February 4, 2023 • 25 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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Machucas, and below the border throughChihuahua and Sonora. His name was respected
or feared, depending on which sideof the law you were on. Man
of vision, man of legend,Luke Slutter of Tombstone. I'm Hermadutro color
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Stop in and see him soon andnow, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, Ed
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Craig came to Tombstone from the Easta little after I settled here. Ed
was well fixed, didn't have toscratch out a living like most of us,
and in his quiet, likable manner, he soon proved to be the
kind of man Arizona needed. Yes, I think I can do some good
for the territory in Washington. Ifthe voters want to send me there,
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you certainly can. Ed, Idelicate ought to be a much stronger man
than some of the ones we've sent. Yeah, I got older respect in
the world for mister Craig. Luke, what's a sense you've elected a good
man in the United States Congress whenhe don't even have a boot After he
gets there, he'll have a vote. When Arizona becomes a state. Meanwhile,
we need a delegate who can makethe federal government understand our needs and
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our future. Paul Gallagher's again statehood. He shays, if we got it,
we'd be taxed out of our boots. The way it is now,
he shays, we're getting a freeride. It seems to me Paul Gallagher
is again progress. I'm afraid themain reason he's running against me is to
get that free ride to Washington andback every year. That's about the size
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of it. And he doesn't needthe free part any more than you do.
He's made a wad of money outof his saloon, in his gambling
room. I wouldn't know about that. All I know is that he bellowed
like a branded longhorn about half thegambling license fees going into the school fund.
Bellowed like a branded longhorn. MisterCraig, you're even starting to talk
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something like a Westerner. He thinkslike an American Wichita. And that's the
kind of man Arizona needs for itsdelegate. To remember, I still have
to be elected. You will be. You know, I have a personal
reason for wanting to be in Washington. My little girl goes to school in
Baltimore. Oh you got a sprout. I didn't know that show. It's
another picture and you watch it.Well here it is. Why she ain't
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no sprout. She's a growed upyoung lady, and Purty is a spotted
puppy riding through snowstorm a little redwagon. Thanks which time. Well,
I've got to be getting along,Luke. Thanks for your confidence. Well,
I wish you wouldn't hurry. Ed, I have an appointment over at
Gallagher Saloon. I'm buying a goldmine. What that's right? An old
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prospect to named van Ling wants tosell his claim, says it's more fun
discovering gold and working to get itout of the ground. No, no,
wait a minute, head, I'venever heard of any worthwhile gold or
in these parts. The silver Chiflingstrike proved that. But I'd never gamble
on gold. I'd never gamble onno more silver. I figure old Chiffon
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found the only loading mule. MountainsMan Link took me out to his claim
and I watched him take the samples. They, I sayed, high enough
to be worth taking a chance.It's your money, Edin, But you're
no more a mining expert than Iam. I know, I know,
I just figured I can put somemen to work, and if the veins
as rich as it seems to be, their families will be comfortable for life.
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You mean you're gonna gonna hire ona profit sharing basis. I've got
as much money as I need,and I hope what the men get they'll
sort of invest back in Arizona.Yeah, what cash money wages? Your
pin ha ha? Exactly what Lukepays you, wisita. And if you
quit him to work for me,you might not get your ranch job back
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if the claim beaters out. Oh, I wasn't asking for no different job.
I know when I'm well off,when i'm a setting on a horse.
Just don't get so wrapped up inhelping people that you forget to campaign
ed, because you can really helpthem. When your Arizona's delegate to Congress
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woor thousand, eight hundred woor thousand, nine hundred five thousands. You correct
amount, mister Craig, and youget yourself a gold mine. Fine,
mister van Ley, the paper seemto be an order, and I'll take
care of filing the transfer. That'sa lot of cash money to be carrying
around Tombstone. Van here to leaveit in my safe overnight. Well,
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I might just do. Let misterGallagher where energy sheet in my office?
Well, Craig, this will bean interesting experience for you, I think
so. I think it'll be aprofitable one. Liver it is. Maybe
you'll quit harping on statehood for theterritory government take it all away in taxes.
