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Black Kerchief | The Cisco Kid (10-05-54)
Original Air Date: October 05, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Cisco KidPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Jack Mather (Cisco)• Harry Lang (Poncho) Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
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Welcome.
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To the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode.
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Here's adventure. Here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the Old West. Cisco. He's sheriff. He is getting closer. The Cisco Kids.
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Now. The Cisco Kid in our gripping story, the Black Kerchief in the Old west, the schemes used by road agents or stagecoach robbers to signal Confederates were many. One of the most ingenious of these schemes was used by Big Mac Tulsa, who worked from the inside as stage driver. Big Mac Tulsa was an expert driver. He had a hearty manner, a booming voice, and no more conscience than a striking rattler. As our story opens, the stage for Mountain Rock is about to start its Daily run out of the town of Sandstone when Elsa. Hey, you. Tulsa. What do you want, Riggs? Hold it for a few minutes. We're putting a box of gold aboard. Gold, huh? How much? I don't know. But you gotta haul it over to Mountain Rock in time to make the eastbound train. All right. Maybe I better go along with you. Last time you had a haul of gold, you got held up. Ah, you don't need to go, Riggs. You're sending along a shotgun messenger. What more do you want? Look, Tautzer, I ain't only the owner of this stage line. I'm the sheriff, too. So if I want to ride. All right, all right. It don't make no difference to me. I was just trying to save you a mighty dusty ride. And what with you telling me all the things you gotta do around here. Yeah, you're right about that. I guess I don't need to go. You can plan to start in five minutes. I'll be right back. Where are you going? Going to get me another kerchief to take along. So blast as much of that alkali dust. That one ain't enough. Well, hustle. Remember, you gotta make that tr. Now, if you ask me, Robley, this is a waste of time. What do you mean, a waste of time? Riding clear over here from Mountain Rock on the chance Tulsa may be carrying a box of gold. We made out all right three weeks ago, didn't we? 25,000 split three ways between you and me and Tulsa. Yeah. Far as I'm concerned, I don't mind riding over here a dozen times or so for nothing. We can pick up that kind of money and one good 10. Strike, quit your grumbling. Get them horses over behind the boulders. All right. Hey, here comes the stage, Haim. Just round the bend down below. Be right with you. Rugly, is Tulsa wearing the black kerchief? Yeah, by thunder, he is. He's got gold aboard, Haim. Good. I'll get that shotgun. Messenger, make sure that rifle's in working order. Yep. Yeah, she's all ready. And remember this, Haim. We fire a few shots at Tulsa, he fires a few shots at us. After you get the messenger. Just to make it look right to any passengers he might be carrying. Yeah, I know. Then he drives the stage on back to Sandstone. Reports the hold up given the wrong description of us. The stage is getting closer, Haim. Better draw a bead on that messenger. Yep. I got him dead center. You say when, Rubley? Not yet. Let him get a little closer. All right, now, Nice. Got him. Plumb center. Pull that mask over your face and come on. Stop them horses. Driver, hold, hold. Turn out the passengers. Haim right. Come on out of there, mister. One passenger, partner. All right, you driver. Throw down that box. Why, you blasted coyotes. Throw down the box, I said. Well, I got no choice. I'll throw down the box. Hey. Ah, ya buzzards. Now I'll throw down these guns on you. Grab that box and let's