Crisis At Elbow Bend | The Lone Ranger (06-29-53)

Summary

Podcast Summary:

Old Time Radio Westerns – Crisis At Elbow Bend | The Lone Ranger (06-29-53)
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Release Date: April 13, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode features a digitally restored presentation of The Lone Ranger radio drama, centering on the episode "Crisis At Elbow Bend." Set in the lawless frontier, the story revolves around a string of stagecoach robberies threatening the Watson Stagecoach Company and follows the Lone Ranger and his companion, Tonto, as they race to prevent a deadly ambush. Themes explored include justice, betrayal, loyalty, and the cunning required to navigate the Old West.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Segments

1. Setting the Stage: The Crisis at Watson Stagecoach Company

• [04:34–05:12] Five recent stagecoach robberies have left the company on the brink of bankruptcy.
• Julian Watson, company president, suspects an insider leaking information about cash shipments.
• Quote:
  • "It isn't coincidence that the outlaws have been holding up only shipments that carry cash. I believe someone in your organization here is tipping off the gang." — Julian Watson (05:31)

2. The Trap for the Outlaws

• [05:18–07:03] To identify the mole, Watson pretends to cancel a major cash shipment but secretly plans to send the coach, heavily guarded, to Dallas.
• Watson, manager Emmett Canby, and assistant Dan Snelling all agree to personally ride along.

3. The Outlaws Prepare Their Ambush

• [07:10–09:10] Dan Snelling, secretly in league with the gang boss, Frank Leonard, warns him about the trap.
  • Frank Leonard, set on bankrupting the company, alters his plan: they’ll dig a ditch to wreck the stagecoach at Elbow Bend, incapacitating anyone inside.
• Quote:
  • "We'll wreck the coach at a spot where the gang's waiting in ambush. Those who aren't killed in the wreck, we'll shoot." — Frank Leonard (08:00)

4. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Intervene

• [09:27–10:19] The Lone Ranger and Tonto observe the outlaws digging the trap and decide to intervene, realizing it's a murder plot.
  • Quote:
    • "Those two are as cold-blooded as any killers we've ever come across." — The Lone Ranger (11:51)

5. Stopping the Lookout

• [12:29–15:24] The Lone Ranger and Tonto stealthily capture Whitey, the gang’s lookout, to prevent him from alerting the others as the stagecoach approaches.

6. Warning the Stagecoach

• [16:39–17:58] Realizing the stage is close, Tonto stops it and privately warns Watson and Canby about the plot and Snelling’s treachery.
  • Watson’s disbelief soon gives way to grave concern.

7. Setting the Trap for the Traitor

• [18:43–19:28] The Lone Ranger proposes a clever plan to reveal Snelling’s guilt, involving a staged confrontation atop the mesa.
  • Snelling is lured to Whitey, who accuses him of betrayal.

8. Truth Revealed: The Double-Cross

• [19:44–20:57] Snelling’s double-cross is exposed; he learns the gang planned to kill him, too. Under pressure, he agrees to reveal everything to save his own life.
  • Quote:
    • "Maybe I don't deserve to live, but I want to save my life. And I promise to tell you everything I know. Everything." — Snelling (20:57)

9. Confrontation at Elbow Bend

• [21:11–22:35] Snelling and Whitey approach the outlaws; the Law and the stagecoach guards spring their own ambush.
  • A dramatic shootout ensues. The outlaws, shocked and demoralized after their leaders are wounded, surrender.
  • Quote:
    • "It's no use. Give up. Stop shooting. All right. We're throwing our guns into the ditch, boys." — Frank Leonard (22:50)

