Legacy for a Ghost | The Lone Ranger (09-28-42)

Summary

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Podcast Summary:

Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode: The Lone Ranger – “Legacy for a Ghost” (Original Air Date: 09-28-42)
Release Date: June 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode transports listeners deep into the golden age of radio, with a digitally restored presentation of “Legacy for a Ghost” from The Lone Ranger series. The tale centers on Jack Potter, a cowboy who arrives in Dawson to claim an unexpected inheritance, only to find himself tangled in a web of mistaken identity, murder, and a ghostly scheme. The Lone Ranger and Tonto must unravel the deceptions, expose the true villains, and secure justice—all while using clever ruses worthy of the era’s best Western storytelling.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Bank Heist and a Framed Identity

• [05:09-08:38]—A meticulously plotted bank robbery is executed in Dawson, apparently by ‘Jack Potter’—who is killed attempting to escape. However, confusion arises at the gravesite: a living Jack Potter appears, puzzled by seeing his own name on a headstone.
  • Notable Moment: "That's my name. You see, I'm Jack Potter." – Jack Potter [09:57]
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto decide to investigate, sensing the deeper mystery behind the robbery and the supposed death of Potter.

2. Jack Potter’s Story

• [10:12-14:44]—Potter recounts his background: Summoned to Dawson as heir to his uncle Jeb’s estate, he is met in Pineville by Conroy and Anderson. That night, someone attempts to kill him, but he survives, only to discover a corpse and his own army discharge papers planted on the dead man.

• Potter realizes he’s been set up to take the fall for the robbery and murder.

  • Notable Quote:
    “They buried a man under my name, and now someone is spending my inheritance!” – Jack Potter [14:50]

3. The Phony Lone Ranger Note

• [15:33-17:06]—The Lone Ranger visits Sheriff Tuttle. He learns that the real ‘tip-off’ note naming Potter as a killer—signed ‘The Lone Ranger’—was forged to set up the Sheriff and frame Potter for murder.

  • Notable Exchange:
    The Lone Ranger: “I didn’t write this note, Sheriff.”
    Sheriff: “You didn’t? Then how could you know?” [16:09]

4. Devising the Ghostly Ruse

• [20:25-21:15]—The Lone Ranger’s plan: Potter writes a fresh letter to Greenstreet, the banker, with a recent date, feigning his delayed arrival. Tonto mails it from Potter’s hometown. This sowing of doubt is meant to rattle the conspirators.

5. The Villains Panic

• [21:42-24:21]—Greenstreet and Conroy receive the letter, are unnerved by the apparently ‘impossible’ message from ‘the dead Potter,’ and resolve to check the arriving train themselves.

• When Conroy sees Potter alive in Pineville, his fear grows, but he tries to repeat the scheme—this time, Potter and the Lone Ranger are ready.

  • Notable Quote:
    "It can't be true. I thought you hired a tramp to put a bullet through his head. The same tramp that was killed yesterday." – Greenstreet [22:27]

6. Turning the Tables

• [25:04-27:18]—The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrange for Conroy’s attempted murder to fail, switching his bullets for blanks. Potter ‘survives’ and is perfectly positioned as the town’s ‘ghost’—further unnerving the guilty parties.

  • Humorous Exchange:
    Potter: “There’s something familiar about this place.”
    Conroy: “Either you are or I am.” [25:43]

7. The Final Confrontation

• [27:53-31:25]—A second letter (from ‘Potter’) pushes Greenstreet over the edge; convinced they’re being haunted, the villains attempt a final desperate ambush, only to find the coach empty. They return to town, where Potter—very much alive—confronts them in the bank, demanding his inheritance.

• The Confession:
  “Sure. I took the money from your uncle's estate. I've got every bit of it. And now I'm going to—”
  —Greenstreet, right before the Lone Ranger and Sheriff enter to make the arrest [31:56–32:00]

• The villains are caught, having confessed everything, and are handed over to justice.