Statehood's a few years away, misterGallagher. No matter which one of
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us goes to Washington, your ideasare too fancy for us out here.
Craig and I have a Westerner torepresent the West. We'll see what the
people decide that we would end.No hard feelings either way, mister van
Lane. If you change your mindabout joining the mine crew, just look
me up pretty for certain. Iwill well keep in touch anyway. Remember
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you'll get a share of the profits. Come along to my office, old
timer, all right, give mea receipt election here if you want a
Craig, even if this is myplace, I'll let the electionary go until
I rolled up the minor. Holdit hold, I'll go ahead. It's
worth laughing at he shared the profits. We put it over on him,
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really smart, like mister getting Itwasn't hard give me the money. Man
gets headed it would remember that's right, one hundred now and two hundred.
When I know you're in humor,I did. I can't like to stay
around and watch your friend. Yourmouth's too big, old timer. I
wouldn't want Craig to find out heactually bought that claim from me. Boy,
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gave me a word, and youfeaking peoples out. You're going to
humor. By the time you getthere, it'll be time to start spreading
the word that mister Edward Craig,candidate for Delegate from the territory of Arizona,
is pouring a fortune into a solidgold mine. I bet you in
that election, mister getting it safeas bet you'll ever make. When the
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people find out how a little Craigknows about the West, they'll laugh him
right out of Arizona. The claimdidn't look like much to me. There
were traces of gold in the sandstonewhere old van Ling had roughed out the
start of a mine shaft, butthey were shallow deposits, and they disappeared
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when Craig's men got to tunneling areal shaft. The crew worked with picks
and shovels and drew their pay regularly. Then at last the tracks and mine
carts and heavy or crushing equipment arrivedin Benson by rail, and the whole
mind force went down to mule freightedback to Tombstone. I persuaded ed to
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make a trip to the mine withWichita and me while the men weren't around.
We'll make a lot more progress whenwe get the machinery in, Louke.
Well, you'll dig deeper faster,that's sure, h He ain't no
machinery been invented. It'll put goldin the ground, worthy, ain't.
I don't want to put it in. I want to get it out.
Do you mind my asking how muchthis equipment set in your back? Head?
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About ten thousand? Another couple thousandsto ship it. Than with your
payroll, you're close to twenty thousandin the hole. I think it's a
sound investment. Now, do youmind me asking you something, Luke?
Nope, you're gonna ask me tokeep my nose out of your personal business,
Not at all. I'm just curiousabout that old muzzle loading rifle.
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Now. I've been studying up ongold the antique guns for a little experiment.
I want to make whoah, Yeah, Yeah, Merry's pride mine.
You got a shine on a tunnelanyway, I named it after my daughter.
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It'll be proud as punch when Itelegraphic we've hit high grade ore.
Oh, I've got some high gradegold nuggets here. Ed, I'm gonna
put a charge of powder in thiswhole blunderbuss, tamp the wadding, use
a nugget for a bullet, andfire into the rock near the shaft opening.
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Now we'll repeat the experiment. Now, what kind of nonsense is this
loop? Are you better sort ofhope it is nonsense, mister Craig.
Here goes another one. Now let'stake a look at the sandstone. Well,
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how about it and look like theplays where Van Link zipped off the
samples. Oh yes, that's justthe way the gold flicks would were distributed.
Yeah, Luke, I bought asalted mind, didn't I? I
am afraid you did. Ed.You fire soft gold into soft rock,
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and it looks for all the worldlike the real thing. You always apatche
for one of the scummiest tricks aWesterner can play on an Easterner, mister
Craig. I when this gets out, I'm going to shape up as a
fine candidate to represent the people ofthe West. That may have been what
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someone was thinking when you fell forthe trick. And I doubt if Old
van Ling is much interested in politics, and I'm all Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
returns with a warm weather. Hereyoung folks are champing at the bit to
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get outdoors and enjoy themselves. Manyof them, far too many, in
fact, may be thinking of quittingschool after this semester and going to work.
