The Marshal of Mountain City | The Lone Ranger (03-27-42)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns - "The Marshal of Mountain City"

Show: The Lone Ranger
Episode Date: March 27, 1942 (aired on the podcast February 19, 2026)
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns

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Overview

In this restored classic episode of The Lone Ranger, listeners are transported to Mountain City during the annual gathering of fur trappers. The story pivots on the vacancy of the town marshal's position, the brewing election, and a web of deceit spun by greedy outlaws intent on seizing control. Against a vivid backdrop of Western vistas and raucous townsfolk, the Lone Ranger and Tonto work behind the scenes to ensure law and justice prevail, exposing hidden dangers while orchestrating the unmasking and downfall of corrupt elements.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. Introduction to Mountain City & The Marshal's Vacancy

• [03:19] The story opens in Mountain City, where trappers and traders converge for the season—turning the sleepy town into a bustling hub rich in opportunity and peril.
• [04:09–04:55] The death of old Marshal Mike creates a leadership void. Townsfolk suggest a young, strong, and trustworthy lawman is needed; Johnny Maitland, a respected trapper, is nominated against his wishes.

Quote:

"You'll be sorry to hear that old Mike died last month. We haven't got a Marshal anymore."
—Al [04:16]

2. Competing Agendas: Corruption and Manipulation

• [05:43–06:47] Harry Sedley, local company manager, and his associate Rance Corby plot to place Corby as marshal to further their own criminal ends.
• [06:44] Their plan relies on manipulation and potential violence to eliminate rivals.
• Sedley wants someone controllable as Marshal: "That's why you're going to be the marshal of Mountain City." —Sedley [06:12]

3. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Investigate

• [07:10] Tonto reports to the Lone Ranger, revealing suspicions about Sedley’s criminal connections.
• [08:01] Focus on the string of wagon train robberies and a belief Sedley may be responsible.

Quote:

"When you consider that only the Great Western wagon trains have been held up, it's possible that Sedley himself is behind those robberies."
—Lone Ranger [08:01]

4. The Trap is Set: Getting Johnny to Run

• [10:00–11:00] The Lone Ranger and Tonto contrive to expose Corby by having Jeremy Blackwood, the town’s elder, provoke him publicly.
• Jeremy's plan is to force Corby to reveal his dishonest nature.

Quote:

"I'll make myself so plain obnoxious that Rance will have to get mad at me...I know Johnny ain't the kind to stand by and see a poor, weak old critter like me get abused."
—Jeremy Blackwood [10:23]

5. Conflict, Trickery, and an Assassination Attempt

• [13:05–14:34] After a staged argument and exposure of Corby’s lies, Johnny Maitland begrudgingly decides to run for marshal.
• Corby and his allies plot Johnny’s demise by luring him away with a fake note about a friend in trouble.
• [14:19] Johnny receives the note and rides off, unwittingly entering an ambush.

Quote:

"He won't be coming back, Rance. There's a hundred places between here and Salt Lake where you can ambush him."
—Sedley [13:58]

6. Johnny Survives and the Tide Turns

• [18:13–19:54] The ambush nearly succeeds, but the Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive in time to save Johnny using Tonto's herbal medicine.
• They devise a plan: Johnny will lay low, feigning death so the villains believe he's out of the way. His reappearance will serve as a key trap.

7. The Showdown: Exposing the Criminals

• [22:03–23:16] The Lone Ranger, in disguise, arranges a meeting with Corby and his gang, pretending to be a blackmailer with “witness” information about the attack on Johnny.
• Corby is instructed to bring his men to a remote clearing at a specific hour.

Quote:

"There was a witness...He's going to talk unless you buy him off."
—Lone Ranger (to Rance Corby) [22:25]

8. Justice Delivered

• [25:08–27:40] At the prearranged meeting, Johnny (very much alive) confronts the outlaws.
• With backup from the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and townsfolk hiding in the darkness, confessions are provoked.
• Corby is unmasked before the entire town, with witnesses affirming his guilt.

