the camp.

6. The Trap Is Sprung: The Real Plot Unfolds

• [20:44]–[23:36] Just as Atwell is about to make a break, confusion erupts. Instead of Atwell, Tonto is caught, and suspicions rise about who’s helping whom. The Lone Ranger confronts the group with discrepancies in Felden’s story and Atwell's account of Felden’s suspicious behavior.
• Quote:
  • The Lone Ranger: "He'd already loosened the ropes to make that possible." [22:32]

7. The Big Reveal: Pete Lorenzo Unmasked

• [24:04]–[26:01] The Lone Ranger reconstructs the plot: Felden is, in fact, Lorenzo, who staged everything to kill his pursuer during an 'escape attempt' and end the manhunt via a case of mistaken identity. Trapped, Felden reveals himself as the outlaw Pete Lorenzo, tries to shoot his way out, but the guns are loaded with blanks thanks to the Lone Ranger’s intervention.
• Quote:
  • Felden (as the truth comes out): "I'm Pete Lorenzo, and I still ain't gonna be taken by the law. I got the drop on every one of you." [26:01]

8. Justice Delivered: Lone Ranger's Cleverness

• [27:04]–[28:12] The Lone Ranger and Tonto subdue the real Lorenzo, proving Atwell’s innocence. The sheriff is bewildered by the Lone Ranger’s craft and thankful for the peaceful capture.
• Quote:
  • The Lone Ranger: "The wads of paper stung. But my shirt is thick." [27:35]
  • Sheriff Conard: "The real Pete Lorenzo...stretched out in the ground, knocked out by a redskins." [28:00]

9. Classic Lone Ranger Closure

• [28:36] As the Lone Ranger and Tonto gallop off to another adventure, justice prevails.
• Quote:
  • The Lone Ranger: "Come on Silver, there's trouble near River City. We've got to hurry!" [28:36]

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Memorable Moments and Quotes

• On the legend of the Lone Ranger:
  • Narrator: "His name will never be forgotten." [02:40]
• On mistaken identity and consequences:
  • Pete Atwell: "Don't you see, Sheriff? If you take me and stop the hunt now, the real Pete Lorenzo will get away." [14:12]
• The Lone Ranger’s logic revealing the villain’s plan:
  • The Lone Ranger: "Lorenzo led you on the trail...so you assumed you'd captured Pete Lorenzo." [25:21]
• The villain revealed:
  • Andy Felden: "I'm Pete Lorenzo..." [26:01]
• Sheriff’s awe at the Lone Ranger’s fortitude:
  • Sheriff Conard: "Don't bullets hurt you?" [27:33]
  • The Lone Ranger: "The wads of paper stung. But my shirt is thick." [27:35]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive in Carson City: [03:41]
• Bank robbery and murder scene: [05:17]
• Felden’s detailed accusation and posse formed: [06:06]–[07:54]
• Faulty arrest—Pete Atwell tied up: [10:32]–[14:24]
• Felden’s moral struggle (clandestine assistance): [18:03]
• Lone Ranger confronts ruse: [22:07]
• The Lone Ranger reconstructs the villain’s plot: [24:04]
• Pete Lorenzo’s confession and attempted escape: [26:01]
• Villain subdued, order restored: [27:04]–[28:12]
• Lone Ranger rides away: [28:36]

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Tone & Language

The episode is classic western drama: formal yet colloquial, packed with cowboy wisdom, suspense, and clear morality. Speakers use rugged, period-appropriate language, with the Lone Ranger’s authoritative calm offsetting the sheriff’s exasperation and Lorenzo’s sinister cunning.

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Takeaway

In this thrilling radio drama, the Lone Ranger’s legendary deductive skill and moral compass expose a complex plot and prevent a miscarriage of justice. “The Wrong Pete Lorenzo” showcases the genre’s tension, character interplay, and timeless message: truth and justice will prevail.

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Transcript

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[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Away.

[Narrator]

A fiery horse of the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty higho. Silver the Lone Ranger.

[Tonto]

It.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Sam.

[Narrator]

In the early days of the western United States, no man did more to bring law and order to the frontier than the masked rider of the planes. With his great horse, Silver, and his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, he fought crime and criminals in seven states. Although history does not record his deeds, his name will never be forgotten. Now let us return once more to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Come on, Silver. Tunnels waiting on the trail of Carson City. Hail, sailor away.

