February 4, 2023 • 24 mins
CBS started the year 1958 off with the introduction on January 1, 1958 of Frontier Gentleman. That series lasted 41 broadcasts. Near the end of the year, the network launched Have Gun, Will Travel on November 11, 1958, which continued for 106 programs. In between, a very short series was offered and discontinued after only 16 broadcasts, Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone. Sam Buffington starred as Luke Slaughter, a Civil War cavalryman who turned to cattle ranching in post war Arizona territory near Fort Huachuca. William N. Robson, known from his work with such series as Escape, Suspense and CBS Radio Workshop, directed.
Sam Buffington enacted the title role on Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, another of CBS's prestigious adult Westerns. The series was produced and directed by William N. Robson, one of radio's greatest dramatic directors and Robert Stanley producer was aired from February 23 through June 15, 1958. Buffington portrayed the hard-boiled cattleman with scripts overseen by Gunsmoke sound effects artist (and sometimes scriptwriter) Tom Hanley.
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Sam Buffington enacted the title role on Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, another of CBS's prestigious adult Westerns. The series was produced and directed by William N. Robson, one of radio's greatest dramatic directors and Robert Stanley producer was aired from February 23 through June 15, 1958. Buffington portrayed the hard-boiled cattleman with scripts overseen by Gunsmoke sound effects artist (and sometimes scriptwriter) Tom Hanley.
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Slaughter's my name, Luke Slaughter.Cattle's my business. It's a tough business,
it's big business. I've got abig stake in it. And there's
no man west of the Rio Grandbig enough to take it from me.
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Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. Luke Slaughterof Tombstone. Civil War cavalryman turned Arizona
cattleman. Across the territory from Yumato Fort Defiance, from Flagstaff to the
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Watchukas, and below the border throughChihuahua and Sonora. His name was respected,
We're feared, depending on which sideof the law you were on.
Man of vision, man of legend, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. This special
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meeting of the Cattleman's Association of Tombstoneis now in order, and I guess
it's in order for me to askwhat's so special about it? To take
up my time when I'm getting aheard ready for shipment. That's a fair
question, Slaughter. Now we've foundit. Just a minute. I'm not
finished. Oh go on, misterCanfield. How can you hold a meeting
special or not when you haven't gota quorum. There's only you and Bigelow
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here. That's no quorum. It'senough slaughter. This is a very special
meeting. We kept it small onaccount of you. Me. Yes,
you are the reason for this meeting. I got to ask you to elucidate
that mister Ganfield can feel. MayI have the floor? I'd like to
do the elucidating, of course,mister Biggelow. I agree that the accused
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has the right to know the chargeis against him accused, So I think
it only fair that you know rightoff that this special meeting has been called
to give you a private opportunity toanswer to the charge of horse stealing and
cattle rustling. Who says I'm acattle rustler and horse thief? I do
you stand up, mister and digyour iron? No? No, no,
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boys, Now, let's not addinjury to insult. We want to
get to the bottom of the slaughter, so do I, and I aim
to. No man accuses me withoutproof, and there isn't any proof.
I'm afraid there is slaughter, meaningmeaning somebody's been stealing horses from around Tombstone,
running them across the border and sellingthem in Mexico. I know I
lost a couple of three ponies outof my string. Oh I bet you
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know, mister Biggelow, and letme handle this. This appears to be
a two way rustling deal, Slaughter, because this someone's been stealing cattle in
Mexico and from around here too,and sell them in Bisbee and Phoenix and
Press all this time. You wasstupid, Slaughter. You stole some of
my cattle, and you had thebrass to turn around sell them to can't
feel long with that last heard youdrove up from Mexico, Biggelow. I'm
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telling you again, you better backthat up with steel. Afraid we've got
proof it's you, Slaughter. Whatproof? Well? That last heard I
bought from you. I paid forthem in Mexico with my own money.
I drove him all the way uphere through some pretty rough country and fattened
them on the way. I soldhim to you for a fair profit.