Quote:

"There were 20 men close enough to hear everything you said tonight. There's another witness against you."
—Tonto [27:40]

9. Aftermath and Final Revelations

• [28:10–29:06] Under pressure, Corby and his gang confess, implicating their ultimate employer: Jacob Webster, a shadowy, powerful man.
• The episode ends with the Lone Ranger and Tonto determined to pursue Sedley and Webster, carrying the torch of justice forward.

Quote:

"But you don't know what you're up against in the mountain. …I could mention the name of a man who ain't never been beat...Jacob Webster."
—Rance Corby [28:35–28:54]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Al on the need for a new marshal: "You see, the folks that live here all the year round had a meeting and we decided that one of you boys ought to be the marshal for the summer." [04:26]
• Corby's dubious credentials: "You see, I was one of Wild Bill Hickok's deputies in Abilene." [08:56]
• Jeremy Blackwood exposing Corby's lie: "But Wild Bill wasn't anywhere close to Abilene in '72. He was east with Bill Cody. That just shows you're trying to make yourself out something you ain't." [11:38]
• Lone Ranger's assessment: "When you consider that only the Great Western wagon trains have been held up, it's possible that Sedley himself is behind those robberies." [08:01]
• Triumphant finale: "You're under arrest, Corby, in the name of the law." —Johnny Maitland [27:33]

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Important Timestamps

• 03:19 Introduction to Mountain City & its annual awakening
• 04:16 Announcement of old Marshal Mike’s death; call for new leadership
• 05:43 Sedley and Rance Corby conspire to control the election
• 07:10 Tonto and Lone Ranger discuss the true source of the town’s troubles
• 10:23 Jeremy Blackwood sets a trap to expose Corby
• 13:05 Johnny decides to run for marshal; outlaws plot his demise
• 14:19 Johnny is lured into an ambush by a fake message
• 18:13 Lone Ranger and Tonto rescue wounded Johnny
• 22:25–23:16 The Lone Ranger forces Corby into a meeting—setting up the final confrontation
• 25:08–27:40 Johnny, revealed alive, exposes Corby; townsfolk witness the confession
• 28:54 Revelation of Jacob Webster as the mastermind

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Tone & Style

The episode is taut with suspense, brimming with classic Western dialogue, camaraderie, and upright heroism. The interplay between stoic lawmen and scheming outlaws creates palpable tension, and the dialogue sparkles with period-authentic quips, banter, and moral clarity. The show underscores frontier values: truth, courage, justice, and the triumph of decency over corruption.

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Summary Takeaway

“The Marshal of Mountain City” showcases the Lone Ranger at his best—outwitting clever adversaries through resourcefulness, alliances, and strategic revelation. In a tale laced with betrayal, identity, and redemption, justice is ultimately restored, setting the stage for further adventures as the Lone Ranger and Tonto vow to continue their fight against lawlessness on the frontier.

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Transcript

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[Andrew Rhymes (Host)]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rhymes, and I'm excited to bring you another episode. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. You can find more Western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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[Rance Corby]

A little.

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

With this faithful Indian companion in Tonto, the Masked Rider of the Plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, have come down to us through the generations, and nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Come out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of a great horse. Silver the Lone Ranger rides again.

[Al]

Come on, Silver.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

We're heading for Mountain City.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

For years, the fur trappers had come down from the mountains in summertime to great meadows. There they sold their furs to the agents of the various companies and bought supplies for the coming winter. In time, a permanent settlement grew up and Mountain City became the fur capital of the West. It boasted a post office, stores and cafes, and the warehouses of the Great Western and the Webster Company. The town slept through the winter and only Came to life with the first stirring of spring. Then the tents of the trappers covered the meadow and Mountain City came into its own. Colorful, exciting and roaring with the vitality of thousands of men released from their winter prisons.

[Tonto]

Howdy.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Hell, Johnny Meatland, welcome.

[Al]

The first drinks are on the hunt.

[Rance Corby]

Oh, thanks.

[Al]

When did you get in?

[Johnny Maitland]

Just now. I haven't even pitched my tent yet.

[Al]

Where are your furs?

[Johnny Maitland]

I got an Injun watching them for me.

[Al]

How'd you do, Johnny?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Fine.

[Johnny Maitland]

Oh, I'm gonna be rich. What's the news, Al?

[Al]

Well, the big news is the election.

[Johnny Maitland]

Election?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Yeah.