[Narrator]

When gold was discovered near Carson City, the town boomed into prosperity. Dozens of gold strikes brought new money into circulation and the town bank was forced to keep its doors open from shortly after sunrise till sundown. In the first scene of our Lone Ranger drama, the light of dawn colors the surrounding hills as we find the masked man and Tonto approaching the town.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'm glad we camped for the night, Tonto. It brings us to Carson City early in the morning with our horses fresh.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Maybe it not good.

[The Lone Ranger]

What do you mean?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Maybe it's bad waste time.

[The Lone Ranger]

But we don't even know that Pete Lorenzo headed for Carson City. Why have we wasted time?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Me not know why.

[The Lone Ranger]

You have a feeling that he's there, huh?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Not right.

[The Lone Ranger]

One of those feelings that you can't explain. Ah, I wish we knew what Pete Lorenzo looked like that would help in bringing that killer to justice.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That trouble we not know.

[The Lone Ranger]

He must have heard that there's a lot of the new paper money in the bank at Carson City.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Everyone knows.

[The Lone Ranger]

Oh, that knowing it, he'll surely make

[Sheriff Conard]

a play to get it.

[The Lone Ranger]

If he does, we might capture him and reach the end of this long trail.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

There. Town at last.

[The Lone Ranger]

Come on, Silver, old boy. There's Carson City.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

What's that? Something has happened.

[Sheriff Conard]

It isn't just a cafe fight at this time of the morning.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Go on there, Silver. There's a crowd of people running toward the bank.

[Narrator]

Oh, no.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

See em, we'll stay on the fritz of the crowd until we find out what's happened. I'll have to depend on the disguise on my face and take all the. That's right. Get it on pipe color. Get on, Silver.

[Andy Felden]

He's dead as a door knee. Just when he was opening the bank. Anyone see the thief. How much was stole?

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Where's the sheriff?

[Andy Felden]

Somebody get the law. It's robbery and murder.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Hey there, let me through.

[Sheriff Conard]

What's going on here at the Craig of Dawn?

[Andy Felden]

Sheriff, the banker was shot. Yes, and killed.

[Sheriff Conard]

Who seen it? Who done it? How'd it happen?

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Come on.

[Sheriff Conard]

What do you speak of? Must be someone knows something about it.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Sheriff.

[Andy Felden]

Sheriff, that's my boss.

[Sheriff Conard]

I see that, Clem. What about the money? Was it stolen?

[Bank Employee/Witness]

He's took as much folding money as a man can carry. A whole stack of it. Thousands of dollars.

[Sheriff Conard]

Who did?

[Pete Atwell]

I don't know.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

All I know is that the cash is gone and the banker's dead.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Boy, down.

[Sheriff Conard]

All of you, hush up. Now, what was you saying?

[Andy Felden]

I just got to Carson City a few weeks ago. Sheriff Conard.

[Sheriff Conard]

I know, I know. Your name's Feld.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Sheriff Conard]

Well, what about it? Do you know anything about this?

[Andy Felden]

I can help you. Well, you see, Sheriff, I was a witness to the murder.

[Sheriff Conard]

What?

[Andy Felden]

Yeah. I was coming this way when I heard the shots and seen the killer riding away.

[Sheriff Conard]

Which way did he go?

[Andy Felden]

To the east.

[Sheriff Conard]

What'd he look like? Did you see enough of him to get a description?

[Andy Felden]

Yeah, I can describe him and I can name him. It ain't no use trying to get him. What kind of talk is that?

[Bank Employee/Witness]

You gotta get him. He killed my boss.

[Sheriff Conard]

What's the reason? It won't do no good to describe him.

[Andy Felden]

Because, Sheriff, the critter's name is Pete Lorenzo.

[Sheriff Conard]

Pete Lorenzo? You mean to say you know that killer?

[Andy Felden]

Yeah. I'm one of the few men that's seen him and lived to tell about him.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Who's Pete Lorenzo?

[Andy Felden]

Pete Lorenzo. If he's done this, we'll never get him.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Who is he? Can't you tell me who he is?

[Sheriff Conard]

There ain't a worse killer in the whole of the West. Lorenzo stole land and cattle, bullion and folding money. And he's killed any man that's got to see him close enough to identify him.