If they're not graduating. This Juneasked them to give the matter a
second thought. The grass may lookvery green and inviting from the classroom window,
but if they don't complete high schoolor college, they may be looking
just as longingly out the window twentyyears from now, bored and disgusted with
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a dull or menial, poor payingjob. The good jobs, the interesting
jobs, the secure jobs, andthe high salary jobs are reserved for those
with college degrees. There are somepretty good jobs for high school graduates too,
but remember this, the less educationyou have, the less money you're
likely to earn during your lifetime.You may hear of a lot of people
being out of work today, butthere's still a crying need for engineers,
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scientists, doctors, nurses and teachersand jobs like that require a sound,
complete education. Urge the young peopleyou know to qualify for them. They
can if they stay in school andgraduate. And now Act two of William
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and Robson's production of Luke Slaughter ofTombstone. Ed Craig had bought a salted
gold mine. There wasn't any doubtabout it. And if we'd got out
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ridicule was going to ruin his chanceof beating Paul Gallagher in the election for
territorial delegate to the United States Congress. As I see a gentleman, there's
only one thing I can do closeup to mine. Huh, No,
Wichita, keep digging. My menhave their families in Tombstone. Some of
them have brought them a long wayto settle here. If people think I'm
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a fool, they'll just have tothink it. But I'm not going to
shut down until I find something elsefor the men to do. Can you
afford it? Ed? I canfor a while anyway. And just because
the top stratum was salted is noproof there isn't paid dirt. Further in,
mister Craig, I wouldn't trade aspavined broom tail range must tang for
this whole dang rock pie, orneither would anybody else nor right chances which
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time, Ed, we both admireyou, and we both wish you all
the luck in the world. Oh, of course we do. I never
said I didn't wish your luck,but you sure gonna need it. Election
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day was getting close, and EdCraig's chances looked worse and worse out here.
The weak and the foolish don't survivelong, and in the eyes of
the hard working settlers, Ed lookedmore than a little foolish. Money doesn't
come easy to our people. Theydon't like to see a man throw it
away, especially when they don't understandas motives. And Paul Gallagher slandered those
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motives even to the men who arebenefiting from them. Out here. Mister
Rollinson out, I'll ave Bay whisky. Guess Oh, put your money away,
my friend. Huh, this ison the house. Words very nice
here, mister Gallagher, But he'sstill working for Craig at the Mary's Pride,
that's right, but maybe not forlong. Eh. Oh, No,
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we sure ain't finding pay dirt.But Craig keeps handing over our wages.
Yes, those wages aren't quite asmuch as you hope to make on
the deal. Well, no,over, if we make a strike,
we're all going to share in theprofits that Craig is a fast talker.
And I bet you wouldn't have movedyour family down from Globe if you'd known
it was for just a few weeks. Poor pay Pardon me for interrupting.
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It's been a few months, andthat's mighty good pay. Well, Slaughter,
our private conversations between my customers andme, any concerned with yours when
they're derogatory to one of the finestmen in the territory. Yes, mister
Slaughter, and mister Craig's nice enough, but we were led to believe we
were gonna make a lot of money. I bet you're making more now than
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you've ever made in your life.How long is it gonna last? Slaughter?
And the election's over, Craig willshut up that mind like I was
a pest house. What makes youthink so? Because Craig's not a complete
fool. He got stuck with asaltid mine. He figured he'd hide it
under a big gesture, A gesturethat might even get him elected. Then
when he got to Washington, he'dmake it up, and graft got any
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more to say, Gallagher, onlythat Arizona folks aren't stupid enough to be
taken in by an Eastern swindler.I dare you to say that again any
place except in your own miserable gamblinghouse. Have you heard me this time?
No need to chew a cabbage twice. You better come with me.