10. Aftermath: Justice Restored

• [23:06–23:39] The outlaws are captured and secured. The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride for Rock City to fetch a posse, while Watson ensures the money shipment reaches Dallas.
  • Quotes:
    • "You're not going to lose your company either, Mr. Watson." — Canby (23:31)
    • "Your plan to take over the stagecoach line ended in the ditch, just as your guns did." — Watson to Leonard (23:39)
    • "It's all happening because of one man. That masked fellow who calls himself the Lone Ranger." — Canby (23:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Julian Watson (to his staff):
  • "It isn't coincidence that the outlaws have been holding up only shipments that carry cash. I believe someone in your organization here is tipping off the gang." (05:31)
• Frank Leonard (on the plan):
  • "We'll wreck the coach... those who aren't killed in the wreck, we'll shoot." (08:00)
• The Lone Ranger (discussing the outlaws' ruthlessness):
  • "Those two are as cold-blooded as any killers we've ever come across." (11:51)
• Snelling (pleading for his life):
  • "Maybe I don't deserve to live, but I want to save my life. And I promise to tell you everything I know. Everything." (20:57)
• Watson (to Leonard after the outlaws’ defeat):
  • "Your plan to take over the stagecoach line ended in the ditch, just as your guns did." (23:39)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:34] – Outlaws rob the stagecoach, company in crisis
• [05:18] – Watson devises the decoy plan, suspects a mole
• [07:10] – Snelling leaks info to gang boss Frank Leonard
• [08:00] – Outlaws plan to wreck the coach at Elbow Bend
• [09:27] – The Lone Ranger and Tonto discover the ambush plot
• [12:29] – Lone Ranger and Tonto subdue the lookout
• [16:39] – Tonto stops the stagecoach to warn Watson
• [18:43] – Lone Ranger stages confrontation to expose Snelling
• [20:57] – Snelling confesses after learning he was marked for death
• [22:31] – Showdown and arrest of the outlaws
• [23:06] – The aftermath and restoration of order

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Episode Tone & Language

The episode embodies the classic Western drama style—serious, suspenseful, and tightly paced, peppered with moments of tension-breaking camaraderie and personal resolve. The dialogue is crisp, straightforward, with the Lone Ranger exuding stoic heroism and Watson displaying the hard-nosed integrity of a frontier businessman. The language is period-appropriate, immersing listeners in the world of the Old West.

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This loving restoration lets the thrilling spirit and moral clarity of The Lone Ranger shine for a modern audience, with every gunshot and hoarse shout resounding in fresh, digital clarity—ensuring these 20th-century tales remain timeless.

Transcript

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[Child]

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[Child]

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[Child]

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[Mom]

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[Child]

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[Mom]

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[Child]

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[Julian Watson]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. You can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now, let's get into this episode.

[Narrator]

A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi O.

[Emmett Canby]

Silver.

[The Lone Ranger]

Silver.

[Narrator]

The Lone Ranger, With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse. Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.

[Dan Snelling]

Get the express box.

[Narrator]

When outlaws for the fifth time in a month attacked a stagecoach south of Rock City. They killed guards and driver and, as usual, escaped with a large shipment of money.

[Dan Snelling]

You got all the money? All right, get up there.

[Narrator]

Julian Watson, president of the Watson Stagecoach Company, made up the losses to the shippers. He also settled money on the families of the men who'd been killed. When he finally went to Rock City, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Seated with Rock City office manager Emmett Canby and Canby's assistant, Dan Snelling, Watson explained.

[Julian Watson]

You've already been notified of the money shipment on that Stagecoach to Dallas that's due to stop here tomorrow.

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, we have.

[Whitey Moffat]

There's $30,000 in it.

[Julian Watson]

Isn't there more than that, Snelling? Canby, tell everyone in your outfit the shipment's been canceled. We want them to believe it.

[Emmett Canby]

I don't understand.

[Julian Watson]

You don't? Can be. It isn't coincidence that the outlaws have been holding up only shipments that carry cash. I believe someone in your organization here is tipping off the gang about shipments.

[Emmett Canby]

Mr. Watson, I hired everyone in this office. I trust them all.

[Julian Watson]

If one of them is an informer, he'll notify his outlaw pals the shipment's not going through. That may stop any hold up plans they've made.

[Whitey Moffat]

You think they'll lay off our coaches if they believe there's no cash on them?

[Julian Watson]

I hope they will.

[Emmett Canby]

But suppose they don't?

[Julian Watson]

We've prepared for that eventuality. There'll be three passengers aboard the stagecoach when it reaches here. But they're not regular passengers. There are three guards in our employ and they rate with the best shots in the West.

[Emmett Canby]

This sounds interesting.

[Julian Watson]

They'll be heavily armed. And they together with the regular shotgun guard and driver of the coach will give any crooks a surprise of their lives.

[Emmett Canby]

You can bet on that. I hope there's no attack. But if there is, I'd sure like to be there to see it.

[Julian Watson]

If there is an attack, Canby, you'll see it. So will I. And so will Snelling me.

[Whitey Moffat]

Mr. Watson?

