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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Pales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger
Chase Pearson. Another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from
the Pales of the Texas Rangers. Names, dates, and places
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in the following story.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Are fixitious for obvious reasons.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
The events themselves are a matter of records.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Hello, dear friends, is Gordon McRae.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
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But now that's here Today's adventure with the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
And now from the files of the Texas Rangers, the
case called a rubout. It is nine thirty pm, July
twenty third, nineteen thirty six.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
The night is sticky hot. In the dimly lit dressing
room of a border town fight are in A young,
good looking ex cow polk Johnny Buck is getting a
last minute rubbed down from one of his handlers, Slim Corey.
Hold steal, cowboy man, you keep scrounging around like a
frog and a frying pan. Plumb beat, Corey, just plumb beat.
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He get a rich shut eye last night? What times Correy?
I can send me wind up? Just about over WSS
Mike Morales, Mikey, come on, cowboy, what do you mean
he ain't coming. Mike's my manager and he's gotta be
in my corner tonight. Yeah, but you know you're coming. Yeah,
he'll sure he likes that to narrow too much to
stay away. I lay up, and it's wonder that I
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got any hide left. All I get is a bad time.
I wonder this guy can't sleep nights. That's your own fault, cowboy.
It was hard to keep away from my young Philly.
What Philly you're talking about? You know I'm talking about
Mike Morinand's kid sister, Nina. Then don't go call her,
no Philly, what about Nina? Wait? I see it. Mike
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can't kept her in a convent just so she can
get mixed up with no leather pushing and Mike should talk.
It's starving one for me eating leather every week, West Chico.
Gotta have somebody in my corner side a LOTSI running.
You gotta relax, can relax. I's a guy gonna relax
when my manager takes a powder, my second takes a
walk and has to come back. You go out and
find out your wind off. He's almost so off and
get ready, cowboys. She called, we's Mike. But what you
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need Mike? You're doing the fighting? Yeah, I have a
mind to get dressed in hot tail the heck out
of here. Wants something out of cupboy. You're getting cheecken.
Why you crumb little get your hands on needles. That's
for us, Cowboy.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
We're on.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Now I go, she go turn them loose and never
be no loosen. Okay, let's go. I'm just so excited
though about it. I didn't mean nothing, Cowboy.
Speaker 6 (04:02):
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
That's around. Simon's coming up. How you feel, see tom Bean?
What's wrong, cowboy? Checker?
Speaker 7 (04:20):
There's like a hot rod. Look with a little cornfield.
Shut a punch with the red head from the Star
instead of boxing me. Okay, cowboy, you've been boxing long enough.
Going on and slug with you matters where I'll go
out punching at yours and eagle.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
This's the seven round person.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
I spose you rep. He goes out of an owner
like I take this wire cat.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What's at the pone? And Lord East the rabbit on
the pone? Jolly fuck just cut off his componies.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
He's straight and plucking a peel a smack damble b.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
I'm at the phone.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Come out again.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
It's Johnny box. Fuck funding hope. He's bleating for the.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Cut over his right eye.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Fuck.
Speaker 8 (04:57):
Just not kill with the right hand. Peel a down
yet Peter Us town three as even Tony Buck on
you for corner Today's topo. Don't seem to in this
stand now it comes to go. He's staggering, Johnny Fucker's
just correct to the candas.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
He's ridis turning furnin seeing us highlo.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
Us stating for the rope.
Speaker 8 (05:18):
He's a climate to a seat seeless managers in the
room sleeve not the repty to come over, Tony Button
rest the paddle listen cloud moment.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Johnny Buck was rushed to the hospital. Sheriff Haines, president
of the fight, went along to investigation. While at the hospital,
he was told the fighter might have been poisoned. This
prompted the sheriff to call the Texas Rangers. Ranger Jason
Pearson was assigned and joined Sheriff Haines in the hospital corridor.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
We're glad you got here, James. The whole ruckus smell
was hiring a pole cat setting on a hospital. M
How bad off is the kids? Sheriff? Pretty bad? Jason
Buck's in there with him now. Boy hasn't been identifying,
not yet. I sure like to talk to Johnny Buck's manager.
The he around anywhere. Nope. What's more, he never even
showed for the fight. Why you mean he wasn't in
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Buck's corner. No, he wasn't. Then when I learned Buck
had been poisoned. This really reads seems like Morales stayed
away because he knew what was gonna happen. Of course. Oh,
I did see him outside the arena about eight tonight.
Rushed up to all in the sweat because his kid's sister,
Nina was gonna look Johnny Buck right after the fight.
Said she was underage, wanted me to take her into
custody if she showed up. It doesn't make sense. All
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Morales had to do was stick close to Johnny Buck.
The girl would have to show sometime. Yeah, give me
some story, like if I stayed on the lookout of
the arena, he'd be able to search for among her friends.
So far, I never seen hide in her hair her.
Where'd he go after he talked to you inside the arena?
Said he had to see Chico Valdez, that's Johnny Strainer,
And I saw him drive off, Oh, maybe fifteen minutes later.
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I want Mariles picked up sheriff right now. He stacks
up a pretty fair suspect me. He sure had the motive,
could have done twenty in fifteen minutes. Oh Jay, that's
Doc signaling we can go in now. We weren't in
there very long. John Buck died, mumbling Mike morales name.
