The Case of the Dead Mans Dollar | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (01-29-54)

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Old Time Radio Westerns: "The Case of the Dead Man’s Dollar"

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Aired: Jan 29, 1954 (Digitally Restored – OTRWesterns.com, April 12, 2026)
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Featured Voices: Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickok), Andy Devine (Jingles), supporting cast
Restoration and commentary: OTRWesterns.com tribute to golden age Westerns

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Episode Overview

This episode of Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, "The Case of the Dead Man’s Dollar," follows the lawmen Wild Bill and his big-hearted deputy Jingles as they investigate a wave of counterfeit silver dollars in Santa Fe. The story combines classic frontier action, brisk detective banter, and the playful rivalry between Bill and Jingles, all while spoofing detective tropes and emphasizing the value of learning on the job. The digitally restored audio immerses listeners in the crackling world of old-time radio, complete with lively performances.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Jingles’ Detective Ambitions

• [04:09–07:18]
  Jingles, ever eager, receives a detective handbook and “disguise kit” in the mail, hoping to catch up to the legendary skills of Wild Bill.
• Playful banter about being “too old” and needing “more education.”
• Notable quote:
  • “I sent away clear to Boston and got a book on how to be a detective.” – Jingles [06:36]
  • “You’re a pretty fair lawman already, Jingles.” – Wild Bill [07:07]

2. The Counterfeiting Assignment

• [07:45–08:16; 11:31–12:17]
  Bill receives an official letter: A gang is producing fake silver dollars. As they discuss the case, they are suddenly fired upon by a mysterious sniper.

3. The Search for Clues (Detective Satire)

• [11:31–13:39]
  The two follow “textbook” advice from Jingles' new detective manual:
  • Boot tracks, spent cartridges, and discarded cigarettes suggest the shooter’s location and habits.
  • Introduction of Jason Beach, a recently released counterfeiter, as prime suspect.

4. A Visit to Tookie at the Post Office

• [14:31–16:35]
  Wild Bill and Jingles, in disguise, question Tookie, the cranky postmaster, about Jason Beach.
• Discovery: Letters to “Lemuel Trivet,” likely an alias, are sent to the abandoned Copperhead Mine.

5. The Mine Investigation & The Dead Man

• [17:01–19:21]
  Bill and Jingles discover a furnished hideout in the Copperhead Mine.
• Find two beds, proof of multiple occupants.
• Find Jason Beach dead, shot in the back:
  • “That must be the Copperhead mine right ahead of us.” – Wild Bill [17:01]
  • “This is the man we’re after, Jason Beach.” – Bill [18:55]

6. Ambush in the Darkness & More Clues

• [19:41–23:39]
  Just as Jingles reads the final detective chapter (“write for your diploma”), shots ring out, plunging our heroes into darkness.
• During their escape, they stumble into a side tunnel and uncover counterfeit evidence: lead, silver bars, and a phony silver dollar.

7. The Confrontation with Bait (The Shooter)

• [24:01–26:53]
  The gunman is revealed: “Bait,” a known cattle rustler.
• He confesses to having been hired by Beach to kill Bill, in exchange for a share of the counterfeit profits.
• He claims shooting Beach was self-defense after an argument ("I shot him in self-defense. That ain't no crime." – Bait [26:02]).
• Bill skillfully exposes Bait’s crime: "You shoot a man in self-defense, you never shoot him in the back." [26:44]