[Al]

You'll be sorry to hear that old Mike died last month. We haven't got a Marshall anymore.

[Rance Corby]

Oh, that's too bad.

[Al]

So we gotta lecture another one.

[Johnny Maitland]

But that don't have much to do with us trappers. What I wanna know is.

[Al]

It sure does. You see, the folks that live here all the year round had a meeting and we decided that one of you boys ought to be the marshal for the summer.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Why?

[Al]

Because most of us are too busy.

[Johnny Maitland]

Well, that goes for the trappers too. They'll be busy having a good time from now until fall.

[Al]

Oh, it ain't the same thing. And then we want somebody that's young and strong and a dead shot. Somebody like you, Johnny.

[Johnny Maitland]

Thanks for the kind words, but I don't want to be a lawman.

[Al]

Well, you wouldn't refuse the job if you was elected, would you?

[Johnny Maitland]

Hey, you aren't serious, are you?

[Al]

I sure am. Your name's been mentioned a lot. And we got to have a good marshal this year. This year there's been outlaws of work between here and Salt Lake City. Two of the great Western wagon trains have been held up. Just last week the warehouse was raided right here in town.

[Johnny Maitland]

But that was before the trapper started coming in. Outlaws are sure steer clear from now on.

[Al]

Hey, do you know all the men who were camped out in the meadows?

[Tonto]

Not all of them.

[Johnny Maitland]

Of course not.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

How could I?

[Al]

Neither do I. There's no way of telling Johnny. That outlaw gang might be camping out there with you. Yeah, they could be. But that's why we gotta have a good marshal. And whether you like it or not, I think you're going to be it.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

But there were other men who had different ideas about the election. One of them was Harry Sedley, the Mountain City manager of the Webster Company. He leaned across his desk toward the steely eyed man who sat opposite him.

[Rance Corby]

We'll have to learn to smile, Rance.

Like this.

You can do better if you keep trying. Got to make the men around here like you.

When you hired me, CV There wasn't anything in our agreement about wearing a badge.

We've got a job ahead. Help to have a law on our side.

It always makes it safer.

Yeah, that's why you're going to be the marshal of Mountain City.

Well, I'll follow orders when they suit me.

They'll always suit you. If it puts enough money in your pockets.

[Tonto]

Remember that.

[Rance Corby]

Have you been talking to the men buying them drinks?

[Tonto]

Sure.

[Rance Corby]

What do they think of the election?

Not much. Who's Johnny Maitland?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Why?

[Rance Corby]

Who is he?

He's a good man. Young, strong as a lion. What about him?

He's a man I'll have to beat.

Young Johnny Maitland.

Tough competition? Maybe.

Just don't sound like him wanting to be a marshal. But if it's true, if he's out to get the job, I think I can handle him. If I can't. Oh, we'll get rid of him.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Just at dusk, Tonto rode into the camp high above the meadows where the Lone Ranger was waiting for him.

[Rance Corby]

Tony.

[Tonto]

What did you find out, Tono?

[Rance Corby]

Jacob Webster not come in on States today.

[Tonto]

I didn't really expect him yet.

[Rance Corby]

Tonto ask about him at Company store. And think Tanto local.

[Tonto]

Our information is better than theirs, Kimosabe. We know he'll be here sometime soon and this will be our chance to get evidence against him. Well, Kimberly Drexel and Benjamin Steel are in jail. The only two leaders of the Black Arrow left are Webster and Bronson Page. They're behind bars. We can feel sure the Legion will never spring up again. That's right. That's the talk about the election.

[Rance Corby]

Let Johnny Maitland get here.

[Tonto]

That's good. I hope he'll take the job.

[Rance Corby]

Hunter watch first for him when he'll go to town to meet other fellers.

[Tonto]

Has any other name been mentioned?

[Rance Corby]

Ah, Rance Corby. Him friend of Sedley.

[Tonto]

I don't like that. I think Sedley's as much of a crook as a man who hires him. When you consider that only the Great Western wagon trains have been held up. It's possible that Sedley himself is behind those robberies.

[Rance Corby]

Maybe so.