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We checked the time for autopsy and sent out a
pick up call for Morales. As we started out down
the corridor, a pretty young Mexican girl came toward us excitedly,
almost in tears.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Can you please tell me which I can find Johnny Buck?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Are you Nina Morales? You say it, Nina, this is
Ranger Pearson. He'd like to ask you a few questions.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
I've got to see Johnny. I know he's expecting me.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Let's let's go into the waiting room. Nina, sit down, Nina, Can.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I see Johnny first? I come right back here, honest.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I will in a few minutes. Nina, you can tell
us why your brother wasn't in Johnny's corner tonight.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I think because he's no longer Johnny's manager.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Why did he break up with Johnny on account of me?
Speaker 5 (08:12):
It was silly, Mike.
Speaker 9 (08:14):
He didn't want me running around with price fighters, said, Johnny.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Be good enough for me? How would he know Johnny's
good and kind.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
When did Mike find out about you and Johnny?
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I don't know for sure. He warned Johnny, but we
still kept seeing each other.
Speaker 9 (08:32):
And last night, I know Chico saw some and well,
when Johnny brought me home, there was Big Mike waiting
for us. What happened, Well, when I told him Johnny
and I were going to get married, he went wild.
He slapped me, and then he and Johnny had it out.
I thought Johnny gave him a beating.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
What happened after that?
Speaker 9 (08:55):
He told Johnny they were through. He said before we
could ever get married, he'd killed Johnny first man.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Mike probably said that out of anger.
Speaker 9 (09:05):
He has a terrible temper, but I think he's going
to feel differently after we're married.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Thanks, Nina. That's all I can go Now I can
see Johnny. Yes, uh, Nina, kid, Nina, you don't want
to see him, not now.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
But I do. That's why I came. What's wrong doing here?
You see?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
He's dead, Nina.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
I knew it. I could feel it all the way
down here. I knew it.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Yesterday. Johnny promised me quick the fight game. We were
going to be so happy.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
While we were trying to calm reef stricken girl. A
phone call came through from Hafey and they bring deputy
who had picked up Mike Morales. I instructed him to
be just at the Sheriff's office with Morales and we left,
taking Nina with us in protective custody. It was almost
two thirty am when Hafei reported to the sheriff in
the outer office. I want to see Morales now, Jason. Yeah, uh, Nina,
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Why don't you go with a sheriff and wait in
the other office. Why don't we talk to your brother?
Do you mind?
Speaker 5 (10:33):
No, I don't mind.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
This way means.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Inga what are you doing?
Speaker 10 (10:44):
No, baby, honest, but I was only thinking of you.
I wanted you to go back to the convent to study.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Bringing in the sheriff inside. But he just say to you.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Yeah, she complained, but the headache.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Your sister speaks Spanish better than you understand that. Morales
sit down. She's upset.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
She don't know what she's saying.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You know about Johnny Buck, Yes, yes, I know. It's
terrible thing. When did you last see him?
Speaker 6 (11:23):
I didn't see Johnny since, not before the fight.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
That's not true, Mike I saw you go into the
arena himself last night.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Yes, but I only went to take Chico to see
the promoter to turn over the post to Chico.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
I didn't want Johnny to have money so he could
to run away with Nino.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I'll check that, Okay, check, go ahead. Didn't you go
to Johnny's dressing room?
Speaker 6 (11:40):
Whoever said? I didn't say?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Packup lies? Didn't you have to go to the dressing
room to get Chico?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I did not. I made about side the promoter's office.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Where you been all night?
Speaker 6 (11:49):
All over looking for Nino?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
And you should have been in your fighter's corner.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
My sister, she is more important to me.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
You knew something was gonna happen to Johnny. Isn't that
white stayed away from the fight.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
No. I didn't know he was going to get killed.
Who said he was killed? I don't know, but somebody,
somebody said.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
If you told Johnny you'd kill him if you loved
with your sister, what were you gonna do? Morales, shoot
him or strangle him?
Speaker 6 (12:16):
No, no, I wouldn't do these things.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What would you do? Maybe poison him?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Nothing I wouldn't do. Lacking came in chairs him.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
You've been drinking moralice.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
Yeah, I had a few. When to come, poor Johnny,
I've been trying to forget.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Yeah, what I want you to remember when I talked
to you again in the morning. In the meantime, maybe
you better spend the night here. Yeah, in jail.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
I got to go home.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
I got to take care of Nina. You need sleep, Mite.
If you go home, you'll be up all night argue
with Nina. Rangers, right, you know the mood jesu in. Yeah,
I don't trouble all right, man, let's go. Oh hey, Dade,
put Mike in the overnight tank and then drive Nina home. Actually, jeez,
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we don't have enough to hold moralice except maybe a
drunk card, sure, drunk charge, maybe a knight in a
bullpennal loosening his tongue in the morning. Yeah, Jace, what
did Nina yell at Mike in Spanish? She said you
killed my Johnny, or words to that effect. I think
she'll tell that to a jury. I doubt it. Nothing
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more we can do now until we get the autopsy report. Sheriff,
let's get some sleep. I left the sheriff's office and
checked in at the local hotel. Seems like I'd hardly
fallen asleep when the phone began to open. What said
it was six thirty am? Hello, Yeah, it was this.
