August 1, 2025 • 29 mins
Chronicles the cases of a law enforcement officer in the American West, blending traditional Western themes with modern investigative techniques. The stories are based on real cases.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Tales 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 are fixitious for obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
The events themselves are a.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Matter of records.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Before we bring you today is Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Let's turn on our microphones down the hall in studio
A here at NBC's Hollywood Radio City where for the
Phil has Alice Fay show is in progress. Yeah, yeah,
now that's the way we'll do it on the show.
It sounded great, Fellas, Hill, would you like to talk
to the listeners during this break and rehearsal Yeah, Bill.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I'd love to, folks.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I'd just like to take a few seconds here to
remind you about part of the fine lineup of entertainment
for the rest of the evening right here on NBC,
right after Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Listen to the.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Big Show with Tallula Bankhead and all of the galling
guest stalls. I know you'll want to hear the music
and comedy.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
The Big Show is.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Lined up for you today, and then we come on
to keep you entertained with our show starring Alice Fay,
Frankie Rimley, Julius Abruzzio, and some bandleader Phil what's his name?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Will please? Will you slow up a minute?
Speaker 3 (01:41):
It's the Phil Harris Alis Face show right after the
big show today, and I hope you'll listen, folks. And
now let's return to tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And now from.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
The files of the Texas Rangers, the it's called Hitchhiker.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It is shortly after dawn on the morning of April fourth,
nineteen forty seven. Hod Cotter, Boca County, Texas is driving
away from his small ranch on farm Road one O two.
Suddenly he's a man on the side of the road
combing a ride on.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Unless young feller.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, well hop in, don't mind riding this old crape.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Just listen to her. Boy, Yeah, yeah, how are you
heading for our passo? Well, I ain't going.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That far, but I can take you to Euction out.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Came out of your way, Adrian.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, last ride left me off up the line and
spent the night under a truth. Yeah, it's tough Night's
mighty cole for this time of year, you can cut
down to.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Amy from Elkre. You know, yeah, yeah, I know. It's
funny that we popped out from nowhere. Dang here, I
didn't see him, glad it is you stop him?
Speaker 5 (03:07):
Here's for some water?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Why ain't any rush?
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Ray? Uh?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
No, no, no, it's all right. And I look at
this man after yourself and what take wrong?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Not out of gas already? You just got some last night?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
O god, No, get water this time. I'll use it.
No water capture his home.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Let me see there it's that water plumply again. Better
let me put you in a new one.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Had Oh well, not right now, Charlie. I've got to
get into town now.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Don't go putting it off. That pumping gonna get no better.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I'll tell you what. I'll leave the car when you
want to get back.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
Well, fine, you figure to take.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
The short cut usually goo hye.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
You're running to my boy clock gun at the junction.
He's working on the real block. Hunstable deputy to about
an hour ago roadblock. What fur did't you heard some
guys both kill at poker sluckt the deputy bringing in
his dinner last night.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
No fac like this, keys and his gun. I had
the poor fello up tied. You don't sing, broke into
the locker and change clothes too.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I imagine that what she look like.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
They haven't had time to get pictures out yet. The
whole thing only broke an hour ago. When the chef
came under.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
We leave his deputy.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You only expect to find their man way over here
doing the crazy.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Ain't it last place in the world he did for?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh well, I guess he'll pick him up for long.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Can't be seen any charm it around man? Yep, okay,
don't forget now now.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Hey, ain't that something that guy breaking jail? Yeah? How
far aways that junk and the gas man was talking about?
Ain't just round the bend uphead? Pop?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Eh?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
When we got through that road block, I'm gonna be
a net for understands, right, huh? Are you kidding?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Mister?
Speaker 6 (04:57):
That's gonna show with one kidding a knot. Oh hey,
don't think I wan use it. And I ask you
who I am. I'm your nephew. I'm from Dallas and
staying with you a few days to get it.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Hey, you is?
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You ain't the filling the body you think?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
What's where you're fighting.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
No, look, mister such a I this flatness down. I
got a back cold. See I'll keep my face covered.
What's head?
Speaker 6 (05:15):
And this gun's under my coat points straight at your liver.
I ain't fooling part. I got nothing to lose one
break and you're a garner. All I gotta do is
let loose this himmer.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
H How do you klark?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
We're checking everybody count of jawbrey. Yeah, your pa was
telling me, I'm kind of new at this roadblock business.