[Tonto]

We have to keep a close watch on him. And on Rance Corby, too. Yeah, you better help me with a disguise, Kimosabi. We're both going into Mountain City tonight.

[Al]

It's your duty to be marshal, Johnny.

[Johnny Maitland]

I'll be a dog if I want to.

[Al]

The election's on Saturday.

[Rance Corby]

I'd like to shake your head, Johnny Maitland.

Oh, sure.

[Johnny Maitland]

I don't place your face exactly.

[Rance Corby]

You don't know me. My name's Rance Corby. I just happen to hear you and.

[Johnny Maitland]

Al talking about the Marshall business.

[Rance Corby]

Yeah, Some of the boys have been asking me to run.

[Johnny Maitland]

Oh, is that right? Well, listen to this, Al.

[Al]

I'm listening.

[Rance Corby]

You see, I was one of Wild Bill Hickok's deputies in Abilene.

[Johnny Maitland]

Why, then you're our man.

[Rance Corby]

But I don't want to be Marshall any more than you do.

[Johnny Maitland]

It's your duty. Back me up alone. One of Wild Bill's deputies? What more could you ask for?

[Al]

There seems to be an awful lot.

[Rance Corby]

Of deputies from Abilene floating around the country.

We had a big job to do, Al.

[Johnny Maitland]

You can't get out of this Rants. We won't take no for an answer. The election's on Saturday and you're the only one that's gonna be nominated.

[Tonto]

Hello.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

How about right here?

[Tonto]

News, kimosabe. Johnny Maitland isn't going to run for the marshal's job.

[Rance Corby]

What's that?

[Tonto]

He's young. He doesn't like to accept responsibility. That isn't the main reason.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

And what you mean Rance Corby told.

[Tonto]

Him he was one of Wild Bill Hickok's deputies.

[Rance Corby]

Oh, that's not true.

[Tonto]

If they ever rode the same trail and Bill was chasing him.

[Rance Corby]

But we can't prove that.

[Tonto]

We've got to make Johnny change his mind.

[Rance Corby]

And how you do that?

[Tonto]

We'll need some help. There's a friend of ours inside. He can give it to us.

[Rance Corby]

Who?

[Tonto]

That old Jeremy Blackwood. He didn't recognize me in this disguise, but he'll know you. You go in and get him. Meet me on the edge of town where we left the horses.

[Rance Corby]

Time to do that.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Hey, Chevy. I make sure Johnny can hear me. Then they start asking Ranch all those questions. I'll make myself so plain obnoxious that Ranch will have to get mad at me. I've been watching him. It won't take much to get him on the prod.

[Tonto]

And afterwards.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

I know Johnny ain't the kind to stand by and see a poor, weak old critter like me get abused. You just leave it to me. So you say your name is Rance Corby?

[Rance Corby]

That's right, old timer. Buy you a drink?

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Nope. I'm sort of particular about the homage I drink with.

[Rance Corby]

Meaning what?

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Wasn't you called Black Pete once?

[Rance Corby]

No.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Didn't you get rid out of Cheyenne on a rail?

[Rance Corby]

No.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Well, Black Pete sure did. You're just about the same build as him. Got the same sneaky look around the eyes too.

[Rance Corby]

You're looking for trouble, mister, and you're gonna get it.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Yes, sir. More I see of you, the surer I am. That's just the way Black Pete'd talk to a poor old man like me.

[Rance Corby]

I never heard of Black Pete, never been in Cheyenne, and I'm not a crook.

[Johnny Maitland]

I want you to know I was.

[Rance Corby]

One of Hickok's deputies in Abilene.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

In 72.

[Rance Corby]

Yeah, in 72.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

But Wild Bill wasn't anywhere close to Abilene. 72. He was in east with Bill Cody. That just shows you're trying to make yourself out something you ain't.

[Rance Corby]

Shut up.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Ah, not me. I'm just old enough I can speak my peace whenever of a mind to. And the army that lays your hand on me is nothing but a low down, sneaky coyote.

[Johnny Maitland]

Now I'm a coyote.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

I'll show you what. Help me. He's going to kill me. Help him, Rick. Hey, did you hear what he was talking to me. Seem to me you got your dead.

[Johnny Maitland]

To rights about Abilene.