8. Classic Lone Ranger Farewell

• [32:18-32:27]—True to character, the Lone Ranger slips away before Jack Potter can express his gratitude:
  • Potter: “…He didn’t give me a chance to thank him for everything he did.”
  • Sheriff: “He never waits for thanks, son. That’s the Lone Ranger.” [32:27]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “That's my name. You see, I'm Jack Potter.”
  – Jack Potter, upon discovering his own grave [09:57]

• “Sometimes fear is more powerful than lead. Sheriff, Hold Silver.”
  – Lone Ranger’s plans for justice [16:54]

• “He’s a ghost, Cass, that’s what it is. Jack Potter’s dead! He’s lying up there on Boot Hill. I killed a ghost last night...”
  – Conroy, unraveling under the elaborate scheme [28:26]

• Potter: “He didn’t give me a chance to thank him for everything he did.”
  Sheriff: “He never waits for thanks, son. That’s the Lone Ranger.”
  [32:27]

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Important Timestamps

• [05:09] — Opening narration, setting up the bank robbery.
• [09:57] — Jack Potter discovers his own name on the grave.
• [14:50] — Potter realizes he’s being framed for murder.
• [16:09] — The forged Lone Ranger note is revealed.
• [21:42] — Villains receive the ‘ghostly’ letter.
• [25:04] — Tonto and the Lone Ranger sabotage Conroy’s attempt.
• [27:53] — The second letter drives the villains to near-madness.
• [31:13-32:00] — Potter confronts Greenstreet; confession and justice.
• [32:27] — The Lone Ranger’s parting, true to his legend.

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Conclusion

This Lone Ranger episode stands out for its clever use of mistaken identity, ghostly trickery, and the classic Western themes of justice and retribution. The restored audio and thrilling storytelling bring this vintage tale vividly to life, showcasing why the Lone Ranger remains a symbol of justice and clever heroism in the Old West radio canon.

Listeners are sure to appreciate both the suspenseful unraveling of the plot and the signature action and style that define The Lone Ranger.

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Transcript

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[The Lone Ranger]

It.

[Jack Potter]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the Plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations. And 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.

[Tonto]

Come on, Silver. There's trouble on the trail ahead.

[Cass Greenstreet]

I'll sail away.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Ordinarily, Cass Greenstreet, president of the state bank at Dawson, Nevada, didn't have lunch with Sol Conroy, his head teller. In fact, today was the first time in 10 years that both men had left the bank at exactly 12 noon.

[Sol Conroy]

Say, Cass, folks might think this is kind of funny. Both of us going to lunch at the same time.

[Mr. Anderson]

Nobody will notice it. Conroy, come on. We'll eat over the hotel dining room.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

A few minutes later, the banker and his assistant were seated at a small table in the dining room of Dawson's only hotel. Then Cass Greenstreet consulted his watch.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, Conroy, five minutes after 12, nothing's happened.

[Sol Conroy]

It'll happen, all right. I'm not worried.

[Jack Potter]

I am.

[Mr. Anderson]

How can we be sure this hombre, whoever he is, will follow through and hold up the bank?

[Sol Conroy]

Because I told him it would be easy.

[Jack Potter]

Who is he, anyway?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

I don't know.

[Sol Conroy]

Just a tramp I picked up in Pineville.

[Mr. Anderson]

How about Sheriff Tuttle? Did you get word to him?

[Sol Conroy]

Yeah, I wrote him a note. I slipped it under the door of his office last night.

[Mr. Anderson]

Wrote him a note?

[Sol Conroy]

Well, I mean, I printed it. He'll take the tip, all right. Bet he's out in front of the bank right now.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, I hope so.

[Sol Conroy]

And he'll be primed to shoot. Because in the note, I said this bank rival was a killer. Then I signed it with a name that's a cinch to make him think it's the truth.

[Jack Potter]

How'd you sign it?

[Sol Conroy]

I gotta laugh every time I think about that note.

[Mr. Anderson]

Never mind laughing. Just remember, there is a killing. You've got to get to the tramp before anybody else does.

[Jack Potter]

That must be it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Hurry up. Get over there.

[Sol Conroy]

Now Cass is no need.

[Mr. Anderson]

I said hurry.

[Sol Conroy]

All right, I'm good.