get out of here. That driver's a shooting fool. Yeah, confound him. I got a great mind to go after him. No, you better not drive. Right. One of those bullets hit me in the shoulder. Oh, no. Well, by thunder, that's too bad, Mr. Winter. I'll get you right back to Sandstone in a hurry. Get into the coach and we'll go. Yes, we better. I don't think it's serious, but I'd like to get to a doctor. Back. Back, Bo. Pancho still not know why we ride to the town of Sandstone? Cisco, you do not know. Pancho Panchinet know. Well, I'm certain I told you, Chico. Panchinet member Xisco. Very well then I'll tell you again. And this time try to remember. See, I try to remember. We are riding to the town of Sandstone because Senor Riggs wants to talk to us. What about, Chico? What about? What about? The message did not say. No, but I imagine he wants to talk to us about the holdup of one of his stages some weeks ago. Senior Eggs want us to find the bandidos. Oh, it's possible he wants us to help. But Senior Riggs the sheriff too? No, see, here's the sheriff Pancho. But after he bought the stagecoach line, his duties as owner kept him from working full time as the sheriff. Punch you not think the people's like this. Well, the only one who has suffered has been Senor Riggs himself. Yea, therefore there have been no complaints from the people. No complaints from the people. I understand Senor Riggs has offered to resign as sheriff. But the people of the county will not have it. Here come the state school's Nazisco. According to the schedule Senor Riggs sent us, the state should not be coming this way. Should be on its way to Martin Rock. That's right by here, Cisco. Hey, let us try to find out what is wrong. What is the matter, sir? Your driver? None of your blasted business. When I tell you much then, Cisco. No, he did not for a fact. Poncho, come, we'll follow the stage in and find out at the Station up. Go. Go. Well, let's leave our horses here. Poncho, mingle with that crowd of people at the stagecoach station. Stagecoach? Get in, Cisco. See? And it attracted a lot of people to the station. Let us wait right here and listen to Migos. Wait right here and listen. Oh, there's Senor Rick, Cisco. Say, I see him. He's helping her passenger out of the coach. Uh. Oh, the passenger wounded. No, see. Listen, Poncho, listen. Somebody go get the doc. I will. The wound isn't a bad one, but it better be looked at. What's the story in this houser? Story is it was held up by a gang of road agents. Riggs must have been five or six of them, all big fellows. I only saw two. Rest of them was over behind the boulders. They got the shotgun messenger, Riggs. And then I opened fire on them. Of course, they shot back, and one of their bullets must have hit Mr. Winter here. Then they run. Go on, Tasser. That's about all. Except I had to throw down the box. I tell you, that was a nerve wracking experience. Riggs and I got to have a day off. Well, that's what you said after the last hole. Well, that's what I'm saying now, too. Here comes a dog. What'd you think of that story, Cisco? I do not know, Pancho. Let us go talk to Seor Eggs. Senior Eggs. Oh, howdy, Cisco. Happy Poncho. Buenas de se rigs. Buenas de seorigs. Mighty glad you got here. I've just had another one of my stages held up. And Ross say, we were just listening, Senor. May we talk in your office? Sure thing. Come on. Come on, Pancho. Yeah, I come. I come. Sit down, boys. Gracias, senor. Gracias. Cisco, I need your help. You may have our help, senor. Gladly. Now, you heard Tulsa say maybe that there was five or six bandits in that gang. See? So we got that much to go by. Now, at the moment, Senor Riggs, I am not as interested in that gang as I am in your driver, Tulsa. He not nice to us, senor. He said he opened fire on the bandidos. That's right. And that the bandidos ran away with the gold box. Yeah. If there were five or six Bandidos, why did not at least one of their bullets hit Senor