Yeah, and about a dozen ofthem had Biggelows brand on them. What
oh way had been altered. Butit was a pretty clumsy job. Now
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what have you got to say tothat? The only thing I can say,
I didn't steal Bigelows cattle or anybodyelse's. That ain't good enough for
me, Slaughter, You're new herein these parts, slaughter, But people
hereabouts think pretty well? Have you? Thanks? So we got a proposition
to make to you. Proposition.Yes, you pay Biggeloaf for his cattle,
and we'll just forget the whole thing. And if I don't, well
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you'll leave. There's no choice butto turn you over to the sheriff.
Well, slaughter, would you letbe neither reach both of you? I'll
just relieve you, gentzer your guns, putting yourself outside the low slaughter,
No, you're putting me there.We'll get up a posse, slaughter.
We'll come after you if you dothat, and we'll get you sooner or
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later that i'd doubt. Thanks forthe guns, gents. Of course,
I'm not taking them permanently any morethan I take horses or cattle. You'll
find him in the watering trough acrossthe street. If you take my advice,
don't come looking for him until I'veridden out of town. How you
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look? What took you so longin town? Plenty? Well, I'm
ready these cruise over Tucson in timeyou are, loop, I'd have to
wait. Which how long will ittake you to get together your gear and
chow? For three days? Andsaddle up. Oh half horror. If
hour rushed, you're rushed. Makeit twenty minutes. There's a posse less
than a half hour behind us.Yeah, if we're figuring on getting any
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further, you shot at these horses, we'd better give them a rush.
Yeah, I know which time.It's why we're headed for the river.
Who figured on throwing the park offthe trail on my riding on a little
stream. That's right. We'll comeout on that lava out cropping down the
jack rabbit pottles, and we'll seewhether they can pick up our trail if
you ahead ask me, I didn'twhich time? Well, I know,
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but if you had it, it'sjust would I would have gone. It's
just what I figured. Oh boy, start down it. Oh go on
there, you wanner a critter.No time stopped for a great now they
got that much time, Wichita.Let him wet his whistled. Oh good,
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I don't know. Look, Ijish can't get over. But you
ain't like you to take this linedown. I'm not exactly lying down,
Wichita. No, you're a highkail in it, which is worse.
And I always thought you had moreguts than you could hang on a fence.
It's the time to fight and thetime to run, Wichita, And
this isn't the time to fight.Come on, tell that's enough, couslins.
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Come on you buys. You areto blown the heads off them too,
slander. And that only proved Icould outdraw them. He didn't disprove
their charges. Well, you ain'tgoing to disprove them by running away,
I hope, I am Wichita.Ah, I don't know yet that it's
a nice day for a horseback ride, isn't. Let's give these fellas a
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little rest. I could use yourlittle myself. That lava field ain't the
easiest thing to pick your way throughfor man or beast, and let him
graze a while behind these rocks.Yeah, I actually go up and pick
over the rim. Maybe we cansee our pursuers. All right, get
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down, now, pick up yourhat. I'm sure I'm gonna make a
silhouette against the sky and mighty prettyview of a valet from here. What's
so funny? Look out there?Up river by mile there they are,
Yeah, fanning all over the desert, riding back and forthes and up and
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down the river. They'll never pickup our trail. We shook them for
fair. What we gonna do now? Sit shit here? That's right?
Why see what happens next? We'vemade our play. The next plays up
to somebody else who That's what we'resitting here to find out. Ain't we
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shed here long enough? Luke?That quite which to shed here all day?
Yesterday? Shed here all night,freezing the deast out of fire.
I told you I didn't want anybodyto know we were here. Who's to
know that partly faded back tombstone forsundown yesterday? Wichita. Didn't you ever
learn that patience is a virtue?I would never know. It's a very
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virtuous man, and that virtue isits own reward. Luke sermonizing me,
ain't gonna get you nowhere? Idon't mean to play skypilot which town?
But if you look over there,we're there toward the east, a cloud
of dust. I think that maybe why we've been sitting here. Just
a small string of horses six eight, maybe a couple of hands hurting them
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and hurting themself across the border.Maybe you think they're stolen horses, I
bet on it. Well, howcome you're so certain? Well, now,
if you were running this wrestling.You'd accused me. Why I'd never
do that loop, I know,but we're just supposing and I skipped down.
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Now, wouldn't you take advantage ofthat factor? Wrestle some more horses
make it look like I'd done itfor certain way. Sure, sure I
would look here if I was arustler. We're trained now. I think
we can both be pretty sure thatwe aren't the wrestlers I reconsole. But
but if we ain't, then themwarders down there urshol litch go get him?