[Mr. Anderson]

Everything depends on it. Dawson bank has been held up and robbed. And if the sheriff has killed the outlaw you've got to examine the dead man before anyone else does. Now get going.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Oddly enough, the fears or hopes of Cass Green street had been true. A masked outlaw had tried to hold up the bank just a few minutes after 12 o'. Clock. And it had been a simple affair because there'd been no one there except an old bookkeeper. When the outlaw had emerged from the bank with a sack of gold under his arm it walked into the point blank fire of Sheriff Tuttle. Six guns. He was killed instantly. That afternoon just at sundown a small crowd gathered on Boot Hill to witness the unhappy outlaws burial. A rough pine box was lowered into the grave and the local parson spoke a few words. The crowd departed quickly and after a gravedigger had filled the shallow trench and pushed a wooden marker into the earth, he too left the scene. No one noticed a rather quiet young man who remained behind to stare dubiously at the writing on the wooden headboard. That is, no one noticed him but two horsemen who had watched the entire scene from a grove of cottonwoods not far away. One of the men was masked and rode a powerful white stallion. His companion was an Indian. It was the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

[Tonto]

Hello. I wonder why one man stayed behind.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Well, may not know.

[Tonto]

Maybe he's a relative of the outlaw they had just buried. Still I don't. Let's go over and talk to him. Come on, Silver. Get him up.

[Mr. Anderson]

Scout.

[Jack Potter]

A masked man. This country's full of surprises. Who are you?

[Tonto]

Easy, big fellow. Don't want to intrude, I guess.

[Jack Potter]

Boothill's public property. You've got as much right here as I have.

[Tonto]

Was the man they just buried a relative of yours?

[Jack Potter]

That's what I've been standing here trying to figure out.

[Tonto]

Don't you know?

[Jack Potter]

Tell you the truth, I'm a little bit mixed up. The army that's planted under that headboard held up the Dawson bank at noon today.

[Tonto]

Yes, I know.

[Jack Potter]

And they were shot and killed by the sheriff.

[Tonto]

Well, what connection does that have with you?

[Jack Potter]

Go over and look at the writing on that wooden slab at the head of the grave.

[Tonto]

All right. Here lies Jack Potter, age 28. Shot and killed while attempting to rob the Dawson State Bank. May his evil soul at last find peace. It just says that the outlaw was a Man named Potter, age 28.

[Jack Potter]

Yeah, I know. That's what's got me mixed up.

[Tonto]

What do you mean?

[Jack Potter]

That's my name. You see, I'm Jack Potter.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

A few minutes later, in the Lone Rangers camp, Jack Potter told the masked man in Tonto a strange story.

[Jack Potter]

I'm from the southern part of the state. Up until a few days ago, I was punching cows in a spread down there. Then I got a letter from a banker here in Dawson. It said that my uncle Jeb, who lived here, just died. I was his heir.

[Tonto]

Was that true?

[Jack Potter]

I guess so. I've never found out.

[Tonto]

Go on.

[Jack Potter]

It said to come up here right away and bring positive proof of my identity.

[Tonto]

Could you do that?

[Jack Potter]

Sure. I had my discharge papers from the army. So I got on a train and came up to Pineville.

[Tonto]

Pineville?

[Jack Potter]

I forgot to tell you. The letter also said that because there wasn't any railroad running through Dawson, I was to get off the train in Pineville and somebody would meet me there.

[Tonto]

Did they?

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Yeah.

[Jack Potter]

When I got off the train in Pineville last night, two men there waiting for.

[Sol Conroy]

Are you Jack Potter?

[Jack Potter]

That's me.

[Sol Conroy]

Well, welcome to Pineville. My name's Conroy. Mr. Greenspeed from the Dawson bank sent me over to meet you.

[Jack Potter]

That's mighty nice of Mr. Greenstreet, but I guess I could have found my way to Dawson all right.

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, sure, but I brought my rig. We'll drive over in the morning.

[Jack Potter]

Morning?

[Sol Conroy]

It's a hard trip. You'd better rest here overnight. Oh, excuse me. Potter, this is. This is Mr. Anderson.

[Jack Potter]

Glad to know you.

[Sol Conroy]

Hey, I have a room reserved for you at the hotel. Guess we might as well go on over there.

[Jack Potter]

Sure, Anything you say. Oh, by the way, Potter, I hope

[Sol Conroy]

you brought your legal identification with you. Mr. Greenstreet will want to see it as soon as you get to Dawson. Oh, sure.

[Jack Potter]

I've got my army discharge papers right here in my pocket.

[Sol Conroy]

Then let's go to the hotel. Hell, come on, Manderson.

