Rifles for Redskins {Reused Script) | The Lone Ranger (10-07-40)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Old Time Radio Westerns

Episode: Rifles for Redskins (Reused Script) | The Lone Ranger (10-07-40)
Date: September 13, 2025
Host: Andrew Rhynes

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns features a digitally restored broadcast of The Lone Ranger, specifically the episode "Rifles for Redskins." The story revolves around a clandestine scheme to sell stolen army rifles to Native American groups ("Redskins" in historical parlance), the mysterious deaths of those involved, and the efforts of the Lone Ranger and his companion Tonto to bring the criminals to justice. The restored audio enhances the dramatic atmosphere of the classic tale, capturing the tension and heroism emblematic of the golden age of radio Westerns.

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Detailed Breakdown of Key Discussion Points & Insights

[02:14] Dramatic Opening & Set-up

• Signature Opening: The iconic Lone Ranger intro with “a fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty ‘Hi-Yo Silver!’” sets the tone.
• Narrator establishes: (04:54) Lawlessness abounds in the early West, and only the Lone Ranger’s intervention brings order.

“Without the Lone Ranger’s strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, the winning of the west might never have been accomplished.”
— Narrator (04:54)

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[05:45–07:11] The Investigation Begins

• Marshal Baldwin arrives in Pine Flats and meets Sheriff Grant and his helper, Trigger.
• They discuss a key prisoner locked up for selling government rifles to Native Americans, and their struggles identifying the ringleader behind the thefts.

“Redskins are a plenty hard to handle when they got bows and arrows. Give them shooting irons and they're outright worrisome.”
— Sheriff Grant (06:36)

• The authorities are on edge. Their only leads tend to die mysteriously before talking.

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[07:12–11:21] Poison, Suspicion, & Tonto’s Arrival

• An Indian (revealed as Tonto) is brought in, suspected of buying smuggled rifles.
• As they question Tonto, chaos erupts: the prisoner (Lazarus) is found dying from poison — just like previous suspects.

“This man has been poisoned. The same as the other two…It’s the third time this happened.”
— Marshal Baldwin (11:10)

• Trigger becomes a prime suspect due to his access to the prisoner’s food, but he protests his innocence.

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[12:19–13:28] Tonto Reports to Lone Ranger

• Tonto escapes to inform the Lone Ranger, discussing the poisoning and lamenting that “the law is helpless in this thing.”
• The Lone Ranger positions himself as a shadowy, resourceful ally working outside traditional legal means.

“We’ve got to carry on just the same. The law is helpless in this thing.”
— Lone Ranger (12:49)

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[14:15–16:47] Tonto Offers a Trap

• Tonto volunteers to act as bait for the authorities, proposing that he’ll lead them to the actual rifle seller — in exchange for help and his own freedom.

“Maybe you’ll be good friend then, huh?”
— Tonto (15:22)

• The sheriff reluctantly goes along, planning a sting operation.

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[19:14–20:55] The Sting at the Cafe

• Tonto orchestrates a buy at the cafe run by Baldy Oliphant, whom the Lone Ranger suspects.
• Oliphant takes Tonto’s cash and exits to retrieve a rifle, confirming his connection to the illicit trade.

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[21:38–23:44] The Lone Ranger Closes In

• Marshal Baldwin tails Oliphant and is unexpectedly confronted by the masked Lone Ranger.
• The Lone Ranger warns him to “be careful — don’t let anything happen to Oliphant. When you get the goods on him, he’ll be able to tell you a lot.”

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[23:44–26:39] The Twist: Baldwin’s True Identity

• In a dramatic confrontation, it’s revealed that “Marshal Baldwin” is actually an impostor — the real marshal was murdered, and the killer assumed his identity.
• The Lone Ranger exposes him:

“You’re no more Marshal Baldwin than I am. I found the real United States Marshal where you left him. He’d been murdered. His credentials were stolen.”
— Lone Ranger (24:38)

• The impostor tries to coerce Oliphant into backing his story, but his web of lies is unraveling.