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No, why not? If you'retheorizing is correct, they're guilty as
soon. Yeah, but they're probablyjust trailhnds. I want to know who
the boss is. How are yougoing to find out? Right down there,
Nashville? Which town we're going totrail him? Let's hit the leathern
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We trailed them south across the borderand into Mexico, keeping well out of
sight. By dark, on thesecond day, they'd reached the little town
of Della Rosa. We watched thetwo of them, heard the horses into
a corral on the outskirts of town, and paralleled them along a back street
As they headed with the cantina.We edged up to the door, keeping
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in the shadows. Fifteen minutes later, they came up and started across the
street. It looks like that toa rumin Hart. Over there and they're
heading for a loop. You recognizethem, hope, never seen either of
them before. Were going to followthem? I'd right now we know where
they are. I'm more interested inseeing who they've been talking to in the
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cantina. Come on your eyes,opening your hand near your holster, right
sings Thus the killers? She singer? What'd you that? Yeah? Over
there, that table? Who ishe? Domingus a bandido, smart and
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tough. You think here's the one? I think we better have a talk
with him. Hello, Domingas,When us not just sing your slaughter?
Matter? If we surround you shouldnot have come here, senor slaughter?
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Why not we're just drifting through?Oh no, you're not just drifting through,
senor slaughter. You will run outof tombstone because they thought you were
still in horses and cartro. You'vegot big ears, Domingas. See,
these big ears are very valuable tome at times. I think you follow
those horses here to find out who'sbehind this? Are Domingus. Let's play
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it your way but I don't thinkyou're the boss at this operation. I
think you're just receiving the stolen horsesat this end of the line, and
that's your business, not mine.I want to know who's behind this up
Tombstone way. I have no informationfor you. No, it might be
a good idea for you if youdid have. You're in no position to
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make threats. I'm holding a gunon you're under the table, Look easy,
Witchita. Yeah, I figured youwere domingus. What's your play.
There'll be no place in your slaughter. I'm leaving now and you will not
follow me. That's a matter ofopinion. If you do send your slaughter.
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Yeah, when you walk through thisdoor, you're going to be shot
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production of Luke Slaughter of Tombstone.What are we gonna do? Luke?
Go out that door? I reckon, But you heard what Domingu said.
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We'll get dry ghost. Then westep outside. Maybe now's as good a
time as any to find out.He's the dark out there. We'd be
setting ducks against the light. That'swhy we're gonna have a little less light
in here. Get us thus staywe yard, nobody will get hurt.
I figure it's just as dark inhere as it is out there. Now
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come on with your time, allright. When I give the word,
we'll go through this door fast.Flatten yourself against the wall on the left.
I'll be on the right. Ready, Yeah, now you are right
twitch do yeah? He missed camefrom over near that horse trough. Don't
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shoot till you see what you're shootingat. I see him. Yeah,
peers, you got him. Staylow, let's go take a look.
You think it's Domingus. I doubtit. He's too smart to leave cover
like that. Here he is.It's one of the rustlers. You plugged
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him dead center. Domingus probably clearedout. I know him. He won't
ever call unless he's sure he's gota winning hand. Maybe he's wait listen,
sounds like somebody's real anxious to getout of here in a hurry.
Domingu is more likely it's the otherrustler heading north toward Tombstone. And if
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that is, we've got to catchhim before he gets there and make him
talk. Come on, Luke,wet being much on him all night.
I know I was hoping we couldhit him off before he crossed the border.
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Yeah, well, how far areyour figure? We are on a
tube, should five six hours,starting to get light. They've got one
chance of nailing him. He's swingingto the left around this ridge. We're
going over the top, Luke.If he's got by ahead of us,
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we're licked. Gott to climb overthe ridge like kill these horses. I
don't think he has got by uswitched. H ooh, here's the trail.
There's no fresh tracks on it.Yeah, I hear him coming.
Oak. We're around the bend fromhim. He won't see us until he's
right on top of us. You'regonna rope him. I'm gonna try to.
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I want him alive. Here hecomes, hey, Yeah, got
him? All right? Hold it? You had you cut me off?