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Oh I'm sorry, Sheriff. Are you sure you're awake? I am? Now?
Speaker 5 (13:59):
What doctis?
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Boone?
Speaker 5 (14:01):
He's completed the autopsy report?
Speaker 6 (14:03):
Good?
Speaker 3 (14:03):
What is a show? Wasn't even a trace of poison
found in the stomach case, it wasn't. What did kill
Johnny Bug nitro glycerin. Nitro Glycerin, that's right, showed up
in the blood stream. Hmmm. Jace built to use nitro
glyserine for certain heart conditions to pick up the heart
not exploded. Hey, wait a minute. Seems to me there
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are several cases on record where poisoned nitrates were absorbed
through the skin. What you get night, Jase. Nitro Glycerin
is an orderless liquid dissolves an alcohol. Johnny could have
had a rub down before he entered the ring. If
the rubbing linament had been spiked, his skin would sorb
enough of it in the heat of action to kill him.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
I think you got something, Jase.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
How soon can we get into the arena anytime?
Speaker 11 (14:45):
You say?
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Why?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
If I'm right about the liniment, Sheriff we should find
signs of it in the dressing room. Meet you there
in ten minutes.
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Speaker 3 (16:17):
A rubout in the dressing room at the Fighter and
we scraped up a dryer residue from the floor and
rubbing table and had it flown to the lab at
Austin for mediate analysis. We released Morales after another talk,
assigned a deputy to tail him, and then took off
for a local gym where Chico and Corey with other boxers.
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It was eleven fifteen when we got there. Lots of
early Cauliflier here, Jason, I'll stick to the garden variety.
We'll see either of Jenny's handler's share. Yep, that's Chico
holding a sandbag with the big heavyweight.
Speaker 11 (16:52):
Let's get over there, like, come on, come on, Bosta,
get from large behind it hook?
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Will you zing into the bag? Make believe it your Chico?
Speaker 8 (17:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Can you come here? Oh hi, Shriff, sure sure, come
out stopping to a little shadow box a boss that
this is Ranger Pearson Chico, Oh yeah, yeah, hi Ranger.
You know Johnny Buck died last night.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Yeah, yeah, it's too bad, too bad, great kid, Johnny
sure pop for the side.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
In a couple of years. He couldn't miss you were
his rubber. No, I was his trainer a second. You
know the brain Trust Robin that that's Corey's Joe. Were
you in the dressing room with Johnny right up the
ring time? Most of the time. I wouldn't leave that kid.
He was like my own brother. Any outsiders in the
dressing room maybe not what I was there about morales Mike. No,
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Mike was never in the dressing room. He was at
the arena and I talked to him myself. All I
know is I met him outside the promoter's office. We
had to talk to hibout Johnny's dough, so that doesn't
take all night. No, No, Mike was there only a
few minutes. I had to see around him. Mike left
by himself. How do you know he didn't go to
john He's dressing room. Gosh, I don't know. Maybe he did.
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I wouldn't swear there's some Cory around here. Corey.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
No, no, no, he can't hear to but he's supposed
to work with a couple of fires. But he sent
a word that he's sick. I can't believe the word
that he says. You have local most of the time. Hey,
what's up, Randy? Anything wrong about last night.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Just the usual questions we asked when a fight or
dies after a that's a likely looking heavyweight. You got there,
ch go hey, yeah yeah, but nothing like Jenny Buck.
You better get back to your boy his shadows going
ahead on points. Yeah, that's what happens when I leave
the big bomb. Well so long range, Jeralffy. Anything else
you want to know, you can always find it here. Okay,
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I remember that got Corey's a dress chef. Yeah, jeez,
let's go. Guy's just cords to ring the doorbell. Maybe
Corey ain't home and tried again? Was it, Sheriff Hayes Corey?
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Doors open? All right? I can't get out of bad share?
What's wrong with you? I don't know for sure. Never
felt like this for guess on account of last night?
What happened to Johnny? Did you rub him down before
the fight?
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Needed it real bad? Or the liniment? Chico? He brung
it along his satchel. Chico was badly broken up about
Johnny Chico, who are you kidding? Mystery? Why didn't they
get along? Eh? No? And since Johnny started beating his
time with Mike's kids, sister, Oh, Chico didn't like that
huh shucks. He went plumb local when he heard about
Johnny and Nino fixing to get hitched. Why the night
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of the fight, Chico was so crazy mad he wouldn't
come near the dressing room when when he did, he
and Johnny had a ruckus. Were you in the dressing
room all the time? Johnny was there? Yeah, most every
minute of the Ny said, Nola show up while you
were there? Oh, Mike, never shoot only.
Speaker 12 (20:02):
Guy.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I feel like gonna somebody doing an asmir. You don't
need an aspirin, Corey, you need a doctor. I'm going
to get you to a hospital and fast. We took
Coy to the hospital and waited for the diagnosis. Blood
tests confirmed what we'd suspected. Corey was suffering from a
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trace of nitroglycerin poisoning, and immediate measures were taken to
save him. When we went back to the Sheriff's office,
the lab report from Austin was waiting for me in
the tillotype room. Listen to this sheriff tests completed scrapings
from dressing room floor and table definitely nitro glysmen impurities
in residue is type of clay usually found in commercial dynamite.