Rollinson wells long and mister Gallagher's settingup drinks your own way. But remember
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who's setting up the food for yourkids, Duke. I don't see what
good we're doing, mister Craig,but coming out to the mind when he
ain't even here, we may bedoing a lot of good. Yeah,
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but the elections day after tomorrow andthe way people are talking, he ain't
got a chinaman's chance to win.Craig knows that too, Wichita, But
he wouldn't be nearly as disappointed overlosing, so he would be to find
as miners have let him down.Yeah, peers, he ain't doing much
mining today. Looks more like they'rehaving their sholves a sociable blop. Gallaght
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is talking to him who I'd bedoing you, men of favorite, if
I came out and told you whatCraig is trying to pull. Ah As
for myself, I don't believe hegot the essays samples from this claim at
all. I don't believe he paidOld Vandling any five thousand dollars. I
think the whole thing was a plannedswindle to get him to Washington and to
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make you pay taxes to a stateand a federal government. I told you
not to call Craig a swindler again. Gallagher. Oh wait, wait,
wait for what. I'll take thatgun, Gallagher, and now I'll take
you now. Boys. As youknow, mister Craig is campaigning in Prescott.
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He'll be back for the election,and it doesn't look like he can
win. Craig isn't a mining expert. He felt for assaulted claim. I
told him so weeks ago, andI guess all Arizona knows it now.
But he kept all of you workingbecause he felt a responsibility to you and
your families, and for some strangereason, because he still has faith in
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this mind. Maybe that faith boilsdown to faith in the West, and
the men don't want to live here. Now, what do you say we
forget about the election, and whenEd Craig comes home, we'll show him
the longest mind tunnel he ever saw. Whether there's gold in it or not,
I'm gonna dig Wichita is gonna dig. How about the rest of you
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keep from horror pars coming back?Then we'll keep him filled up. It
was a pretty joicing speech you made, Luke. When I started swinging this
pick, I almost enjoyed it.But now the rocks getting all hard.
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Keep swinging anyway, but it short? Oh nah? Now a soft where
right here? You see soft andkind of lane colored? What'd you get
that light in? Closer? Yeah? This is silver, jo silver,
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and it looks like as clean avein as was ever found in the west.
Let's stop in at Gallagher's. Manager, Gallagher, we're having a little
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celebration. I thought you might wantto set up a few round. You'll
keep out of here, slaughter,unless you want to warrant for batteries slapped
on you. Yeah, battery isright. You look like you would run
over by her stage. You'll getout too. I'll let you a get
out. I don't need your votes. Every vote counts, Gallagher. Sure
you don't want to set the boysup. I told you to get out.
There's one thing I'd like to settlefirst. You've been telling these men
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that van Ling didn't get five thousanddollars from Craig for his mind claim.
What makes you think that? Howshould I know what Craig paid him?
The transaction took place in your establishment. I don't remember everything that goes on
here. A short memory is apretty handy thing. I guess you wouldn't
remember transferring the claim to van Linga month before he sold it to Craig.
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No, I don't. Do youknow enough about territorial government to realize
that all mining claim records are filedat Prescott? And are you keeping close
enough track of the election to realizethat Ed Craig has been campaigning up there?
Look, slaughter, If I gaveaway a worthless claim and Craig was
foolish enough to buy it, itstill doesn't involve me. Oh, of
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course you don't. Van Ling's aone who gets a hunk of the prophet.
Did Craig give that poor old coopthe same story he gave these men?
You want to know the only thingyou don't know is that we struck
silver at the Mary's Pride today.That's right, Gallaghers, richel loaders Ed
Schiffon's Tombstone strike. Maybe rich.Now wait a minute, it was my
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cross. I only transferred it toVanlin so he consulted and sell it.