It doesn't matter. Now. What'syour name? Ben Faraday? All right?
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Farriday? Who are you working for? No body? Don't give me
that. Who's your boss? Comeon, start talking. I don't know
what you get down. What yourtalk came from? Up on the ridge?
You see anything? Yeah? Apiece of a Mexican sombrero up there
for a minute, Domingos. Igotta hand it to him for being a
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good shot. Farreody is dead asa door new Yeah, you can't do
any talking now, that's a cinch. Come on, keep blow behind these
rocks. Keep that head of yoursdown here, you'll get it blown off.
Peers to be a lot of coverfor him up there. Yeah.
Once we get over this shoulder,I can see the top of the ridge.
Easy. Now I'll go first.You she anything. No, it
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looks like there he is I tophis horse and hidden for the border.
Sure he isn't interested in us anymore. That Faraday is dead and can't tell
us who the boss is. Maybeduced Mingus's likely it's operations too big for
it, Tim Horne, Bandito.It's gotta be somebody at the north end
of the line, probably somebody readingTombstone well with Faraday and that other rustler
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boat did. Looks like we don'thave much chance to find out who it
is. Come on that, Wichita. Don't throw in your hand till you've
used up all the aces in yoursleeve. Meaning see that hollow down there
in the rocks there Faraday's body.Yeah, Horboter, I'm gonna rig up
a little camp there for Faraday inme. You're gonna set up camp a
dead man, that's right. Andyou, Wichita, you're going riding what
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you think I've been doing for thelast twelve hours, and you get some
more riding ahead of you. Iwant you to ride into Tombstone and tell
him we caught Faraday. Tell himhe's wounded and unconscious. Tell him to
send the doctor, because as soonas he comes to we're gonna find out
who the wrestler boss really is.You figure Faraday's boss will come a runner
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to keep him from talking. That'smy gamble, A pretty local scheme.
If you ask me. I didn't, but I'll ask you this. You
got a better one. No,then hit the letter of a tombstone,
get that story around town, andthen get back here as soon as you
can. Who's that? Who's outthere going away? Oh? Yeah,
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yeah? I bet I got moresaddle sores than this horse? As did
you get the word around? Whoyou talk to? Well, Esra can
Field for one? Who else?Who were Big Low have to be in
town? I saw to it thathe heard a lot more what they say.
Well, they said they hope Fairthey could clear you, and they'd
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tried to sober up dark eating andget him out here. Somebody wouldn't find
him Biglow. I think it wasyou tell him exactly where our campus located.
Yeah, Luke, you figure itmight be either of them too,
can Field or Big Low. Itcould be On the other hand, it
could be anybody, or maybe ourmessage didn't even get to the right man.
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Anyway, you look at a Wichitas. Only one thing we can do
now, let's wait. Oh,it's sure gets cold out here at night.
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I'm gonna put another piece of mesquiteon the fire. Live with you,
but I'm pretesting, Luke. Justleave the embers like they are.
You don't want to light yourself upfor a target. Do you know that
you mention what time your figures gettingto be past midnight? But it looks
at the stars nobody's gonna be lookingfor us this time and night. Maybe
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maybe not. Look you realize it, dish, is the third night running
that I haven't had any sleep.To speak out and get some, I'll
stand watch, but I can't sleep, Luke, I'm too dang cool.
It looks like I'm gonna have toturn you out to pasture with your time.
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You're getting too old and crotchet overthis kind of plane. No,
no, no, Now, youshould hear, Luke, you're just as
sleepy and just as cool as Iam, only you won't admit it.
Quiet, looks like the party's aboutto start. Quiet, I can't you
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all right? Yeah, but I'mgonna need a new stitching. Serves you're
right for sneezing dark as he's aspade out there. I can't see your
thing you think and heat. Hejust shot at the sound. Keep your
eyes open. Now I'm gonna tossa rock to one side. They can
think I'm circling watch for his gunflash. Here goes over there. I've
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got him. Come on, here'swhat it's Homer big dol. Yeah,
I'm big alone? Is he is? He head no shoulder? He'll keep
long enough to stand trial anyway.He Ye. If he hadn't phone for
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your trap, if he'd have knownthat Verdey were dead and good talk,
he'd still be in the clear.Yeah. You know. They say what
a man doesn't know won't hurt him. That isn't true in Bigelow's case.