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[27:03–29:39] The Climax: Justice Served

• Sheriff Grant and deputies arrive; the impostor’s claims are debunked.
• A further twist: the rifle used in the “killing” is loaded with blanks — a trick orchestrated by the Lone Ranger to expose the impostor and protect the innocent.

“The Lone Ranger didn’t want no murder. So he stopped you in the woods and took your gun. Instead of giving it back, he gave you another gun…one that was loaded with blank cartridges.”
— Sheriff Grant (28:14)

• Evidence mounts: the real marshal’s murder, poisonings, and the involvement in stolen rifles.

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[29:45–30:19] Final Reveal & Moral Justice

• The supposed dead supply wagon driver, John Larkin, is actually alive and can identify the impostor as the true culprit.
• The episode ends with the impostor’s capture, thanks to the Lone Ranger’s cunning and the collaboration of law-abiding citizens.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You frame me! You frame me, Baldwin!” — Impostor (28:36), in a moment of outrage at being exposed.
• “Don’t thank me, Sheriff. Doggone, I’m proud to have helped the Lone Ranger.” — Baldy Oliphant (30:19), capturing the admiration the Lone Ranger inspires.
• “The law is helpless in this thing…We’ve got to carry on just the same.” — Lone Ranger (12:48), underscoring the limitations of formal justice in a lawless frontier.

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|------------------------------------------------| | 02:14 | Dramatic episode intro | | 05:45 | Introduction of Marshal Baldwin & initial investigation | | 07:12 | Tonto and the prisoner, Lazarus, is poisoned | | 12:19 | Tonto reports to Lone Ranger | | 14:15 | Tonto’s deal to catch the real culprit | | 19:14 | The cafe sting setup | | 21:38 | Lone Ranger confronts “Marshal Baldwin” | | 23:44 | Impostor unmasked, truth revealed | | 27:03 | Arrest and clever use of blank cartridges | | 29:45 | Final revelations, villain apprehended |

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Style, Tone & Historical Context

• The language and tone reflect the 1940s Western genre — straightforward, with frontier colloquialisms, and (by modern standards) outdated/insensitive terms toward Indigenous people.
• The narrative captures the themes of law, order, and vigilante heroism, with the Lone Ranger as a moral force above and outside the traditional system.

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Conclusion

"Rifles for Redskins" weaves an intricate tale of crime, deception, and heroism. Through the combined efforts of Tonto, Sheriff Grant, and the legendary Lone Ranger, justice is served in Pine Flats, despite conspiracies and multiple murders. The episode is notable not just for its engaging twists but for the Lone Ranger’s creative, non-lethal tactics. The restoration work of the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast ensures these classic stories remain vivid and powerful for new generations.

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Transcript

[Marshal Baldwin]

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[Narrator]

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[Marshal Baldwin]

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[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

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

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[Narrator]

In the early days of the Western United States, hold ups were an everyday occurrence and it was not until the masked rider of the plains started his great fight for law and order that the trails became safe for honest men and women. Without the Lone Ranger's strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, the winning of the west might never have been accomplished. 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.

[Sheriff Grant]

Come on Silver. We're heading for Pine Flats. It's going to be trouble.

[Narrator]

United States Marshal Baldwin rode into Pine Flats and reined up in front of the sheriff's office.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Steady boy, steady.

[Sheriff Grant]

Hi there. Ain't you the marshal? If you are, Jim Grant you're waiting for yer.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Is that the name of your Sheriff?

[Sheriff Grant]

That's right, Mr. Marshal. And I sure hope you can make that critter in the jail tell what he knows.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You do, eh?

[Sheriff Grant]

Yes siree. Come on, I'll take you to Jim Grant. Right this way, Mr. Baldwin. Jim, here's the US Marshal.

[Marshal Baldwin]

My name's Baldwin. Glad to know you, Baldwin. Set the door, Trigger.

[Sheriff Grant]

Yes siree. Sit down, Baldwin. I guess you know as much about.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Things as we do. I understand you have a prisoner here. That's right.

[Sheriff Grant]

A non repolecat that was caught in the act of selling government rifles to the redskins.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You knew, of course there had been a lot of that sort of thing.