8. Epilogue & Lessons

• [27:01–27:27]
  Jingles laments that he hasn’t had time to finish his detective course—and hasn’t earned his diploma.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jingles, voicing his self-doubt and ambition:
  • “Yeah, but you’re so much better than I am, Bill. I just thought I could catch up a little bit.” [07:09]
• Wild Bill’s wry advice about real-life law work:
  • “Don’t bother to look it up, Jingles. Just shoot back.” [08:54]
• On Detective Methods:
  • “That’s what it says in the book. When you get a lead from the clues, you follow it up.” – Jingles [14:21]
• Tookie’s playful ribbing:
  • “When 300 pounds of buckskin fringe comes a walking in here with Wild Bill Hickok, it don’t take me too long to figure out who it is.” [15:19]
• Revealing the criminal’s identity:
  • “You shoot a man in self-defense, you never shoot him in the back. We’re taking you in for murder.” – Bill [26:44]
• Jingles on detective certification:
  • “I haven’t had time to read the last chapter in my detective book and send for my diploma.” [27:01]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [04:09] – Jingles explains his detective aspirations and receives his kit
• [07:45] – The counterfeiters’ case is introduced
• [08:16] – Ambush at the marshal’s office
• [11:31] – Investigating the shooter’s clues
• [14:31] – Disguise at the post office; learning about the Copperhead Mine
• [17:01] – Approaching the mine
• [18:55] – Discovery of Jason Beach’s body
• [19:41] – Gunfight in total darkness
• [23:12] – Evidence of counterfeiting found
• [24:08] – The confrontation with Bait
• [26:44] – Bill exposes the lie of self-defense
• [27:01] – Jingles’ closing reflection

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Closing Thoughts

"The Case of the Dead Man’s Dollar" blends high-stakes Western action with tongue-in-cheek detective parody. Jingles’ enthusiasm for “book learning” and Wild Bill’s steady horse sense provide plenty of comedic and heartfelt moments. The digitally restored sound, lively character interplay, and clever script are a tribute to the timeless charm of radio Westerns, highlighting the enduring appeal of Wild Bill Hickok and his trusty sidekick.

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Transcript

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[Jingles]

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United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok was the greatest of the law officers of the Old west. And his big deputy, Jingles, wasn't far behind. But one time Jingles got the idea that he'd like to be even better. And that started plenty of trouble in the case of the dead man's dollar.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill. Before we go to the office, I've just got to stop in at the post office.

[Bill (Deputy)]

You expecting some mail?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Pardon? I sure am. And it's mighty all fired important too.

[Bill (Deputy)]

All right, let's go in,

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Newell. I see Tookie's still alive.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What's so surprising about that? He's a healthy old boy.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I know, but he's so old, Bill.

[Jingles]

I hear that, Ginger, you overgrown buffalo.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't care if you did, Tookie. You know you're 50 years older than a turtle and they live to be awful old.

[Jingles]

Why, I'm 71 and I got more ginger than you'll have when you're 40.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

71. Tookie. I heard that you started the first post office in the United States when George Washington was president.

[Jingles]

Now you looky here, Jingle.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Hold it, hold it, you two. Cut out the fighting or we'll never get any work done tonight.

[Jingles]

He makes me say, dad, blame man.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Why do you think I do a Tookie? You blow up like a Fourth of July pinwheel.

[Bill (Deputy)]

How about a Tookie? You got any mail for Jingles?

[Jingles]

Yeah, there is. I don't know whether I'll give it to him or not.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You better, you old goat, or I'll run you in for delaying government mail. I'm a United States official too, you know.

[Jingles]

Here you are, Jingles. Looks like a book or something. Oh, and Bill, here's a mighty official looking letter for you, too.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, it finally got here.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Thanks, Tookie.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Come on, Bill, we gotta get over to the office.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I never saw you in such a hurry to get to work. But if that's the way you feel, come on.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

So long, Tookie. Take care of yourself. You're an old man, you know. Old man?

[Jingles]

Why, you Big balloon. I'll be handing out letters here when you're in a rocking chair at the old folks home.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Old Tookie sure sails when you call him an old man, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

You want to watch out for him, Jingles. He's almost spry enough to give you a good fight sometime. Hey, what'd you get in the mail?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Huh? Oh, nothing, Bill. Just a book I wrote away for.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Since when did you take up reading, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I always read. I'm not stupid, you know.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, what's the book about?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, maybe I better not tell you till I study it a little bit.

[Bill (Deputy)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, thank you, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, okay, partner. You can tell me about the book later. Then we've got a little official business to take care of.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, you'll probably find out anyhow. And this is kind of official business, too. I sent away clear to Boston and got a book on how to be a detective.

