Murder at Pine Creek | The Cisco Kid (02-01-55)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Murder at Pine Creek | The Cisco Kid (02-01-55)"

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Featured Drama: The Cisco Kid – Murder at Pine Creek
Release Date: February 10, 2026

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Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns takes listeners into a digitally restored adventure with The Cisco Kid, the iconic “Robin Hood of the Old West.” In "Murder at Pine Creek," Cisco and his loyal companion Pancho become entangled in a murder mystery after visiting old acquaintances Ira and Tom Nesbitt. The duo must navigate suspicion, clear their names, and unmask the true killers in a story full of suspense, galloping action, classic comic banter, and a twist on Western justice.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Beats

1. Setting the Scene: Trouble in Pine Creek

[02:58 – 03:53]

• Introduction to Pine Creek, a small Southwestern town.
• Outlaws Nolan Kane and Burt Morrow, desperate for money, spot Ira Nesbitt flaunting a pouch of gold dust in the local café.
• They speculate the Nesbitt brothers are hiding a fortune from a secret gold mine and plot to rob their cabin.

“We gotta make some money quick, Bert. We're most broke.”
—Nolan Kane ([03:31])

2. Cisco and Pancho Enter the Picture

[05:35 – 06:47]

• Cisco and Pancho reminisce about their old friend Ira and head to Pine Creek to pay their respects.
• The local sheriff, suspicious of outsiders (especially ones with Cisco’s reputation), warns them to leave town by sunset.

“Because stories become twisted in the telling, Chico. And we have enemies who spread lies about us.”
—Cisco Kid ([07:00])

3. Robbery and Murder: The Outlaws Strike

[08:35 – 09:43]

• Kane and Morrow confront Ira at his cabin, gun-whip him, and search for his hidden cash.
• They’re interrupted by Cisco and Pancho’s arrival and flee before being seen.
• Cisco and Pancho discover Ira gravely injured (soon pronounced dead, likely murdered just minutes before).

“Someone is lying on the floor ... I’m afraid he’s dead, Cisco.”
—Pancho ([10:12])

4. Mistaken for Murderers

[11:01 – 11:51]

• The sheriff arrives on the scene, immediately suspects Cisco and Pancho, and moves to arrest them for Ira’s murder.
• Cisco resists, and the pair escape in a dramatic chase under gunfire.

“You think Pancho and I killed Senor Ira?”
—Cisco Kid ([11:39])

5. Cisco’s Plan to Prove Their Innocence

[16:34 – 17:29]

• Eventually captured, Cisco bargains for the opportunity to visit Tom Nesbitt’s cabin before jail.
• He suspects the true murderers will return at night to find the hidden money.

“I believe those two hombres we met are the killers of Senor Ira ... Scoundrel killers had no time to find the money, so they would likely go back to hunt for it tonight.”
—Cisco Kid ([20:10])

6. The Trap at the Cabin

[21:16 – 23:44]

• Kane and Morrow return to Nesbitt’s cabin, fail to find the money, and threaten Tom Nesbitt when he arrives.
• Cisco convinces the sheriff to let them approach stealthily; he sneaks in through the back while the sheriff creates a distraction out front.

“Let us make no noise in getting back to that cabin. Sheriff, you and Pancho watch the front. I’ll get around to the back. ... Count slowly to 20, Sheriff. Then challenge those hombres.”
—Cisco Kid ([23:33])

7. Justice Served and Comic Relief

[24:26 – 25:38]

• After a tense standoff, Cisco surprises the outlaws, saving Tom and subduing the villains. The sheriff acknowledges Cisco and Pancho’s innocence.
• The case is resolved, and Cisco and Pancho are finally off the hook—and the real murderers confess.

