A Trap for Wild Bill | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (10-23-53)

Summary

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Podcast Summary:

Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode: A Trap for Wild Bill | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (10-23-53)
Release Date: October 25, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Old Time Radio Westerns, the digitally restored drama "A Trap for Wild Bill" takes listeners into an action-packed tale of treachery, sharp wit, and frontier justice. U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his trusty, comical sidekick Jingles are invited to a mining camp, where they stumble onto a deadly scheme. As they untangle deception and face life-threatening danger, the duo uses quick thinking (and a bit of luck) to bring a ruthless villain to justice and restore order to the mining country.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. A Peculiar Encounter on the Trail

[04:17-07:28]

• While riding, Wild Bill and Jingles spot a man (Bart Benson) brutally mistreating his horse.

• After a tense confrontation, Benson shifts from hostility to hospitality, inviting them to the Acme Mine for a meal.

  "People don't generally talk that way to Wild Bill Hickok." – Jingles (06:27)

2. Suspicion at the Acme Mine

[07:47-08:21]

• At the mine, they meet the cook, Ching Hao, and learn that Benson claims to have bought the mine from a man named Fred Peters, whom Bill knew—but Bill is surprised he hadn’t heard of this sale.
• Jingles is more focused on the size of the steak meal than the oddities Bill notices.

3. Ambushed at Dinner

[08:29-09:04 | 11:49-13:19]

• As they settle in for dinner, gunfire erupts, shattering the peaceful setting and destroying Jingles’ steak.

• Bill surmises someone wants them dead:

  "Because they'd rather see us dead than alive." – Wild Bill Hillary (08:46)

• Benson acts innocent, offers to let them stay the night in a remote cabin "below the dam," and insists all is well at the mine.

4. A Deadly Trap Below the Dam

[13:41-16:07]

• Bill and Jingles are given a cabin right on the river’s edge, but Bill remains suspicious of Benson’s motives.

• Bill’s hunch:

  "Whoever sleeps in those nice soft beds is going to wake up dead in the morning." – Wild Bill (16:02)

• They choose to sleep instead in the open canyon under the moonlight.

5. Surviving an Attempted Murder by Flood

[16:27-17:47]

• Early morning, they witness someone aiming hydraulic mining nozzles at the very cabin they were meant to sleep in, sending it crashing into the river.
• Jingles, shaken, says:

  "If we had, we’d have been spread all over the canyon by now." – Jingles (17:40)

6. The Fate of Fred Peters

[18:07-23:30]

• Bill and Jingles find Fred Peters alive but weak; he reveals that Benson (his former foreman) attacked him, held him captive, and tried to force him to sign over the mine.
• He managed to escape using a fireplace stone to cut his ropes.

  "He kept starving me and beating me and trying to get me to sign away my rights to the Acme Mine." – Fred Peters (22:57)

7. Showdown With Bart Benson

[24:02-27:27]

• Bill and Jingles spot and pursue Benson, who tries to escape using the mine’s hydraulic nozzles as weapons.
• In a clever reversal, Bill and Jingles use the mining equipment against Benson, washing him from his hiding place and capturing him.
• Humorous justice from Jingles:

  "While you’re sitting in jail for the next 10 years, you can think about how your scheme to steal the Acme mine turned out to be all wet." – Jingles (27:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Jingles’ Doctor’s Orders:

  "The doctor told you to keep looking inside your shirt?" – Bill (04:42)
  "What he said was for me to be sure and watch my stomach." – Jingles (04:49)
  (Early comic relief; Jingles misunderstands being told to “watch your stomach.”)

