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with his faithful indian companion tonto the daring and resourceful mask rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western united states nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear from out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse silver the
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lone ranger rides again come on silver let's go big fella are you silver h
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when the market price for cattle reached an all time low causing hardship in the southwest the lone ranger made a suggestion to the territorial commissioner there's
Commissioner Grady
a big market for cattle in mexico you might solve the problem of the ranchers here by getting a repeal of the law that prohibits the sale or transfer of cattle across the border the
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commissioner acted on the suggestion the law was repealed and ranchers were jubilant but rancher jack morrow and cafe owner pete randall were pleased for another reason partners in crime before coming to hastings they sat in randall's cafe and discussed a
Rustler Jack Morrow
plan he's a fortune in rustling cattle and selling it in mexico just one thing pete i don't mind using my ranch as a cover for the men in our game but i don't want any stolen cattle there nova better place to hold it oh yes we used the bars canyon where we hid when we first came here has high cliffs on three sides and we put a barricade with a gate across the only entrance good enough who will you have lead the raid my foreman raleigh meadow
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after a series of raids the box canyon held a thousand head of stolen cattle then pete and jack met again in the cafe jack morrow said peter
Rustler Jack Morrow
i'm getting worried about something we didn't pay too much attention to at first yeah watch that that's licensing that's becoming a big item do you know that anytime i sell cattle whether it's one hit or a hundred i'll have to record my license number on the deal the mexican will have to do the same thing that could be bad couldn't it it is bad the commissioner's office has a rough idea of how many cattle we own at the safe delamp if later on the records show we've sold a thousand more than we're supposed to own well the answer to who's rustling would be easy but don't worry jack we'll find a way to get around that right now let's get a line on prices the mexican buyers are starting to come to town and if
Commissioner Grady
we want to
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late that evening in the town of hastings commissioner grady sat in his office with sheriff tom niles they were checking names and figures on sheets of paper which covered the table when an indian entered commissioner grady leaped to his feet and welcomed the indian
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tano how good to see you again
Rustler Jack Morrow
so soon i thought you'd be heading north that's right but we come back
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tono explained that he and the lone ranger had heard stories of the rustling and had returned to offer their help then at commissioner grady's request cotto brought the masked man to a secret meeting with sheriff niles and the commissioner after discussing the rustling the lawman said i'm
Rustler Jack Morrow
sure the rustlers live near here all the rustling has taken place around hastings
Commissioner Grady
are there many strangers in town no
Rustler Jack Morrow
so one of the ranch owners may have decided to get rich quick by rustling the question is which rancher what
Commissioner Grady
about the trading licenses commissioner can't they help you keep track of how many cattle are bought and sold i had
Rustler Jack Morrow
my deputies check on this list they went out on the range into the ranches their check showed that no ranch has more beef than is listed if
Commissioner Grady
a thousand head of cattle has been stolen someone must have a thousand head
Rustler Jack Morrow
of cattle hidden somewhere logical we have the border covered and no cattle have been taken across it commissioner is it
Commissioner Grady
true that cattle buyers are coming into hastings daily yes every day when they
Rustler Jack Morrow
cross the border this is one of the first towns they come to some of them make immediate arrangements to have cattle shipped south when the trading starts
Commissioner Grady
two weeks from now the rustlers must know that if they try to pass off the stolen cattle as their own they're liable to be exposed you mean
Rustler Jack Morrow
having to give their trading license number and all that huh it would be hard for them to get away with selling a thousand more head than they're
Commissioner Grady
supposed to own that's my thought exactly so if another crook came into the picture a mexican crook say a mexican crook i'll pose as a crook named pedro almonez and hope the rustlers will try to do business with me good
Rustler Jack Morrow
idea how can we help well i'll
Commissioner Grady
need clothes to make me look like a mexican cattleman will you need money i'll keep a record of expenses i'll
Rustler Jack Morrow
see that you're reimbursed now anything else
Commissioner Grady