Tulsa? I don't know about that, Cisco. Please let me finish, senor. Also, why should a man with courage enough to fire on five or six Bandidos have to have a day off to get back his nerve, Sisino. Why? Why? Why? Why? That's the way Tulsa is. Cisco. Did you have no shotgun messenger on that trip? Sure. Tulsa told me he got shot down. I sent a couple of the boys to bring in his body. I'll be back tomorrow, Riggs. Well, who are these two hombres? One of them's a Cisco Kid and the other's his partner, Pancho. Oh, they're here to help, Senor Riggs. We are here to pay our respects to Senor Riggs, Tulsa. I see. Well, anyway, be back tomorrow. Why'd you break in on me like that, Cisco? I thought it best that Tolson not know too much, senor. Well, now, look here. If you suspect him, you're wrong. Perhaps. Nevertheless, if you have no objections, Pancho and I will trail him and find out where he goes tonight. For as far as I am concerned, that hombre's story does not ring true. Oh, ho, there. Who is it? It's me, Tulsa. Open the door, Robley. Wait a minute. My name. Howdy, Haim. Howdy. Howdy, Rubely. Hey, Chelsea Thunder. It's a long ride over here to Mountain Rock. Yeah, the back room of this cafe is a good place to meet. Only hombres like us use this cafe. Here's your share of the gold in this little sack, Tulsa. Here's the figures on how much gold is in the box. Look it over. I will in a minute. That Cisco Kid's around here, boys. Cisco? How do you know? He was in Riggs's office talking with him before I left. I got a hunch he's gonna help Riggs on this hold up business. Why, that's easy. We'll just get Cisco. I ain't so sure it'll be easy, Robley. That Cisco Kid's a mighty bad hombre. Mighty bad. Is he on his way over here, Tulsa? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Just thought I'd tell you about him so you can be on the watch for him. I sure ain't gonna worry about him if he shows up here. There's plenty of armrests around here. Like to gun him down now? Come on out in the cafe. I'm hungry. Hey, they're coming here, Cisco. Say, behind that cafe and there is the horse. That is Tulsa's horse. This the Outlaws cafe? No, see, I believe so, if I remember correctly. Come on, let's go in. Pancho. Probably. He's just getting dark, Chico. About the time he would want to eat. He wanted to eat. Of course. I know you want to eat, amigo. You always want to eat. Always. All right, come on. Here comes loosening holsters. We might have trouble in this cafe. What you do about the Tulsa Rome, Cisco? Got no proofs. The time being. All I want to know is who Tulsa is with. Then we will make our plans accordingly. Over at the corner table. Say, do not stare at him, Pancho. We'll take that table over there. Tulsa with two. Hombre Cisco. They look at us. There goes Tulsa. Out into a back room to the cafe. You must think we did not see him. Why did hombres come over here? So you're the Cisco Kid, huh? That is what I'm called, hombre. What about it? Yeah, what about it? Hombre? You ain't welcome in here. Do you two own this cafe? We don't have to own it. Hey, boys, this here's the Cisco Kid. How about it? We want him snooping around in here. Well, let's throw him on. Do not throw us out, hombres. Do be careful. This coach passenger tell us about you. Maybe not your kiddo a stagecoach passenger, huh? Yeah, we're mighty glad to know that the passenger told us nothing. Aubrey. Mother me a poncho. What? Come on, boys. How'd you go? Get your back to the wall. Can't you show these hombres when they can throw us out on. Get after them, boy. Ain't that you? Take that. You too many umbrella. Keep fighting. Punch up. If we are down, we'll have no chance. Why don't you keep fighting us? Look out, Cisco. I'm ready to run the gun. I sure am. And in this distance. Cisco, I can't miss. Oh, Cisco. Cisco, you shot. Tell Puncher you dead. No. It may be that the gunman's bullet found its mark. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid.