[Bill (Deputy)]

A detective?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure. What's wrong with that?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Nothing. I just can't imagine a detective chasing rustlers and stagecoach robbers.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, you see, Bill, they didn't have any books on how to be a deputy United States Marshal. And I've been thinking that I. Well, that I needed some more education. So I sent for the best book that they had.

[Bill (Deputy)]

You're a pretty fair lawman already, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, but you're so much better than I am, Bill. I just thought I could catch up a little bit.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, it always pays to learn as much as you can about your job.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah. Look what comes with the book, Bill. Whole detective outfit. Here's a magnifying glass, some false mustaches and even a pair of handcuffs.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I think you better use your own handcuffs, Jingles. Those don't look like they'd hold some of the owl hoots we kid.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

No, they don't. Well, maybe the crooks run littler back in Boston. I never been there, you know.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, I'm glad to see you take such an interest in your work, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, thank you.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Because this letter I got this morning puts us on a real big case.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It does? Good. I'm ready for it. The bigger, the better. What kind of case, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Counterfeiting.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Counterfeiting? Say, that's real important. I'll just look it up in the book and see how to catch them counterfeiters. Now, let's see. Counterfeiters.

[Bill (Deputy)]

K. Try it with a C, partner.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Huh? Oh, yes. C. O. Here it is. Ain't the way oughta spelled it. Page 87.

[Bill (Deputy)]

There's a gang somewhere around here turning out phony silver dollars. Headquarters wants us to get on the trail right away.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Here it is. Here it is, Bill. Counterfeiting. The counterfeiter is one of the most dangerous types of criminal. He us down digging, somebody shooting at us. Jingles, keep your head down. But, Bill, I gotta get that book off the desk.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Forget about that book till we spot that bushwhacker. Must be across the street there somewhere.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

But, Bill. That's why I sent for the book. Keep down.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I saw the smoke that time.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I got it, Bill. Now wait till I look and find out what to do. When you're shot at, don't bother to

[Bill (Deputy)]

look it up, Jingle.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Just shoot back.

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Wild Bill and Jingles, sitting in the marshal's office in Santa Fe and discussing a new counterfeiting case, were fired on by a sniper somewhere across the street. While Jingles looked frantically through his how to be a detective book, Wild Bill spotted a puff of smoke and fired back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Did you get him, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

He ran down the alley back of the hotel. Come on, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I got my book, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Never mind the book. Check your guns. This gent tried to kill us.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Just wait til we catch up with him. I'll teach him not to shoot out our front window.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Hold it, partner.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sounds like a horse.

[Jingles]

It is.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Going down the other side of the street and really moving. Well, won't catch him this time.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Who do you think it was, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

It's our dry gulcher, all right. What I can't figure out is why he shot at us in the first place.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, maybe there's something in the book that'll explain it.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Shouldn't take a detective to figure this one out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, we can at least do it scientifically. It says here in chapter one that the first thing to do is look for clues.

[Bill (Deputy)]

All right, we got plenty of clues, Jingles. Here's where he stood in the alley and watched us come into the office.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Boot tracks in the dust.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Yeah. Stood here for quite a while too. Half a dozen cigarettes been stomped out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah. Who sure help, don't they, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

There's a print of his knee where he got down. Leaned his rifle against the building.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

How do you know it was a rifle?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Empty cartridge cases.32 caliber. And the man was a bad shot. Clues tell you that if he wasn't a bad shot with a rifle at 20 yards, one of us would be dead by now.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, we're pretty lucky, huh?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Sure are.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You think he might try to get us again, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

I'm pretty sure he will.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let me look in the book.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What are you looking for now?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I want to know what to do in case he don't miss. And I accidentally get killed.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What are you doing with that magnifying glass, Jingles?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'm studying the clues. These cartridges are.32 caliber, all right.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Sure says so right on them. I can see it from here.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, yeah? What are you doing, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, I've been going back over all the records of counterfeiters here in the Southwest.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh yeah? Studying the records. I haven't got to that yet. Maybe it's in chapter two.