[Julian Watson]

Yes, Snelling. We all want to see the shipment get through to Dallas safely. That's why when the stagecoach leaves here tomorrow, we'll share the responsibility and danger with the men who guard the shipment. We'll be on the stagecoach with them.

[Narrator]

Late that night, Dan Snelling went to a house on the outskirts of Rock City. There he met with Frank Leonard, known as a businessman, but in reality head of the outlaw band that had been robbing the Watson stagecoaches. Snelling, who'd given Leonard information for the promise of a huge future payment, told of Julian Watson's plan. He ended saying so, Boss, you'd better

[Whitey Moffat]

warn Jack and the rest of the gang not to hold up the Dallas coach. Too many of them would end up dead.

[Frank Leonard]

Yes, I think you're right, Snelling. Thanks for the information. Run along now. Right now. Ride to the hideout early tomorrow and tell Jack Rolley what you told me. So, Jack, I came here this morning as I promised. Snelling. You know the story now. Yeah.

[Jack Raleigh]

Too bad we have to call over the job, though.

[Frank Leonard]

Who said we would? We're going through with the hold up with only one change in the plans we made last week.

[The Lone Ranger]

And what's that?

[Frank Leonard]

We'll wreck the coach at a spot where the gang's waiting in ambush. Those who aren't killed in the wreck, we'll shoot. Because even sure shots like those on the coach will be too banged up to defend themselves.

[Tonto]

How?

[Frank Leonard]

We wreck it by digging.

[Narrator]

Digging?

[Jack Raleigh]

What are you talking about?

[Frank Leonard]

Have the boys get some picks and shovels and we'll ride out to Elbow Bend. That's where we'll have them dig.

[Narrator]

The Lone Ranger and Tonto were returning from a journey into Texas. They were in the wild hills southwest of Rock City when that afternoon, they saw a sight that caused them to stop and peer through their binoculars. A few hundred feet below, partly obscured by trees, a number of horses could be seen, most of them riderless. At the base of the slope on the main trail, at a point where it turned at almost a right angle, men were toiling with pick and shovel. After studying the scene, the Lone Ranger lowered his glasses.

[Tonto]

Hello.

[The Lone Ranger]

Those men aren't laborers.

[Tonto]

No, Kimasabe. Them dressed like cowboys.

[The Lone Ranger]

I wonder why they're digging a ditch across the main trail.

[Frank Leonard]

Me?

[Tonto]

Wonderful. It's a bad place to dig.

[The Lone Ranger]

Anyone riding around that turn would almost certainly fall into it. And then I, Taro Kimasabe, could be that's the reason they're digging it.

[Tonto]

So somebody fall in? Yes.

[The Lone Ranger]

I think we better go down there and find out what they're up to.

[Tonto]

We ask men who stay in bushes on horses. Them look like bosses.

[The Lone Ranger]

That may be, but to be on the safe side, it'll be better if we can get close to them without being seen. Listen to what they're saying.

[Tonto]

All right. Let's go to the.

[The Lone Ranger]

All right tunnel. We can hear them now, but we'll crawl to where their voices will be more distinct.

[Narrator]

Astride their horses, Frank Leonard and Jack Rowley watch the members of their outlaw gang digging on the nearby road.

[Frank Leonard]

Jack, that ditch is almost deep enough.

[Jack Raleigh]

Yeah. It's so big the stagecoach will disappear into it. When it comes around the bend, it'll

[Frank Leonard]

be the horses that go into the ditch. Jack. The coach will pile up, then turn over.

[Jack Raleigh]

Not hard enough to kill the hombres

[Frank Leonard]

inside, but hard enough to hurt them so they'll be unable to fight back when we ride in on them.

[Jack Raleigh]

Boss, isn't it almost time for Whitey to be coming back from his lookout post?

[Tonto]

No.

[Frank Leonard]

It'll be more than half an hour before the stagecoach reaches Here.

[Jack Raleigh]

Time sure goes slow when you're waiting, Jack.

[Frank Leonard]

$30,000 is worth waiting for. I've been waiting almost a year to bankrupt Julian Watson's company so I can get the stagecoach franchise.

[Jack Raleigh]

Yeah, with the money you stole from him.

[Frank Leonard]

Just from his coaches, Jack. Not from him directly. What are you frowning about, Lawson?

