Narrator (3:10)
Hooray. When the cavernous headquarters of the Black Arrow was found, the Lone Ranger directed the loading of everything in the cave. Guns and powder supplies of every sort were piled on wagons by men from the sheriff's office. The masked man examined everything as it was loaded. Some of this stuff can be returned to the ones he was stolen from. Some of it you can use as evidence when Sidney Drake and the others go on trial. Sheriff, we'll have plenty of evidence against those crooks. We ought to be too sure of anything. Take nothing for granted. We won't. Drake will never stop trying to salvage that organization. The Black Hair was smashed for keeps. Not yet, Sheriff. Why not? We've got evidence. Enough to hang every one of us. Those crooks. Giants. Thought he'd been double crossed. He named five men who are still at large. Unless we can turn up something here, they're likely to remain at large. Five more. The Black Arrow. The man who really founded the conspiracy. Great Guns. Who are they? John Kimberly, the railroad man, is one of them. Webster, the fur dealer, another. Those are mighty important men. Ben Steele, the cattleman. Clark Drexel, the member of the gold syndicate. Brunson Page, the army contractor in Washington. But you will have to have tarnation good proof to pin anything on men as important as those. Yes, I know it's Grimes. Word won't mean anything. I'm hoping for proof here in the cave. Here's something that might be important. Let me see it. Here you are. This is what I've been looking for, Sheriff. You sure? Yes. Great. Here are the names and descriptions of the men. Seems like it was mighty careless of those crooks to have anything like that around where to be found. They didn't intend to have it found. Why they have a list like that? Well, the ladies weren't known by sight to all the men. Someone came as Sydney Drake did, claiming to be one of the leaders. Members of the gang could check his appearance with this list before they took orders from him. Hi. Savvy? Let me see that paper. There you are. I'm sorry, Lone Ranger, but I don't think this is enough evidence. No, names don't mean anything in court. I don't think we can hope to find any further proof here, Sheriff. I'll send this list of names to Washington and the government can act from that point on. I sure hope they act real sudden. I wonder how men of this sort got to know each other anyway. They sure are scattered all over the country. Hard to tell, Sheriff. They might have been in crooked work long before they started the Black Arrow. How's that? Well, Indians have bought a lot of army rifles. Perhaps Page helped get those rifles to them railroad men. Well, he might have handled the shipment. Possibly he rooted them so they didn't reach Their destination, maybe. So the cattlemen would have contacts to handle the sale of contraband in the plains country. Gold mine buyer would have contacts in the hills. Possibly the fur dealer handling the furs with which the Indians paid for the rifles. I suppose there's plenty of ways to reason out how those crooks got together. Well, I sure hope they hang together. In the jail. Sydney Drake and Grime shared the small cell adjoining the sheriff's office. Grimes, you'll deny you said anything about the other leaders. You get out of here. You wait and see. You better get out soon. Near as I can see, we're as good as hung right now. Our trial will take some time. It may be weeks before they get around to actually convicting us. But what then? I have associates in Washington, you know. Act good, they'll be to us now, more good than you think. I'm not counting on them. No? How'll they know the tough spot we're in? They'll know there's some reason why I don't communicate with them. Oh? I'm supposed to report to them at regular intervals. When they don't hear from me, they'll know I'm in genuine trouble and can't help myself. Then they'll do something about it. You really mean that? Of course I mean it. I make believe you're sleeping the sheriff have a look at the prisoners in the cell back here. Right. Too bad this special cell isn't bigger. I'd like to have all the crooks here under my nose instead of just these two. The other will be just as well guarded, though. Sheriff Drake sleeping, huh? Sleep. As long as they're still in jail, I'm satisfied in Easterners. A dog gone slick. I almost expect him to go through the stone walls like a ghost. He won't get out now. There's no one outside to help him. What's the Lone Ranger's next move? Well, I reckon he's about finished with the Black Hero gang. Yep. Sure has been a hard trail for him. You know, I expect you'll try to find the girl that owns a ring now that he's got the time. I've wondered about that ring, Sheriff. You see it up close? Sure. What's it like? Most unusual ring I ever saw. Mighty pretty to look at it. Yeah, but that's the least of it. Oh, it's got a secret compartment in opens, and there's a place inside for a couple of pictures or a secret message or something like that girl, as I understand it, had a message there when she Gave it to the Lone Ranger. Well, did, huh? Yeah, she was sent here to help the Lone Ranger. Sort of a special messenger, you know. I understand that the President of the United States is the one that sent her. Oh, go on. Yeah, but she never let the Lone Ranger see her unless she was disguised in some way. Well, I'd be mighty curious if I was him. I reckon he is. Well, he's been too busy smashing a Black Arrow to take time for anything personal. And the Black Arrow is really done for? Well, you might say it is. You mean you're not counting it done till Greek and the others hang? Oh, that's about what I mean about. Well, there's a few more ringleaders, but Lone Ranger has the names of them. He sent a list of names to the capital of Washington. That's all the government will need to get those men there. Sure. I expect you'll use the Pony Express, huh? No. Sometimes Indians waylay pony riders, you know. Easier sending the list on the train. Mail train. I see. Well, I'm tired, sheriff. I was gonna do a little desk work here, but I reckon I'll wait till morning. You got me yawling too. Oh, man. Lock up and go home, I guess. Good idea. We'll make sure the guards are on the job before we leave. Drake, did you hear that? I heard it. What about it? Well, I don't like it too well. I rather thought would happen. Though I tried to hide that list where it wouldn't be found. I expect they gave the place a pretty close search. If the government learns the identity of my friends, it may be hard for them to help us. That's the first thing that I thought of. Let me think. I do know men on the outside. You do not. Members of the Black Arrow outlaws we have had under observation for some time. Oh, we thought of making them members of our legion, but we haven't done it yet. Too late now. They still might be of use. How? Grimes, you don't have very much imagination, do you? Well, maybe not. Suppose these men thought there was a precious cargo of gold on board the train carrying the mail. Suppose they were direct the train to get the gold and at the same time take the mail in case there might be valuables to augment the gold loop. Say, there's an idea the list would never arrive in Washington. It wouldn't at that. Any other list would be merely hearsay, wouldn't it? Hearsay? If the Lone Ranger or the sheriff or someone else wrote five names on the list and called them conspirators. Is the meaningless. It's the man in which the list is prepared that makes it authentic. You see the handwriting, the stationary on which it's written. Other details as well. That settles it. How can we get words though, as men, you know. A mere detail that calls for some concentrated thinking. Let me think. Later in the evening, when his plans had been carefully thought out, Sydney Drake called one of the guards outside the barred window. Hey. I want to speak to you. We've got orders. I know, but. But this is something even the sheriff would want you to do for me. I'll send for the sheriff. Here, take this note to him. It explains everything. Sure. I come close to reach for the note so he can grab me around the neck and take my guns. Not a chance. We're keeping you there. But wait. I'm sincere. I'll toss a note out to you. It's a little thing I asked. I've been thinking over a lot of things. I want someone to know that I'll go to the gallows with Penton. You take a note to the sheriff, ask him about it. I'll take the note. When somebody comes by, I'll send it to the sheriff. I'm not being tricked into leaving here, believe me. Guard, there's no trick here. Here's the. No. It don't seem possible that Drake has repented. I can't see any reason why this woman shouldn't have the message. He wants her to think he's turned over a new leaf and is going to die regretting his crimes. He might as well let her think so. Here, take this note to Mrs. Sparrow out near Eagle Pass.