yes commissioner you might spread the word that a man calling himself pedro almanez has crossed the border
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the commissioner had bulletins printed and posted as quickly as possible they warned ranchers to transact no business with pay pedro almonez and soon the name of the fictitious cattleman was on everyone's lips and in the cafe jack morrow raleigh meadows and pete randall were talking i never heard tell of
Rustler Jack Morrow
almanas and there's lots of mexicans i never heard tell of he must be a dangerous hombre when they put up signs like that about him don't you think so pete yeah you know it's too bad he didn't sneak into town without the law knowing it if he's as clever as everyone says and if he does business in cash well j like to have done business with him that's all yeah especially if he does business for ken yeah well let's forget about the mexican we have problems of our own dolly are your boys going to the canyon and change the brands on the cattle yeah they'll take care of it tonight good now jackie yeah what we have to figure out is a way to start selling those beef without getting caught we can make a few legitimate saves to start off and nobody will be the wiser but later
Commissioner Grady
on
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a short distance up the street street in the sheriff's office the lone ranger disguised as a dashing mexican cattleman prepared to leave toto the sheriff and commissioner grady perhaps nothing will happen but
Commissioner Grady
i think this plan's worth trying you're
Rustler Jack Morrow
right because as you said before crooks have a habit of getting around to the cafes if any of the rustling crowds around they may become interested in
Commissioner Grady
you but some of the righteous citizens if they believe the bulletins about almonez may want the sheriff to arrest me
Rustler Jack Morrow
don't worry about that i'll explain it isn't a wanted poster that's hanging on the buildings i'll tell him it's just a warning do you think it advisable
Commissioner Grady
for us to remain here yes please tardo you follow me and watch what
Rustler Jack Morrow
happens that's probably the best they might be scared off if they saw me or one of my deputies shouting you
Commissioner Grady
around i'll go out this rear door then and start making a round to the cafes adios
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within a short time the night life in the cafes of hastings had become electric a mexican talkative and seemingly under the influence of tequila was making a round of the places and making his presence known senors those
Announcer
posters that warn you about pedro almonez they're all lies lies i say poof i show you what i think of those posters see i tear this poster off the wall and then i tear it in little pieces like these what about the sheriff al man aren't you afraid the sheriff may see you doing that amigo i do not give tooth and towels for your sheriff or for any lawman and yours if lawmen could prove anything against me i would not be here but i am here though
Commissioner Grady
it stands to reason i am smarter
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than they are huh ah but sure so who means to buy cows not me plenty to narrow instead of cows i buy drinks for my americano friends amamigos drinks hey you hear that boy he's going to buy drinks is that right amad easy for everybody i buy drinks come to the bar and be the guest of the spaquettos
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now to continue word of almonez and his lavish spending had preceded him to pete randall's cafe by the time he arrived there once more making a flamboyant entrance pete randall was ready for him the cafe owner opened his office door and looked into the well filled room where men crowded around the bar where the mexican held sway randall turned to jack morrow and raleigh meadows who were glancing over his shoulder well there
Rustler Jack Morrow
is boys the hombre we were talking about and wish we could do business with he sure doesn't act like a smart one he's smart all right or the law wouldn't be so worried about him well what do you say you want to talk with him feel him out about things what can we lose yeah that's right raleigh go and talk to him on the quiet see if he'll meet us outside
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raleigh found it easy to arrange for a meeting the lone ranger posing as the mexican crook lingered a short time in the cafe then left he strolled along the boardwalk until he saw tonto waiting in the shadows he halted and pretended to brush and adjust his hat while he said
Commissioner Grady
hello little sheriff niles and commissioner grady to find some way to hide in
Rustler Jack Morrow
the blacksmith shop on the corner and
Commissioner Grady
to meet someone there in an hour
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the lone ranger continued on his way fifty minutes later as he walked to the rear of the building that housed the blacksmith smith's shop he heard a voice speak from the half open window
Rustler Jack Morrow
this is commissioner grady we're in here we'll be listening
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ten minutes after his arrival three figures appeared from the underbrush nearby jack morrow raleigh meadows and pete randall walked up to the man in