[Andy Felden]

He ain't kill me. And I'm here to tell you what he looks like.

[Sheriff Conard]

Well, go on, describe him.

[Andy Felden]

He's a man about my size, with his head long and straight. Straggles down from under his hat. He carries a bullet in his leg and it makes him walk with a limp.

[Sheriff Conard]

What sort of horse is he riding?

[Andy Felden]

A chestnut.

[Sheriff Conard]

Do you hear that, boys?

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Well, what are you wasting time here for? If you know who you're looking for, why don't you go and get him? There's one of the best men in Carson City. Laying dead. Ain't you going to do anything about it?

[Sheriff Conard]

We're going to do plenty about it, Clem.

[Andy Felden]

Let me ride in your posse, Sheriff,

[Sheriff Conard]

every man that can pack a gun and ride a horse will ride. We'll get that kill if we have to. Go from here to kingdom come.

[Andy Felden]

Count me in, Sheriff.

[Sheriff Conard]

You're in. Feldon, I'm gonna need you to identify the coyote.

[Andy Felden]

Take me along.

[Sheriff Conard]

All you boys go home and get your horses. Load up your six guns and fetch your rifles. Bring food enough to last for several days. We ain't coming back until we bring Pete Lorenzo with.

[Pete Atwell]

You.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hear that, Tuttle?

[Sheriff Conard]

Me here.

[The Lone Ranger]

That man the sheriff calls Felden has described Pete Lorenzo.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That right?

[Tonto]

Wonder how nearly right that description is.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Me not know.

[Tonto]

Feldon seems to be the only living man who has seen Lorenzo. I don't know how much we can depend upon his description. But we're going to find out what we do.

[The Lone Ranger]

We're going to ride with posse?

[Tonto]

No, Toto, not with a posse. We ride behind the sheriff's men.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Why do that?

[Tonto]

Pete Lorenzo has been trailed by posses before this. He's avoided every trap that's laid for him. He's outwitted every man who's tried to trail him.

[The Lone Ranger]

That's right.

[Tonto]

He's too clever to be caught by the sheriff. We ride behind the posse and see what the lawmen do.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Not good.

[Tonto]

Come on. We'll ride back away from here until the posse gets underway.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Come on.

[Sheriff Conard]

Get him off, my fellow.

[Narrator]

The sheriff's posse was soon organized and thundered out of the town. Throughout the long day, the posse searched the surrounding country for many miles around, but without success. Towards sunset, the lawman called a halt.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Hold up here,

[Sheriff Conard]

Boys. We ain't found no sign of a trail yet. Now that ain't gonna discourage us, honey.

[The Lone Ranger]

We still got some daylight left.

[Sheriff Conard]

Sheriff, we're splitting up. Hank, Pete, Lamb, Jake, each of you take four men and make a unit. We'll fan out and go to dark. Then camp for the night and start early in the morning. Go to Lamar. This time you ain't found Pete Lorenzo. Head back for Carson.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

We can't give up the hunt, Sheriff. We just got.

[Sheriff Conard]

One of us will find him before tomorrow night. Helen, do ride with me Claim, and Biff, come along with us.

[Andy Felden]

Right, Sheriff. Great.

[Sheriff Conard]

Now get moving and ride.

[The Lone Ranger]

Sando, we'll follow the group with the sheriff and Pelvin and keep just this far behind them.

[Sheriff Conard]

Come on, get him up.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

White fell.

[Narrator]

Late the next afternoon. Feldon found a trail and instead of Turning back at sunset, the group of four riders kept following the dim tracks of a single rider. They saw where he had camped for a meal and then continued. It was nearly dark when Feldon asked,

[Andy Felden]

is this still the same trail, Sheriff Connored?

[Sheriff Conard]

This is it, all right.

[Narrator]

Enough.

[Sheriff Conard]

We're closing in on him, too. That place where he built a fire wasn't cold yet.

[Andy Felden]

Then we ought to come on him right soon.

[Sheriff Conard]

Reckon so, Feldon.

[Andy Felden]

Sheriff, I want the personal privilege of putting a bullet in that critter.

[Sheriff Conard]

None of that, Feldon. We take them back alive and string them up in public as a warning to other crooks. I aim to show folks that not even Pete Lorenzo can get away from the law.