[Tonto]

Spend the night in Pineville?

[Jack Potter]

Most of it. I didn't do much sleeping.

[Tonto]

What do you mean?

[Jack Potter]

Well, the three of us, Conroy, Annis and I had supper. Then we went upstairs to our rooms.

[Sol Conroy]

Well, here's your room, Potter, Anderson and I have to go up another flight. Couldn't get all three rooms on the same floor.

[Jack Potter]

That's all right, Mr. Conroy. I'm not used to hotels, but I'll make out all right.

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, of course you will. And we'll call you first thing in the morning. Good night, partner.

[Jack Potter]

Night, good night, Mr. Anderson.

[Tonto]

Good night. And what happened the next morning?

[Jack Potter]

Things began to happen before morning. You see, I'd been sleeping out in the open for years. That hotel bed felt strange. I couldn't get comfortable. I must have turned and twisted for an hour or more, but I couldn't go to sleep. Well, finally I decided I'd try putting my head at the bottom of the bed instead of the top. Well, that's when it happened.

[Tonto]

What happened?

[Jack Potter]

I heard a key put in my door, and it started to turn real soft, like I was wide awake. But I figured the best thing to do was play possum. So I waited until the lock clicked and the door opened just a crack and somebody whispered my name.

[Tonto]

Putty.

[Jack Potter]

Jack Putty. When I didn't answer, the door opened real fast and somebody came in the room. It was so dark, I couldn't see whoever this critter was. I could hear him breathe as he came over to the bed. I didn't know what to do. My guns were lying on a chair five feet away. Then as he came closer, I saw he had a shooting iron in his hand and he was aiming it at the pillow at the head of the bed. I guess in the dark, the pillar must have looked like my head because the next thing he did was squeeze the trigger. I raised up and tried to grab him, but he had the advantage of standing up and I was lying flat on my back. He swung on me with the butt end of his gun, and that's the last thing I knew.

[Tonto]

When did you regain consciousness?

[Jack Potter]

This morning. I've still got a big lump on my head, but otherwise I'm all right.

[Tonto]

Who was this man who tried to kill you?

[Jack Potter]

You know, I've got a hunch it was Anderson.

[Tonto]

Well, what makes you think so?

[Jack Potter]

Cause when I was able to move around this morning, both Anderson and Conroy were gone. So I rented a horse and rode over here to Dawson.

[Tonto]

Have you seen either of those men since you arrived?

[Jack Potter]

No. Because when I got in town, they were having that planting ceremony over on Poot Hill. And whoever's in that grave must have had my army papers on him.

[Tonto]

Why didn't you go directly to the bank and talk to Green street or Conroy?

[Jack Potter]

I thought of that. Then I figured I'd have a hard time proving who I am. Especially when I just finished burying one army named Potter.

[Tonto]

You should have gone to the sheriff and told him about it.

[Jack Potter]

I was going to do that, too. But when the funeral was going on, I heard somebody say that Sheriff Tuttle knew this critter was a professional bank robber because he got a note from the Lone Ranger, sir.

[Sol Conroy]

What?

[Tonto]

What did you say?

[Jack Potter]

I said this Lone Ranger must have tipped off the Sheriff.

[Tonto]

Did you hear that, Tuttle?

[Jack Potter]

What's wrong?

[Tonto]

Everything seems, Potter, that you're not the only one who's involved in this attempt to bury a man who isn't dead.

[Jack Potter]

I don't understand.

[Tonto]

Neither do I. I intend to find out. Here, Silver.

[Jack Potter]

I think I'll go to Dawson, look up this Conroy critter. If he thinks he can.

[Tonto]

Potter, wait here with Tano. I'll be right back. Easy, big fellow.

[Jack Potter]

But what do I do about this?

[Tonto]

Don't worry. He won't be alone. We'll both do something about it. Come on, Silver. Easy, big fella.

[Jack Potter]

Steady.

[Tonto]

Wait for me.

[Mr. Anderson]

Come in.

[Tonto]

Good evening, Sheriff.

[The Lone Ranger]

The Lone Ranger. Where did you come from?

[Tonto]

I understand you received a note from me.

[Jack Potter]

I sure did.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'm much obliged for the tip off. Caught that bank rob environment red handed.