[Bill (Deputy)]

There's only one man I can find that has enough experience to make good silver dollars.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Who's that, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

There's an old time counterfeiter named Jason Beach.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Jason Beach. Oh yeah, I remember him. But we sent him to prison for making ten dollar bills that were worth ten cents a dozen.

[Bill (Deputy)]

That was five years ago, Jingles. Jason got out on parole just a couple of months ago.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

And you think maybe he came back to Santa Fe, huh?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Maybe. He said he was going to kill me when he got out, you know?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Then maybe he's the bum shot that tried it this morning.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Could be. It's the best lead we've got anyway.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

A lead, huh? That's what it says in the book. When you get a lead from the clues, you follow it up. Which way we gonna follow it, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Let's take a picture of beach over to Tookie at the post office and see if our man's been around. You know, Tookie sees just about everybody in the county sooner or later.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's a good idea. Tookie may be older than a bald headed mountain goat, but he don't miss a thing. Thing.

[Jingles]

Jingles P. Jones. What are you doing wearing that big waller's mustache, Tooky?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Dad blame it. Now you ain't supposed to recognize me. I'm the sky.

[Jingles]

The sky. Oh, fooy. Might as well try to disguise Camelback Mountain.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

None of your smart cracks, you old stamp canceller. I'm on a real important case.

[Jingles]

Well, when 300 pounds of buckskin fringe comes a walking in here with Wild Bill Hickok, it don't take me too long to figure out who it is. What do you want?

[Bill (Deputy)]

It's who we want, Tookie. You seen anybody that looks like the man in these pictures lately?

[Jingles]

Let me get my specs on. Hey, working on a big case, huh, Jingles?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure am. I call it the case of the Silver Dollar Dry Gulcher. Us big detectives usually have names for our cases, you know.

[Jingles]

Oh, you do, huh?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure do. That's how they do it in Boston.

[Bill (Deputy)]

How about it, Tookie? Have you seen him?

[Jingles]

Well now, maybe have. Maybe Have Bill. His hair was a little shorter, a little darker.

[Bill (Deputy)]

He could have had it dyed and cut. You know, that picture was taken almost five years ago.

[Jingles]

Then I think of seeing your man Bill. Comes in here now and then to pick up letters out of General Delivery. What's his name?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Jason Beach.

[Jingles]

Jason beach, huh? Nope. This feller's name was Trivet. Lemuel Trivet. Letters come addressed to him care of the Copperhead Mine.

[Bill (Deputy)]

He could have had his name changed easy enough. Where is this Copperhead mine?

[Jingles]

Oh, out the river Road, about 10 mile. But, Billy, it's been shut down for years. All played out. Gold's gone.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, we'll go take a look anyway. Us detectives never overlook any bets, you know.

[Bill (Deputy)]

That's right, Jingles. There's just a chance that somebody's taking silver out of that mine now. Big, round, counterfeit silver doll,

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill. That must be the Copperhead mine right ahead of us.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Looks like it. I don't see any signs of life.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, I hope we don't. If anybody's in there and sees us coming, they're liable to fly out of that mine tunnel. Shoot. Think I'll need a disguise or a magnifying glass or anything, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

No, just bring your book, Jingles. There's somebody waiting for us in there. You can hit him over the head with.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, now, cut it out, Bill. Hey, look. Somebody's hung a door on that old shaft entrance.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Yeah, looks like it's been done pretty recently, too.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Got a padlock on it, but it's unlocked.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, open it up. But be ready for anything dark in here, Bill. Strike a match, Jingle.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, yeah.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, look at that going in.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Fixed up like a house in here. Furniture and everything. Break the paper.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I saw a lamp on the table here. I'll light it, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Somebody must be living here for sure. But he ain't here now.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, let's take a look and see what we can find.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Nothing much but the bed and the table and the stove and a few chairs.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Two beds, Jingles, and both of them have been slept in.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's a clue, ain't it?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Seems like at least two men are holing up in here. Come on, let's look farther back in the tunnel.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'll bring the lamp. This sure would be a good place for counterfeiters to hide out.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Seems like it. I'm hoping we can find a coin press and some silver. We might just do that somewhere back in here too.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill. Wait a minute.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What is it?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Right there at the edge of the light. Looks like somebody lying on the ground, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Yeah, shot in the back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Is he dead, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

He sure is.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Looks sort of familiar.