But he didn't know he's going tokill him. Luke Slaughter of Tombstone,
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starring Sam Buffington, was written byRobert Stanley and adapted for radio and directed
by William and robeson editorial supervision byTom Hanley. Supporting mister Buffington were Louis
van Ruten, Lawrence Dobkin, JuniusMatthews, and Don Diamond, with music
composed and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.Next week, at this time we return
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with Slutters the name Luke Sluughter whenwe meet up again, you can call
me that Luke Slutter. This isthe CBS Radio network.
Slaughter's my name, Luke Slaughter.Cattle's my business. It's a tough business,
it's big business. I've got abig stake in it. And there's
no man west of the Rio Grandbig enough to take it from me.
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Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. Luke Slaughterof Tombstone. Civil War cavalryman turned Arizona
cattleman. Across the territory from Yumato Fort Defiance, from Flagstaff to the
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Watchukas, and below the border throughChihuahua and Sonora. His name was respected,
We're feared, depending on which sideof the law you were on.
Man of vision, man of legend, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. This special
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meeting of the Cattleman's Association of Tombstoneis now in order, and I guess
it's in order for me to askwhat's so special about it? To take
up my time when I'm getting aheard ready for shipment. That's a fair
question, Slaughter. Now we've foundit. Just a minute. I'm not
finished. Oh go on, misterCanfield. How can you hold a meeting
special or not when you haven't gota quorum. There's only you and Bigelow
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here. That's no quorum. It'senough slaughter. This is a very special
meeting. We kept it small onaccount of you. Me. Yes,
you are the reason for this meeting. I got to ask you to elucidate
that mister Ganfield can feel. MayI have the floor? I'd like to
do the elucidating, of course,mister Biggelow. I agree that the accused
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has the right to know the chargeis against him accused, So I think
it only fair that you know rightoff that this special meeting has been called
to give you a private opportunity toanswer to the charge of horse stealing and
cattle rustling. Who says I'm acattle rustler and horse thief? I do
you stand up, mister and digyour iron? No? No, no,
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boys, Now, let's not addinjury to insult. We want to
get to the bottom of the slaughter, so do I, and I aim
to. No man accuses me withoutproof, and there isn't any proof.
I'm afraid there is slaughter, meaningmeaning somebody's been stealing horses from around Tombstone,
running them across the border and sellingthem in Mexico. I know I
lost a couple of three ponies outof my string. Oh I bet you
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know, mister Biggelow, and letme handle this. This appears to be
a two way rustling deal, Slaughter, because this someone's been stealing cattle in
Mexico and from around here too,and sell them in Bisbee and Phoenix and
Press all this time. You wasstupid, Slaughter. You stole some of
my cattle, and you had thebrass to turn around sell them to can't
feel long with that last heard youdrove up from Mexico, Biggelow. I'm
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telling you again, you better backthat up with steel. Afraid we've got
proof it's you, Slaughter. Whatproof? Well? That last heard I
bought from you. I paid forthem in Mexico with my own money.
I drove him all the way uphere through some pretty rough country and fattened
them on the way. I soldhim to you for a fair profit.
Yeah, and about a dozen ofthem had Biggelows brand on them. What
oh way had been altered. Butit was a pretty clumsy job. Now
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what have you got to say tothat? The only thing I can say,
I didn't steal Bigelows cattle or anybodyelse's. That ain't good enough for
me, Slaughter, You're new herein these parts, slaughter, But people
hereabouts think pretty well? Have you? Thanks? So we got a proposition
to make to you. Proposition.Yes, you pay Biggeloaf for his cattle,
and we'll just forget the whole thing. And if I don't, well
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you'll leave. There's no choice butto turn you over to the sheriff.
Well, slaughter, would you letbe neither reach both of you? I'll
just relieve you, gentzer your guns, putting yourself outside the low slaughter,
No, you're putting me there.We'll get up a posse, slaughter.