[Tonto]

Yes, I heard about it.

[The Lone Ranger]

Nailed him right between the eyes. And we planned him on Boot Hill about an hour ago.

[Tonto]

I see.

[Jack Potter]

That note, Sheriff.

[The Lone Ranger]

You mean.

[Sol Conroy]

Why sure, sure.

[The Lone Ranger]

Here it is.

[Tonto]

Dear Sheriff, a bushwhacker that works alone is aiming to stick up the Dawson bank at noon today. I thought you'd like to know about it. Sign the Lone Ranger.

[The Lone Ranger]

Mighty nice of you to give me the tip. How'd you know?

[Tonto]

I didn't. I didn't write this note, Sheriff.

[The Lone Ranger]

You didn't? Then how could you know?

[Tonto]

Tell me. Who was this outlaw? Did you identify him?

[The Lone Ranger]

Young buckaroo named Potter.

[Jack Potter]

Jack Potter?

[Tonto]

Sheriff, I don't know who it was who robbed the bank today. But I do know the man buried up on Boot Hill isn't Jack. Potter.

[The Lone Ranger]

Isn't Jack.

[Tonto]

And I'm sure that Conroy and Green street can tell you who it is.

[The Lone Ranger]

You mean them two hombres are pulling the shenanigans?

[Tonto]

They've already pulled it.

[The Lone Ranger]

Yeah, well, I never did like them critters. I'll rustle them out of bed right now.

[Tonto]

No, Sheriff. I'm involved in this too. And we need proof before we can accuse anyone of a crime.

[The Lone Ranger]

You say you didn't write that note. That's good enough for me. I'll get Conroy and Green street there.

[Tonto]

It's always best to let crooks convict themselves.

[The Lone Ranger]

What do you mean?

[Tonto]

Wait a couple of days? I'll keep in touch with you. In the meantime, I'll ask a ghost to help us.

[The Lone Ranger]

A ghost?

[Tonto]

This will be pretty big fella. Sometimes fear is more powerful than lead. Sheriff, Hold Silver.

[The Lone Ranger]

Well, Aldi, if I didn't know he was the Lone Ranger, I'd swear that man was local.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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

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[Jack Potter]

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[The Lone Ranger]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Now to continue our story. After the masked man left Sheriff Tuttle's office, he returned to the camp where Tonto and Jack Potter were waiting for him. There he proposed a plan that would take several days to complete.

[Tonto]

Now this is what I want you to do. Write a letter to Green Street. Pretend that you've just received his letter. Tell him you'll arrive in Pineville the following day.

[Jack Potter]

What good'll that do?

[Tonto]

I'll explain it later. Write the letter now.

[Jack Potter]

Sure I will. Where can I get paper and a pencil?

[Tonto]

Over in my saddlebag.

[Sol Conroy]

Thanks, Atono.

[Tonto]

As soon as he finishes writing that letter, I want you to take it and ride south.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Where?

[Tonto]

Me go to the town nearest the ranch where Potter used to work. Mail it at the post office there. Ah, me do it, then ride back to Pineville. I'll meet you by the river just east of town.

[Sol Conroy]

Here.

[Jack Potter]

It's sort of scribbled, but I guess you'll be able to read it.

[Tonto]

That's all right. Here, Tondo. All right, fast. I want that letter to arrive back here in Dawson by tomorrow afternoon.

[Sol Conroy]

Easy, Scout.

[The Lone Ranger]

Me take letter and come back to Pineville?

[Tonto]

That's right. In a hurry.

[The Lone Ranger]

$hit him up, scout.

[Jack Potter]

I guess I don't exactly understand what you're doing.

[Tonto]

It's simple. And that's the main reason why it should work. You and I'll go to Pineville, and then day after tomorrow you'll pretend you just got off the train.

[Jack Potter]

But why?

[Tonto]

Because tomorrow afternoon Mr. Greenstreet will receive a letter he'll hardly believe. Letter for you, Cass.

[Mr. Anderson]

Who is it from?

[Sol Conroy]

I don't know. It was the only mail on the afternoon stage.

[Mr. Anderson]

Let me see it. What? This is impossible.

[Sol Conroy]

What is it?

[Mr. Anderson]

This is from that kid down south. Jack Potter.

[Sol Conroy]

Potter?