[Rance Corby]

You saying I'm lying? You sure got mixed up on your dates.

[Johnny Maitland]

What if I did?

[Rance Corby]

Anybody can make a mistake, can't they?

[Johnny Maitland]

That's their privilege. But they can't lay a hand on Jeremy when I'm around, no matter what he says.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

That's right, Johnny. You stick up for the old man.

[Johnny Maitland]

You want to get this settled, you can do it with me. Guns are fists. It don't make no difference. Name your poison. I take Johnny.

[Rance Corby]

You got no fight with Johnny.

Sidley. You sure ain't asked me to back down.

You got no fight with Johnny. Just a few minutes ago you were telling me how much you liked.

But that old maverick called me a.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Crook and a coyote.

[Rance Corby]

You'll just have to put up with Jeremy the way the rest of us do. Now offer your hand to Johnny and tell him there ain't no hard feelings.

There ain't no hard feelings. Johnny. Will you. Will you shake?

[Tonto]

Yeah, I'll shake.

[Johnny Maitland]

But I changed my mind about one thing.

[Rance Corby]

What's that?

[Johnny Maitland]

You aren't the man to be our marshal. I'm going out for that job myself.

[Rance Corby]

You're a fool, Rance.

A fool.

Let that old coyote get your goat. Just when we had it in the bag with Johnny Maitland behind you. You couldn't have lost. But now, what chance have we got?

[Tonto]

Well?

[Rance Corby]

Well, what? You got an excuse.

You said if we couldn't handle him, we could get rid of him. I'm waiting to hear how you're so smart. It ought to be easy.

Wait a minute. Think I got it. Johnny's partner, what's his name?

[Tonto]

Ed.

[Rance Corby]

Ed Lafferty.

There's nobody with that name around here.

Oh, he's got a girl named Rose o'.

[Tonto]

Brien.

[Rance Corby]

Her father owns a ranch somewhere between here and Salt Lake. He went to see her instead of coming to Mountain City.

What about it?

You got a sample of the way Johnny acts when his friends are in trouble? If he was to get a message from Ed or from the girl, that would be better. But he'd be in a saddle on his way there in 10 minutes.

What good does that do? He don't have to be here to get elected.

He won't be coming back. Rance, there's a hundred places between here and Salt Lake where you can ambush him. You're gonna take your pick. Al.

[Johnny Maitland]

Jeremy, I gotta be leaving town.

[Al]

What's up?

[Johnny Maitland]

An engine brought me this note this morning.

[Rance Corby]

Read it.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Just a second. I'll get my specs out.

[Johnny Maitland]

Never mind. I'll tell you what it says. It's from Rose. Ed's in some kind of trouble. He wants me to get to the ranch as fast as I can make it. So long, James.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Hold up there, Johnny.

[Al]

There's no stopping him now.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

I don't like this, Al. I don't like this one little bit. I want to find that engine that brought the note. So I did, MASH man. I found this running fox and he admitted he gave Johnny the note. But I'm willing to swear I saw the same Injun in town not three days ago. He had a scar on his cheek right about here.

[Rance Corby]

Ah.

Come to see him too?

[Tonto]

Then he couldn't have brought any message from the ranch.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Right Here, Take a look at the note.

[Tonto]

This doesn't look like a girl's handwriting.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

That's what I say.

[Tonto]

Quick, Tono, into the saddle.

[Rance Corby]

Ready, big fella? We'll try to overtake him.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Jeremy, go to it. Come on, Silver.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments.

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[Rance Corby]

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[Jeremy Blackwood]

Sam.

[Rance Corby]

Now to continue our story.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

The Lone Ranger and Tonto urged their great horses along the trail of the south had left their camp at noon and raced on and on until the shadows began to lengthen. And suddenly a volley of shots rang out. Masked man raised his arm to signal the rain.

[Rance Corby]

Those shots came from up ahead and not far away.

[Tonto]

And no more of them. We'd better.

[Rance Corby]

You look clean, Masabi.

[Tonto]

A horse without a rider rounding the bend of the trail.

[Rance Corby]

Johnny's horse. We're too late. Not afraid.

[Tonto]

So we'll catch the horse and find Johnny. And if we can't do anything for.