[Sheriff Grant]

Grant too doggone much of it. Redskins are a plenty hard to handle when they got bows and arrows. Give them shooting irons and they're outright worrisome.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Has this prisoner had anything to say? Not yet.

[Sheriff Grant]

But I figure we can make him squeal aplenty when we get together and go to work on him. I don't know where he got the rifles.

[Marshal Baldwin]

A lot of them were stolen from a supply train. The government's been trying to locate the head of the gang that stole them. We've already captured two of the gang who were selling the rifles. But we haven't been able to get the big boss. Wait a minute, Baldwin.

[Sheriff Grant]

Hey Trigger, ain't you supposed to take some grub to the prisoner about now? By Juniper, that's so. I had her sitting right there on the porch and when Mr. Baldwin come I forgot all about it. I'll get at it right away. Oh, I don't know what's the matter with me dad. Right along. Trigger's getting more absent minded all the time. I'm darned if he ain't.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I hope nothing happens to the before he talks. What do you mean, Baldwin? Well As I said, there were two other men captured. But before they could name the man higher up, they were. Murdered. Yeah, right in their cells. I don't know how it was done. It's been mighty mysterious all the way through.

[Sheriff Grant]

Here's your culprit's father. Take it into him, then.

[Marshal Baldwin]

By the way, have you a life for my pipe, Trigger?

[Sheriff Grant]

Yes, sir, you bet. I always carry some extra matches. I figure it's a good way to do a man a good turn. Set this grub down now. Here you are, Mr. Baldwin. I'll hold her for you.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You've been around here long, Trigger?

[Sheriff Grant]

Me? Well, off and on, as you might say. Got your life.

[Marshal Baldwin]

It's all right. Thanks, Trigger.

[Sheriff Grant]

All right, thank you. I'll take this grub now and give it to the crick.

[Marshal Baldwin]

How well do you know that man, Grant? Trigger? Shucks, I've known him for a long time. Trust him? Sure I trust him. Why? I just wondered, that's all.

[Sheriff Grant]

Look here, Mr. Baldwin. You got any reason to distrust Trigger?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Thought I'd see him somewhere else, that's all. Might have been mistaken, though. Men like him are pretty common around this part of the country.

[Sheriff Grant]

I shoved a plead into him, Grant, and he's eating it.

[Marshal Baldwin]

All right, Trigger.

[Sheriff Grant]

I reckon that'll be all for now. Well, I'll stick around in case there's something else to do, Grant. You might want an errand run or something.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Why do you want to stick around?

[Sheriff Grant]

Huh?

[Marshal Baldwin]

I said, is there any reason why you want to stick around?

[Sheriff Grant]

It's his doggone curiosity, that's all. He's afraid he'll miss something.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Maybe you want to know what the prisoner will have to tell. Is that it, huh? You wait outside, Trigger. If we want you, we'll send for him.

[Sheriff Grant]

Well, all right, but. Doggone. You think I was suspected of something or other. I'm afraid you're barking up the wrong tree.

[Marshal Baldwin]

If your suspicion, Trigger, of anything Baldwin. In a case of this kind, it doesn't do Grant, to figure anyone is above suspicion. We know someone engineered the theft of army rifles. Sure we do, but. Well, Trigger wasn't there at the time. We know there are several men working in this part of the country peddling those rifles to Indians.

[Sheriff Grant]

Mr. Grant. Mr. Baldwin. Look at what I got.

[Marshal Baldwin]

A redskin.

[Sheriff Grant]

Who's that?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Who is he? In there, Cheeks.

[Sheriff Grant]

Alive. Jim Grant. Don't tell me you don't savvy who this redskin is? He's the one that was buying a rifle from the prisoner. That's right. Shut that door.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Where'd you find him?

[Sheriff Grant]

Shucks. He was sitting right outside on the steps of the porch. What have you got to say for yourself?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Me not talk. Is it true that you were approached by a pale face to buy a rifle? That's right. Me save me meat. Feller in town fetch em cash. Is that true?