[Mr. Anderson]

Listen, he says, Dear Mr. Greenstreet, I am sorry to hear about Uncle Jeb's death. Regarding the inheritance and complying with your instructions, I'll arrive in Pineville tomorrow afternoon. Sincerely yours, Jack Potter.

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, I know what it is. That letter's been delayed some way. Should have been here two days ago. But it doesn't make any difference now because I'm.

[Mr. Anderson]

Look at the date at the top of the page.

[Sol Conroy]

Date?

[Cass Greenstreet]

Sure.

[Mr. Anderson]

Dated yesterday morning.

[Tonto]

Can't be.

[Sol Conroy]

It's a mistake.

[Mr. Anderson]

I thought you met this kid in Pineville yesterday afternoon.

[Cass Greenstreet]

I did, Cass.

[Mr. Anderson]

Really I did. I thought you hired a tramp to put a bullet through his head. The same tramp that was killed yesterday.

[Cass Greenstreet]

I did. I mean, he did. I know he killed Potter because he brought me the army discharge papers that night in the hotel. And besides that, I heard the shots.

[Mr. Anderson]

Then how do you explain this letter?

[Cass Greenstreet]

It's a mistake.

[Sol Conroy]

Potter must have written it before he

[Cass Greenstreet]

left and put the wrong date on it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Maybe you're right. Just to make sure, you'd better go over to Pineville Lamar and meet that train from the south.

[Carvana User/Testimonial]

Yes.

[Sol Conroy]

It isn't true.

[Tonto]

It can't be true.

[Mr. Anderson]

Listen, I don't know what happened in Pineville, but I do know what'll happen to you and me if that Potter boy is still alive. Go over there, meet that train, and if he's on it, don't hire any tramps. Do the job yourself this time.

[Jack Potter]

You mean.

[Mr. Anderson]

You know what I mean.

[Sol Conroy]

All right, I'll do it.

[Jack Potter]

Hey, stranger, tell me how to get to Dawson.

[Sol Conroy]

Why, sure.

[Jack Potter]

Oh, I'm a stranger in this neck of the woods.

[Sol Conroy]

What's your name?

[Jack Potter]

Potter. Jack Potter. I'm on my way to Dawson. I guess I'll have to catch a stage over there, but I don't know where to find it.

[The Lone Ranger]

Have you.

[Sol Conroy]

Have you ever been here in Pineville before?

[Jack Potter]

First time I ever saw the place. Say, stranger, what's wrong with you?

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, nothing, nothing at all. You know, it's rather a coincidence you coming up and speaking to me like you did.

[Jack Potter]

That so?

[Sol Conroy]

Yeah, you see, I came over from Dawson to meet a man named Jack Potter and I guess you're him.

[Jack Potter]

Well, this is Lucky. What's your name?

[Sol Conroy]

I'm Sal Conroy. Mr. Greenstreet from the bank sent me over to meet you.

[Jack Potter]

That's mighty nice of Mr. Green Street. He sent word about Uncle Jeb Dyin, so I came right up. I guess he must have got my letter too.

[Sol Conroy]

Yes, he got it.

[Jack Potter]

Well, where do we catch the stage for Dawson?

[Sol Conroy]

Well, there isn't any stage until tomorrow morning. We'll have to spend the night here in Pineville.

[Tonto]

Oh, that's all.

[Jack Potter]

Well, I guess I can use a rest.

[Sol Conroy]

Sure, sure you can. I've got a room all reserved for you at the hotel.

[Jack Potter]

It's mighty decent of you, Mr. Conroy, but you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble.

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, no, no trouble at all. Glad to do it. You see, Mr. Greenstreet told me to be sure and take care of of you so I'm just following instructions. Oh, here, here, let me carry your suitcase.

[Jack Potter]

Thanks, Mr. Conroy.

[Sol Conroy]

Come on, we'll go to the hotel now.

[Jack Potter]

Hello.

[Sol Conroy]

Ah, me here.

[Tonto]

Conroy and Jack Potter are eating supper in the hotel dining room. And Conroy isn't wearing his gun belt. Must be in his room. There's a store building right by the side of the hotel. You can climb up there and get into Conroy's room through the window. Why?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Time to do this.

[Tonto]

Find his gun, take out the bullets and fill it with these blanks.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Here. Time to go.