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I don't get it. What a dynamite got to do
with it? Simple enough, dynamite contains nitro glyisin. The clay
holds together. The nitro could have been dissolved in alcohol
and strain through a claw. Well, I'll be dying. But
how did Corey get poisoned with the stuff and most
likely got into the porson hands while giving Johnny Buck
his rubdown? The reason Johnny went so fast was because
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his entire body was saturated with a poisoned liniment. Then
our problem right now is to find the party who
mixed the stuff. And Chico sure had a motive if
Corey was telling the truth, and I think we might
get that answer at Mike Morales. Oh, come in, Ranger, Sure, Mike,
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what do you know about slim Corey?
Speaker 5 (21:39):
He said?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
Good boy, Corey.
Speaker 10 (21:41):
Worked with Mike Fighters for years, even before I took
on journey.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
How did Corey get along with Johnny Buck?
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (21:47):
He was a good frame, always filling.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Him up with advice. I see Nina round Yeah, sure.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
Nina, what do you want? The Ranger and the share
high come down? Poor kid. We just got through making
the arrangements for Johnny. Are you feeling.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Now, Nina, should I see you. I'd like to ask
you something, Nina. I told you all I know about Chico.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Chico. What do I have to do with Chico?
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I want your good friends.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
At one time, never I couldn't stand him.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
It's a sneak. He was always spying on he was
jealous of Johnny. Crazy chells, Mike, huh was a Chico
who told you about Johnny and Nina?
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Yes, Chico told me. He was always telling me all
kinds of things. Things I couldn't believe.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Did he tell you to get rid of Johnny? What
do you mean, get rid of Johnny and break up
with him? Splip?
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Oh yeah, yeah, he put that idea in my head.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
He was the one I see. I'm sorry of trouble
you again, Mike, Nina, let's go there. Looks like Chico's
our boys. Everything points to him like a signpost. Strong jealousy, motive,
deliberate lies about his friendship for Johnny, buck dressing him,
brawl with Johnny on the night of the fight, and
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he was the one who gave Corey the Robin linimen. Yeah.
Now all we need is definite proof that he spiked
it to send mister Valdez to a big chair. At Huntsville,
we stopped to pick up a search warrant and then
went on to Chico's home. It was exactly three forty
seven pm when we pulled up in front of a
weather beaten two room adobe on the outskirts of town
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to see if we could find the final link of
evidence that would help them Victy go for the murder
of Johnny Buck. No one here, Jayce. The door might
be unlocked. I'll try it. It isn't you want to
pick the lock and let's go around the back. I
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hold it a second, Sheriff, Why, I want to have
a look at this trash box? Okay, meantime, I'll see
at the back doors unlocked. Back door's locked too, there's
a window open on the side. Yeah, you find something, Jase. Yeah,
it was a very interesting looking piece of cloth. Hmmm.
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Sure if this might be it? This rag? Yeah, could
have been used to strain the nitro glys room. Do
you really think so? Jay? You can almost tell that
residue blindfolded. I might as well take the trash box
and all his evidence. Want me to give you a
hand with it? No, I can handle it. I'll park
this stuff in the car. Meantime, you go in the
side through that window and open the door for me, okay,
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to show you crazy. You've got a white kids you.
Speaker 5 (25:01):
Why are you.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
One more sound from you? When I blow a hold
your face like dig into the floor and don't you
more Now I unlocked the door for your range of frames.
I give him a little surprise. Don't you turn your head? Look, ye,
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you're bleeding got shoulder. I'll be okay, it looks pretty bad.
Look kind of better at yourself, sheriff. Yeah, I feel
that way too. Chico dead No, Chico, Oh my LIGs.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
They hurt me.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
They hurt some good old Yeah, that's what you get, Chico,
and you start messing around with dynamite.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
In just moment, we will tell you the results of
the case you have just heard.
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And now here are the results in the case you
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Speaker 11 (27:26):
Ranger Pierson recovered from his wounds and was present at
Jigo Valvez's trial. Ten weeks later, when Chigo confessed to
the pre meditated murderer of Johnny Buck on January thirteenth,
nineteen thirty eight, Jco paid the Supreme penalty for his
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Speaker 2 (01:55):
And now from the files of the Texas Rangers, the
case called a rubout. It is nine thirty pm, July
twenty third, nineteen thirty six.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
The night is sticky hot. In the dimly lit dressing
room of a border town fight are in A young,
good looking ex cow polk Johnny Buck is getting a
last minute rubbed down from one of his handlers, Slim Corey.
Hold steal, cowboy man, you keep scrounging around like a
frog and a frying pan. Plumb beat, Corey, just plumb beat.
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He get a rich shut eye last night? What times Correy?
I can send me wind up? Just about over WSS
Mike Morales, Mikey, come on, cowboy, what do you mean
he ain't coming. Mike's my manager and he's gotta be
in my corner tonight. Yeah, but you know you're coming. Yeah,
he'll sure he likes that to narrow too much to
stay away. I lay up, and it's wonder that I
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got any hide left. All I get is a bad time.