“The law has a habit of finding out the truth.”
—Cisco Kid ([25:33])

• In the classic end-tag banter, Pancho’s confusion over returning the sheriff’s money for a repaired boot provides a humorous closing (“You know we did. Do you not, Pancho?” — Cisco Kid [26:10]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “How come you’re eating here in this cafe?” —Nolan Kane to Ira ([04:13])
• “If I find you there after dark, I’ll run you both in.” —Sheriff ([06:47])
• “I want to do just one thing, and that’s to fill him full of lead.” —Nolan Kane, on Cisco ([18:49])
• “Cisco and Pancho go free.” —Pancho celebrates ([26:00])
• “Now let me get this straight, Chico. You took the sheriff’s boot out to get it sold. Then you left some money for the sheriff?” —Cisco, exasperated by Pancho ([27:00])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:31: Outlaws target the Nesbitt brothers.
• 06:47: Sheriff issues Cisco & Pancho a stern warning.
• 09:54: Cisco & Pancho discover the murder.
• 11:39: Accused and arrested by the sheriff.
• 17:03: Cisco bargains for a visit to Nesbitt’s cabin.
• 20:10: Secret plan is revealed.
• 23:33: Plan to surprise outlaws at cabin.
• 24:57: Cisco confronts the killers (“I’m behind you, Nolan!”).
• 25:38: Law exonerates Cisco and Pancho.
• 26:00–27:15: Pancho’s comic misunderstanding with the sheriff’s money.

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Tone & Style

The episode delivers a classic Western atmosphere: fast-paced, earnest, filled with suspenseful music, tense confrontations, and the trademark comic rapport of Cisco and Pancho (“Oh, Pancho!” “Oh, Cisco!”). The show highlights sharp dialogue, moral clarity, and the triumph of truth over suspicion.

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Conclusion

“Murder at Pine Creek” is a quintessential Cisco Kid adventure, artfully restored for modern ears. It channels the spirit of radio’s golden age: simple but gripping plotting, dynamic sound design, memorable Western archetypes, and a friendship that turns suspicion into trust. This episode offers a perfect blend of whodunit, action, and light-hearted western camaraderie.

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Transcript

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[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 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]

Here's adventure, here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the old West.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco.

[Pancho]

He's sheriff.

[Sheriff]

He is getting closer.

[Narrator]

The cisco kids.

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[Narrator]

Now the Cisco Kid in our exciting story Murder at Pine Creek, many times the hard riding Cisco Kid met and overcame desperados in the old southwest more than once. He nearly lost his life in his unofficial capacity of upholding law and order. But never did Sisko come closer to death than when he met up with the two outlaws, Nolan Cain and Bert Morrow. Our story opens in the little town of Pine Creek. In the cafe Kane and Morrow are eating an early supper.

[Nolan Kane]

We gotta make some money quick, Bert. We're most broke. Yeah, you're right, Nolan. Thing is, how do we make it?

[Cisco Kid]

Hey. Hey, Bert.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, what is it? Old Aaron Nesbitt over there. Him and his brother Tom got plenty of it hid away. Yeah, there's talk they got a gold mine somewhere up in the hills. Maybe they have. I know this much.

[Cisco Kid]

They don't keep any money in the bank.

[Nolan Kane]

They don't trust banks. Look, Nolan, there's Ira paying at the counter. By thunder, look at the size of.

[Pancho]

That poke of gold dust.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, there's probably lots more where that come from. Ira's leaving. I'm going to call him over.

[Sheriff]

Hey, Esben.

[Pancho]

Howdy, Kane. Howdy, Mo.

[Nolan Kane]

How come you're eating here in this cafe?

[Pancho]

That goes Tom's way. Oh, he always does cooking for the two of us.

[Deputy]

You know me, I hate to cook.

[Pancho]

So I come here to eat.

[Nolan Kane]

Where's he gone? Ira?

[Pancho]

Oh, just took trip. Well, I gotta be getting on back to the cabin.

[Cisco Kid]

You.

[Nolan Kane]

You and Tom must have a side.

[Cisco Kid]

Of money stashed away.

[Nolan Kane]

You live mighty simple.

[Pancho]

Yeah, we got enough to get along. I know him. The blasted banks don't get none of it neither.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, I don't blame you. It's safer keeping in your cabin.