[Rance Corby]

Him, we'll grab for the crooks that fired those shots. K. They're men right in the forest. I saw them too. Not long enough to make out their faces. Light not good now.

[Tonto]

I heard it's coming.

[Rance Corby]

Maybe so. Bring up Easy boy. Easy fell and go after them yet. There's Johnny at the side of the trail. Him not move.

[Tonto]

We're too late. He's still breathing. But it's a bad wound.

[Rance Corby]

Kimosabe. You put bandage on plenty quick.

[Tonto]

Yes.

[Rance Corby]

Tono there. Plant over there. Tanto know how make medicine from it. Maybe that saved Johnny's life.

[Tonto]

Hurry, Kimasabe.

[Rance Corby]

No, you hold him up. Time to make him drink.

[Tonto]

Easy Johnny. He's too far gone to open his mouth.

[Rance Corby]

There and get some. That's not for now. You let him back. Is there any chance Tutto heart still beating. Pretty soon it beats strong.

[Tonto]

Let's hope so.

[Rance Corby]

There's plenty strong medicine.

[Tonto]

The important thing is to pull him through. But we won't be able to pick up those crooks trail and follow them. Now.

[Rance Corby]

Tonto think it ranch Corby and men so Do I?

[Tonto]

But you didn't see them any more plainly than I did.

[Rance Corby]

That's right.

Johnny does live through. You've got plans.

[Tonto]

Yes. And it might work. Yes. The heartbeat is stronger. We'll try it anyway.

[Rance Corby]

Tahlo. What do you mean?

[Tonto]

We'll turn Johnny's horse loose. He'll head back for Mountain City and everyone will think he's dead. Including the men who tried to kill him.

[Rance Corby]

Them think so now?

[Tonto]

Yes. And so will everyone else. Send out a posse. They won't find him. Kimo Sabi. They won't see Johnny again until the night before the election.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

It was less than an hour before daybreak the following night when the Lone Ranger pulled Silver to a sliding stop in front of Jeremy Blackwood's tent in the meadows.

[Tonto]

Hoover.

[Rance Corby]

Easy, boy.

[Tonto]

Jeremy.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Hey.

[Tonto]

Quiet. Quiet. I don't want anyone to hear us.

[Rance Corby]

What?

It's you.

[Tonto]

Yes, Jeremy.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

You don't have to tell me. You got there too late. But what I'd like to know is, did you see him at all when we rode out today? We couldn't find a sign of him.

[Tonto]

Johnny isn't dead. Huh?

[Jeremy Blackwood]

But his horse come back here without a rider.

[Tonto]

I know. But he isn't dead. Don't tell anyone else that, though.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Not if you say not to.

[Tonto]

But.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

But. Leap in cactus. You really mean it?

[Tonto]

Not so loud. Got to keep it a secret until tomorrow night.

[Rance Corby]

Hino. What's the game?

[Tonto]

You ride up to our camp on the ridge tomorrow and I'll explain everything tonight. I want to talk with Renz. Where is he?

[Rance Corby]

In the marshal's cabin in town.

[Tonto]

What's that? Yeah.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

When the posse started out, he just naturally started giving the orders. He's just elected himself to the job. When we got back, he moved into the cabin.

[Tonto]

He won't hold off us long. Adios, Jeremy. Until tomorrow.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Until tomorrow.

[Tonto]

Hope the door is unlocked. Good. That must be the bedroom. Wake up, Rents. No call for help. You're covered. You're masked. Yes.

[Rance Corby]

What do you want?

[Tonto]

You think there wasn't a witness to that shooting on the trail the other day? But you're wrong.

[Rance Corby]

What are you talking about?

[Tonto]

Johnny Maitland.

[Rance Corby]

You saw it.

[Tonto]

I said there was a witness. He's going to talk unless you buy him off me.

[Rance Corby]

What have I got to do with him?

[Tonto]

That bluff won't work. Do you want him to talk or not?

[Rance Corby]

It wasn't you.

[Tonto]

I'm working for him. What's.

[Rance Corby]

What's his proposition?