I wonder this guy can't sleep nights. That's your own fault, cowboy.
It was hard to keep away from my young Philly.
What Philly you're talking about? You know I'm talking about
Mike Morinand's kid sister, Nina. Then don't go call her,
no Philly, what about Nina? Wait? I see it. Mike
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can't kept her in a convent just so she can
get mixed up with no leather pushing and Mike should talk.
It's starving one for me eating leather every week, West Chico.
Gotta have somebody in my corner side a LOTSI running.
You gotta relax, can relax. I's a guy gonna relax
when my manager takes a powder, my second takes a
walk and has to come back. You go out and
find out your wind off. He's almost so off and
get ready, cowboys. She called, we's Mike. But what you
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need Mike? You're doing the fighting? Yeah, I have a
mind to get dressed in hot tail the heck out
of here. Wants something out of cupboy. You're getting cheecken.
Why you crumb little get your hands on needles. That's
for us, Cowboy.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
We're on.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Now I go, she go turn them loose and never
be no loosen. Okay, let's go. I'm just so excited
though about it. I didn't mean nothing, Cowboy.
Speaker 6 (04:02):
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
That's around. Simon's coming up. How you feel, see tom Bean?
What's wrong, cowboy? Checker?
Speaker 7 (04:20):
There's like a hot rod. Look with a little cornfield.
Shut a punch with the red head from the Star
instead of boxing me. Okay, cowboy, you've been boxing long enough.
Going on and slug with you matters where I'll go
out punching at yours and eagle.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
This's the seven round person.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
I spose you rep. He goes out of an owner
like I take this wire cat.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What's at the pone? And Lord East the rabbit on
the pone? Jolly fuck just cut off his componies.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
He's straight and plucking a peel a smack damble b.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
I'm at the phone.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Come out again.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
It's Johnny box. Fuck funding hope. He's bleating for the.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Cut over his right eye.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Fuck.
Speaker 8 (04:57):
Just not kill with the right hand. Peel a down
yet Peter Us town three as even Tony Buck on
you for corner Today's topo. Don't seem to in this
stand now it comes to go. He's staggering, Johnny Fucker's
just correct to the candas.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
He's ridis turning furnin seeing us highlo.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
Us stating for the rope.
Speaker 8 (05:18):
He's a climate to a seat seeless managers in the
room sleeve not the repty to come over, Tony Button
rest the paddle listen cloud moment.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Johnny Buck was rushed to the hospital. Sheriff Haines, president
of the fight, went along to investigation. While at the hospital,
he was told the fighter might have been poisoned. This
prompted the sheriff to call the Texas Rangers. Ranger Jason
Pearson was assigned and joined Sheriff Haines in the hospital corridor.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
We're glad you got here, James. The whole ruckus smell
was hiring a pole cat setting on a hospital. M
How bad off is the kids? Sheriff? Pretty bad? Jason
Buck's in there with him now. Boy hasn't been identifying,
not yet. I sure like to talk to Johnny Buck's manager.
The he around anywhere. Nope. What's more, he never even
showed for the fight. Why you mean he wasn't in
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Buck's corner. No, he wasn't. Then when I learned Buck
had been poisoned. This really reads seems like Morales stayed
away because he knew what was gonna happen. Of course. Oh,
I did see him outside the arena about eight tonight.
Rushed up to all in the sweat because his kid's sister,
Nina was gonna look Johnny Buck right after the fight.
Said she was underage, wanted me to take her into
custody if she showed up. It doesn't make sense. All
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Morales had to do was stick close to Johnny Buck.
The girl would have to show sometime. Yeah, give me
some story, like if I stayed on the lookout of
the arena, he'd be able to search for among her friends.
So far, I never seen hide in her hair her.
Where'd he go after he talked to you inside the arena?
Said he had to see Chico Valdez, that's Johnny Strainer,
And I saw him drive off, Oh, maybe fifteen minutes later.
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I want Mariles picked up sheriff right now. He stacks
up a pretty fair suspect me. He sure had the motive,
could have done twenty in fifteen minutes. Oh Jay, that's
Doc signaling we can go in now. We weren't in
there very long. John Buck died, mumbling Mike morales name.
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We checked the time for autopsy and sent out a
pick up call for Morales. As we started out down
the corridor, a pretty young Mexican girl came toward us excitedly,
almost in tears.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Can you please tell me which I can find Johnny Buck?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Are you Nina Morales? You say it, Nina, this is
Ranger Pearson. He'd like to ask you a few questions.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
I've got to see Johnny. I know he's expecting me.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Let's let's go into the waiting room. Nina, sit down, Nina, Can.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I see Johnny first? I come right back here, honest.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I will in a few minutes. Nina, you can tell
us why your brother wasn't in Johnny's corner tonight.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I think because he's no longer Johnny's manager.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Why did he break up with Johnny on account of me?
Speaker 5 (08:12):
It was silly, Mike.
Speaker 9 (08:14):
He didn't want me running around with price fighters, said, Johnny.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Be good enough for me? How would he know Johnny's
good and kind.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
When did Mike find out about you and Johnny?