• Jingles on Ambushes:

  "No, that dad-blamed bushwhacker shot my steak!" – Jingles (08:30)

• Wild Bill’s Hunch:

  "Just a hunch, Jingles. But I think Bart Benson is the one that shot at us tonight. I think he brought us to this cabin to finish the job." (15:29)

• Jingles’ Humor Even in Danger:

  "Hey, we ought to carry one of these squirt guns with us, Bill. It’s better than a pair of .45s!" (27:10)

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Key Timestamps

• 04:17: Bill and Jingles meet Bart Benson, confrontation over horse abuse.
• 07:47: Arrival at Acme Mine; Benson offers steak and shelter.
• 08:29: Gunshots interrupt dinner; attempted ambush.
• 13:41: Bill and Jingles settle into suspicious cabin.
• 16:27: Early morning – attempt to destroy the cabin with water.
• 18:07: Discovery/rescue of Fred Peters.
• 22:40: Fred Peters’ backstory and Benson’s betrayal revealed.
• 24:02: Canyon chase, Benson’s last stand.
• 26:28: Wild Bill and Jingles use hydraulic nozzle to flush out Benson.
• 27:27: Benson captured; Jingles’ final quip.

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode delivers classic Western drama with witty, oft-playful banter, a sense of danger, and sharp moral clarity. Jingles provides comic relief while Wild Bill steers the action with calm authority. The digitally restored effects of galloping hooves, creaking doors, and roaring water add immersion and excitement. As always, justice triumphs—but not without close calls, clever plotting, and a few hearty laughs along the way.

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For New Listeners

You’ll find this episode a quintessential Old West adventure, mixing lighthearted humor with high-stakes action and a satisfying sense of justice. The performances of Guy Madison (Wild Bill) and Andy Devine (Jingles) are warm, funny, and heroic, set against a vivid soundscape that brings the frontier to life.

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Transcript

[Andrew Rines]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his big deputy, Jingles had many friends scattered throughout the Old West. But they also had many hard and bitter enemies. It was one of these desperate enemies who almost ended the careers of the two lawmen when they set a murderous trap for Wild Bill.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Looked about the same to me.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jingles, I think maybe you're starting to get local, partner.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Who, me? Oh, Bill Hickok. I am not.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Well, I don't know. You've been talking to yourself an awful lot lately.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, maybe so.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

And all the time we're riding along you keep looking down inside your shirt.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, the doctor told me to do that. Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

The doctor?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah, I went to see him before we left Santa Fe. Been off my feet a little here lately.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

The doctor told you to keep looking inside your shirt?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, what he said was for me to be sure and watch my stomach.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

So that's it. What he meant was for you to quit eating so much.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, why didn't he say so? Hey, Bill. Look at that fella jerking that horse around.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Where?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Over there by that gate.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Oh, yeah, I see. He's got that horse so spooked up it doesn't know what it's doing.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I don't like jaspers that mistreat horses.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Neither do I. Come on, let's go.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hi.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

March out, Joker. That horse might be your grandpa. Oh, boy.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Easy, Joker.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Now, easy, boy.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Try to show me, will you? You hammerhead.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Take this.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Hold it, mister.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hey, you keep out of this, stranger. I'll handle my horse my own way.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Not that way you want.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Give me those rams, you sneakin pup.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Are you looking for trouble?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

No, he ain't, but you sure are.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Here, Jingles, haul his horse.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Sure, Bill. Now come over here, fella. You can talk to Buckshot, Joker, and sort of simmer down.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Now, give me back my horse or I' smash in that face of yours.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You'll get your horse back when you've calmed down enough to treat him right.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

You.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'll break you in two.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right. You can try it if you want to.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

You can hit, but so can I.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I saw you punching your horse. How does it feel?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'll get you for the.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, he started to talk when he should have been looking. Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Now get up.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I don't want to get up.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

You're smart there, mister.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, sit there and listen, then. As long as I'm in this part of the country, don't ever let me see you beat a horse again, or I'll give you some more of the same.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Okay? Okay. You win this time. The next time I see you coming to meddle in my business, I'm going to stop you with lead if I have to.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, you don't know what you're saying, mister. People don't generally talk that way to Wild Bill Hickok.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hickok?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Wild Bill?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