[Jack Raleigh]

I've been thinking about Snelling. You know he'll be in the coach with Watson and the rest of those hombres.

[Frank Leonard]

What if he is? He doesn't suspect we didn't take his advice. He has no idea we're going to hold up the coach. If you think he'll give us away, forget about it.

[Jack Raleigh]

No, it's not that, boss. What I thought was. Well, he's liable to get killed with

[Frank Leonard]

all the others, Jack. Make sure you do kill him. We'll split his share of the loop between us.

[The Lone Ranger]

Those two are as cold butted as any killers we've ever come across.

[Tonto]

And plan kill everybody on coach.

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, including Julian Watson and their Confederate, Snelling, whoever he is.

[Tonto]

We know Julian Watson long time, Kimasabe. Him fine man.

[The Lone Ranger]

One of the best. Tono. All right, let's get away from here quickly. We must stop that stagecoach before it reaches a bend in the road.

[Julian Watson]

Easy.

[Tonto]

Steady, fella.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hunto. We'll continue through the underbrush till we're sure we're out of sight. Then we'll ride down to the road once over in a mount.

[Tonto]

Scout.

[The Lone Ranger]

Who's who.

[Tonto]

What matter, Kimasabe? What you see.

[The Lone Ranger]

Don't ride on the road yet. See straight ahead on top of the mesa.

[Tonto]

Oh, man. Stand near horse behind rock.

[The Lone Ranger]

That must be the lookout they spoke about.

[Tonto]

Him named Whitey.

[The Lone Ranger]

He hasn't sighted the stagecoach yet. If he had, he'd have left there.

[Tonto]

Kimasabe.

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes.

[Tonto]

Path that lead to Tapa Mesa? Right over there.

[The Lone Ranger]

Let's use a tunnel. We act quickly. We'll make sure that Whitey doesn't get back to his pals to tell them anything. Easy now, Silver. Come on, boy.

[Dan Snelling]

Come on.

[Narrator]

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

Now to continue. Whitey Moffat, atop the mesa, stood behind a shoulder high boulder. He kept his gaze concentrated on the road, which from his vantage point could be seen for more than two miles as it zigzagged from the east. He failed to hear the men dismount some distance behind him. Nor was he aware of their approach on foot. Until his horse suddenly whinnied in alarm.

[Julian Watson]

Yeah, you crazy cayuse.

[Outlaw]

What's the matter with you? A mash man do not use gun. Oh, me break on and make you try.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hold him, Tunnel. I have his gun. Now let him go. Stand back, buddy, and raise your hand.

[Tonto]

Raise some trunk.

[Outlaw]

I'm trying to see. Almost busted my elbow.

[The Lone Ranger]

Stand still.

[Outlaw]

Hey, who are you hombres?

[The Lone Ranger]

Friends of someone on the stagecoach you're looking for, huh?

[Outlaw]

Why did you do this to me?

[The Lone Ranger]

Because we want you to stay right where you are, just as we want the boss, Jack and the rest of the gang stay where they are.

[Outlaw]

Boss and Jack? How do you know about.

[Jack Raleigh]

Wait.

[Outlaw]

I don't get this. You're wearing a mask.

[The Lone Ranger]

Look here.

[Outlaw]

Are you two with another gang?

[The Lone Ranger]

Wait till Snelling learns about this.

[Outlaw]

Snelling?

[Julian Watson]

So that's it, is it?

[Outlaw]

Is he pulling some kind of double cross?

[The Lone Ranger]

Isn't that what he's been doing right along? It isn't too hard to figure.

[Frank Leonard]

Toto.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'll keep this fellow covered. You tie him up.

[Dan Snelling]

No.

[Narrator]

Whitey Moffat, in spite of protests and struggles, was bound hand and foot by Toddo. As Tato finished, the Lone Ranger, gazing over the boulder toward the east, saw the stagecoach loom into sight.

[The Lone Ranger]

Otto, here comes the stagecoach. Let's get back to our horses and go down to meet it.

[Narrator]

When the masked man and Indian reached the side of the road, the Lone Ranger spoke quickly to Tato and concluded.

[The Lone Ranger]

And if they see me wearing a mask, they might start the fire without asking questions first.

[Tonto]

So you ride by yourself, Totto, and when coach stop, me talk to Mr. Watson like you say.

[The Lone Ranger]

Make sure no one else can hear what you say.

[Tonto]

Ah, then me bring him. Bring him here.