[Andy Felden]

He's a clever critter, Sheriff. Ain't many men have seen him and lived to tell about it.

[Sheriff Conard]

You reckon there ain't, Sheriff, look over there.

[Andy Felden]

A campfire.

[Sheriff Conard]

Sure enough.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Come on.

[Sheriff Conard]

Surround that camp.

[The Lone Ranger]

Get up there.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

There he is, boys.

[Sheriff Conard]

Get him.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Don't let him get away.

[Andy Felden]

Reach for the sky. You're under arrest.

[Pete Atwell]

What's this mean? What are you arresting me for?

[Sheriff Conard]

Take a break in your stop lid.

[Andy Felden]

But what have I done? That's a good one. You ain't fooling anyone, Lorenzo Helden.

[Sheriff Conard]

Are you sure that's Pete Lorenzo?

[Andy Felden]

It's him, all right.

[Sheriff Conard]

Long black hair. Sure enough. Hey, you walk over here. I am, but unload that shoot line of his, Helen. And by ginger, he walks with a limp.

[Andy Felden]

I told you, Sheriff. It's him. I know him anywhere.

[Sheriff Conard]

See here.

[Pete Atwell]

What's all this mean?

[Sheriff Conard]

It means you're under arrest for shooting a banker in Carson City and for robbing a bank. And it means you're heading for the rope. Searching, Feldon.

[Andy Felden]

Sure thing.

[Pete Atwell]

Hold on. I ain't Pete Lorenzo. I'm hunting for that varmint. I'm trailing him, same as you are.

[Sheriff Conard]

Likely story. Do you find anything, Felden?

[Andy Felden]

He's hid the money somewhere, Sheriff. It ain't on him now.

[Sheriff Conard]

No matter. We got him. That's enough. We'll make him talk.

[Pete Atwell]

You can't do this. If you think I'm Pete Lorenzo, you're crazy. I told you, I'm hunting for him.

[Sheriff Conard]

Trailing him, huh?

[Narrator]

Trying to.

[Sheriff Conard]

Well, we trail him from Carson City. And that trail ends right here at your fire. Ain't it so, boys?

[Andy Felden]

Right yard, Sheriff?

[Pete Atwell]

Well, I guess not. It was me you trailed.

[Andy Felden]

He admits it, Sheriff.

[Pete Atwell]

I don't admit nothing. I lost Lorenzo's trail the other side of Carson City. So I just kept on in the same general direction, hoping to pick it up again.

[Andy Felden]

Some yarn that is. It's true journey.

[Sheriff Conard]

If you ain't Lorenzo, who are you?

[Pete Atwell]

My name's Pete Atwell.

[Andy Felden]

Pete, eh?

[Pete Atwell]

Sure. I come from the mountains to Carson. I seen the whole robbery and hold up. And when Lorenzo let out, I went after him.

[Andy Felden]

What did he look like?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Well, I don't know.

[Pete Atwell]

His face was covered with a hood of some sort.

[Sheriff Conard]

Maybe you can prove your Pete at will.

[Pete Atwell]

Yeah, sure I can. Here's a couple of letters.

[Narrator]

Read them.

[Pete Atwell]

You can see their address to me.

[Sheriff Conard]

I'll do that same. Pass them over.

[Andy Felden]

I wouldn't take no stock in them letters, Sheriff. Like it's not stolen from somebody.

[Sheriff Conard]

You didn't find no money on them, did you, Feldon? No. Pete Atwell, huh? Well, that name's on these letters all right. But that don't prove nothing. You might have found them.

[Pete Atwell]

I didn't. Them letters are mine and I'm not

[Andy Felden]

gonna let you frame them. Shut up.

[Sheriff Conard]

You say your name's Pete Edwell, but you got long black hair like this fellow Lorenzo, and you're limp. And what's more, that horse you got tethered over there is a chestnut.

[Pete Atwell]

Sheriff, I ain't him. I've been trailing him. Swear me in as a deputy and let me go along with you to hunt him.

[Sheriff Conard]

The hunt has ended right here. Now.

[Andy Felden]

We can't get back to Carson tonight, Sheriff, what are you aiming to do?

[Sheriff Conard]

This is a likely place to camp. We may as well stay here till morning. Tie this fella good and tight, Felden. Hands and feet both. And then lay some of that tree over yonder.