[Pancho]

Yeah, it's just what Tom and me think. And I ain't saying we do keep it in the cabin.

[Deputy]

Don't get sublime nosey, you two.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, that's all we need to know, Bird. We're gonna ransack that cabin within the hour. Hey, look out on the desert. Way out there. Ain't that the sheriff riding in? Yeah, him and a deputy. We better go easy, Nolan. We don't want to get tangled up with him. That sheriff's a regular bloodhound. All right, well, here's what we'll do. We'll ride out and meet the sheriff to fix ourselves an alibi.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, then we'll get down into that.

[Nolan Kane]

Dry quick bed and ride for Ira's cabin. Nobody will see us down under them high banks. Sounds good to me. Let's go.

[Pancho]

Aren't you not remember him, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

You do not remember who? Poncho Senior.

[Pancho]

Ida Nesbit.

[Cisco Kid]

I met Senor Ari a long time ago, Chico. He used to run a store in Dodge City. And upon occasion, I would buy things in his store.

[Pancho]

Do you live in the town of Pine Creek?

[Cisco Kid]

I have heard he does. He and his brother, Senor Tom.

[Pancho]

This gonna see a Tom, too?

[Cisco Kid]

No, I do not. Pancho. No. Senor Tom came west later on to join his brother. We will not stop long. Just long enough to give them our greetings.

[Pancho]

This is good. Look. Trail cruise. Another trail up ahead.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, both trails lead into the town. Ah, there are two riders on the other trail.

[Pancho]

Shed it from the depot. She says go.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, hold up.

[Sheriff]

Hold it starting, Senores.

[Pancho]

Where is Tardy, senores?

[Sheriff]

Ho, ho, ho, ho. Can you tell us if senores Ira.

[Cisco Kid]

And Tom Nesbit live in Pine Creek, Sheriff?

[Deputy]

Yeah, they do. You ride straight through town in their cabins on the bank of the creek under two big sycamores.

[Cisco Kid]

Gracias, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Wait a minute. Who are you hombres?

[Cisco Kid]

I am called the Cisco Kid, and this is me, Compaero Pancho.

[Pancho]

Mi compaero, Cisco.

[Deputy]

No. Yeah. I thought you were Cisco. What do you want with a Nesbit senior, sheriff?

[Cisco Kid]

That is my business. I do not have to answer a question like that.

[Deputy]

No, maybe you don't, but I want you out of town before sunset. If I find you there after dark, I'll run you both in. Now, giddy up.

[Pancho]

Cisco. Why so many sheriffs think we bandido?

[Cisco Kid]

Because stories become twisted in the telling, Chico. And we have enemies who spread lies about us. But come, let us get to Senor Nesbit's.

[Nolan Kane]

Think we better stop and talk with the sheriff, Nolan? Oh, no. We'll just say howdy and ride on past. All we want is to fix us an AMLA pipe. He sees us riding in this direction, he won't figure we go back to Iris cabin. That's right. Hey, Sheriff's gonna stop talking to us.

[Deputy]

Wait a minute, boys. What do you boys know about the Cisco Kid?

[Nolan Kane]

Cisco? Well, we don't know nothing about him, Sheriff, except we've heard he's a mighty bad hombre. Yeah, that's right, he is.

[Deputy]

Why, Sheriff, he's riding into town on the other trail. He was asking how to get to Ira Nesbitt's cabin.

[Narrator]

Oh.

[Deputy]

How long ago did you meet up with him, Sheriff? Couple minutes ago in the Cottonwood Grove. You hombres behaving yourselves these days?

[Nolan Kane]

Oh, sure thing, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Well, see you do. Come on, deputy. Yeah.

[Nolan Kane]

That'S gonna knock our plans into a cocktail, Nolan. No, no, it ain't either. Take Cisco some time to get Iris on that other trail. We can be there in no time by taking a quick bit.

[Deputy]

Come on, come on, come on.

[Pancho]

Yes, by thunder, we need rain lot savage much water left in this well. Hey, nasty creep. That dries bones.