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Now back to the Cisco Kid in our gripping story, the Black Kerchief. A stage driver, Tulsa, working with the road agents Robley and Haim wore a black kerchief as a signal to the Waiting bandits that he was carrying gold on the stage. Whereupon the bandit shot down the messenger and to fool any passengers, pretended to exchange shots with Tulsa. In the melee. The passenger, a man named Winter, was wounded. But Tulsa's story of trying to fight off the bandits did not ring true to the Cisco Kid. And he and Pancho trailed Tulsa to the outlaw's cafe in the neighboring town of Mountain Rock. A fight ensued. A shot was fired at Cisco and now. Cisco. Cisco. Two shot. No, no. The bullet missed me. Pancho. Where is that ombre who shot at me? He run out the door. She's let us fight our way out of here. We go this way at the back door. You stole. Hey, Pancho, where our horses are? So you would stop me, hombre? We'll see about that. All right, the way is clear. Pancho. Make a round for it. Angelo. Chisco. Nobody here in the back room. Chico. Thompson. Those other two hombres have left. Come out this door. Your horses, Pancho. Why the hombres leave so quick, Shishco? On account of something you said. Pancho, you talk too much. What? Pancho say, Cisco. You said that stagecoach passenger told us about those bandidos. Panzo say maybe Cisco. Pancho, think if Panzer say that bandidos look guilty. No. What you have done is to put that passenger's life in grave danger. Danger? Now those bandidos will think he could identify them and they will try to kill him. We must get back to Sandstone. We must get there as soon as possible. You're sure that's what Cisco's partner said? Haim? Of course I'm sure. I got ears, ain't I? That's what he said. Tulsa. I heard him too. He said that stagecoach passenger told him and Cisco bought us. Yeah, and that means about the holdup. Well, he may have at that. That's probably the reason Cisco followed me over to the cafe. That passenger suspected me. I don't know why he would, though. You can't never tell Thompson. Now. He can't afford to take chances. Only thing to do is to finish the hombre off. That's right. Where is he? Colter? Before I left, I found out he's gonna stay over to the doc's house tonight. That wound was worse than I thought. Which one of us got him anyway? I did make it look more like a hold up. If you can take back a wounded passenger. But he dunno I got him. He thinks one of you hombres did. Another 10 minutes and he won't do no more thinking about anything let's get there. Come on, hurry up. Come now. We're back in the sandstone, Cisco. Where the partenger? We'll have to find out from Senior Riggs. He may be at Senior Riggs house. We will see. Oh, they have a. Ho ho, ho, ho, ho. You stay here, Poncho. I'll go to the door. Be right there. Evening, Cisco. You found out anything? I do not know yet, Senor Riggs. But tell me, where is that passenger staying? Oh, Mr. Winners. Why, he's at the doc's house tonight. The doc thought he'd better. And where is the doctor's house? It's the house at the end of the street on that side, Cisco. But I'll be back later to talk with you, senor. Right now there is no time to spare. Wait a minute, Cisco. I am sorry, senor. There is no time to wait. Down the street, Pancho. Down the street? Which place? We go to the doctor's house. There are three horses at the side of the house. Banditos are already there. We'll ride around to the back. This way, though. Come on. This way. They'll go there, the hombres, Pancho. Just about to raise that window into them. Down the ground. Look out. Husk up. I'll try that wacky Cisco Kid off his horse, Kid. We're glad to get down from his horse and talk with you, Tulsa. Like this. Get him, Oakley. I'll get the pack. Go. And I'll get the fat one. 2. Umbrella Joe, kick Cisco's feet out from under him. I do not think you will, Ubery. Watch. Hit him. Hey, now come on, let's get out of here. Quick. Pancho. Pancho, are you all right? Aren't you all right, Cisco? P. Just get gun whipped a little. Oh, good thing Poncho got a hard hit. What happened to you, Cisco? Oh, somebody's tripped me up. Poncho, I was looking at you. Afraid you had been badly hurt. Hey, what's going on? Thunder's going on here, Cisco. As sheriff, Senior Rigs, you had better put a deputy or two on guard here at the doctor's house for the rest of the night. What for? Because three hombres came here to kill the stagecoach passenger, Senor Winders. What are you talking about? Who were they? One of them was your driver, Tulsa. What? You must have that wrong, sisco. No, Senor Riggs, I have not. I am convinced that that hombre