[Andy Felden]

I will.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

But wait.

[Pete Atwell]

Don't you see, Sheriff? If you take me and stop the hunt now, the real Pete Lorenzo will get away.

[Andy Felden]

And you.

[Sheriff Conard]

I'm willing to take a chance on it. I got an idea. We got the man we want right now.

[Pete Atwell]

But you ain't. Them letters tells who I am.

[Sheriff Conard]

You probably stole them. Tie him up, Elden. We'll hold him to morning and then take him to town to hang.

[Narrator]

The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.

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[The Lone Ranger]

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[Narrator]

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[Andy Felden]

What is this?

[Narrator]

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[Pete Atwell]

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[Narrator]

Now, to continue the drama, you will recall that a murder started the sheriff's men on the trail of Pete Lorenzo, a killer who never left survivors to identify him. A newcomer in Carson City named Felden claimed to have seen Lorenzo. He described the outlaw and led the way to capture him. The Lone Ranger, riding behind the sheriff and his men saw them make a prisoner of a lone camper. The posse bound him, disregarding his pleas of innocence and roped him to a tree until morning. The Lone Ranger and Tanto were not very far distant.

[The Lone Ranger]

We'll stay right here.

[Tonto]

The horses will be all right where we left them. Tata, we can keep a close watch on the prisoner.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That's right.

[Tonto]

I doubt if he's Pete Lorenzo, though. Camp's pretty quiet now. I might slip over and help the man get free. I don't want to see him taken back to town just yet. I want the chance to talk to him.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

You wait.

[Tonto]

What is it?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Heller. League campfire.

[Tonto]

I see him.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Wrote a tree. The prisoner.

[Tonto]

Can you see who it is?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That feller named Felden.

[Tonto]

Come on, Taro. We'll get close enough to hear what he's saying.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

Keep it soft. I wanted to make sure he was awake. Of course I'm awake.

[Pete Atwell]

How can I sleep like this?

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

Take it easy. I'm gonna help you.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

You?

[Andy Felden]

Yeah.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

I've been thinking about this capture. It was me that led the law here. I know. If they take you back to Carson City, you'll be lynched without a chance for a fair trial. Of course I will.

[Pete Atwell]

I'm innocent. I ain't no more a killer than you are.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

I ain't Pete Lorenzo. Take it easy now. I'm making these nuts loose so he can slip out.

[Tonto]

What are you helping me fer?

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

I don't want to be the cause of you being lynched. I'd sooner see you get away. You're gonna give me that chance? Yep. I helped hang a man once after he was dead. We found he wasn't a guilty one after all. Since then, I don't take chances on the same mistake happening. Then I slip out in them ropes

[Tonto]

with a little work.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

You'll never regret giving me this chance. Ay, Lorenzo. You had cash on you. I'd let you go to the rope and glide up just because you limp like Lorenzo and have long black hair. Ain't enough to convince me. Thanks, Felton. You'll need a gun. I'll drop one on the ground beside you. Get the ropes loose and be ready. I'll give you the signal when to make a break. I don't need a gun. You might. I got my hands and feet loose already.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Good.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

Now you better wait a couple hours more until the sheriff and me take our turn at guiding you. And if he sees you making a break, I can get in his way so as he can't shoot you. I'll cough when you're to run for it. All right. I've dropped a gun by your side. I got it. I'll leave you now. Good luck.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Here.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Luck.

[Helper/Ally to Pete Atwell]

I'll need it. I hope I don't fall asleep.

[The Lone Ranger]

Don't move, Pete.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

What?

[The Lone Ranger]

Quiet.

[Tonto]

Unless you want to bring the men here to find you untied. But look here.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Who are you?

[Tonto]

I'll have a look at that gun.

[Pete Atwell]

Are you the real Pete Lorenzo? Your mask.

[Tonto]

I'm not Pete Lorenzo. Then what are you doing here? Who are you? Be quiet while I examine this gun.

[Pete Atwell]

But I.

[Andy Felden]

Don't.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Toto. Me. Here.

[Tonto]

Look at the gun, Toto. And the cartridges.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

What matter?

[Tonto]

Examine it and give it back to him. I'll have a talk with him in the meantime.