[Deputy]

What you two want here?

[Nolan Kane]

We'll show you right quick what we want. Get your hands up. Don't make any noise.

[Pancho]

Well, you confounded Maverick.

[Cisco Kid]

Shut up.

[Nolan Kane]

Walk ahead of us into that cabin. We ain't fool. You got money in this cabin, Nesbitt?

[Cisco Kid]

We want it.

[Pancho]

Yeah, you ain't gonna get none of it, I'll tell you that.

[Nolan Kane]

Come on, come on. Where is it?

[Deputy]

Get out of here, you coyote.

[Nolan Kane]

I waste time.

[Cisco Kid]

Bart.

[Nolan Kane]

Gun with me.

[Sheriff]

Guess what I'm gonna do.

[Pancho]

Hey.

[Nolan Kane]

You sure hit him hard. I meant to. Let's ransack this place. No, wait, wait. Look out the window. A couple of riders. Blast it all. That's that Cisco Kid and his partner. We better get out of here before they see us. Let's gun him down. Are you crazy? I ain't gun fighting with that hombre. Cisco. We'll come back tonight. Maybe. Let's get going.

[Sheriff]

The sheriff said two big sycamores.

[Cisco Kid]

This is the cabin, Pancho.

[Pancho]

This is the cabin, Chico.

[Sheriff]

Oh, Del Hoon all over.

[Deputy]

Who now, Punch?

[Pancho]

I see nobody around here, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Door of the cabin is open, Chico. There must be someone here. We will knock before we go in.

[Pancho]

Nobody say, come in, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Someone is lying on the floor. To Senor Ira, Pancho Madreme. He's been badly hurt. The looks of things, I'm afraid he's dead, Cisco. Sie, amigo.

[Pancho]

He's dead.

[Cisco Kid]

Too bad. He was struck down and killed only a few moments ago.

[Pancho]

Who do this, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I have no idea. It looks to me, Pancho, as if someone came in this cabin to find something.

[Pancho]

To steal something.

[Nolan Kane]

No.

[Cisco Kid]

Say, perhaps Senor Ira caught them at it. In any event, we must report this to the sheriff.

[Pancho]

I think they'd be good for Cisco and fine for Cisco and the sheriff. Not like us.

[Cisco Kid]

It makes no difference. A murder has been committed and the sheriff must know about it.

[Pancho]

We go tell the sheriff, Cisco. Then we see the town jail from the inside.

[Cisco Kid]

We'll have to go far to find the sheriff. Here he comes now.

[Pancho]

Got some more deputies with him.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, ho, ho. Boy, Pancho, you're likely to be in trouble in about one more moment.

[Sheriff]

You have arrived just in time, senor.

[Cisco Kid]

Sheriff, Senor Ira has been murdered.

[Deputy]

It's a good thing I decided to ride over here and see what you was up to.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, if you think we had something to do with this.

[Deputy]

I sure do.

[Sheriff]

You are greatly mistaken.

[Cisco Kid]

Senor Ira had been murdered before Pancho and I got here. I would say just before.

[Deputy]

Well, I'll just have a look at this. Hmm. Gun whipped, eh? Say, Peach, you tend to the body. Cisco, you and your partner, come on with me.

[Cisco Kid]

You think Pancho and I killed Senoraira?

[Deputy]

I'm taking you in on suspicion of murder. Now get your hands up.

[Cisco Kid]

That is just what we are not going to do.

[Sheriff]

I will take that gun, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Let go, you coyote.

[Sheriff]

Stop him, Deputy. I do not think he will come On, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Run for the horses.

[Nolan Kane]

He's just.

[Sheriff]

Go, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Run.

[Sheriff]

Keep the big sycamore between them and us.

[Cisco Kid]

Chico.

[Pancho]

Big sycamore. Chico.

[Sheriff]

Open fire on them, boys. Hurry, Pancho. Pancho, hurry.

[Cisco Kid]

Go.