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I don't know for sure. He warned Johnny, but we
still kept seeing each other.
Speaker 9 (08:32):
And last night, I know Chico saw some and well,
when Johnny brought me home, there was Big Mike waiting
for us. What happened, Well, when I told him Johnny
and I were going to get married, he went wild.
He slapped me, and then he and Johnny had it out.
I thought Johnny gave him a beating.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
What happened after that?
Speaker 9 (08:55):
He told Johnny they were through. He said before we
could ever get married, he'd killed Johnny first man.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Mike probably said that out of anger.
Speaker 9 (09:05):
He has a terrible temper, but I think he's going
to feel differently after we're married.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Thanks, Nina. That's all I can go Now I can
see Johnny. Yes, uh, Nina, kid, Nina, you don't want
to see him, not now.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
But I do. That's why I came. What's wrong doing here?
You see?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
He's dead, Nina.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
I knew it. I could feel it all the way
down here. I knew it.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Yesterday. Johnny promised me quick the fight game. We were
going to be so happy.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
While we were trying to calm reef stricken girl. A
phone call came through from Hafey and they bring deputy
who had picked up Mike Morales. I instructed him to
be just at the Sheriff's office with Morales and we left,
taking Nina with us in protective custody. It was almost
two thirty am when Hafei reported to the sheriff in
the outer office. I want to see Morales now, Jason. Yeah, uh, Nina,
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Why don't you go with a sheriff and wait in
the other office. Why don't we talk to your brother?
Do you mind?
Speaker 5 (10:33):
No, I don't mind.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
This way means.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Inga what are you doing?
Speaker 10 (10:44):
No, baby, honest, but I was only thinking of you.
I wanted you to go back to the convent to study.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Bringing in the sheriff inside. But he just say to you.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Yeah, she complained, but the headache.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Your sister speaks Spanish better than you understand that. Morales
sit down. She's upset.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
She don't know what she's saying.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You know about Johnny Buck, Yes, yes, I know. It's
terrible thing. When did you last see him?
Speaker 6 (11:23):
I didn't see Johnny since, not before the fight.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
That's not true, Mike I saw you go into the
arena himself last night.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Yes, but I only went to take Chico to see
the promoter to turn over the post to Chico.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
I didn't want Johnny to have money so he could
to run away with Nino.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I'll check that, Okay, check, go ahead. Didn't you go
to Johnny's dressing room?
Speaker 6 (11:40):
Whoever said? I didn't say?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Packup lies? Didn't you have to go to the dressing
room to get Chico?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I did not. I made about side the promoter's office.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Where you been all night?
Speaker 6 (11:49):
All over looking for Nino?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
And you should have been in your fighter's corner.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
My sister, she is more important to me.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
You knew something was gonna happen to Johnny. Isn't that
white stayed away from the fight.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
No. I didn't know he was going to get killed.
Who said he was killed? I don't know, but somebody,
somebody said.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
If you told Johnny you'd kill him if you loved
with your sister, what were you gonna do? Morales, shoot
him or strangle him?
Speaker 6 (12:16):
No, no, I wouldn't do these things.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What would you do? Maybe poison him?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Nothing I wouldn't do. Lacking came in chairs him.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
You've been drinking moralice.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
Yeah, I had a few. When to come, poor Johnny,
I've been trying to forget.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Yeah, what I want you to remember when I talked
to you again in the morning. In the meantime, maybe
you better spend the night here. Yeah, in jail.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
I got to go home.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
I got to take care of Nina. You need sleep, Mite.
If you go home, you'll be up all night argue
with Nina. Rangers, right, you know the mood jesu in. Yeah,
I don't trouble all right, man, let's go. Oh hey, Dade,
put Mike in the overnight tank and then drive Nina home. Actually, jeez,
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we don't have enough to hold moralice except maybe a
drunk card, sure, drunk charge, maybe a knight in a
bullpennal loosening his tongue in the morning. Yeah, Jace, what
did Nina yell at Mike in Spanish? She said you
killed my Johnny, or words to that effect. I think
she'll tell that to a jury. I doubt it. Nothing
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more we can do now until we get the autopsy report. Sheriff,
let's get some sleep. I left the sheriff's office and
checked in at the local hotel. Seems like I'd hardly
fallen asleep when the phone began to open. What said
it was six thirty am? Hello, Yeah, it was this.
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Oh I'm sorry, Sheriff. Are you sure you're awake? I am? Now?
Speaker 5 (13:59):
What doctis?
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Boone?
Speaker 5 (14:01):
He's completed the autopsy report?
Speaker 6 (14:03):
Good?
Speaker 3 (14:03):
What is a show? Wasn't even a trace of poison
found in the stomach case, it wasn't. What did kill
Johnny Bug nitro glycerin. Nitro Glycerin, that's right, showed up
in the blood stream. Hmmm. Jace built to use nitro
glyserine for certain heart conditions to pick up the heart
not exploded. Hey, wait a minute. Seems to me there
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are several cases on record where poisoned nitrates were absorbed
through the skin. What you get night, Jase. Nitro Glycerin
is an orderless liquid dissolves an alcohol. Johnny could have
had a rub down before he entered the ring. If
the rubbing linament had been spiked, his skin would sorb
enough of it in the heat of action to kill him.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
I think you got something, Jase.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
How soon can we get into the arena anytime?