Rustler Jack Morrow
mexican dress you got here early huh
Commissioner Grady
almaness the early bird they say catches the worm senor
Rustler Jack Morrow
except that i'm no worm oh my nez let me introduce
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my friends jack and pete without using last names raleigh meadows introduced the leaders of the rustlers gang senor we've heard
Commissioner Grady
a lot about you i assure you senor jack that what you heard was
Rustler Jack Morrow
not true i bet it isn't why are you in hastings you do not
Commissioner Grady
know senor everybody else seems to know it tells on the bulletins everywhere why i'm here i want well you guess
Rustler Jack Morrow
what i want you don't have a license to trade do you if i
Commissioner Grady
did i would not be sneaking behind blacksmith shops seniors let us not waste time you either have what i want
Rustler Jack Morrow
or you have not what is the answer well that's putting it right on the line how many how many head
Commissioner Grady
can you use how many can you show me one hundred two hundred one
Rustler Jack Morrow
thousand two thousand he wants a lot of them will you pay cash for
Commissioner Grady
them when i buy i always pay cash if i do not have the necessary sum on hand i get the rest in a very short time one
Rustler Jack Morrow
thing more if you were to buy a thousand or more steers how would you get them over the border do
Commissioner Grady
not worry about that part if i see there the cattle i want you deliver them to me at the river
Rustler Jack Morrow
bank that seems fair enough keep out of this will you raleigh problem is we do have some cattle to sell and we're willing to sell them off the record you know what i mean
Commissioner Grady
senor i know perfectly what you mean but before i make an offer i must see the animals you show them
Rustler Jack Morrow
to ye yeah but we'll blindfold you once we get you up in the hills blindfold me yes you're not gonna know where the place is where we have the beef not until you pay
Commissioner Grady
for the glitters that's fair enough senor you may blindfold me in your place i would take these same precautions hey
Rustler Jack Morrow
he's an all right hombre huh never mind raleigh just get the horses how many days you get married we'll take
Commissioner Grady
off for the hill
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soon after the three rustlers and the disguised lone ranger left the door of the blacksmith shop opened and sheriff niles emerged with commissioner grady and toto the sheriff said jack
Rustler Jack Morrow
morrow and pete randall so they're the rustlers who is raleigh morrow's foreman at the circle m we'd better hurry or maybe we're not able to follow you and commissioner grady go after them toddo i'll swear in a posse leave a trail that we can follow we take paper from shop tear it in pieces leave trails for you follow get up
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get up remaining unseen totto and commissioner grady followed the lone ranger and the rustlers through the moonlight as they rode the indian dropped torn bits of paper on the ground behind him after several hours of riding through hills over rough country and off all beaten paths tato and his companions saw the men stop and dismount at a narrow gap in an almost perpendicular wall
Rustler Jack Morrow
that seems to be some kind of a canyon maybe it widened out other side entrance maybe big space on the side wait i hear steers sound come from beyond the
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gap
Rustler Jack Morrow
sound like i'm in pain we dismount go on for steady
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at the narrow gap which was less than thirty feet wide jack morrow and pete randall talked with a disguised lone ranger we'll
Rustler Jack Morrow
take the blindfold off in a minute light the leonard jag yeah that's just what i'm doing open the gate go through the gap to the box canyon and tell the boys to stop branding those cars for a while we're going to inspect them all right pete hey
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boys it's me raleigh here's a light
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piece raleigh went through the narrow gap to a vast area that was surrounded by high cliffs it was here that the rustlers were branding the stolen cattle at the narrow gap jack morrow lifted
Rustler Jack Morrow
the lantern here pete you'll see better with this untie that knot on almanez's blindfold sure here let me take it off almanez very well there you are now we'll take you to the cattle we'll have to get through this narrow gap in single file that handkerchief the blindfold what about it look at it straight with brown how did now look at his face it's white where the
Announcer
blindfold was well i'll be he has brown stuff on his face he's not a mexican watch out grab him give me that gun why you dirty up he got that lantern fell but it still did jack turn him around let me get a good shot at him i'm trying to there you are my arm i'm shot and here you are jack
Rustler Jack Morrow
me fired just when i'm going to shoot nice shot toto i'll take
Narrator/Storyteller
the lamp me have guns otto the
Commissioner Grady