[Sheriff]

You think we better get out these ko? No, Poncho. We must clear our names of this charge of murder. We will stay around here until we have done so.

[Nolan Kane]

I ain't sure. We better go back there this soon, Nolan. It's most dark, ain't it? By the time we get to Nesbitt's cabin, it will be dark. Yeah, but that blasted Cisco. Yeah. By now Sisko and his partner miles away from here. We saw him ride away from the cabin with his sheriff's posse after him. Reckon right now is the best time we could pick to go back there. Hey, somebody's riding his way. Nolan, we better get out of here.

[Cisco Kid]

There's no time.

[Nolan Kane]

They're right on us. By thunder, it's that Cisco Kid. I knew he'd be after us. Draw your gun, Bert, and let him have it.

[Sheriff]

Into the Diablo cap. Ga too long. But I am going to find out is this going to like to be shot at. Come down off that horse. You come down, too.

[Pancho]

Catch a bull, aren't you?

[Sheriff]

Get his guns, Pancho. I'll get these hombres.

[Narrator]

Guns.

[Cisco Kid]

Now, what did you mean by firing at us hombres?

[Narrator]

Well, I.

[Nolan Kane]

We caught you with somebody else.

[Cisco Kid]

Is that so? Then why did you say that? You knew the Cisco Kid would be after you.

[Deputy]

Right.

[Nolan Kane]

I didn't say nothing like that.

[Cisco Kid]

My ears are good.

[Sheriff]

Get up on your feet.

[Nolan Kane]

Take it easy, Cisco.

[Sheriff]

Bacho, watch this hombre.

[Cisco Kid]

He had some reason for saying what he did. And I intend to find out what it was.

[Nolan Kane]

Cisco.

[Pancho]

Cisco. Some rain is come.

[Sheriff]

It might be the sheriff.

[Cisco Kid]

We will stay right here, Chico.

[Sheriff]

Ho, ho, ho. Get your guns on them boys.

[Deputy]

And if they make one wrong move, gun them down.

[Sheriff]

We got you now, sis.

[Nolan Kane]

Mighty glad you come along, Sheriff. These two were holding me and burnt up at gunpoint.

[Deputy]

I wouldn't put it past him. Deputy, put handcuffs on Cisco and his partner.

[Cisco Kid]

Good thing.

[Nolan Kane]

Sheriff.

[Cisco Kid]

Senor Sheriff, question these hombres.

[Deputy]

What for?

[Cisco Kid]

They may know a great deal about the murder of Senoraira.

[Nolan Kane]

Get out.

[Deputy]

I've known Nolan and Burt for a long time. They're a pair of scalawags, but they wouldn't commit murder.

[Cisco Kid]

Will you question them, Sheriff?

[Deputy]

I don't know what you got up your sleeve, Cisco, but it won't work. No, I won't question them. Nolan, you and Burt get onto them horses and get out of here.

[Nolan Kane]

Right, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Sure will.

[Nolan Kane]

So long, Cisco.

[Sheriff]

Get them all here.

[Deputy]

Get them handcuffs on Cisco and his partner, Deputy. These two are going to jail for murder.

[Narrator]

With the guns of the posse trained on them, there's no escape this time for Cisco and Pancho. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator]

Now back to the Cisco Kid. In our exciting story, Murder at Pine Creek. Cisco and Poncho arrived at the cabin of Ira Nesbitt to find their old friend murdered. The sheriff got there shortly afterwards and tried to put our friends under arrest, but they got away. Later on the trail, they met the murderers Nolan Kane and Burt Morrow, who promptly opened fire. But Sisko disarmed both outlaws. Then tried to turn them over to the sheriff for questioning in connection with the murder. The sheriff, however, let Kane and Morrow go at the same time ordering his deputy to put handcuffs on Cisco and Pancho.

[Nolan Kane]

Now.

[Deputy]

Go on, Deputy. You heard what I said. Handcuff them two hombres.

[Cisco Kid]

Memento, senor Sheriff. There is no need to do that.