Speaker 11 (14:45):
You say?
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Why?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
If I'm right about the liniment, Sheriff we should find
signs of it in the dressing room. Meet you there
in ten minutes.
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Speaker 3 (16:17):
A rubout in the dressing room at the Fighter and
we scraped up a dryer residue from the floor and
rubbing table and had it flown to the lab at
Austin for mediate analysis. We released Morales after another talk,
assigned a deputy to tail him, and then took off
for a local gym where Chico and Corey with other boxers.
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It was eleven fifteen when we got there. Lots of
early Cauliflier here, Jason, I'll stick to the garden variety.
We'll see either of Jenny's handler's share. Yep, that's Chico
holding a sandbag with the big heavyweight.
Speaker 11 (16:52):
Let's get over there, like, come on, come on, Bosta,
get from large behind it hook?
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Will you zing into the bag? Make believe it your Chico?
Speaker 8 (17:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Can you come here? Oh hi, Shriff, sure sure, come
out stopping to a little shadow box a boss that
this is Ranger Pearson Chico, Oh yeah, yeah, hi Ranger.
You know Johnny Buck died last night.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Yeah, yeah, it's too bad, too bad, great kid, Johnny
sure pop for the side.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
In a couple of years. He couldn't miss you were
his rubber. No, I was his trainer a second. You
know the brain Trust Robin that that's Corey's Joe. Were
you in the dressing room with Johnny right up the
ring time? Most of the time. I wouldn't leave that kid.
He was like my own brother. Any outsiders in the
dressing room maybe not what I was there about morales Mike. No,
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Mike was never in the dressing room. He was at
the arena and I talked to him myself. All I
know is I met him outside the promoter's office. We
had to talk to hibout Johnny's dough, so that doesn't
take all night. No, No, Mike was there only a
few minutes. I had to see around him. Mike left
by himself. How do you know he didn't go to
john He's dressing room. Gosh, I don't know. Maybe he did.
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I wouldn't swear there's some Cory around here. Corey.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
No, no, no, he can't hear to but he's supposed
to work with a couple of fires. But he sent
a word that he's sick. I can't believe the word
that he says. You have local most of the time. Hey,
what's up, Randy? Anything wrong about last night.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Just the usual questions we asked when a fight or
dies after a that's a likely looking heavyweight. You got there,
ch go hey, yeah yeah, but nothing like Jenny Buck.
You better get back to your boy his shadows going
ahead on points. Yeah, that's what happens when I leave
the big bomb. Well so long range, Jeralffy. Anything else
you want to know, you can always find it here. Okay,
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I remember that got Corey's a dress chef. Yeah, jeez,
let's go. Guy's just cords to ring the doorbell. Maybe
Corey ain't home and tried again? Was it, Sheriff Hayes Corey?
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Doors open? All right? I can't get out of bad share?
What's wrong with you? I don't know for sure. Never
felt like this for guess on account of last night?
What happened to Johnny? Did you rub him down before
the fight?
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Needed it real bad? Or the liniment? Chico? He brung
it along his satchel. Chico was badly broken up about
Johnny Chico, who are you kidding? Mystery? Why didn't they
get along? Eh? No? And since Johnny started beating his
time with Mike's kids, sister, Oh, Chico didn't like that
huh shucks. He went plumb local when he heard about
Johnny and Nino fixing to get hitched. Why the night
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of the fight, Chico was so crazy mad he wouldn't
come near the dressing room when when he did, he
and Johnny had a ruckus. Were you in the dressing
room all the time? Johnny was there? Yeah, most every
minute of the Ny said, Nola show up while you
were there? Oh, Mike, never shoot only.
Speaker 12 (20:02):
Guy.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I feel like gonna somebody doing an asmir. You don't
need an aspirin, Corey, you need a doctor. I'm going
to get you to a hospital and fast. We took
Coy to the hospital and waited for the diagnosis. Blood
tests confirmed what we'd suspected. Corey was suffering from a
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trace of nitroglycerin poisoning, and immediate measures were taken to
save him. When we went back to the Sheriff's office,
the lab report from Austin was waiting for me in
the tillotype room. Listen to this sheriff tests completed scrapings
from dressing room floor and table definitely nitro glysmen impurities
in residue is type of clay usually found in commercial dynamite.
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I don't get it. What a dynamite got to do
with it? Simple enough, dynamite contains nitro glyisin. The clay
holds together. The nitro could have been dissolved in alcohol
and strain through a claw. Well, I'll be dying. But
how did Corey get poisoned with the stuff and most
likely got into the porson hands while giving Johnny Buck
his rubdown? The reason Johnny went so fast was because
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his entire body was saturated with a poisoned liniment. Then
our problem right now is to find the party who
mixed the stuff. And Chico sure had a motive if
Corey was telling the truth, and I think we might
get that answer at Mike Morales. Oh, come in, Ranger, Sure, Mike,
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what do you know about slim Corey?
Speaker 5 (21:39):
He said?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
Good boy, Corey.