Well, boys, we better getto the telegraph office. It's plenty of
time before election to let the wholeterritory know that Ed Craig has made a
million dollars strike. And I'll telegraphCraig not to bother looking up any claim
records. Gallagher has told us everythingwe need to know. Fellow citizens of
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Arizona. There are times when wordsjust can't seem to Please try to tell
them for me, Luke, Ithink they'd rather tell you, ed,
Boys, how do we feel aboutour new delegate to the Congress of the
United States? Luke. Slaughter ofTombstone, starring Sam Buffington, was written
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by fran Van Hardisfeld and directed byWilliam N. Robson editorial supervision by Tom
Henley. Supporting mister Buffington, we'reJoda Santis, Jack Moyles, Barney Phillips
and Julius Matthews. Next week atthis time, we return with Slaughters the
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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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Machucas, and below the border throughChihuahua and Sonora. His name was respected
or feared, depending on which sideof the law you were on. Man
of vision, man of legend,Luke Slutter of Tombstone. I'm Hermadutro color
stylis for O'Brien paints. Our musicaltheme hardly needs introduction. Just as the
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many instruments blend into this symphony,so O'Brien blends many pigments into the newest
fashion right colors for your home,giving more color per color. We have
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Stop in and see him soon andnow, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, Ed
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Craig came to Tombstone from the Easta little after I settled here. Ed
was well fixed, didn't have toscratch out a living like most of us,
and in his quiet, likable manner, he soon proved to be the
kind of man Arizona needed. Yes, I think I can do some good
for the territory in Washington. Ifthe voters want to send me there,
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you certainly can. Ed, Idelicate ought to be a much stronger man
than some of the ones we've sent. Yeah, I got older respect in
the world for mister Craig. Luke, what's a sense you've elected a good
man in the United States Congress whenhe don't even have a boot After he
gets there, he'll have a vote. When Arizona becomes a state. Meanwhile,
we need a delegate who can makethe federal government understand our needs and
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our future. Paul Gallagher's again statehood. He shays, if we got it,
we'd be taxed out of our boots. The way it is now,
he shays, we're getting a freeride. It seems to me Paul Gallagher
is again progress. I'm afraid themain reason he's running against me is to
get that free ride to Washington andback every year. That's about the size
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of it. And he doesn't needthe free part any more than you do.
He's made a wad of money outof his saloon, in his gambling
room. I wouldn't know about that. All I know is that he bellowed
like a branded longhorn about half thegambling license fees going into the school fund.
Bellowed like a branded longhorn. MisterCraig, you're even starting to talk
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something like a Westerner. He thinkslike an American Wichita. And that's the
kind of man Arizona needs for itsdelegate. To remember, I still have
to be elected. You will be. You know, I have a personal
reason for wanting to be in Washington. My little girl goes to school in
Baltimore. Oh you got a sprout. I didn't know that show. It's
another picture and you watch it.Well here it is. Why she ain't
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no sprout. She's a growed upyoung lady, and Purty is a spotted
puppy riding through snowstorm a little redwagon. Thanks which time. Well,
I've got to be getting along,Luke. Thanks for your confidence. Well,
I wish you wouldn't hurry. Ed, I have an appointment over at
Gallagher Saloon. I'm buying a goldmine. What that's right? An old
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prospect to named van Ling wants tosell his claim, says it's more fun
discovering gold and working to get itout of the ground. No, no,
wait a minute, head, I'venever heard of any worthwhile gold or
in these parts. The silver Chiflingstrike proved that. But I'd never gamble
on gold. I'd never gamble onno more silver. I figure old Chiffon
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found the only loading mule. MountainsMan Link took me out to his claim
and I watched him take the samples. They, I sayed, high enough
to be worth taking a chance.It's your money, Edin, But you're
no more a mining expert than Iam. I know, I know,
I just figured I can put somemen to work, and if the veins
as rich as it seems to be, their families will be comfortable for life.
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You mean you're gonna gonna hire ona profit sharing basis. I've got
as much money as I need,and I hope what the men get they'll
sort of invest back in Arizona.Yeah, what cash money wages? Your
pin ha ha? Exactly what Lukepays you, wisita. And if you
quit him to work for me,you might not get your ranch job back
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if the claim beaters out. Oh, I wasn't asking for no different job.
I know when I'm well off,when i'm a setting on a horse.
Just don't get so wrapped up inhelping people that you forget to campaign
ed, because you can really helpthem. When your Arizona's delegate to Congress
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woor thousand, eight hundred woor thousand, nine hundred five thousands. You correct
amount, mister Craig, and youget yourself a gold mine. Fine,
mister van Ley, the paper seemto be an order, and I'll take
care of filing the transfer. That'sa lot of cash money to be carrying
around Tombstone. Van here to leaveit in my safe overnight. Well,
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I might just do. Let misterGallagher where energy sheet in my office?
Well, Craig, this will bean interesting experience for you, I think
so. I think it'll be aprofitable one. Liver it is. Maybe
you'll quit harping on statehood for theterritory government take it all away in taxes.