[Tonto]

That won't be made to you alone. Huh? Here's a message. Get all your Men together and lead them out of town. Tomorrow night, follow the trail that starts at the Twisted Pine. Keep on going into the forest until you reach a clearing. There'll be a campfire burning there. There won't be anybody around it. Just sit down and wait.

[Rance Corby]

I don't serve it.

[Tonto]

You will. And the time's important. Don't hit that trail until 10 o'. Clock.

[Rance Corby]

What if I say no?

[Tonto]

You don't have to ask that question.

[Rance Corby]

Why can't you tell me how much he wants? And what have the men got to do with it?

[Tonto]

You'll find that out tomorrow night. I'm leaving. Now, don't try to follow me, because if I don't get out of town, your chance is gone.

[Rance Corby]

What shall I do?

Sedley, one thing you've got to understand right now, you can't involve me in Johnny Maitland's death.

Does that mean you're gonna double cross me?

[Tonto]

No.

[Rance Corby]

I want you to be the marshal of Mountain City. I'll give you the best advice I can. If it isn't good enough, you can't take me to jail with you. You wrote the notes. You got Running Fox delivered and you.

Planned the whole thing.

You and your men did the shooting. Now, if there's trouble, just be smart, keep quiet and maybe I can help you.

Yeah, I'm gonna clear out right now.

[Tonto]

No. No, you're not.

[Rance Corby]

You say this hombre wore a mask?

[Tonto]

Yeah.

[Rance Corby]

That means he's an outlaw. He wouldn't dare talk to anyone around town.

That hombre with a mask wasn't the one who saw us. It's somebody else.

Maybe and maybe not. Anyway, if there is somebody else, you've got a chance to meet him tonight.

He wants me to bring the boys too.

That's fine. That's just fine and dandy. Don't you see, Rance? Follow his instructions like he told you. Listen to his proposition and then. Then you let him have.

[Johnny Maitland]

How much farther, boss?

[Rance Corby]

How should I know? So we reached the clearing and the campfire.

Trees are thick. It's awful dark. You could hide an army in there.

[Tonto]

Yeah.

[Rance Corby]

This hombre hasn't got any army or he'd play the game a lot different. There's tennis. That's plenty.

There's a light up ahead.

Must be the clearing. Come on, boys.

How long do we wait?

As long as we have to listen to. Here's somebody coming out.

Just one man. Just one man.

[Tonto]

Boys.

[Johnny Maitland]

I see you followed orders, Ransom.

[Tonto]

Yeah. Aren't you.

[Rance Corby]

Aren't you coming any closer?

[Johnny Maitland]

I'm keeping out of the lights.

[Rance Corby]

I can see you got a mask on your face. It looks that way. I have. But you aren't the same Aubrey that talked to me last night.

[Johnny Maitland]

No, I'm the witness who saw the shooting.

[Rance Corby]

Oh, then you're the one we came to meet. What's your proposition?

[Johnny Maitland]

I want all the stores and the gold you got from those raids on the Great Western wagon train.

[Tonto]

By your look.

[Johnny Maitland]

Oh, Ms.

[Rance Corby]

True, we never raided any wagon trains.

[Johnny Maitland]

You can have most of the stores. They don't interest me much.

[Rance Corby]

Where's the gold hidden? We haven't got any. Don't forget, I. I can send you.

[Johnny Maitland]

All to the gallows.

[Rance Corby]

That's right, boss.

[Johnny Maitland]

Now that you're marshal, we can pull some other jobs.

[Rance Corby]

Let him have the Great Western gold.

Shut up, you fool.

[Johnny Maitland]

Now do you see why I wanted you to bring the men along, Rance? I know how they'd feel about this.

[Rance Corby]

Uh huh. Well, where is it? A long way to the south. We'll take you there.

[Johnny Maitland]

Oh, no, thanks. You go and get it. Bring it back here tomorrow night.

[Rance Corby]

All right, if that's the way you want it.

[Johnny Maitland]

I'll reach for your gun.

[Tonto]

Rance.

[Rance Corby]

What are you laughing at, boss?

Took me a long time to get onto it. But now I'm sure we aren't paying anybody off. If you hadn't talked so much about the gold. Be sitting pretty, huh? Now we gotta finish the job.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

What do you mean?

[Rance Corby]

That's Johnny Maitland over there.

That's what I said.