We'll come after you if you dothat, and we'll get you sooner or
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later that i'd doubt. Thanks forthe guns, gents. Of course,
I'm not taking them permanently any morethan I take horses or cattle. You'll
find him in the watering trough acrossthe street. If you take my advice,
don't come looking for him until I'veridden out of town. How you
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look? What took you so longin town? Plenty? Well, I'm
ready these cruise over Tucson in timeyou are, loop, I'd have to
wait. Which how long will ittake you to get together your gear and
chow? For three days? Andsaddle up. Oh half horror. If
hour rushed, you're rushed. Makeit twenty minutes. There's a posse less
than a half hour behind us.Yeah, if we're figuring on getting any
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further, you shot at these horses, we'd better give them a rush.
Yeah, I know which time.It's why we're headed for the river.
Who figured on throwing the park offthe trail on my riding on a little
stream. That's right. We'll comeout on that lava out cropping down the
jack rabbit pottles, and we'll seewhether they can pick up our trail if
you ahead ask me, I didn'twhich time? Well, I know,
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but if you had it, it'sjust would I would have gone. It's
just what I figured. Oh boy, start down it. Oh go on
there, you wanner a critter.No time stopped for a great now they
got that much time, Wichita.Let him wet his whistled. Oh good,
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I don't know. Look, Ijish can't get over. But you
ain't like you to take this linedown. I'm not exactly lying down,
Wichita. No, you're a highkail in it, which is worse.
And I always thought you had moreguts than you could hang on a fence.
It's the time to fight and thetime to run, Wichita, And
this isn't the time to fight.Come on, tell that's enough, couslins.
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Come on you buys. You areto blown the heads off them too,
slander. And that only proved Icould outdraw them. He didn't disprove
their charges. Well, you ain'tgoing to disprove them by running away,
I hope, I am Wichita.Ah, I don't know yet that it's
a nice day for a horseback ride, isn't. Let's give these fellas a
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little rest. I could use yourlittle myself. That lava field ain't the
easiest thing to pick your way throughfor man or beast, and let him
graze a while behind these rocks.Yeah, I actually go up and pick
over the rim. Maybe we cansee our pursuers. All right, get
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down, now, pick up yourhat. I'm sure I'm gonna make a
silhouette against the sky and mighty prettyview of a valet from here. What's
so funny? Look out there?Up river by mile there they are,
Yeah, fanning all over the desert, riding back and forthes and up and
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down the river. They'll never pickup our trail. We shook them for
fair. What we gonna do now? Sit shit here? That's right?
Why see what happens next? We'vemade our play. The next plays up
to somebody else who That's what we'resitting here to find out. Ain't we
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shed here long enough? Luke?That quite which to shed here all day?
Yesterday? Shed here all night,freezing the deast out of fire.
I told you I didn't want anybodyto know we were here. Who's to
know that partly faded back tombstone forsundown yesterday? Wichita. Didn't you ever
learn that patience is a virtue?I would never know. It's a very
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virtuous man, and that virtue isits own reward. Luke sermonizing me,
ain't gonna get you nowhere? Idon't mean to play skypilot which town?
But if you look over there,we're there toward the east, a cloud
of dust. I think that maybe why we've been sitting here. Just
a small string of horses six eight, maybe a couple of hands hurting them
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and hurting themself across the border.Maybe you think they're stolen horses, I
bet on it. Well, howcome you're so certain? Well, now,
if you were running this wrestling.You'd accused me. Why I'd never
do that loop, I know,but we're just supposing and I skipped down.
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Now, wouldn't you take advantage ofthat factor? Wrestle some more horses
make it look like I'd done itfor certain way. Sure, sure I
would look here if I was arustler. We're trained now. I think
we can both be pretty sure thatwe aren't the wrestlers I reconsole. But
but if we ain't, then themwarders down there urshol litch go get him?
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No, why not? If you'retheorizing is correct, they're guilty as
soon. Yeah, but they're probablyjust trailhnds. I want to know who
the boss is. How are yougoing to find out? Right down there,
Nashville? Which town we're going totrail him? Let's hit the leathern
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We trailed them south across the borderand into Mexico, keeping well out of
sight. By dark, on thesecond day, they'd reached the little town
of Della Rosa. We watched thetwo of them, heard the horses into
a corral on the outskirts of town, and paralleled them along a back street
As they headed with the cantina.We edged up to the door, keeping
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in the shadows. Fifteen minutes later, they came up and started across the
street. It looks like that toa rumin Hart. Over there and they're
heading for a loop. You recognizethem, hope, never seen either of
them before. Were going to followthem? I'd right now we know where
they are. I'm more interested inseeing who they've been talking to in the
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cantina. Come on your eyes,opening your hand near your holster, right
sings Thus the killers? She singer? What'd you that? Yeah? Over
there, that table? Who ishe? Domingus a bandido, smart and
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tough. You think here's the one? I think we better have a talk
with him. Hello, Domingas,When us not just sing your slaughter?