Statehood's a few years away, misterGallagher. No matter which one of
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us goes to Washington, your ideasare too fancy for us out here.
Craig and I have a Westerner torepresent the West. We'll see what the
people decide that we would end.No hard feelings either way, mister van
Lane. If you change your mindabout joining the mine crew, just look
me up pretty for certain. Iwill well keep in touch anyway. Remember
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you'll get a share of the profits. Come along to my office, old
timer, all right, give mea receipt election here if you want a
Craig, even if this is myplace, I'll let the electionary go until
I rolled up the minor. Holdit hold, I'll go ahead. It's
worth laughing at he shared the profits. We put it over on him,
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really smart, like mister getting Itwasn't hard give me the money. Man
gets headed it would remember that's right, one hundred now and two hundred.
When I know you're in humor,I did. I can't like to stay
around and watch your friend. Yourmouth's too big, old timer. I
wouldn't want Craig to find out heactually bought that claim from me. Boy,
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gave me a word, and youfeaking peoples out. You're going to
humor. By the time you getthere, it'll be time to start spreading
the word that mister Edward Craig,candidate for Delegate from the territory of Arizona,
is pouring a fortune into a solidgold mine. I bet you in
that election, mister getting it safeas bet you'll ever make. When the
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people find out how a little Craigknows about the West, they'll laugh him
right out of Arizona. The claimdidn't look like much to me. There
were traces of gold in the sandstonewhere old van Ling had roughed out the
start of a mine shaft, butthey were shallow deposits, and they disappeared
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when Craig's men got to tunneling areal shaft. The crew worked with picks
and shovels and drew their pay regularly. Then at last the tracks and mine
carts and heavy or crushing equipment arrivedin Benson by rail, and the whole
mind force went down to mule freightedback to Tombstone. I persuaded ed to
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make a trip to the mine withWichita and me while the men weren't around.
We'll make a lot more progress whenwe get the machinery in, Louke.
Well, you'll dig deeper faster,that's sure, h He ain't no
machinery been invented. It'll put goldin the ground, worthy, ain't.
I don't want to put it in. I want to get it out.
Do you mind my asking how muchthis equipment set in your back? Head?
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About ten thousand? Another couple thousandsto ship it. Than with your
payroll, you're close to twenty thousandin the hole. I think it's a
sound investment. Now, do youmind me asking you something, Luke?
Nope, you're gonna ask me tokeep my nose out of your personal business,
Not at all. I'm just curiousabout that old muzzle loading rifle.
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Now. I've been studying up ongold the antique guns for a little experiment.
I want to make whoah, Yeah, Yeah, Merry's pride mine.
You got a shine on a tunnelanyway, I named it after my daughter.
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It'll be proud as punch when Itelegraphic we've hit high grade ore.
Oh, I've got some high gradegold nuggets here. Ed, I'm gonna
put a charge of powder in thiswhole blunderbuss, tamp the wadding, use
a nugget for a bullet, andfire into the rock near the shaft opening.
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Now we'll repeat the experiment. Now, what kind of nonsense is this
loop? Are you better sort ofhope it is nonsense, mister Craig.
Here goes another one. Now let'stake a look at the sandstone. Well,
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how about it and look like theplays where Van Link zipped off the
samples. Oh yes, that's justthe way the gold flicks would were distributed.
Yeah, Luke, I bought asalted mind, didn't I? I
am afraid you did. Ed.You fire soft gold into soft rock,
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and it looks for all the worldlike the real thing. You always apatche
for one of the scummiest tricks aWesterner can play on an Easterner, mister
Craig. I when this gets out, I'm going to shape up as a
fine candidate to represent the people ofthe West. That may have been what
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someone was thinking when you fell forthe trick. And I doubt if Old
van Ling is much interested in politics, and I'm all Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
returns with a warm weather. Hereyoung folks are champing at the bit to
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get outdoors and enjoy themselves. Manyof them, far too many, in
fact, may be thinking of quittingschool after this semester and going to work.