[Pancho]

This grown passionate like handcuffed.

[Deputy]

I ain't taking any more chances of you two getting away from me again.

[Cisco Kid]

We will not get away, Sheriff. Neither will we accept those handcuffs.

[Deputy]

You've got to accept them if I say so. However, I have heard your words. Good, Cisco.

[Pancho]

They're in gold. No.

[Deputy]

Give me your word, honor you won't try to get away and we'll forget about them handcuffs.

[Cisco Kid]

It is a bargain. You have my word.

[Deputy]

All right then. Hand over your guns.

[Cisco Kid]

As you wish. Here are my gun, Sheriff.

[Pancho]

You find your gun, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Take him, Deputy. All right, get up on your horses.

[Cisco Kid]

Anything you say, Pancha.

[Pancho]

Do what she could do.

[Deputy]

Fan out, boys. We'll let these two ride in the middle. Yeah, fine.

[Sheriff]

Up, Della.

[Nolan Kane]

Come on.

[Pancho]

Go.

[Sheriff]

Logo.

[Nolan Kane]

Go now.

[Cisco Kid]

Si, Pancho. I have a plan, Chico. If it works, we will not have to go to jail.

[Pancho]

Aren't you hope the plan works.

[Cisco Kid]

I believe it will. You will know later what the plan is. Yeto. Now Sheriff rides closer to hear what we say.

[Nolan Kane]

You think this is wise, Nolan? I think what's wise? Us riding back to Sir Tyra Nesbitt's cabin this early in the evening. I don't think it is. Why not? Because somebody might be snooping around there. Maybe the sheriff has set a trap for us. Now, don't be a fool, Bert. The sheriff had his chance. If he'd been suspicious of us, he'd have taken us in instead of that Cisco Kid. Yeah, I suppose he would, but. But what? I don't know. I. I just got a feeling we'd ought to keep away from there later on. You can stay away if you want to, but I'm going there now. There's plenty of money stashed away in that cabin, and I aim to get it without delay. Well, all right, I'll go with you. Yeah, I guess we did put one over on that Cisco Kid at that, Nolan. Yeah, we sure did. It looks like he's headed for jail in the penitentiary. Yeah, but don't forget this. Cisco's got a reputation for being able to break out of any jail they put him into. Sheriff knows that, and he'll put a big guard over him.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Nolan Kane]

Doc gone. If I ain't kind of sorry Cisco's going to jail, though. Whenever I think of them fists of his, I want to do just one thing, and that's to fill him full of lead. You might have the chance. Nah, I doubt it. Come on, let's get to Nesbitt's cabin.

[Pancho]

Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

What do you want, Pancho?

[Pancho]

What the plan, Cisco? What the plan?

[Cisco Kid]

We are almost to the trail that leads to the Nesbitt cabin. I will see if the plan works, dear. Sheriff.

[Deputy]

Yeah, what is it?

[Sheriff]

Since I'm going to have to go.

[Cisco Kid]

To jail, I would like to make a request. What's the request? I would like to stop by and meet Senor Tom Nesbit.

[Deputy]

You'd like to meet the man whose brother you killed?

[Cisco Kid]

I did not kill Senor Ira, Sheriff. Although you will not believe that. But there is no point in arguing that with you. We are not far from the cabin at this moment.

[Pancho]

Just a little ride to the Big Sycamores. No.

[Cisco Kid]

Will you grant my request and ride to the jail by way of the cabin?

[Deputy]

I don't know.

[Narrator]

If we was to stop there, Sheriff, we might pick up another clue or so.

[Deputy]

Yeah, you're right, Deputy.

[Nolan Kane]

We might.

[Deputy]

We'll take the trail that goes past the cabin. Get up for him.

[Cisco Kid]

So far.

[Pancho]

But you're not tell Pancho the plans yet.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho. I believe Those two hombres we met are the killers of Senor Ira.