roster's heard the shots they're heading his
Announcer
way and i have no gun can't
Commissioner Grady
be helped submission is high morrow we'll hold them off that gap's narrow and they'll have to come out through the
Announcer
gate jack what's the matter who's shooting
Commissioner Grady
pete tell him everything's all right or you get another bullet don't shoot again
Announcer
robbie it's all right nothing's wrong hey
Narrator/Storyteller
pete what happened kato stood ready and as raleigh came through the gate and saw pete the indian used his gun
Announcer
as a club hey pete you're bleeding
Rustler Jack Morrow
you're hurt gun hit him right ahead
Commissioner Grady
now you'll have to use it for shooting again get ready all right tana open fire chase them back into the
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gulch
Announcer
hey who is that what's the
Commissioner Grady
idea tell them commissioner sure this is
Announcer
commissioner grady and the idea is that you're all under arrest if you try to resist we'll kill you that's it you don't have a chance we know who you are and what you've done listen timusaddy writers come it's the sheriff and his men this way sheriff fire a gun so he can know where we are this way sheriff you hear that you rustlers the sheriff's posse's here we have your leaders arrested you can't get out of there and if you don't want to be shot you don't go we get up we followed your trail are we in time yes just keep riding and make prisoners of the men beyond that gap this is a big night sheriff
Narrator/Storyteller
the next morning with jack morrow pete randall raleigh meadows and their gang under arrest ranchers rolled into the town of hastings reclaiming cattle which had been stolen from their ranches a week or two earlier sheriff niles and commissioner grady watched them the sheriff said
Rustler Jack Morrow
i wish the masked man was here to see how happy he's made all those ranchers he wouldn't stay around while his job was done he should have
Announcer
been rewarded for what he did yeah
Rustler Jack Morrow
that's what i thought but he wouldn't take a cent over what he spent
Announcer
in the cafes hey boys are you sure now that all of you have your own cattle again we sure have thanks for bringing them into town he
Rustler Jack Morrow
had the rustlers do that he did who's he the man who pretended to be pedro almanez when there wasn't any person named almonez it was a character he made up to catch the rustlers
Announcer
and he caught them well yeah but who's he well he's also the one
Rustler Jack Morrow
responsible for the repeal of the old law to make it possible for you to trade with mexico again and become prosperous but you still haven't told us
Announcer
who he is that's right he's the
Rustler Jack Morrow
reason you and everyone else in this territory has a future to look to you ought to guess by now that
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Podcast Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Date: May 28, 2026
This classic episode, “The Cattleman from Mexico,” transports listeners to the lawless Southwest during a cattle crisis. As cattle prices plummet, a legal loophole threatens to open the floodgates for an audacious rustling ring. The Lone Ranger, master of disguise and justice, concocts an undercover scheme to expose the cattle thieves preying on local ranchers. With swift action, camaraderie, and clever ruses, the iconic masked hero and his trusty companion Tonto race to restore justice on the range.
Publicity Blitz: Bulletins warn townspeople about “Pedro Almonez,” increasing his notoriety and luring the criminals.
In-Café Performance (11:19):
The Lone Ranger—undercover as the flashy, outspoken Almonez—draws attention, tearing down wanted posters and boasting:
“Those posters that warn you about Pedro Almonez, they're all lies—lies, I say! Poof! I show you what I think...”
Randall’s Café (15:13–16:22):
The rustlers' suspicions turn to intrigue. Raleigh, foreman and accomplice, is tasked to make contact.
Negotiation at the Blacksmith Shop (16:49–19:05):
In a tense, cloak-and-dagger meeting, the criminals propose showing Almonez the stolen cattle, after blindfolding him to protect their secret location.
The Lone Ranger Unmasked (21:33–22:14):
At the box canyon, the rustlers prepare to show Almonez their haul. The ruse is discovered when the “Mexican’s” makeup rubs off.
Showdown and Arrests (22:23–23:55):
Sheriff’s posse, guided by the trail Tonto set, arrives and rounds up the rustlers.
On Clever Disguises:
“He has brown stuff on his face. He's not a Mexican!” — Jack Morrow (21:56)
On Relentless Pursuit of Justice:
“This is Commissioner Grady, and the idea is that you’re all under arrest. If you try to resist we'll kill you.” — Grady (23:04)
On the Lone Ranger’s Legacy:
“He’s the reason you and everyone else in this territory has a future to look to. You ought to guess by now that he’s the Lone Ranger!” (25:05)
The episode is rich in fast-paced, old-school radio drama flair—tense, witty, and dramatic, with heroes steadfast, villains conniving, and justice pronounced with thunderous certainty. The Lone Ranger’s blend of humility and boldness shines throughout, as does the camaraderie with Tonto and the local lawmen.
A timeless Western adventure where brains and bravery triumph over greed. Justice rides again—Hi-Yo Silver, away!