Speaker 10 (21:41):
Worked with Mike Fighters for years, even before I took
on journey.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
How did Corey get along with Johnny Buck?
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (21:47):
He was a good frame, always filling.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Him up with advice. I see Nina round Yeah, sure.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
Nina, what do you want? The Ranger and the share
high come down? Poor kid. We just got through making
the arrangements for Johnny. Are you feeling.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Now, Nina, should I see you. I'd like to ask
you something, Nina. I told you all I know about Chico.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Chico. What do I have to do with Chico?
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I want your good friends.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
At one time, never I couldn't stand him.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
It's a sneak. He was always spying on he was
jealous of Johnny. Crazy chells, Mike, huh was a Chico
who told you about Johnny and Nina?
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Yes, Chico told me. He was always telling me all
kinds of things. Things I couldn't believe.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Did he tell you to get rid of Johnny? What
do you mean, get rid of Johnny and break up
with him? Splip?
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Oh yeah, yeah, he put that idea in my head.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
He was the one I see. I'm sorry of trouble
you again, Mike, Nina, let's go there. Looks like Chico's
our boys. Everything points to him like a signpost. Strong jealousy, motive,
deliberate lies about his friendship for Johnny, buck dressing him,
brawl with Johnny on the night of the fight, and
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he was the one who gave Corey the Robin linimen. Yeah.
Now all we need is definite proof that he spiked
it to send mister Valdez to a big chair. At Huntsville,
we stopped to pick up a search warrant and then
went on to Chico's home. It was exactly three forty
seven pm when we pulled up in front of a
weather beaten two room adobe on the outskirts of town
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to see if we could find the final link of
evidence that would help them Victy go for the murder
of Johnny Buck. No one here, Jayce. The door might
be unlocked. I'll try it. It isn't you want to
pick the lock and let's go around the back. I
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hold it a second, Sheriff, Why, I want to have
a look at this trash box? Okay, meantime, I'll see
at the back doors unlocked. Back door's locked too, there's
a window open on the side. Yeah, you find something, Jase. Yeah,
it was a very interesting looking piece of cloth. Hmmm.
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Sure if this might be it? This rag? Yeah, could
have been used to strain the nitro glys room. Do
you really think so? Jay? You can almost tell that
residue blindfolded. I might as well take the trash box
and all his evidence. Want me to give you a
hand with it? No, I can handle it. I'll park
this stuff in the car. Meantime, you go in the
side through that window and open the door for me, okay,
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to show you crazy. You've got a white kids you.
Speaker 5 (25:01):
Why are you.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
One more sound from you? When I blow a hold
your face like dig into the floor and don't you
more Now I unlocked the door for your range of frames.
I give him a little surprise. Don't you turn your head? Look, ye,
(25:32):
you're bleeding got shoulder. I'll be okay, it looks pretty bad.
Look kind of better at yourself, sheriff. Yeah, I feel
that way too. Chico dead No, Chico, Oh my LIGs.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
They hurt me.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
They hurt some good old Yeah, that's what you get, Chico,
and you start messing around with dynamite.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
In just moment, we will tell you the results of
the case you have just heard.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Hello, friends, this is Jack Parr. I'll be with you
later this evening with a sixty four dollars question. Right now,
I'd like to remind you by some of the other
great shows this evening on the NBC Radio Network. In
just a few minutes, you'll hear a big show with
Pulah Bankhead and a big array of guest stars.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
And of course Meredith Wilson will be.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
On hand to direct Big Show orchestra and chorus. You
will hear ninety minutes of simpillating comedy and music today
on the Big Show. And then right after the Big
Show stick around for the Phil Harris Alice Fay Show
with Frankie Rimley, Julius Abruzzio, Brother William, and the entire
Harris household.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
It's a program that's sure to please you.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
Later today, Theater Guild on the Air will bring you
stars from Hollywood and Broadway in an exciting Broadway play.
And right after Theater Guild on the Air, I'll be
back with a pocket full of money and sixty four
dollars question. I'll be talking to a lot of Testons tonight,
and maybe you will hear one of your neighbors.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
So why not stay.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Tuned right now to the NBC for a whole evening
of great entertainment. I'll be looking for you in our
radio audience tonight. And now let's get back to the
tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
And now here are the results in the case you
have just heard.
Speaker 11 (27:26):
Ranger Pierson recovered from his wounds and was present at
Jigo Valvez's trial. Ten weeks later, when Chigo confessed to
the pre meditated murderer of Johnny Buck on January thirteenth,
nineteen thirty eight, Jco paid the Supreme penalty for his
crime the electric chair of the State Penitentiary in Huntsville.
Speaker 13 (27:47):
Next week, Joe McRae and another authentic reenactment of the
case from the files of the Texas Rangers Joel McCrae
(28:14):
will soon be seen in San Francisco's Story, a Warner
Brothers release. The cast included Tony Barrett, Herb Bigrant Herb,
Ellis Nester, Pieba, Parley Bear, and Peggy Webber.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Technical advisor was Captain M. T. Long Wolf Gonzales of
the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 13 (28:28):
This story was transcribed and adapted by Will good In.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
The program was produced and directed.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
By Stacy Keach Al Gidney
Speaker 12 (28:35):
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