Johnny Maitland. I know that voice. Sure, he was a witness of the shooting. But he wasn't sure it was us or he would have tried this trick.

[Johnny Maitland]

You've admitted everything now.

[Rance Corby]

And you figure that's gonna do you any good? Oh. Oh, no, mister. You aren't going to get out of these woods alive.

[Johnny Maitland]

I got you covered.

[Tonto]

Shoot. Slim.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Yeah. That flash came from over the right. To somebody with him?

[Johnny Maitland]

Not just somebody.

[Rance Corby]

It's a lone ranger.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

There's only two of them boys. We can shoot away.

[Rance Corby]

I'd scatter.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

That fire won't work.

[Tonto]

Rance. Hold clearing.

[Rance Corby]

Surrounded.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Surrounded. It's a trap.

[Rance Corby]

You let us into a trap.

He's bluffing.

[Tonto]

Not this time, Rance. Close in, men.

[Rance Corby]

He's telling the truth.

You haven't got a chance. Put on your guns and reach for the sky.

[Johnny Maitland]

Don't shoot, mister. My gun is on the ground.

[Rance Corby]

You shot it out of my hand.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

We've got him. Johnny. Got the whore. Mangy Cruel.

[Johnny Maitland]

Yes, Jeremy.

[Rance Corby]

You can't arrest me on the marshal.

[Al]

There ain't been Any election yet that I can remember.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

No, cherie dad. But we're holding one right now. And Johnny Maitland's our man. How about that?

[Al]

And here's your star, Johnny. I'd never have turned that over to Rams.

[Johnny Maitland]

You're under arrest, Corby, in the name of the law.

[Rance Corby]

All right, go ahead and arrest me. You got no proof it'll stand up in a court of law.

[Al]

You're plum loco, mister.

[Tonto]

There were 20 men close enough to hear everything you said tonight. Rance, there's another witness against you. Huh? Bring him here.

[Rance Corby]

Tunnel, you come this way.

The engine.

[Tonto]

Yes, Running Fox. He's admitted delivering the note that was supposed to send Johnny to his death.

[Rance Corby]

Double cross and crooked.

[Tonto]

He didn't do anything wrong. He didn't know what was in the note. And your message meant nothing to him.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Sure, he told Johnny he come from Rose, but he thought you was Rose.

[Tonto]

Running Fox, you tell the same story to the judge that you told us, won't you? And his testimony will send you to jail for 20 years.

[Al]

Good riddance, I say.

[Tonto]

There's only one way you can lighten your sentence.

[Rance Corby]

How's that, fellas?

[Tonto]

Who gave you the orders?

[Rance Corby]

We got our orders from Rance. It wasn't our idea. None of it was.

[Tonto]

And you, Rance?

[Rance Corby]

I got nothing to say.

[Tonto]

It's your only chance.

[Rance Corby]

I got nothing to say.

[Johnny Maitland]

Take him away, man.

[Tonto]

Now, wait.

[Rance Corby]

Wait just a minute.

[Tonto]

Let go of him.

[Rance Corby]

Well, I've heard of you, mister. Sure. I gotta admit that maybe you met up with some tough hombres in your time and come out the winner. But you don't know what you're up against in the mountain.

[Tonto]

I think I did.

[Rance Corby]

You couldn't if I wanted to. I could mention the name of a man who ain't never been beat. He's got money and power not just around here, but all over the United States. Now, where do you suppose you're going to end up against somebody like him?

[Tonto]

That remains to be seen.

[Rance Corby]

You don't even know who I'm talking about. If you did, Yes, I do.

[Tonto]

And if you don't want to mention his name, I will. It's Jacob Webster.

[Rance Corby]

I guess I tipped you off. Well, mister, maybe I'm going to jail for 20 years, but you won't live that long.

[Tonto]

Come on.

[Rance Corby]

I'm ready.

[Tonto]

We'll be on our way then. Tyler Rance is taken care of. We still have Sedley to watch. And after Sedley, Webster. Pretty big fella.

[Rance Corby]

Come on, Silver.

[Jeremy Blackwood]

Boy.

[Rance Corby]

Sam.

[Andrew Rhymes (Host)]

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[Tonto]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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