[Narrator]

Two hours later, the camp was quiet. Pete still lay near the base of the tree. Pretending sleep but tensely alert. Near the campfire, Andy Felden was just waking Sheriff Conard for his turn at watching the prisoner.

[Sheriff Conard]

Gosh, Feldon could do with more sleep.

[Andy Felden]

Here's coffee in the fire, chef, if you'd like some.

[Sheriff Conard]

Good. It'll wake me up. Is the prisoner all right?

[Andy Felden]

I reckon so. I looked at him just before you waked up.

[Sheriff Conard]

I'll be glad to get him to town. Only thing I regret is not having the cash this night.

[Andy Felden]

Here.

[Sheriff Conard]

Getting a cold.

[Andy Felden]

The prisoner. He's making a break.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Look.

[Sheriff Conard]

I can't see him at ark.

[Andy Felden]

I can shoot him. Wait till I get my guns around the ground. Over here by my blanket. Boy. Wake up while your arms is on the loose. Get in. Come on.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Get up here.

[Andy Felden]

He can't get far.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

He's shooting back at us.

[Sheriff Conard]

Get him, boys.

[Andy Felden]

Where'd he get his gun? I got him. Hold him. Grab him. Happy, boys?

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Hang on to him.

[Sheriff Conard]

Throw some brushwood on that fire so we can see what we're doing.

[Andy Felden]

He got him. Strong as a bull. He's. He's dead, ain't he? Ain't he been Charging.

[Sheriff Conard]

Stand back there. You boys get that brushwood on the fire.

[Andy Felden]

I'll put some on, Sheriff.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

Hey, this ain't the prisoner.

[Pete Atwell]

I'm right where you left me.

[Andy Felden]

Tied to the tree. That ain't the prisoner. How did this happen? Who's this?

[Sheriff Conard]

Let him up. Let me take a look at him.

[Andy Felden]

There's the fire.

[Sheriff Conard]

Now you can see this is an Injun.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Me to uncle.

[Andy Felden]

What's this mean? Where did you come from?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

You. You not know?

[Sheriff Conard]

What are you doing around here?

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

Me look for outlaws?

[Narrator]

Looking for an outlaw, huh?

[Sheriff Conard]

Huh? Looks to me like he was trying to help the outlaw we already captured get away.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That's not true.

[Andy Felden]

That's what he was doing. Pete Lorenzo's got an injured helper. That's it.

[Sheriff Conard]

Sheriff Delgun. I don't know. We ain't no proof.

[Andy Felden]

Why, we know the engine ain't done nothing. But just the same.

[The Lone Ranger]

You must have good eyes, Felden. Have you all covered?

[Andy Felden]

You, miss.

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, Hunter, you take one of the guns.

[Andy Felden]

Now both of them are too. Hoots with Lorenzo.

[The Lone Ranger]

That isn't the case, Feldon. We're trying to locate Pete Lorenzo and take him to justice. And I think we've accomplished our purpose.

[Sheriff Conard]

Just who the same hill are you? Harold?

[The Lone Ranger]

Did it occur to you that Feldon would have to have awfully good eyesight to see the prisoner escaping in the dark?

[Sheriff Conard]

Well, I couldn't see nothing.

[The Lone Ranger]

But just the same, he didn't see it either. He thought the prisoner was escaping because he'd already loosened the ropes to make that possible.

[Andy Felden]

That ain't so. That ain't the case, Sheriff. You know better than that.

[The Lone Ranger]

Let's go over to where the prisoner's tied and let him tell his story.

[Sheriff Conard]

It's you he's saying that about. Felden, by thunder. You must have eyes like an animal to see in the dark that way.

[Andy Felden]

Of course I seen him. Didn't I tell you, Pete?

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[The Lone Ranger]

Suppose you tell the sheriff what Feldon did.

[Pete Atwell]

Well, he. Gosh, I don't know. He acted friendly to me and I

[Sheriff Conard]

acted friendly to you.

[Andy Felden]

Yeah.

[The Lone Ranger]

Tell him the truth, Pete.

[Sheriff Conard]

But.

[Pete Atwell]

But I ain't sure that he was founder.

[The Lone Ranger]

It's the only thing that will save your life.

[Pete Atwell]

Well, Sheriff, Feldon come to me and said that he'd already helped to hang an innocent man and he didn't want me to be the second.