[Sheriff Grant]

Sure it's true. Sure it's true, Mr. Baldwin. That's how it happened, I reckon. Baldwin, me and a deputy had heard about this business of the Injuns buying rifles.

[Marshal Baldwin]

The next thing we knowed here was.

[Sheriff Grant]

This one making a deal with Hank Lazarus.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Lazarus? That's the name of the prisoner. That's right, Tonto. Not break law. You can help us a lot, redskin. Just sit down for a while. There ain't much we can do to the redskin, is there, Baldwin? Of course not. He doesn't know the law. We can't blame him for buying a rifle if he has a chance.

[Sheriff Grant]

Look here, redskin. Why'd you figure to meet Lazarus here in town? Didn't you know it was sort of risky?

[Marshal Baldwin]

No, don't not know. I'll give him a thorough question when I finish talking to you, Grant. I'll meet him.

[Sheriff Grant]

Ask Lazarus.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What's the matter with him?

[Sheriff Grant]

Come on and see. Lookit, he's rolling on the floor there. Get the door open. Get that door open for you. I'm doing it, Grant. Just a second. Now.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What's the matter with the man? He looks to me as if he were poisoned or something. Look at his eyes. Shakes alive.

[Sheriff Grant]

Why, Lazarus, wake up. Look at me. Don't stare that way.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Stand aside. Let me look at him.

[Sheriff Grant]

Well sakes alive, he was all right when I shoved his grub into him. What about it, Baldwin?

[Marshal Baldwin]

What do you use him? This is nothing new to me, Grant.

[Sheriff Grant]

Nothing new. Well, I never seen the like of it before.

[Marshal Baldwin]

This man has been poisoned the same as the other two.

[Sheriff Grant]

Other two?

[Marshal Baldwin]

I told you we'd had prisoners before. It's the third time this has happened.

[Sheriff Grant]

Is Lazarus done for?

[Marshal Baldwin]

The prisoner is dead.

[Sheriff Grant]

That there grub done it.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Well, bet a cookie on it.

[Sheriff Grant]

It's your fault, Trigger. You left that food standing on the porch forgetting all about it. But Sheriff. But that Heretown would have had a.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Chance to put some poison on the food.

[Sheriff Grant]

Yes, you left it there on purpose. For that reason, me great shakes alive. No, I didn't do Nothing like that, Mr. Baldwin.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I swear. I suggest that you put this man in jail and hold him for further questioning.

[Sheriff Grant]

I'll do it.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Bonnie.

[Sheriff Grant]

Ginger. Trigger, if you've Been pulling the wool over my eyes all these years. I'll see you hanged if it's the last thing I do. Hey, if you want that redskin. Look. Stop Hage and wait. Hold on. Get him. Stop where I fire. No, he's getting away. Keep the gun on Trigger Baldwin. I'll go after the redskin. Stop that man. Stop that injunction. He's wanted by the law.

[Narrator]

Tono raced out of town, cut across the plain toward the woods and plunged among the trees. He found the Lone Ranger waiting for him in a clearing. Told him what had happened in the sheriff's office. Are you sure the man was dead, Tanta?

[Marshal Baldwin]

That's right, Tanta. Make sure.

[Narrator]

Poor fellow. He didn't have a chance.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Poisoned in food. Murdered.

[Narrator]

Poisoned? Well, perhaps it saved him from hanging. But we're partly to blame for it. Kimasabe. No.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What do, Tata?

[Narrator]

We've got to carry on just the same. The law is helpless in this thing. Look, Tedda. We have one of the frontier model weapons in the saddlebag. An old six shooter.

[Marshal Baldwin]

That right?

[Narrator]

Bring it here. I'm going to fix that gun and then we'll start the next move.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What next move?

[Narrator]

There's a man in town who still is peddling old army rifles. But he hasn't been suspected by a Sheriff Grant.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You want to call on him?

[Narrator]

The name is Baldy Elephant. He runs a cafe.

[Marshal Baldwin]

How you know him? So army rifle.

[Narrator]

And that's where those Apaches we met last week got their weapons.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You know that?