Matter? If we surround you shouldnot have come here, senor slaughter?
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Why not we're just drifting through?Oh no, you're not just drifting through,
senor slaughter. You will run outof tombstone because they thought you were
still in horses and cartro. You'vegot big ears, Domingas. See,
these big ears are very valuable tome at times. I think you follow
those horses here to find out who'sbehind this? Are Domingus. Let's play
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it your way but I don't thinkyou're the boss at this operation. I
think you're just receiving the stolen horsesat this end of the line, and
that's your business, not mine.I want to know who's behind this up
Tombstone way. I have no informationfor you. No, it might be
a good idea for you if youdid have. You're in no position to
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make threats. I'm holding a gunon you're under the table, Look easy,
Witchita. Yeah, I figured youwere domingus. What's your play.
There'll be no place in your slaughter. I'm leaving now and you will not
follow me. That's a matter ofopinion. If you do send your slaughter.
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Yeah, when you walk through thisdoor, you're going to be shot
in a moment. Luke's Slaughter ofTombstone returns. As anyone who's heard our
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production of Luke Slaughter of Tombstone.What are we gonna do? Luke?
Go out that door? I reckon, But you heard what Domingu said.
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We'll get dry ghost. Then westep outside. Maybe now's as good a
time as any to find out.He's the dark out there. We'd be
setting ducks against the light. That'swhy we're gonna have a little less light
in here. Get us thus staywe yard, nobody will get hurt.
I figure it's just as dark inhere as it is out there. Now
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come on with your time, allright. When I give the word,
we'll go through this door fast.Flatten yourself against the wall on the left.
I'll be on the right. Ready, Yeah, now you are right
twitch do yeah? He missed camefrom over near that horse trough. Don't
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shoot till you see what you're shootingat. I see him. Yeah,
peers, you got him. Staylow, let's go take a look.
You think it's Domingus. I doubtit. He's too smart to leave cover
like that. Here he is.It's one of the rustlers. You plugged
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him dead center. Domingus probably clearedout. I know him. He won't
ever call unless he's sure he's gota winning hand. Maybe he's wait listen,
sounds like somebody's real anxious to getout of here in a hurry.
Domingu is more likely it's the otherrustler heading north toward Tombstone. And if
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that is, we've got to catchhim before he gets there and make him
talk. Come on, Luke,wet being much on him all night.
I know I was hoping we couldhit him off before he crossed the border.
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Yeah, well, how far areyour figure? We are on a
tube, should five six hours,starting to get light. They've got one
chance of nailing him. He's swingingto the left around this ridge. We're
going over the top, Luke.If he's got by ahead of us,
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we're licked. Gott to climb overthe ridge like kill these horses. I
don't think he has got by uswitched. H ooh, here's the trail.
There's no fresh tracks on it.Yeah, I hear him coming.
Oak. We're around the bend fromhim. He won't see us until he's
right on top of us. You'regonna rope him. I'm gonna try to.
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I want him alive. Here hecomes, hey, Yeah, got
him? All right? Hold it? You had you cut me off?
It doesn't matter. Now. What'syour name? Ben Faraday? All right?
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Farriday? Who are you working for? No body? Don't give me
that. Who's your boss? Comeon, start talking. I don't know
what you get down. What yourtalk came from? Up on the ridge?
You see anything? Yeah? Apiece of a Mexican sombrero up there
for a minute, Domingos. Igotta hand it to him for being a
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good shot. Farreody is dead asa door new Yeah, you can't do
any talking now, that's a cinch. Come on, keep blow behind these
rocks. Keep that head of yoursdown here, you'll get it blown off.
Peers to be a lot of coverfor him up there. Yeah.