[Sheriff Conard]

Did you say that, Feldon?

[Andy Felden]

The whole thing's a pack of lies. None of it's true.

[The Lone Ranger]

Go on, Pete.

[Pete Atwell]

I told you, Sheriff, that I wasn't Pete Lorenzo. I showed You. Them letters in my pocket.

[Sheriff Conard]

What did Feldon say to you?

[Pete Atwell]

He loosened the rope so as I could get away. He told me that when he coughed, that was a signal for me to run.

[Sheriff Conard]

He did, eh?

[The Lone Ranger]

That was the first step in Feldman's carefully made plan, Sheriff.

[Sheriff Conard]

Go on, tell me the rest.

[Pete Atwell]

Then he dropped a gun by my side where I could get it when I escaped.

[Sheriff Conard]

Did you do that, Feldon?

[Andy Felden]

It ain't true. It ain't true, I tell you.

[The Lone Ranger]

We'll get to the proof later. Now tell the sheriff what I did, Pete.

[Pete Atwell]

You come and rope me tight again so as I couldn't get away.

[The Lone Ranger]

Exactly.

[Pete Atwell]

Then you looked at the gun and you hand it to the engine.

[Sheriff Conard]

Yes.

[The Lone Ranger]

And what did I tell you?

[Pete Atwell]

Well, you told me to stay right here and not to make no sound.

[The Lone Ranger]

Then what happened?

[Pete Atwell]

When Felden coughed, the engine was here.

[The Lone Ranger]

You know the rest, Sheriff.

[Sheriff Conard]

Yeah, we captured the redskin.

[The Lone Ranger]

I examined the gun Feldon left with this man. Yeah, he loaded it with prepared cartridges.

[Andy Felden]

Now, look here, I ain't gonna stand for no more of this. Sheriff, you know I'm the one that helped you get this prisoner. I've been riding your side from the start.

[Sheriff Conard]

Shut up, Pelden.

[Andy Felden]

But what did I want to help him escape from?

[Sheriff Conard]

I said shut up. I'm going to hear what this man has to say.

[The Lone Ranger]

The cartridges and the gun left here were blanks. The lead had been dug out of them with a knife and a wad of paper put in its place. Feldon had no intention of letting Pete hurt anyone with a gun, especially himself.

[Sheriff Conard]

Yeah, what do you want to do that for, stranger? Maybe you can tell us that.

[The Lone Ranger]

I can. I'll go back to Pete Lorenzo. He knew things were getting hot for him. He knew that sooner or later he'd come to the end of the trail. He felt the best way to shake the law off once and for all would be to die.

[Sheriff Conard]

To die?

[The Lone Ranger]

Have everyone consider him dead. There was one man in particular who was closing in on him, and he knew it. It was a man who walked with a limp with long black hair. A man named Pete Atwell.

[Sheriff Conard]

Pete Atwell?

[Andy Felden]

That's the fellow we captured.

[Bank Employee/Witness]

That's what he said his name was.

[The Lone Ranger]

Atwell is the man who's tied to that tree. Pete Lorenzo went into Carson City and stayed there until he knew that Atwell was close by. Then he robbed the bank, killed the banker. But instead of escaping, he stayed right in town.

[Andy Felden]

Don't you believe a word he says, Sheriff. He can't prove nothing like that. That's all a cock and bull story.

[Sheriff Conard]

To help this critter, I chose you to be quiet, Feldon. I'm controlling things here. And I'm going to hear what the masked man has to say. Go on, stranger, talk.

[The Lone Ranger]

Lorenzo described the man he knew was chasing him. I was in the crowd when he did so. I knew he didn't tell the truth because he said Lorenzo escaped to the east. If he had done that, I'd have seen him as I rode into Carson City.

[Sheriff Conard]

But you and your mask, gun, and I can't account for you.

[The Lone Ranger]

Never mind me. We're talking about Lorenzo. Lorenzo led you on the trail. He circled until he came on the footprints of the man he knew was following him, Pete Atwell. Then he led you here. He'd already described this man, so you assumed you'd captured Pete Lorenzo.

[Sheriff Conard]

Go on, Stager.

[The Lone Ranger]

His plan was to let Pete Atwell get away so he could shoot him. That would end all hunting for Pete Lorenzo.