[Narrator]

I'm certain of it.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Ah, yeah. Here, gun.

[Narrator]

Leave it with me, Tata. I'm going to stay here in camp until after dark. You'll go on back to town.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What me do?

[Narrator]

Call on Sheriff Grant and this man named Baldwin. Offer to help them in exchange for your own freedom. They'll arrest you as soon as you show up in town. You'll have to do quite a bit of talking to them. I'll tell you just what to say. Sit down, Kimasabe, and listen carefully to me.

[Marshal Baldwin]

It won't do any harm to keep that man you called Trigger in jail. Anyway, Sheriff Grant.

[Sheriff Grant]

Dad ran it all. I still ain't convinced that he had any notion the grub of the prisoner was going to get poisoned.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I'll walk the hotel with you, Baldwin.

[Sheriff Grant]

And see you fixed up for sleeping.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Lots of time for that.

[Sheriff Grant]

Won't do any harm to get set just the same.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Hold on.

[Sheriff Grant]

There's that redskin. Hoist your hands there, Injun.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You'll not shoot.

[Sheriff Grant]

Hoist him, I say.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I want to palaver with you. Come on.

[Sheriff Grant]

Baldwin, take the redskin's weapons.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Right.

[Sheriff Grant]

You're under arrest, Injun. So step right back inside that office and be quick about it.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Oh, me not crook.

[Sheriff Grant]

We'll see about that. I tell it before when you was here, but you sure was a fool to come back.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Well, I didn't expect to see you here again, redskin. You don't stay scared, do you? Sit down there, Baldwin. I'll question the coyote. Me not bad, Injun.

[Sheriff Grant]

What'd you say? Your name Wallers.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Me Tonto. Count on, huh? Well, we're going to arrest you and.

[Sheriff Grant]

Hold you until we figure what's best to do with you.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Me come back. Me help you. What you help? That's right. What do you mean, help me? No other Indian. Him get rifle too. Yeah, from the prisoner that's killed. No. Who from?

[Sheriff Grant]

Now, don't tell me Trigger's been selling rifles or I'll fetch a crack alongside.

[Marshal Baldwin]

That head of yours. No, him not sell. Who then? Me show. Maybe you'll be good friend then, huh? What do you mean? Do you mean to say you'll show us who's been selling army rifles? If we'll be friendly with you not right.

[Sheriff Grant]

What's being friendly mean?

[Marshal Baldwin]

You let Tonto go free, not send posse after Tonto. Who is this man you're talking about? Tonto? Tonto show. Tanto buy rifle. You watch.

[Sheriff Grant]

Why, Ginger? The Injun's got a brain in his head. He's got it all figured out for us. He'll buy a rifle from the critter and we'll watch the sale being made. And get the man with a goods right on him.

[Marshal Baldwin]

That right? What's his name? You let Tunder go.

[Sheriff Grant]

We'll see about that later.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You can bet your boots we won't.

[Sheriff Grant]

Let you go if you don't help us.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You come cafe tonight. You watch Tonto. You will be there. Huh? Huh? Now, Tonto go. All right. You mosey out in here now and we'll be watching you at the cafe tonight. That good. Poor redskin.

[Sheriff Grant]

You know, Baldwin, I feel right sorry for him. He seems like a good sort of an Injun to me.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What do you feel sorry for an Indian fur? Why, you see three men that was.

[Sheriff Grant]

Ready to talk and help get the big boss of this rifle stealing has already been killed. I wonder if that engine's gonna be number four.

[Marshal Baldwin]

More likely he'll lead us to the man that poisoned Lazarus dreaded Hall.

[Sheriff Grant]

I wish I knew.

[Marshal Baldwin]

But I got a hunch that redskin's gonna die before he can be much help.

[Narrator]

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

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[Marshal Baldwin]

Sam.

[Narrator]

Now to continue our story, Tono, working on instructions from the Lone Ranger, agreed to help the sheriff and the United States Marshal prove that baldy elephant was selling rifles to Indians that evening. Grant and Baldwin waited at the rear of the cafe near an open window. And may as well do what the.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Redskin said, Baldwin, and wait right here. I'm not used to taking orders from Indians. But then I guess I know. But there's something about this one named Tondo.