If they're not graduating. This Juneasked them to give the matter a
second thought. The grass may lookvery green and inviting from the classroom window,
but if they don't complete high schoolor college, they may be looking
just as longingly out the window twentyyears from now, bored and disgusted with
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a dull or menial, poor payingjob. The good jobs, the interesting
jobs, the secure jobs, andthe high salary jobs are reserved for those
with college degrees. There are somepretty good jobs for high school graduates too,
but remember this, the less educationyou have, the less money you're
likely to earn during your lifetime.You may hear of a lot of people
being out of work today, butthere's still a crying need for engineers,
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scientists, doctors, nurses and teachersand jobs like that require a sound,
complete education. Urge the young peopleyou know to qualify for them. They
can if they stay in school andgraduate. And now Act two of William
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and Robson's production of Luke Slaughter ofTombstone. Ed Craig had bought a salted
gold mine. There wasn't any doubtabout it. And if we'd got out
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ridicule was going to ruin his chanceof beating Paul Gallagher in the election for
territorial delegate to the United States Congress. As I see a gentleman, there's
only one thing I can do closeup to mine. Huh, No,
Wichita, keep digging. My menhave their families in Tombstone. Some of
them have brought them a long wayto settle here. If people think I'm
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a fool, they'll just have tothink it. But I'm not going to
shut down until I find something elsefor the men to do. Can you
afford it? Ed? I canfor a while anyway. And just because
the top stratum was salted is noproof there isn't paid dirt. Further in,
mister Craig, I wouldn't trade aspavined broom tail range must tang for
this whole dang rock pie, orneither would anybody else nor right chances which
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time, Ed, we both admireyou, and we both wish you all
the luck in the world. Oh, of course we do. I never
said I didn't wish your luck,but you sure gonna need it. Election
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day was getting close, and EdCraig's chances looked worse and worse out here.
The weak and the foolish don't survivelong, and in the eyes of
the hard working settlers, Ed lookedmore than a little foolish. Money doesn't
come easy to our people. Theydon't like to see a man throw it
away, especially when they don't understandas motives. And Paul Gallagher slandered those
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motives even to the men who arebenefiting from them. Out here. Mister
Rollinson out, I'll ave Bay whisky. Guess Oh, put your money away,
my friend. Huh, this ison the house. Words very nice
here, mister Gallagher, But he'sstill working for Craig at the Mary's Pride,
that's right, but maybe not forlong. Eh. Oh, No,
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we sure ain't finding pay dirt.But Craig keeps handing over our wages.
Yes, those wages aren't quite asmuch as you hope to make on
the deal. Well, no,over, if we make a strike,
we're all going to share in theprofits that Craig is a fast talker.
And I bet you wouldn't have movedyour family down from Globe if you'd known
it was for just a few weeks. Poor pay Pardon me for interrupting.
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It's been a few months, andthat's mighty good pay. Well, Slaughter,
our private conversations between my customers andme, any concerned with yours when
they're derogatory to one of the finestmen in the territory. Yes, mister
Slaughter, and mister Craig's nice enough, but we were led to believe we
were gonna make a lot of money. I bet you're making more now than
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you've ever made in your life.How long is it gonna last? Slaughter?
And the election's over, Craig willshut up that mind like I was
a pest house. What makes youthink so? Because Craig's not a complete
fool. He got stuck with asaltid mine. He figured he'd hide it
under a big gesture, A gesturethat might even get him elected. Then
when he got to Washington, he'dmake it up, and graft got any
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more to say, Gallagher, onlythat Arizona folks aren't stupid enough to be
taken in by an Eastern swindler.I dare you to say that again any
place except in your own miserable gamblinghouse. Have you heard me this time?
No need to chew a cabbage twice. You better come with me.