is in with the bandidos who have twice held up your stagecoach. Panzer sure, too. No, but as yet I have no proof. What'd you get there, Cisco? Part of a neckerchief, Pancho. A neckerchief. I must have grabbed it from around Pulse's neck as I was falling. Red kerchief. Yeah, it's the color Tulsa always wears. He was not wearing a red neckerchief this morning, senor. He was wearing a black one. Come to think of it, he was at that. And come to think of it, when I told him he'd be carrying gold on the trip, he went and got another kerchief. I am glad to know that, Senor Riggs. It may be just the thing that will trap that hombre. Now, let us go to your home and plan out exactly what we are going to do. We will stop here, Pancho. Yeah, from here we can see everything that goes on. Whatever. Cisco got the fields glasses? Why we come up here, Cisco? You heard the plan we talked about last night, Chico. We come here to look down on the holdup. No. See, Senor Riggs was to tell Tulsa he was to carry another box of gold. He was also to tell him that you and I had left the country. He left the country. And finally he was to tell Tulsa that he had complete confidence in him. So now. Ah, there's the stagecoach, Pancho, aren't you see the stagecoach? Isco? Those bandiro should be right below us if this is to be a hold up. What color neckerchief this, Tulsa? Where Cisco? The red neckerchief. Red neckerchief. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Now he is changing it. The other neckerchief is black. There's no question, Chico. But what? That is a signal. Come. We'll ride down the trail. This time we will have our proof. Cisco gets those bandidos. We will see. Let us get down there. Poncho up. Diablo, come on. Go. Go now. Go. Here it comes. Aim. No shotgun messenger this time. That's kind of funny. Don't seem as if Riggs had sent out a box of gold without a messenger along. Maybe he couldn't get nobody to go along as messenger, what with two of them being shot down lately. Yeah, it might be it. Anyway, Tulks is wearing the black kerchief. That's the signal, all right. Now hold back them horses, driver. Yep. Ho ho. Throw down that box. Sure thing. Only ain't got to be careful of what you say, boys. I'm teaming this trip alone. No passengers neither? Nope. Marry a passenger. There's your box. Might as well open her up and make the split. Right here. Hey, what's the horse carrying on about? We're going to find out. Everybody right now. Enter them. The auto crew 5. Turn the race up. You are right, Ombre. Come down off that stake and let go. Now. We'll see about you. I'll kill you for this. That I doubt. Stand back away from him. Let me get a shot at him. I cannot stand back. You're not sure. If not while pouncing at the bullwhip. Punch. You grab the gun with the bullwhip. No. One more punch will fix you, Omri. And now for you. Easy, Cisco, easy. I. Very well, then. Get your hands up, all three of you. Quickly. Nice work, Cisco. Me and the boys got here a little too late to see the fun, but I guess you get things under control. Here are your prisoners, Senor Riggs. And I believe that with some questioning, you can recover much of your stolen gold. Cisco, I'm gonna get you for this. Where you are going, hombre, you will have no chance to get anyone. And I would venture a guess that never again will you wear a black neckerchief. Cisco. Si, Pancho. Those bandidos not trouble us no more. Oh, I'm sure they will not trouble us, amigo. Now that they are out of the way, what would you like to do? Well, sometimes, Cisco, see, sometime Pancho like Cisco to learn Panzer to swim. To do what? To swim. Say to swim. But, amigo, you have always been afraid of the water. Panzer got a scheme. Now, Cisco. Pancho can swim a long way. You think you can swim a long way? See, when Ciscolone punches a swimming. Well, of course I will teach you to swim. But what is this scheme of yours? Well, can't you go into the river, Cisco? See? Into the river? Pants, swim for the other shore. No, you will swim for the other shore. See, Panta? Swim hard, Cisco, but very soon Pants will get tired. Well, what will you do when you get tired, Cisco? I shall stop swimming with the arms and the legs. But if you stop swimming with your arms and legs, then you will sink. No, no, behind you. That thing. Pancho. Keep going with Pancho's head. You'll keep going with your head, see? With the head. Well, I do not understand, amigo. How can you keep going with your head? It's easy, Cisco. Whenever Pancho get all tired out, see Poncho's head begins to swim. Oh, Poncho. Oh. And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kid.
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