[Sheriff Grant]

I don't know what it is, but he sort of makes me feel that he can be counted on to help us.

[Marshal Baldwin]

He don't want to be jailed, and.

[Sheriff Grant]

He'S got it all figured out that the best way to stay out in.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Jail is to help the law. Maybe so. Got your shooting iron right handy? Yes, sir. E Quiet. The door's swinging open. Is that Oliphant? That's him. No, that Indian's with him.

[Sheriff Grant]

Yeah. Quiet now.

[Narrator]

Before we go any further, Injun, I got to have a look at your cash.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Hunter got cash?

[Narrator]

Show me.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Here. Cash. Here, Hunter, cash. A rifle.

[Narrator]

Where'd you get that there cash?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Money that not matter.

[Narrator]

Didn't steal it from anyone around town, did you?

[Marshal Baldwin]

No.

[Narrator]

Reckon it'll be all right, then.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Now you show rifle.

[Narrator]

I don't keep them rifles here. I got to get him from a friend of mine. I'll take this cash and later on I'll have your shooting iron here for you.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Hunter will go with you.

[Narrator]

No, you don't.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Can't take the chances this year.

[Narrator]

Friend of mine wouldn't hand out the rifle if Anyone was with me. He's got orders from the man that's his boss to be powerful careful. Now, you hang around here and I'll be back by and by. And have the rifle for you, Tantor.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Stay here, Rachel.

[Narrator]

Right in this room. Now, don't go away. I'll be back inside an hour.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Tonto's put it over all right.

[Sheriff Grant]

Ain't he Baldwin?

[Marshal Baldwin]

So far. I'll have to follow this bartender. You stay here, Grant, and keep an eye on the redskin. If you say so, Marshal Baldwin, but I'd sooner go along with you. Can't take chances on the redskin losing his nerve and hightailing it. You watch him. I'll be back when that man. I'll hunt his.

[Narrator]

Baldy left the cafe with a marshal close behind him.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Seems to be heading for that cabin ahead. Maybe keeps the rifles hidden there. That's where he's going, all right. I'll give him time. Just a minute now. What's this?

[Narrator]

Take your gun.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What's the meaning of this? Who are you? Is that a mask on your face?

[Narrator]

Yes.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Who are you? My name's Baldwin, United States Marshal. And I warn you, stranger, you'll do well to return my gun and get away from here fast. Outlaws. Don't interfere with me and live to tell about it.

[Narrator]

So your name is Baldwin, huh?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Yes.

[Narrator]

That's odd.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What's odd about it?

[Narrator]

You're what I thought you'd be. I suppose you're here to run down the stolen army rifles, huh?

[Marshal Baldwin]

What do you know about them?

[Narrator]

Perhaps I'm here for the same reason you.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Why not mask? I don't understand.

[Narrator]

Go ahead, Baldwin. I'll put your gun back in your holster. But be careful.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Careful.

[Narrator]

Don't let anything happen to Oliphant. When you get the goods on him, he'll be able to tell you a lot.

[Marshal Baldwin]

We'll hope so.

[Narrator]

Now get going.

[Marshal Baldwin]

One minute. Just who are you?

[Narrator]

That needn't concern you.

[Marshal Baldwin]

But that man.

[Narrator]

Don't hurry, Baldwin. You won't be able to make the arrest you want. Elephant. There's a light going in the cabin over there.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Where are you going?

[Narrator]

I'll be around.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Come with me.

[Narrator]

You want me to?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Yes, of course. Well.

[Narrator]

Well, come on. Then. We'll see what Baldy Elephant is doing. Over. Inside the one room cabin, Moly Oliphant lifted three or four short rifles from a box in the corner. He studied them and selected one.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Good enough for a redskin.

[Narrator]

Then he put the rest back in the box and closed the lid.

[Marshal Baldwin]

There. Rub Your hand What in. You're covered, elephant. See here, what's the idea of this anyhow?