[Frank Leonard]

Meet you.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'll be waiting.

[Tonto]

Me go now. Get him up, Scout.

[Narrator]

When Santo saw the stagecoach approaching 100 yards away, he stopped his horse and began to wave his arms frantically. The driver saw the Indian, and the shotgun guard kept his gun steady on Totto as the vehicle lumbered to a stop a few yards from where Totto waited. Totto remained on his horse as driver, and the guards swarmed from the coach and with guns drawn, bore down on the Indian.

[Emmett Canby]

Keep those hands high, Indian.

[Dan Snelling]

What's this you're trying to do, set a trap?

[Tonto]

No, this not trap.

[Dan Snelling]

Me stop coach, because.

[Tonto]

Mr. Watson me got message for you.

[Emmett Canby]

Mr. Watson, do you know this Indian?

[Julian Watson]

I certainly do. Canby. Min, put those guns away. This man is my friend. Toto, this is a surprise. Where's your friend?

[Tonto]

Him wait short distance from here, and him wants to see you alone.

[Julian Watson]

Alone? Have you Any idea what it's about?

[Tonto]

Their man named Snelling in coach.

[Julian Watson]

Yes, but what about him?

[Tonto]

Him? Crook and Kimasabe want to tell you about him.

[Julian Watson]

Snelling? A crook? I can't believe it.

[Tonto]

But you come with me. You get story.

[Julian Watson]

Well, if what you say is a fact, Tantua, I'd like to have my manager, Emmett Canby with me. When I hear your friend's story, you

[Tonto]

bring him, but not bring anybody else.

[Julian Watson]

All right. Well, Canby, come here, will you?

[Narrator]

Julian Watson ordered the guards to remain with Snelling. Then, leaving the puzzled men to wonder, he left with Canby and Totto. The Lone Ranger, after introductions to Canby, told his story. When he finished, Watson and Canby were livid with anger.

[Julian Watson]

It's incredible. If I didn't know you always spoke the truth, I'd find it hard to believe.

[The Lone Ranger]

Don't take my word. While Tanner was gone, I thought of a plan that may reveal Snelling's guilt. Without any doubt in your mind, let's hear it.

[Narrator]

Malone. Ranger outlined a plan involving Snelling and the outlaw Whitey Moffat. When he finished, both men agreed to go through with his recommendations. But can be asked, what about the

[Emmett Canby]

outlaws you say are waiting in ambush at Elbow Bend?

[The Lone Ranger]

Carrying out our scheme may delay a showdown with them, but not for long.

[Emmett Canby]

With marksman like we have, the advantage will be on our side.

[Julian Watson]

Yes, it certainly will. Now tanto him. Go back to the stagecoach and tell Snelling I want to see him here.

[Narrator]

Totto did as requested. Then he took Snelling to the foot of the trail that led to the top of the mesa.

[Tonto]

Then wait on top of mesa for you. You go there.

[Emmett Canby]

All right,

[Narrator]

Dan. Snelling made his way up the narrow path which led through heavy underbrush, then stepped out onto the flat ground at the top of the mesa.

[Julian Watson]

What?

[Narrator]

He gasped when he saw a man lying on the ground a few feet away, tied hands and feet and firmly gagged. Snelling removed the gag and Whitey excitedly

[Outlaw]

asked Snelling, did you have him do this to me?

[Whitey Moffat]

Whitey, what are you doing here like that?

[Outlaw]

Don't play dumb, you double crossing skunk. I was talking to your partners before. I want to know why you crossed the boss and Jack and sent the masked man after me.

[Whitey Moffat]

You're talking like a madman. I never crossed the boss or Jack when I told them to lay off the stagecoach last night. I was only telling them for their own good.

[Outlaw]

Ah, sure.

[Whitey Moffat]

And who's this mask man you're talking about?

[The Lone Ranger]

Me, snelling who?

[Whitey Moffat]

What? Mr. Watson?

[Julian Watson]

Canby.

[Emmett Canby]

Don't reach.

[Whitey Moffat]

A trap. That's what it was.

[Emmett Canby]

I said don't reach. Let me kill that dirty rattler.

[Dan Snelling]

Snelling, you murderer.

[Emmett Canby]

Candy, stop that. Stop hitting him. Stop it.

[Whitey Moffat]

Why have you done this to me?