That's right. I'm Jingle.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Now, just a minute, Marshall. Let me get up here.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Honey. Yeah?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I want to shake your hand.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's fine with me.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Singing a different tune, ain't he?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

My name's Bart Benson. I run the Acme Mine right up this canyon here. I'm glad to know both of you.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Thank you.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hey, you must be pretty trail weary and hungry. Why not come up to the mine and I'll fix you up with a steak so thick you can't see over the top of it.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, now, that's the kind of talk I like to hear.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You say you run the Acme Mine. You must work for Fred Peters.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Oh, you know Peters?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sure. Known him for years.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Well, Peter sort of sold out. I'm the new owner of the Acme.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's funny. I hadn't heard anything about it.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill Hickok, this is no time for a lot of palaver. This man offered us a steak dinner. Now let's go get it.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, Jingles, I think maybe we ought to accept his invitation.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Wee Bill, would you look at the size of that steak?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sure looks good.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Jingle whoa. Ching hao cook a very fine steak.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jing hao. Did you used to work for Fred Peters before Benson bought this mine?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, sure, Mr. Peters. Very fine mine. One day he go away. No come back, Bill, the steaks are getting cold. We can talk to Ching now after we finish our dinner.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Very good idea.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Chop, chop. Come on, Bill, let's eat.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, Jingles, but something isn't right around this place.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, the steaks are all right anyhow. Good. That hurt.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Did you get hit, partner?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

No, that dad blamed bushwhacker shot my steak.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Don't worry about that. Knock out that lamp and get out.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill. Now, who in the heck is shooting at us. And why?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I don't know who it is, Jingles, but I know why.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Well, tell me why.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Because they'd rather see us dead than alive.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I hate to say so, but I think you're right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

There it is again.

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill, we're stuck in this little room. And they got all kinds of space to move around in out there. Just don't seem like a good deal to me. Did you get one of them?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Don't think so. I shot at the gun flashes, but they're moving away.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

They can't move too far away to suit me. Hey, somebody's coming.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Who is it?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hey, Hiccup. Are you and Jingles all right?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bart? Benson.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, we're all right. Benson. Come on in.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Sorry we busted your lamp, Benson. But it just didn't seem like a smart idea to keep it burning.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

There's a candle over here. I'll light it.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Benson, you got any idea who might have been doing that shooting?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I sure haven't, Marshall.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

There.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

There's a light.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

That's better. Bill, it looks to me like we ain't wanted around here.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Nonsense. We're glad to have you here. We'll get you another steak for the one that got shot up. And then we'd like to have you stay all night.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Maybe we better be shoving on down the trail.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

We got plenty of room for you, Hickok. The bunk house is full, but there's a couple of good beds in the cabin right down below the dam. We'll put you up there below the dam.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Sure, sure.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

This is a hydraulic outfit, you know.

[Narrator/Announcer]

It is.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sure is, Jingles. They use big nozzles to wash the ore down off the sides of the hill. Then they take the gold out of it.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

That's the kind of mining for me. No work to it at all.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

How about it, Hickok? Might as well stay with us overnight.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, Benson. Guess we might as well.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Good.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Good.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'll call my foreman and have him make all the arrangements. There's the cabin right ahead of us, Hickok.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hey, now that looks like a nice little place. Right on the edge of the river. Ain't that pretty? Any trout in that river?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

No, I don't think so. That water is overflow from the dam.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Must be a lot of water backed up behind there.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

There sure is. When we're mining, we can throw four 12 inch streams of water up against the hill at once.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Jump and catfish. That's a regular flood.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

You ought to see it work, Jingles. I've seen it Dig 10 foot boulders right out of the hill. Well, here we are.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, boy.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Just how your horse is the hitch rack. You can bet him down later on.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah, I'll just haul my gear inside.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Nice of you to put us up for the night, Vincent. But we'll be hitting the trail early in the morning.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

You mean you'll be moving on?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Not exactly. We'll be working right around here for the next week or so.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