[Narrator]

Ain't you the marshal that just got to town?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Right. And you're under arrest. Now, hold on.

[Narrator]

There's something mighty wrong here. What'd you figure on arresting me for?

[Marshal Baldwin]

You'll find out.

[Sheriff Grant]

But I ain't done nothing.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Take your six guns, stranger. Well, well.

[Narrator]

Looks as if you're caught with the goods, baldy.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What goods? I don't savvy. Stand where you are. Me? You.

[Narrator]

Put down that gun. Why do you want to cover me?

[Marshal Baldwin]

I'm taking no chances.

[Narrator]

Well, I'm standing still.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Oliphant, take the stranger's guns from leather.

[Narrator]

And drop them to the floor. If you say so.

[Marshal Baldwin]

That's it. Now drop them. Now drop yours. Kick him toward me. You're on with the other two.

[Narrator]

I reckon it's happy now you had to arrest me, being as the masked man was watching, Eh?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Lazarus told me to count on you.

[Narrator]

Lazarus? He's the prisoner?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Yep. Did Lazarus tell you to sell those rifles? How else would I get to sell them?

[Narrator]

You'd better shoot Baldwin, because I already know the answer to things around here.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Oh, you know the answer, huh?

[Narrator]

You're no more Marshal Baldwin than I am. I found the real United States Marshal where you left him. He'd been murdered. His credentials were stolen.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Go on, stranger, tell me some more. This is interesting.

[Narrator]

Just after you came to town to have a talk with the prisoner, the prisoner died of poison.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Narrator]

You went to towns where there were other gun peddlers in jail. And in both of these cases, the men died before they could talk.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Hold on.

[Narrator]

Is that true? That's true, Elephant.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I didn't know Lazarus was dead.

[Narrator]

You were given to understand that Baldwin protected the prisoners, weren't you?

[Sheriff Grant]

Sure.

[Narrator]

What about it?

[Marshal Baldwin]

You through talking?

[Narrator]

I'm curious about your real name. Use the name of the man you murdered. What's your real name?

[Marshal Baldwin]

That's none of your business. I'm right obliged to you for telling me how much you know about me. Though it gives me the chance to get you out of the way. Hey. For the love of Pete, what have you done? You stand still.

[Narrator]

You shot him in cold blood. Well, you didn't even let him defend himself.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Why should I?

[Narrator]

But sakes alive.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Now you got his shooting to account for. We'll account for that between us. Oliphant. Sit down. You and I have some talking to do here. I can take you back to Sheriff Grant. He'll jail you on my say so.

[Narrator]

Yeah, sure he will.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Or I can shoot you just as I did that mask man.

[Narrator]

Well, you wouldn't do that.

[Marshal Baldwin]

That all depends on you. You know about me now, don't you? Well, you can back up what I say and we'll both be in the clear. I didn't give you the rifles to sell here. But I understand that Lazarus did. What's your id? You can tell Sheriff Brandt that you took on the sale of rifles to help me. That this whole thing on your part was part of a scheme to find the man who stole the rifles in the first place. Yeah, well, we found him and I shot him. That's simple enough, isn't it? Meaning that hombre. Right. Now come on back with me. We'll fetch Sheriff Grant and a deputy or two. While we're doing that, I'll get you straight on the story we're to tell.

[Narrator]

Good enough, mister.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You'll continue to call me Baldwin.

[Narrator]

Yes, sir, Mr. Baldwin.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Should we take that gentle along? Leave him there. We'll get Sheriff Grant here and let him be the one to unmask him.

[Narrator]

When Baldwin returned to the cabin with the sheriff and his deputies, he told his story of the shooting.

[Marshal Baldwin]

So there he is, Sheriff. Just as he fell when we shot him. And you say he's the leader of.

[Sheriff Grant]

This gun selling outfit?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Of course.

[Sheriff Grant]

Well, I'm downright glad to know the biggest cook of all is done for.

[Marshal Baldwin]

I had to shoot him in self defense. Didn't die, Baldy. Hey, I reckon you did. It was either you or him. All right. Enough. That's right. Well, what about Baldy? There's no charge against him, Sheriff. He was helping me all along.