[Andy Felden]

All right, you're all covered then. Felden is Pete Lorenzo.

[The Lone Ranger]

Well, I'll.

[Andy Felden]

Pete. Stand back. I'll shoot the first man that makes a move to get me. You think you're pretty smart, eh, stranger? Well, I'm just a little too fast for you.

[Sheriff Conard]

So you're confessing, you dirty ref.

[Andy Felden]

I'm Pete Lorenzo, and I still ain't gonna be taken by the law. He got the drop on every one of you, including the masked man. Thought you were smart, eh? Well, you're just smart enough to die right here on the spot.

[The Lone Ranger]

You'll probably find the stolen money in his saddlebag, Sheriff.

[Andy Felden]

Yeah, yeah, but look here, Lorenzo, you'll get a fair trial. I ain't taking a chance on no trial. Dead men don't talk. I got 12 bullets in this brace of guns.

[The Lone Ranger]

Then why don't you use them?

[Andy Felden]

I'm a gornda. And I'll still be felon to everyone in town.

[Sheriff Conard]

Who are you?

[Andy Felden]

Stand back, all of you. And go back with the yarn about how Lorenzo shot the bunch of us up. I was the only one to survive. How do you like that, Sheriff? The critter at the tree there will still be Pete Lorenzo. Savvy?

[The Lone Ranger]

Lorenzo, I'm coming to take those guns away from you.

[Andy Felden]

Stand back, unless you want to be the first one to be drilled.

[The Lone Ranger]

Put down those guns, Lorenzo.

[Andy Felden]

Stand back, I tell you.

[The Lone Ranger]

Put down those guns. You're under arrest for murder.

[Sheriff Conard]

You drill you, he'll drill you, stranger. Why don't you shoot?

[Andy Felden]

I will. I swear I will.

[Sheriff Conard]

Go and shoot.

[Andy Felden]

I'll show you that's all that's needed

[The Lone Ranger]

now I'll take those guns.

[Andy Felden]

Lego my wrist.

[The Lone Ranger]

Here's one of his guns, Sheriff.

[Sheriff Conard]

Great Scott.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Here's the other leg.

[Andy Felden]

Ome Lego me I tell you.

[The Lone Ranger]

Get a rope on him.

[Sheriff Conard]

Hold him.

[Andy Felden]

You ain't human. You ain't human. I fired point blank at you. Got him.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Tada.

[Sheriff Conard]

He got him.

[Andy Felden]

I'll show you. You can't hold me. I'll kill every last one of you.

[Sheriff Conard]

Holy mackerel.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

That make him quiet.

[Andy Felden]

Did you see that injun wallop him.

[The Lone Ranger]

Now you can tie him easier sheriff, but gersh.

[Sheriff Conard]

Oh fishhooks stranger. I seen him. He shot point blank at you.

[Andy Felden]

He shot twice.

[The Lone Ranger]

You had a good idea sheriff, in framing Pete Atwell. It was such a good idea that I used it myself.

[Sheriff Conard]

Yeah, but I don't savvy. Don't bullets hurt you?

[The Lone Ranger]

The wads of paper stung. But my shirt is thick.

[Andy Felden]

Want you peeper.

[The Lone Ranger]

Call our horses. Tonto.

[Tonto's Companion/Sidekick]

You're white feller.

[The Lone Ranger]

You see Sheriff, I took the gun he left for Pete Atwell to use and left it with one of his own guns. I took the lead out of the cartridges of his other gun.

[Andy Felden]

Well how in blazes could you do that? While we was all the guarding.

[The Lone Ranger]

You were guarding Pete Atwell? None of you saw Toto slip up and put the fixed guns in Pete Lorenzo's holsters that were lying on the ground near his blanket.

[Sheriff Conard]

The real Pete Lorenzo. My thunder and arrows stretched out in the ground knocked out by a redskins. Boys, untie Pete Atwell. Untie him and take him into town with us. He's the sharing all the rewards.

[The Lone Ranger]

And the mask mans man doesn't want rewards.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

Come on Silver, there's trouble near River City. We've got to hurry. I Silver.

[Narrator]

The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.

[Silver (The Lone Ranger's Horse)]

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[Bank Employee/Witness]

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[Tonto]

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[Sheriff Conard]

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