Once we get over this shoulder,I can see the top of the ridge.
Easy. Now I'll go first.You she anything. No, it
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looks like there he is I tophis horse and hidden for the border.
Sure he isn't interested in us anymore. That Faraday is dead and can't tell
us who the boss is. Maybeduced Mingus's likely it's operations too big for
it, Tim Horne, Bandito.It's gotta be somebody at the north end
of the line, probably somebody readingTombstone well with Faraday and that other rustler
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boat did. Looks like we don'thave much chance to find out who it
is. Come on that, Wichita. Don't throw in your hand till you've
used up all the aces in yoursleeve. Meaning see that hollow down there
in the rocks there Faraday's body.Yeah, Horboter, I'm gonna rig up
a little camp there for Faraday inme. You're gonna set up camp a
dead man, that's right. Andyou, Wichita, you're going riding what
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you think I've been doing for thelast twelve hours, and you get some
more riding ahead of you. Iwant you to ride into Tombstone and tell
him we caught Faraday. Tell himhe's wounded and unconscious. Tell him to
send the doctor, because as soonas he comes to we're gonna find out
who the wrestler boss really is.You figure Faraday's boss will come a runner
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to keep him from talking. That'smy gamble, A pretty local scheme.
If you ask me. I didn't, but I'll ask you this. You
got a better one. No,then hit the letter of a tombstone,
get that story around town, andthen get back here as soon as you
can. Who's that? Who's outthere going away? Oh? Yeah,
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yeah? I bet I got moresaddle sores than this horse? As did
you get the word around? Whoyou talk to? Well, Esra can
Field for one? Who else?Who were Big Low have to be in
town? I saw to it thathe heard a lot more what they say.
Well, they said they hope Fairthey could clear you, and they'd
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tried to sober up dark eating andget him out here. Somebody wouldn't find
him Biglow. I think it wasyou tell him exactly where our campus located.
Yeah, Luke, you figure itmight be either of them too,
can Field or Big Low. Itcould be On the other hand, it
could be anybody, or maybe ourmessage didn't even get to the right man.
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Anyway, you look at a Wichitas. Only one thing we can do
now, let's wait. Oh,it's sure gets cold out here at night.
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I'm gonna put another piece of mesquiteon the fire. Live with you,
but I'm pretesting, Luke. Justleave the embers like they are.
You don't want to light yourself upfor a target. Do you know that
you mention what time your figures gettingto be past midnight? But it looks
at the stars nobody's gonna be lookingfor us this time and night. Maybe
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maybe not. Look you realize it, dish, is the third night running
that I haven't had any sleep.To speak out and get some, I'll
stand watch, but I can't sleep, Luke, I'm too dang cool.
It looks like I'm gonna have toturn you out to pasture with your time.
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You're getting too old and crotchet overthis kind of plane. No,
no, no, Now, youshould hear, Luke, you're just as
sleepy and just as cool as Iam, only you won't admit it.
Quiet, looks like the party's aboutto start. Quiet, I can't you
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all right? Yeah, but I'mgonna need a new stitching. Serves you're
right for sneezing dark as he's aspade out there. I can't see your
thing you think and heat. Hejust shot at the sound. Keep your
eyes open. Now I'm gonna tossa rock to one side. They can
think I'm circling watch for his gunflash. Here goes over there. I've
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got him. Come on, here'swhat it's Homer big dol. Yeah,
I'm big alone? Is he is? He head no shoulder? He'll keep
long enough to stand trial anyway.He Ye. If he hadn't phone for
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your trap, if he'd have knownthat Verdey were dead and good talk,
he'd still be in the clear.Yeah. You know. They say what
a man doesn't know won't hurt him. That isn't true in Bigelow's case.
But he didn't know he's going tokill him. Luke Slaughter of Tombstone,
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starring Sam Buffington, was written byRobert Stanley and adapted for radio and directed
by William and robeson editorial supervision byTom Hanley. Supporting mister Buffington were Louis
van Ruten, Lawrence Dobkin, JuniusMatthews, and Don Diamond, with music
composed and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.Next week, at this time we return
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with Slutters the name Luke Sluughter whenwe meet up again, you can call
me that Luke Slutter. This isthe CBS Radio network.
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