[Pancho]

Don't you think so, too, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I suspect the motive for the murder was robbery, dear. Robbery. Since Senor Ira has always kept his money in his house. And word of such things get Iran, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Talk, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Listen, when we get to Senor Ira's cabin, he had just been murdered. Josh Bin character killers had time to find the money, so they would be likely to go back to hunt for that money tonight.

[Pancho]

Oh, now, can't you begin to see, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I'm hoping we will arrive in time to catch them there. And I believe we will.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah. Blast it all. Not a sign of any money. You look into them bunks, Bird? Yeah, I've cut into the mattresses. We ransacked the whole cabin. Maybe there's a trap door in the floor, Nolan. We better look and see. I've looked and I'll look again. Hey, somebody's coming. That's Tom Nesbitt. I know his voice. We'll take him when he comes in here.

[Pancho]

Well, I'm back.

[Nolan Kane]

All right, get your hands up and don't make no noise. What is all this? Get those hands up. Hold up. Huh?

[Pancho]

That's right.

[Cisco Kid]

Tyus Hansberg.

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah. All right, cross your wrist behind your back. Where's Ira? He got what you're going to get unless you tell us where you got your money.

[Deputy]

You mean you killed Ira?

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, we killed him. Where's that money.

[Cisco Kid]

Bert?

[Nolan Kane]

Somebody else is coming. Quite a few of them, too.

[Cisco Kid]

Blow out that lamp, quick.

[Nolan Kane]

You, Nesbitt.

[Cisco Kid]

Take one sound and you're a dead man.

[Nolan Kane]

Get your guns ready, Bert. We might have to fight our way out of here.

[Deputy]

That's kind of strange. Soon as we get close to that cabin, they put out the light.

[Cisco Kid]

That is just what I expected, Senor Sheriff.

[Pancho]

Light enough to see by the stars.

[Cisco Kid]

Look.

[Pancho]

Three horses by the cabin.

[Deputy]

That's near enough.

[Nolan Kane]

Stop where you are.

[Narrator]

Hold em.

[Sheriff]

Hold em.

[Cisco Kid]

Ho.

[Deputy]

That sounded like Nolan Kane.

[Cisco Kid]

See, Sheriff, he is one of the two hombres you let go.

[Deputy]

What's going on in there, Kane? Well, me and Burt's paying time Nesbitt a visit. Think I'll just look into this. I'm coming in there.

[Nolan Kane]

No, you ain't, Sheriff. Start for this cabin and we gun down Nesbitt.

[Deputy]

Well, I'll be doggone. Them two coyotes.

[Cisco Kid]

Perhaps you now understand, Senor Sheriff, why I wanted you to ride this way.

[Deputy]

Yeah, I'm beginning to understand, Cisco, but right now that ain't helping Tom any.

[Cisco Kid]

Make some excuse to ride Away with the posse. Sheriff, when we are out of sight of the cabin, Pancho and I will dismount and go back.

[Deputy]

Now, wait a minute, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

How do I know? But what?

[Deputy]

You're hand and glove with them, too.

[Cisco Kid]

If that was true, I would not have given you my word.

[Nolan Kane]

Start riding, Sheriff.

[Deputy]

All right, Nolan. Cisco, I'll do as you say, but I'm going back with you. Gee up, boy. Get up there.

[Cisco Kid]

Huh?

[Sheriff]

Go, go, go, go.

[Deputy]

I ain't giving you back your guns, though.

[Cisco Kid]

We are not asking for them, Sheriff. Not yet. Ho, ho, ho, ho. Now, down off your horses, you two.

[Nolan Kane]

Pancho.

[Pancho]

Just go, Big Dog.

[Deputy]

I don't know whether I like this or not.

[Cisco Kid]

Let us make no noise in getting back to that cabin. Sheriff, you and Pancho watch the front. I'll get around to the back. You will know when I get into the cabin through the back window. Then come in as quickly as you can.

[Pancho]

Francisco got no good.

[Cisco Kid]

Never mind that, Pancho. The life of Senor Tom Nesbitt is at stake. Count slowly to 20, Sheriff. Then challenge those hombres to draw their attention.