[Emmett Canby]

Because you killed your own friends. You sent them into ambush like the one you set up for us today.

[Whitey Moffat]

Ambush?

[Julian Watson]

For you?

[Outlaw]

I never did.

[The Lone Ranger]

He may be speaking the truth, Canby. The boss told Jack that Snelling knew nothing of the robbery they planned today.

[Whitey Moffat]

You mean they were going to hold up the coach?

[Dan Snelling]

Yes.

[The Lone Ranger]

And you, Snelling, were to be killed with everyone else on it.

[Whitey Moffat]

Listen to me, please. Maybe I don't deserve to live, but I want to save my life. And I promise to tell you everything I know. Everything.

[Narrator]

The outlaws at Elbow Bend sat astride their horses on the brush covered slope that overlooked the ditch and the turn in the road. Jack Raleigh glanced at his watch for perhaps the hundredth time and said to Frank Leonard.

[Jack Raleigh]

Boss, something's gone wrong somewhere. You said the stagecoach was due to pass here almost an hour ago.

[Frank Leonard]

Will you stop being so fidgety? Whitey will warn us when it's.

[Jack Raleigh]

Boss. Listen. I hear noises around the bend.

[Frank Leonard]

I don't hear any stagecoach. Those are horses. Someone must be behind. Hey, look.

[Jack Raleigh]

It's two riders.

[Dan Snelling]

They see the ditch. They're stopping.

[Jack Raleigh]

Well, that's Whitey on this side.

[Frank Leonard]

And that's Dan Snelling with him. Let's ride down there and see what's up. Something's really going haywire.

[Dan Snelling]

Come on, get up.

[Narrator]

The outlaws, surprised and puzzled by the unexpected appearance of Whitey and Snelling, came out on the road to learn what had happened.

[Dan Snelling]

Whitey, what's up? Why are you down here?

[Whitey Moffat]

Don't do the talking, Whitey.

[Julian Watson]

You fools.

[Whitey Moffat]

What's happened? Hello, Boss. I thought you said you wouldn't try to take over the money shipment today.

[Dan Snelling]

Never mind what I said. What I want to know.

[Jack Raleigh]

Boss Snelling, what happened to your mouth? It's all bloody.

[Whitey Moffat]

You'll all get the same if you don't throw your guns into that ditch.

[Dan Snelling]

What are you.

[Julian Watson]

What are you talking about?

[Dan Snelling]

Look.

[Whitey Moffat]

Up on the slope, Boss, where you and the boys were just a few minutes ago.

[Dan Snelling]

Hey, Boss, look. Men on horses with guns pointed down at us. Let them have it. They're coming down. Shoot him.

[Outlaw]

Shoot my shoulder.

[Narrator]

The outlaws attempt at defense was short lived. When the Boss and then Jack Raleigh were hit, the outlaws became demoralized. Well aimed bullets by the Lone Ranger, Totto and the Sharpshooters on the slope sent the crooks falling to the ground. Then the crooks ceased fire, as the boss called.

[Dan Snelling]

It's no use. Give up. Stop shooting. All right. We're throwing our guns into the ditch, Boys.

[Emmett Canby]

You have them all bandaged and tied up?

[Dan Snelling]

Every one of them can be.

[Emmett Canby]

Then we'll hold them here. The masked man's riding to Rock City with his Indian pal. They'll send a posse out here as soon as possible. I'll stay here and keep my eye on Snelling. He's my mate.

[Julian Watson]

I'll go on to Dallas with the money. You all look after these crooks. I don't think we'll be bothered by hold ups anymore.

[Emmett Canby]

You're not going to lose your company either, Mr. Watson?

[Frank Leonard]

No.

[Julian Watson]

And I expect we'll recover most of the money that was stolen from us.

[Emmett Canby]

Yeah. The last man sure made Whitey and Snelling talk.

[Julian Watson]

Leonard. Nah. Your plan to take over the stagecoach line ended in the ditch, just as your guns did. And just as you and your killers will when the judge sends you to the gallows. Ah, never mind all that talk. And it's all happening because of one man. That mass fellow who calls himself a Lone Ranger. It's.

[Narrator]

This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated, created by George W. Trendle, produced by Trendle Campbell Muir Incorporated, directed by Charles D. Livingston and edited by Fran Stryker. The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beame.

[Andrew Rines]

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[Julian Watson]

Sam.