Rollinson wells long and mister Gallagher's settingup drinks your own way. But remember
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who's setting up the food for yourkids, Duke. I don't see what
good we're doing, mister Craig,but coming out to the mind when he
ain't even here, we may bedoing a lot of good. Yeah,
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but the elections day after tomorrow andthe way people are talking, he ain't
got a chinaman's chance to win.Craig knows that too, Wichita, But
he wouldn't be nearly as disappointed overlosing, so he would be to find
as miners have let him down.Yeah, peers, he ain't doing much
mining today. Looks more like they'rehaving their sholves a sociable blop. Gallaght
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is talking to him who I'd bedoing you, men of favorite, if
I came out and told you whatCraig is trying to pull. Ah As
for myself, I don't believe hegot the essays samples from this claim at
all. I don't believe he paidOld Vandling any five thousand dollars. I
think the whole thing was a plannedswindle to get him to Washington and to
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make you pay taxes to a stateand a federal government. I told you
not to call Craig a swindler again. Gallagher. Oh wait, wait,
wait for what. I'll take thatgun, Gallagher, and now I'll take
you now. Boys. As youknow, mister Craig is campaigning in Prescott.
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He'll be back for the election,and it doesn't look like he can
win. Craig isn't a mining expert. He felt for assaulted claim. I
told him so weeks ago, andI guess all Arizona knows it now.
But he kept all of you workingbecause he felt a responsibility to you and
your families, and for some strangereason, because he still has faith in
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this mind. Maybe that faith boilsdown to faith in the West, and
the men don't want to live here. Now, what do you say we
forget about the election, and whenEd Craig comes home, we'll show him
the longest mind tunnel he ever saw. Whether there's gold in it or not,
I'm gonna dig Wichita is gonna dig. How about the rest of you
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keep from horror pars coming back?Then we'll keep him filled up. It
was a pretty joicing speech you made, Luke. When I started swinging this
pick, I almost enjoyed it.But now the rocks getting all hard.
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Keep swinging anyway, but it short? Oh nah? Now a soft where
right here? You see soft andkind of lane colored? What'd you get
that light in? Closer? Yeah? This is silver, jo silver,
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and it looks like as clean avein as was ever found in the west.
Let's stop in at Gallagher's. Manager, Gallagher, we're having a little
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celebration. I thought you might wantto set up a few round. You'll
keep out of here, slaughter,unless you want to warrant for batteries slapped
on you. Yeah, battery isright. You look like you would run
over by her stage. You'll getout too. I'll let you a get
out. I don't need your votes. Every vote counts, Gallagher. Sure
you don't want to set the boysup. I told you to get out.
There's one thing I'd like to settlefirst. You've been telling these men
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that van Ling didn't get five thousanddollars from Craig for his mind claim.
What makes you think that? Howshould I know what Craig paid him?
The transaction took place in your establishment. I don't remember everything that goes on
here. A short memory is apretty handy thing. I guess you wouldn't
remember transferring the claim to van Linga month before he sold it to Craig.
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No, I don't. Do youknow enough about territorial government to realize
that all mining claim records are filedat Prescott? And are you keeping close
enough track of the election to realizethat Ed Craig has been campaigning up there?
Look, slaughter, If I gaveaway a worthless claim and Craig was
foolish enough to buy it, itstill doesn't involve me. Oh, of
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course you don't. Van Ling's aone who gets a hunk of the prophet.
Did Craig give that poor old coopthe same story he gave these men?
You want to know the only thingyou don't know is that we struck
silver at the Mary's Pride today.That's right, Gallaghers, richel loaders Ed
Schiffon's Tombstone strike. Maybe rich.Now wait a minute, it was my
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cross. I only transferred it toVanlin so he consulted and sell it.
Well, boys, we better getto the telegraph office. It's plenty of
time before election to let the wholeterritory know that Ed Craig has made a
million dollars strike. And I'll telegraphCraig not to bother looking up any claim
records. Gallagher has told us everythingwe need to know. Fellow citizens of
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Arizona. There are times when wordsjust can't seem to Please try to tell
them for me, Luke, Ithink they'd rather tell you, ed,
Boys, how do we feel aboutour new delegate to the Congress of the
United States? Luke. Slaughter ofTombstone, starring Sam Buffington, was written
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by fran Van Hardisfeld and directed byWilliam N. Robson editorial supervision by Tom
Henley. Supporting mister Buffington, we'reJoda Santis, Jack Moyles, Barney Phillips
and Julius Matthews. Next week atthis time, we return with Slaughters the
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name Luke Slaughter. When we meetup again, you can call me then
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