[Nolan Kane]

They've gone, Bert. I ain't so sure, Nolan. I wish you hadn't told him we'd gun down Nesbitt.

[Cisco Kid]

I had to stop him, didn't I?

[Nolan Kane]

Yeah, if you did stop. Ah, don't be so cautious now, Nesbitt. Where's that money? We want to know quick. It ain't in this cabin.

[Narrator]

Come on.

[Nolan Kane]

Where is it? Well, it.

[Deputy]

Come on out here, you two. I got the cabin covered.

[Cisco Kid]

That's the sheriff.

[Nolan Kane]

You heard what I told you, Sheriff. I'm holding a gun on Nesbitt right now.

[Deputy]

You wouldn't gain nothing by shooting him, Nolan.

[Sheriff]

That's for me to say. I do not think it is. Look, I'm behind you, Nolan. Cisco get a hurt. You're shooting us. Poor Umri. That is the last chance you will. Gracias for the warning, Senor Tom came just in time to let me jump aside talking.

[Deputy]

You all right, Cisco?

[Sheriff]

Si, senor Sheriff.

[Deputy]

That shooting. I was afraid they'd got you.

[Cisco Kid]

They might have had the lighting here been better. Light the lamp if you will, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Yes, Cisco.

[Deputy]

Reckon I mighty obliged.

[Nolan Kane]

Here, Cisco.

[Deputy]

Ought to be.

[Nolan Kane]

You saved my life.

[Pancho]

Pancho thinks Cisco saved Cisco. And Pancho too. No.

[Cisco Kid]

That depends upon what the sheriff thinks.

[Nolan Kane]

Now.

[Cisco Kid]

You still believe we killed Senor Ira, Sheriff?

[Deputy]

No, I don't, Cisco. I'm certain it was these two coyotes here.

[Cisco Kid]

But I'll have to ask you and.

[Deputy]

Pancho to come over to the jail.

[Cisco Kid]

Until we get the details settled.

[Nolan Kane]

Of course.

[Cisco Kid]

We will go with you, senor Sheriff.

[Pancho]

Take these bandidos too.

[Deputy]

No hard feelings, I hope.

[Cisco Kid]

No indeed, Sheriff. The law has a habit of finding out the truth.

[Nolan Kane]

Let us go.

[Pancho]

Cisco. Say, Pancho, those bandidos confessed to murder.

[Deputy]

No.

[Cisco Kid]

Here migor. They confessed.

[Pancho]

So Sisco and Pancho go free.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, not only do we go free, Chico, but we have made a close friend of the sheriff.

[Pancho]

I sure hope so, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

You hope so?

[Pancho]

Uh huh.

[Cisco Kid]

You know we did. Do you not, Pancho?

[Pancho]

Well, partially moneyed on the sheriff's desk. Parson o' the sheriff think it's money.

[Cisco Kid]

Enough you left money on his desk? What are you talking about, Poach?

[Pancho]

Leave the money than the sheriff's desk because the money belong to the sheriff.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, you had some of the sheriff's money, eh?

[Pancho]

Is the money Pancho get for the sheriff? When the sheriff ask Pancho to take the sheriff's boot out and get it sold.

[Cisco Kid]

Now wait a minute. Wait a minute, Chico. I do not understand.

[Pancho]

The bottom of one of the sheriff's boots come loose and the sheriff asks Pounds will take the boot out and get it sold so that where Pounds will get the money to live on the sheriff's death.

[Cisco Kid]

Now let me get this straight, Chico. You took the sheriff's boot out to get it sold. Then you left some money for the sheriff?

[Sheriff]

Why?

[Pancho]

When the sheriff tell Pine should he get his boot sold, Pans will take the share of his boot and sell it to the first hombre he see.

[Sheriff]

Oh, she's gone.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous rock. Robin Hood of the West. The Cisco Kid.

[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

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[Cisco Kid]

Sam.

[Andrew Rines]

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[Cisco Kid]

Sam.