[Sol Conroy]

Well, here's your room, Potter. My bunk is one flight up. Couldn't get both rooms on the same floor.

[Jack Potter]

Well, that's all right, Mr. Conroy. I'll make out all right. Feel right at home.

[Tonto]

What?

[Sol Conroy]

What's that?

[Jack Potter]

No. There's something familiar about this place.

[Sol Conroy]

What do you mean?

[Jack Potter]

Almost like I'd been here before. No, I must be crazy.

[Sol Conroy]

Either you are or I am.

[Jack Potter]

What did you say?

[Sol Conroy]

Oh, nothing, Nothing. Good night, potter.

[Jack Potter]

Good night, Mr. Conroy. I'll see you in the morning.

[Sol Conroy]

Yeah, I'll see you in the morning.

[Jack Potter]

Now the only thing to do is wait. Pretend to be asleep. I sure hope that mask man of the Indian reached Conroy's guns before he did. I gotta keep this up, make it sound like I'm really sleeping. Potter. Jack Potter, are you awake? Dead to the world.

[Sol Conroy]

I soon will be. Never in my life have I seen two homies that look so much alike.

[The Lone Ranger]

What?

[Sol Conroy]

For a while I thought you might

[Cass Greenstreet]

be a ghost, but this will settle it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, Conroy, what happened?

[Sol Conroy]

I met the train case yesterday afternoon.

[Tonto]

Well?

[Sol Conroy]

And this kid, Jack Potter was on it.

[Mr. Anderson]

He was? And who was the other critter? Won the tramp drill. Who said he did?

[Sol Conroy]

I don't know.

[Mr. Anderson]

Those army discharge papers the tramp gave to you. We planted them after he was killed.

[Sol Conroy]

They belong to Potter.

[Mr. Anderson]

What happened to the kid you met yesterday?

[Sol Conroy]

I took him to the hotel in Pineville. Then I plugged him just like he told me to.

[Mr. Anderson]

Are you sure?

[Sol Conroy]

I'm positive.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, I hope so. There's been a mix up someplace, but as long as they're both dead, I guess.

[The Lone Ranger]

Letter for you, Mr. Greenstreet.

[Tonto]

All right, give it a minute.

[The Lone Ranger]

What?

[Sol Conroy]

Caius. Caius.

[Cass Greenstreet]

What is it?

[Mr. Anderson]

Listen to this. Dear Mr. Greenstreet, I'm sorry I missed the Pineville train yesterday. I hope I didn't inconvenience you in any way. I've decided not to ride the train anyway. I'll come to Dawson direct by stage from the south. I'll arrive about 10pm and go right to the bank. Sincerely yours. Signed, Jack Potter.

[Cass Greenstreet]

No. No, it can't be from Potter. He's dead.

[Mr. Anderson]

It's right there in black and white.

[Cass Greenstreet]

I don't believe it. I killed him. And dead men can't write letters.

[Mr. Anderson]

Shut up. You've got to figure this out.

[Cass Greenstreet]

It's a ghost cast, that's what it is. Zach Potter's dead. He's lying up there on Boot Hill. I killed a ghost last night and now they. This is another one.

[Mr. Anderson]

Quiet. How can I take with you sniveling like an old woman?

[Cass Greenstreet]

But Cass, I talked to him. I ate supper with him when I killed him. No. No, I didn't. Nobody can kill a ghost. That's why he's coming here tonight.

[Mr. Anderson]

Only one thing to do. We've got to ride out and meet the stage tonight before it gets to town.

[Cass Greenstreet]

Right out. Me? No. No. I'm not going.

[Mr. Anderson]

I say we're both going this time. I'll do this shortly.

[Cass Greenstreet]

Gasha can't kill a ghost. Somebody that's already jumped.

[Jack Potter]

Yuppie.

[Mr. Anderson]

A good solid slug from a.45 doesn't care what it hits. You and I'll meet that stage.

[Sol Conroy]

We shouldn't do it, Cass.

[Jack Potter]

We shouldn't do it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Quit squawking. Get that mask over your face. Don't want the stage rabbit to recognize.

[Jack Potter]

Shut up.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hey. Pull up.

[Jack Potter]

Pull up or I'll shoot.

[Mr. Anderson]

Keep your hands up.