We will?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, we're supposed to look into some things here in the mining country.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

That so? Here, here, let me get the door for you. And just what sort of thing?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sorry, Benson. We don't usually talk about our job.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hey, it's dark in here after that bright moonlight outside.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

No, I like the lamp here. I shouldn't think that we'd need lawmen around here, Bill. Everything seems to be pretty peaceful these days.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Some people don't think so. But Jingles and I can worry about that tomorrow.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah, I guess we can. But I don't know what we're worrying about. This is sure a nice cabin, Bart.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Glad you like it, Jingles. Well, I'll have to be getting back down the hill.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'll.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'll be seeing you in the morning, Bill Hickok.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Now, what are you talking about?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Wait till he's gone.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, here.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Get up there, boy.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah, all right. He's gone. Now, what's all this about anyway, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Just a hunch, Jingles. But I think Bart Vincent is the one that shot at us tonight. I think he brought us to this cabin to finish the job.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, Bill, you're local. He seemed like such a nice guy.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

He didn't seem so nice when we caught him beating that horse this afternoon.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah, that's right.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

And another thing. He's never explained what happened to Fred Peters who used to own the Acme mine.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Maybe you got something, Bill. But what are we gonna do next?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Get your gear and let's camp out in the moonlight up on the side of that canyon.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, now, Bill, with these nice soft beds waiting for us in here.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

And I've got a hunch that whoever sleeps in those nice soft beds is going to wake up dead in the morning.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, well, that's different. What are we waiting for? Let's go sleep out in the moonlight then.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jingle. Jingles, wake up.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I'll get a. Bill, which way they go? Quiet, partner. Almost daylight.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, we got visitors.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Visitors? Where?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Somebody just rode a horse up the canyon trail and stopped at that building by the river. What building? One right down there. That's where the big mining nozzles are. And that's where the sluice boxes are for the ore that comes down the mountain.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh, yeah. Maybe it's just one of the miners coming to work early.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Maybe. Let's see what happens next.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I can see somebody moving around down there.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Not quite light enough to see who it is, though.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

He's turning those great big wheels.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's the way he aims those nozzles. Just like a big gun. Only it shoots water instead of cannonball.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I'll bet it hit just as hard as a cannonball, too.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

It sure would.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

It's turning on the water.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Look where it's going, Jingles.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Right for that cabin where we were supposed to be sleeping.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That cabin won't take much of that.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Whee. There it goes. Right over the cliff into the river.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Now aren't you glad we didn't stay there?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

If we had, we'd have been spread all over the canyon by now. Bill, let's go on down and get that bushwhacked.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's a good idea, Jingles. Come on.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Just wait till I get my hands on that water squirter. I'll put him up in front of one of them nozzles and blast him clear across the canyon.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Well, let's hurry it up before he climbs on his horse and gets away from us.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I'm hurrying as fast as I can, Bill. Well, you had buckshot. Joker, saddle.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hold it right there.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Get your hands up. Who's that? Don't move.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'll bless you the kingdom come.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Now. We ain't moving.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jingles. It's Fred Peters.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Huh?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Wild Bill, you're here.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I've got to have help.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I've got Billy's faith.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah. Give me a hand.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Is he all right?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Well, he's still alive. But he sure looks like he's been through some trouble.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Poor old fella. This is one more score we'll have to settle when we catch up with that Bart Benson.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

We're still not sure it's Benson, Jingles. We'll have to find some way to prove it.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I think he's waking up again, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah. Now take it easy, Fred.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill. If he's still around here, he must still own the Acme mine.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

We'll find out, Jingle. How do you feel? Fred?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Bill, I'm glad you come.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

We known you needed us. We'd have been here long before this. Fred.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yeah. Now you just take it easy.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I got to tell you about Benson.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Benson. I thought so. Uhoh. Somebody shoot.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

We're spotted. Jingles, come on. Let's get Fred behind those rocks.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