[Sheriff Grant]

I didn't figure Baldy was the sort.

[Marshal Baldwin]

To be in any crooked dealing. I never was, Sheriff, and I ain't now. That's why I was willing to listen to the proposition.

[Narrator]

To trap the crook that sold them army rifles and hired men like Lazarus to peddle them around.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Redskin. I see.

[Sheriff Grant]

Well, I reckon now's the time to sort of lay our cards face up, ain't it Baldwin?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Sure.

[Sheriff Grant]

First place. Baldy was never crooked. We both know that. The Lone Ranger knowed it too.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Who?

[Sheriff Grant]

The Lone Ranger. He's the friend of that redskin named Tonto. The Lone Ranger know Baldy was really on the level. That's why he asked Baldy to help him out. He figured that Baldy'd got the same as Lazarus and all the rest so he couldn't tell too much.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Well, what are you getting at?

[Sheriff Grant]

The Lone Ranger didn't want no Murder. So he stopped you in the woods and took your gun. Instead of giving it back, he gave you back another gun.

[Marshal Baldwin]

What?

[Sheriff Grant]

That's right. One that was loaded with fine cartridges. You mean to say that shooting iron you got ain't no more harmful than an iron horseshoe?

[Marshal Baldwin]

But the mask.

[Sheriff Grant]

Why did you look toward the masked man?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Huh?

[Sheriff Grant]

You ain't hurt?

[Narrator]

Do I look like it?

[Marshal Baldwin]

I've been tricked. Frame.

[Narrator]

Put your hands above your shoulders and keep them there.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You frame me. You frame me, Baldwin.

[Sheriff Grant]

You're a murdering, scheming, two faced polecat. See here. Start shouting about your rights. You got hurt in the court of law. I reckon we'll find some of that poison on you too. The same poison you put on the grub that Trigger had for Lazarus while Trigger was lightin you pipe.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You can't prove anything.

[Sheriff Grant]

We got plenty of proof. Me and my boys didn't stay back to the cafe with Tonto. We was right outside this shack while you was fixing your lies with Baldy.

[Narrator]

And as for the rifles Baldy was handling, they aren't army rifles at all. They belong to a few of the men around town. Boldly borrowed them to help me with my plans.

[Marshal Baldwin]

All right. You're not dead then.

[Narrator]

No.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You've got nothing against me.

[Sheriff Grant]

The shooting of the real Marshal Baldwin will be a plaintiff.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Prove it. I know enough law to know where I stand.

[Sheriff Grant]

The murder of Lazarus.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You can't prove that either. I don't go off half cocked. Maybe you can throw me in jail. But you'll have to prove a case against me.

[Sheriff Grant]

We got witnesses that heard what you said to Baldy. That'll do your ornery crook. We'll take our chance on proving the other things agin you.

[Narrator]

If you have any trouble proving your case, Sheriff, send for John Larkin. The driver of the supply wagon that the rifles were stolen from.

[Marshal Baldwin]

You're bluff and he's dead.

[Narrator]

You thought so. Baldwin or whatever your real name is. Butano and I found them still alive. He's recovered from his wound.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Hey. What?

[Narrator]

Larkin will identify you. We followed your trail. It led to the marshal you murdered. Showed me you'd met Lazarus and Jennings and Conway and the others you had selling rifles for you.

[Sheriff Grant]

We got all we need again. Ya. Now get to movin'.

[Narrator]

It took some convincing, Baldwin, to prove to Sheriff Grant that you were an imposter. It won't take nearly that much to convince a jury.

[Sheriff Grant]

Even if you live to have a trial.

[Marshal Baldwin]

Maybe you'll be lynched to fall in.

[Sheriff Grant]

Now get going. And thanks, Baldy, for what you done?

[Marshal Baldwin]

Don't thank me Sheriff. Doggone, I'm proud to have helped the Lone Ranger.

[Sheriff Grant]

I'll send my homily it.

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It's.

[Narrator]

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