[Bill (Deputy)]

He should. This is the man we're after, Jason Beach.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Jason Beach, Bill. That bust the whole case wide open. After all our clues and everything, some low down criminal went and shot our criminal before we caught him.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What does the buck say about that jingle?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Now wait a minute.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Now look, you ought to be almost up to the last chapter by now.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I am. I'm just starting it. Here we are.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I can hardly wait to hear this.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You are now beginning the last chapter of our detective course. When you have finished it, write to us, General Delivery, Boston. And we will mail you a handsomely printed framed diploma. Well, what do you think of that? Somebody shot out the lamp.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Get down, Pointer. No telling how those Sluggo bounce coming down this tunnel.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

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[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Exactly, Tammy. It could be smoke damage, theft or just too much caffeine, but you can't stop thinking about it.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

But with renters insurance through geico, your stuff is covered, so you don't have to worry.

[Bill (Deputy)]

And that's great.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Cause the weekend is coming up and

[Bill (Deputy)]

it's chock full of social obligations that are ready to fill that void.

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[Charlie Lyon]

Charlie, I brought my guitar along today.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, good.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Are you gonna play us a tune?

[Charlie Lyon]

Well, sir, I'm gonna play a little song the kids all know. It's a song, but it's only got three notes. Oh, I see.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Well, okay, Johnny. Three notes. Let's hear it.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Snap, crackle, pop.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Snap, crackle pop. I might have known you'd play the breakfast music. The kids tune in most every morning. Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Snap, crackle Pop. Now Slim, how about telling us why Kellogg's Rice Krispies sound off like that when you pour milk or cream over them.

[Charlie Lyon]

All right.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Snap, crackle, Pop.

[Charlie Lyon]

Yep. The reason Kellogg's Rice Krispies go snap, crackle, Pop is that they're so crisp and fresh. When you pour on milk or cream they just speak right up and tell you all about it. Tell you in that cheery snap, Crackle and pop language that they're crisp as crisp can be.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Slim is right. Yes, sir. So why don't you ask mom real nice, like to bring home a package of the world's only talking cereal, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Just as they had found the dead counterfeiter, Jason Beach, Wild Bill, Hickok and Jingles were fired on from farther back in the old mine tunnel. As they dropped to the floor, another shot came ricocheting along the rocky walls.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill, I don't like your a little bit. Even if he can't see us in the dark, he stands a good chance of bouncing the bullet into us.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Maybe that'll move him back a little bit. We've got just as good chance as he has.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I want a better chance than he has.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Follow me, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Where, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

I thought I saw a wide place in the tunnel before the light went out. All along the side here.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I wish you'd cut that out in here. Now this is more than a wide place, Bill. The wall just disappeared.

[Bill (Deputy)]

It's a side tunnel or a room of some kind. Well, we're out of his line of fire anyhow. I'm gonna strike a match and see where we are.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It is a room, Bill. And look over there.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Yeah, stacks of lead and a few bars of silver.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That proves it, Bill. Counterfeiters.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Not quite. Jingles, strike another match, will ya?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Ah, maybe this will help us prove it though.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Where'd you get the silver dollar?

[Bill (Deputy)]

The hand of the dead man outside there. I'll bet there's not much silver in it either.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It's as phony as a nine dollar, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Sure is. Keep it for evidence. Now if we can just find that coin press.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, our little playmate out there with the six gun might make that a little tough, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I'll just bet that coin press and the dies are back where he is too.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

Dan.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let him stay there. So dark in this old mine I can't find my nose with both hands. I ain't going out in the tunnel and light any matches. Not with that trigger happy gent watching. Hey, Hickok, Billy knows who we are.