We're taking it as easy as we can, Fred. That was close. Too darn close. He's too good a shot, Bill. We're not gonna make it. Gain Super Flings are here to take your laundry to the next level. Talking about Gain Super Flings. Super sized laundry pack.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

These things are huge.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Ooh, you smell amazing, James.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, thanks mom.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I love you too.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I never said that. Add Gain scent boosters to your laundry. Add joy to your day.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Wranglers, lend an ear while Charlie Lyon gives you some mighty good news about how you can get yourself a set of Kellogg's cutout masks.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Slim's right about this being wonderful news. Cause you can get these masks without extra cost when you buy Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Kellogg's corn flakes. All 12 of these masks are on the backs of the large sized packages of Rice Krispies and all Corn Flakes packages. Cut them out and have fun with Kellogg's Rice Krispies. You get Howdy Doody, the princess, a snarling tiger, and a Chinese mask.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Tell them about the eight mask with Kellogg's Corn Flakes.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Charlie.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Kids, the eight masks on the backs of the Kellogg's Cornflakes packages are something to see. There's a mask of a devil, a witch, a gorilla, a roaring bear, a fierce African man and a one eyed pirate. There's a mask of a scowling Indian and a happy double chin fat man. Eight masks on the backs of all Kellogg's Corn Flakes packages. Four on the back of the large size Rice Krispies packages. That's a total of 12 weird, funny, spooky, scary masks you can get free of extra cost when you get mom to buy Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Kellogg's Rice Krispies.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Next time your mom goes shopping, Wranglers ask her to corral Kellogg's Corn flakes in the large size packages of Kellogg's Rice Krispies. So you can start collecting Kellogg's Cutout mess.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Wild Bill, Hickok and Jingles found the missing Fred Peters, owner of the Acme Mine. But he was in bad shape. Just as he started to tell them about Bart Benson, shots rang out across the canyon and the three of them hurriedly scrambled to shelter behind a large rock.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Get him in here, Jingles. Out of the line of fire.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Let's all get out of the line of fire. We knocked a piece of rock down on my neck.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

He can't hit us now. Fred. Fred, you all right?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

He's waking up, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah. Fred. Fred. It's Bill Hickok.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Oh.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Oh.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hello, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You just take it easy.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Easy nothing. I. I gotta talk to you.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I'm listening.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

This Bart Benson was my foreman at the mine. But when he found out what a good mind it was, he wanted it for himself.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I figured he was that kind of a salamander.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

One day he pistol whipped me and hid me away in a cabin here in the canyon. And he's kept me tied up ever since.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

What was he after, friend?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

He was after a deed to the mine. He kept starving me and beating me and trying to get me to sign away my rights to the Acme Mine.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Load down the sneak environment.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

How'd you get loose two days ago?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Managed to saw through the ropes with the stones of the fireplace at the cabin. I've been hiding in the hills ever since.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Where'd you get the gun you poked in my face a while ago?

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

That wasn't no gun. There was just a stick. I thought you was Benson and one of his men, and I took a chance.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You got plenty of nerve, Fred. But you've had all the trouble that's coming to you.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

You just let Bill and me take it from here. Fred. We got plenty of reason to round up this coyote. Bart Benson.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You bet we have. Jingles, you get fed something to eat and see that he's comfortable. Then we're gonna saddle up and ride.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Bill. I don't like riding down this canyon trail in broad daylight with that dry gulcher Benson on the loose.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I don't either, Jingles. But it's only a way out of this canyon.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Why is it that the hair on the back of my neck always stands up when there's a good chance of a bullet coming my way?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I don't know, partner.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I guess it's just Billy's behind us. Get around there, Bookshot. Joker. You jughead. The other way. That's it.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