[Tonto]

They're up.

[The Lone Ranger]

Road agents, huh?

[Carvana User/Testimonial]

Well, boys, this is one time you

[The Lone Ranger]

pick the wrong coach.

[Carvana User/Testimonial]

I ain't carrying a lead quarter.

[Mr. Anderson]

We don't want any cash. All we want to do is talk to the passenger you've got inside.

[Jack Potter]

Passenger?

[Carvana User/Testimonial]

You draw another blank. Boys, I haven't carried a passenger on

[The Lone Ranger]

this run for over two weeks.

[Mr. Anderson]

I don't believe it. Tell your passenger to get out.

[The Lone Ranger]

You tell him if you can find him.

[Cass Greenstreet]

He's right. There's no one inside the coach.

[Jack Potter]

Satisfied?

[Mr. Anderson]

All right.

[The Lone Ranger]

Get moving and then do a blind.

[Cass Greenstreet]

Get out. Daniel,

[Mr. Anderson]

I can't understand.

[Cass Greenstreet]

I can. We're dealing with a ghost. A man who's dead on Boot Hill. But his ghost is plaguing us because we're stealing the money that's rightfully his.

[Mr. Anderson]

Shut up. Get on your horse.

[Cass Greenstreet]

What are you going to do?

[Mr. Anderson]

Case right back to the bank. Come on.

[Cass Greenstreet]

Get up. Get up.

[Tonto]

Here they come. Potter. As soon as they get inside, you go up and knock on the door.

[Jack Potter]

Shall I carry the suitcase?

[Tonto]

Of course. You just got off the stage.

[Mr. Anderson]

It doesn't make sense. None of it.

[Talkspace User/Testimonial]

Yes.

[Sol Conroy]

I told you what we're up against.

[Mr. Anderson]

You mention ghosts again, I'll use that.

[Cass Greenstreet]

But no.

[Jack Potter]

No. It might.

[Mr. Anderson]

I'll open it myself.

[Jack Potter]

Mr. Green Street.

[Mr. Anderson]

Who are you?

[Jack Potter]

Seems kind of funny that you don't ask me in. I've had a long trip. I just came in on the 10 o' clock stage. You just. Yes. I thought you'd be expecting me. My name's Potter. Jack Potter.

[Cass Greenstreet]

Cass. Cass, it's him. It's Potter, the man I killed. He said shut up. I will not shut up. You're talking to a ghost. This is what we get for robbing the estate.

[Jack Potter]

I came to see about the money that Uncle Jeb left to me.

[Mr. Anderson]

Oh, you did it. Well, I don't believe in ghosts, so get your hands up. Both of them.

[Tonto]

Oh, yeah.

[Mr. Anderson]

Drop that suitcase and get them up.

[Jack Potter]

That's better.

[Mr. Anderson]

Now listen to me. I don't know what your game is, but you're not going to outsmart me.

[Jack Potter]

I'm not trying to outsmart anybody.

[Mr. Anderson]

Oh, yes, you are. But I'm going to plug you so it doesn't make any difference how much you know.

[The Lone Ranger]

Sure.

[Mr. Anderson]

I took the money from your uncle's estate. I've got every bit of it. And now I'm going to.

[Tonto]

You'll do nothing. Green Street.

[Mr. Anderson]

Why, you.

[Tonto]

Come on in, Sheriff.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, well.

[The Lone Ranger]

Nice little sociable party.

[Tonto]

You heard Green Street's and Conroy's confession, didn't you?

[Mr. Anderson]

Sheri heard every word.

[The Lone Ranger]

Enough to send them both to penitentiary for life.

[Cass Greenstreet]

He's a ghost. He's a ghost.

[Tonto]

I'll leave them in your hands. T. Where are the horses, Silver Scout?

[The Lone Ranger]

Outside.

[Mr. Anderson]

Good.

[Tonto]

Adios, Jack Potter. And good luck.

[Jack Potter]

Oh, wait, wait.

[Carvana User/Testimonial]

I don't even know who you are.

[The Lone Ranger]

A lot of folks have said the same thing, Jack.

[Jack Potter]

But he didn't give me a chance to thank him for everything he did.

[The Lone Ranger]

He never waits for thanks, son. That's the Lone Ranger,

[Jack Potter]

Sam.

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