[Jingles]

Sure I know who you are. Jingles, you big ape.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Don't you call me no ape. Who are you?

[Jingles]

Jack B.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We know him, Bill, but he ain't no counterfeiter.

[Bill (Deputy)]

No, he's a cattle rustler. But he's a pretty hard case, gen, any way you look at him.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What do you want, babe?

[Jingles]

I decided to give up. Light a lantern and come on back here.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I won't shoot. He gives up awful easy.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Too easy.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You light a lantern back there and

[Bill (Deputy)]

we'll come on back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's better. If we stepped out in that tunnel with a light in our hands, you'd drill us plum center.

[Jingles]

Okay, Hickok, I got a light going.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Come on, let's go. Jingles, keep your gun handy at all times.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't like it, Bill. I don't like it at all. I'm just sure there must be a trick into it somewhere.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Maybe so, but we weren't getting anywhere back there in the dark.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

There he is, Billy.

[Bill (Deputy)]

I see him. Sit real still, Bait, till we get there. Don't worry, Hickok.

[Jingles]

I got a lot of explaining to do.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You sure have, you gun happy, bushwhacker.

[Jingles]

I. I just want to get things straight, Marshall. I didn't have nothing to do with this counterfeiting.

[Bill (Deputy)]

That makes a nice story. What are you doing back in this tunnel with a dead counterfeiter and a room full of lead and silver?

[Jingles]

I had another deal on with Beach.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Something more in your line, like cattle rustling or maybe murder.

[Jingles]

Something like that. He hired me to kill you.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, you're the one that shot at us in the office this morning.

[Jingles]

That's right.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Take his gun away from him, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure, Bill. Now hold still, you.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What was your deal with Beach?

[Jingles]

I was to get half of his profits from his phony dollars for the next six months. If I got rid of you. I didn't have to do no counterfeiting.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

But you knew about it.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Sure.

[Jingles]

That ain't my business. I want to make a deal with you.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What sort of a deal?

[Jingles]

Well, I. I'll show you where he kept the coin press and the dies. You can wrap up your case against him and let me go.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let you go? Sure.

[Jingles]

I ain't done nothing. I didn't hit you when I shot at you. I had nothing to do with the bum silver dollars. I ain't committed no crime.

[Bill (Deputy)]

What about the murder of Jason Beach?

[Jingles]

It wasn't murder, Hickok. He and I argued over my missing you this morning. When he pulled a gun on me, I shot him in self defense. That ain't no crime.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Maybe you're right. Now, show me that coin. Press.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill, you ain't falling for this. Liar.

[Bill (Deputy)]

How about it, babe?

[Charlie Lyon]

Sure.

[Jingles]

Look right through this little hole in the wall. I'll hold up the lantern for you.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let me see too, Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Yep, the press. All right, I got you.

[Jingles]

Try that, Mr. Gan. I'll get you this time, fella.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Stark, I can't see. You stay out of the way.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Try this. You try this bait. I'll strike a match. Bill.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Oh, get through, babe. You forgot just one thing. You shoot a man in self defense, you never shoot him in the back. We're taking you in for murder.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

So he did do the killing. How'd you figure that out so fast, Bill?

[Bill (Deputy)]

Well, it's just one of those things you watch for when you're a law man.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Oh, well, maybe I'll learn to watch for him, too. After all, it's been so dark in here and we've been so busy that I haven't had time to read the last chapter in my detective book and send for my diploma.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Announcer]

And now, here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

[Bill (Deputy)]

Andy, what's our adventure going to be on Monday?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Wild Bill's Deputy Jingles run smack dab into another barrel of danger and gun smoke in the Duquesne Revenge.

[Bill (Deputy)]

So long, kids.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

See you Monday.

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[Wild Bill Hickok]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

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[Jingles]

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[Andrew Rines]

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[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sam.