There he goes. Back up the trail.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Jump, Joker. Run him down. Go over, Chuck. You know he ain't such a good shot. Bill had three cracks at us and he missed us every time.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I wouldn't want to bet that he'll keep on missing us.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hey, that went right through my hand.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Now what do you think?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Shoots pretty good at that.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, let's try to spoil his aim.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Sounds like a real good idea. Billy's heading for that building by the river where all the nozzles for the water are.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

If he gets in there, he's going to be hard to catch.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

It's too far away.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jingles. Hey, there he goes. Behind the building.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Doggone it, we've lost him.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Well, he's in there somewhere.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Pull up, Joker. Who? So what do we do now?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Stay down on these rocks along the river. Try to sneak up on him.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Yes, sneak up on him. Billy's got us covered eight ways from sunny.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

If he can shoot at us, we can shoot at him. Come on, move up. Jingle.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

You, Bill, you got more nerve than a bobcat with a headache.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You got to get in close, Jingle.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

What for? I ain't no hurry to get killed. There he is, Bill. Billy's turning one of them nozzles our way. He'll blow us right into the river with that stream of water.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That cool him off. Hey, where'd he go?

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I don't care where he went, but I hope it's a long, long way.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Come on, let's get in closer.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Closer, he says. Bill, I'm close enough, I tell you.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

There he is, swimming the river.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

How he get across there so fast? He's almost to the other side.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Come on, get up on that platform. Maybe we can get a shot at him there.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I haven't run so much in 10 years.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

There he is on those rocks on the other side.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Did you get him, Bill? I'm too tired to look.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

No, and I'm not going to get him with a six gun. He's got plenty of big rocks to hide behind over there.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Doggone it. He isn't the slipperiest owl hoot I ever saw. Now I suppose we gotta swim over there while he tries to shoot her ears off.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Maybe not. Jingles, I got an idea.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Now what?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Turn that big wheel beside you and let's see what happens.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

This one.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's it.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

This wheel makes a big nozzle go around, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's right. I'm just aiming at that cliff over Benson's head.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hey, I get it. We'll give him, the squirt. Just wash him out of the rock.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That's the idea. Hold it steady while I open this valve.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

All right. They feel the whole hills coming down into the river.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Benson's coming down with him.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

There he goes.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, let's shut it off.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

He's swimming, Bill, like a drowning rat.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, he's about done for. Come on, let's pull him out.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hey, we ought to carry one of these squirt guns with us, Bill. It's better than a pair of.45.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Swim over here, Benson. And don't try any tricks.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I got you covered. Just in case you think any more of your fancy tricks.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

Hey, I give up.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Hang up.

[Bart Benson / Fred Peters]

I'm all through.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

I'll say you're all through. While you're sitting in jail for the next 10 years, you can think about how your scheme to steal the Acme mine turned out to be all wet.

[Narrator/Announcer]

And now, here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Folks, that was our story of a trap for Wild Bill. Andy, tell us what happens on Monday, Guy.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Our next adventure is loaded with hard riding and excitement. It's called a snap for Snooper.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

So long, kids.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

See you Monday.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Tell dad and mom about it. Wranglers October is restaurant month. Time to eat out. Because a restaurant meal is a wonderful change. You'll like it. And so will mom, because it gives her a break from the hot stove and cooking. Now remind dad and mom to eat out several times during restaurant month. And for breakfast. Remember, at restaurants everywhere, you'll find those appetizing individual packages of Kellogg's cereals. All different kinds, just like you get in Kellogg's variety pack at home. Be sure to eat at a restaurant. Several times this month, Kellogg's, the Greatest Name in Serials has brought you another exciting story of Wild Bill Hickok, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine in person. Today's cast included Leo Curley and Fred Howard. Our story was written and directed by Paul Pierce. Music by Dick Laurent. This is a David Hire production. Transcribed in Hollywood now, this is Charlie Lyon speaking for Kellogg's the Greatest Name in Cereals reminding you to listen again Monday, same time, same station, for another.

[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Adventure of Wild Bill Hick. Sam SA Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

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[Jingles (Andy Devine)]

Sam.