What's the time ever been on one? Matter of fact,
there's a US costa. You don't say she's gonna get
regular deputy sare soon. Here's carfle the Rangers too. You
seem to be doing a good job, Clark, because more
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fun and working in the gas station. Anyway, he says,
where you hide, I'm supposed to check you know he's
he's man nephew Fred Smiley.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
This is Clark House the afraid he make his dead
up the road. Yeah, hoey crack.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Oh, please to meet myths man for Fred went down
visit me the last couple of days from Dallas. Oh Dallas, huh,
it's up Dallas myself last year.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
See, you got a bad call. Yeah, yeah, I can't
see it's shaken. Uh, don't state. We better get going on, Yeah, clerk,
can we move on now? That lot thing to do
down to Yaton.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Well, gosh, I'm supposed to ask strangers for identification papers.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And stuff, you know.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Oh shucks, you've been hots nephew know, sure, go ahead, okay, boys,
pass this one through down there.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
By nine am, the deputy of citizens of the roadblocks
had been replaced by regular law enforcement officers. A man
hunt under the supervision of Texas Ranger jas Pearson and
Sheriff sam Ford combed the county.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
With dogs and horses, but failed.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
To locate sent or trail of the escape Brisone next afternoon,
Ranger Pearson and the Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
We're completing a routine check near the eastern edge of
the county. Not many folks around here, Jace. A couple
of small ranchers in the.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Store or two.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Just bob wind it up. It doesn't look too promising. Sheriff,
we had another road block. That junction was just passed.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
I see the constables already called it off.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
And how much he was keeping the boys on any longer?
And then it's probably a long way off by now,
must got through yesterday morning before we set the blocks up.
That's the way things break sometimes. Sure, there's Charlie Hollister's.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Gas station up ed.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Charlie gets to see everybody in these parts.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Anything out of the way happened, You know about it?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Ody, Charlie shake hands with Ranger Pission, I know you,
mister Holliston. Likewise, Ranger got a line on your jail
breaker yet, and we're still working on it. We're pretty
sure he's out of the county.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Anyways, any cars reported stoll.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Now allbody could have caught a ride before the news broke.
You seen his picture, mister Hollister.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Oh, they had it in the newspaper. But this is
a lot better picture.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
How about that young fellow back there, that's my son Clark.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Come in a minute, yet, Pop, he range your person?
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Clark, you know the sheriff.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh got a ranger, sure, I love Clark. CONSPL had
you working on a road block, didn't he, Clark?
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Yeah, ches a spell. They keep you busy. No, you've
seen Ree's picture, haven't chi Clark?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, yeah, sure didn't come too while I was on duty, though, Ranger.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Well, appreciate your helping out, Clark not all. Any time
you need me share, thanks, I'll call on.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
You if I do see Leader Charli.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
We're gonna check a few more houses up the line.
So along, Oh say.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Chareh, Hey, you're figuring to stop at Hot Carters.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yeah, why would you tell him?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I'm still waiting on him for that water pump. The
old soldiery was going to leave me his car yesterday,
you thing, Charlie.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
I'll tell him, probably got all about it.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Nephew visited him and all.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
What nephew? I never had had no nephew.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
And me that I tell him, met him, been with
him a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Hot said, sure, it's funny. I've known Hot thirty years.
You never mentioned any nephew to me.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
What does fellow look like?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Clark couldn't rightly see had a bad colo was blowing
his nose in big hacket. You you better take another
look at this picture. Try to remember what gim I'm
not sure, but Hot told me it was his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Wait a minute, had was writing some young fellow when
it comes through here.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Let me see that.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Picture of gain Ranger just looked like him.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Well, I ain't too sure. I got to think of it.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
He had his face buried in the roadmap.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Lett't hot tell you it was his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
No funny, ain't it? You'd have thought it was just
some hitchhiker. Hard it picked up, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Maybe we better get up to the Carters and check
on his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
That's hot place up there.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Hey, I'll pull up here. Hod lives here alone.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
Runs.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
If you hated cattle, you'll get a kick out of Hard.
The old coat's a real character. Doesn't seem to be
in I guess not. We could go in and see
if anything's been disturbed. Odd never locks up, left his
breakfast stuff on the table. Yeah, it never was much
of a housekeeper. This isn't the day's breakfast, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
How do you mean?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Jays looks like he's been gone a couple of days.
This milk sour?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
My Butter's turning around, said, you're sure, right, Sheriff, What
is it?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Je?
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Didn't Carter say his nephew'd been staying here with him.
That's what he told Clark.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
There's only one plate here and one coffee cup, Hollister said.
The man with Carter looked like a hitchhiker. Yeah, hid
his face behind a map or a handkerchief when anybody
might see him.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
By Golly, you don't, Jeff. We were hunting for one
missing man. Now I got a hunch we're looking for two.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Charlie Hollister and his son gave us a few more
details than I put out, and all points bullet, including
a description of Hot Carter's car. Sheriff and I started
west the direction of card been heading when last seen.
All night long we woke up sleeping gas station operators,
grocers and cafe owners. Don't seem likely they could go
this farm without eating or cash enough.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Now I must have turned somewhere along the line.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
The question is not for the South. I have to
check both, you know, Jess. I'm worried about Hot. I
can't see weeves looking an old man very far well.
Tyler got him to a roadblock. Maybe he figured to
use him again. You said, everybody knows the old man. Yeah,
he's a fixture around this country, been here longer than
I can remember. Ornery because sometimes independent is a hog
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on ice. But you couldn't help like, I don't give
him up yet, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
He's borrowing trouble.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Okisna County line uphed a couple of miles. He's going
to stay with me. Glad to have you along. I'd
like to Jase, like to lot, but I ordered by
x TA saw ten Unit ten to KTXP go ahead.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Unit twenty two is trying to contact Unit ten. Direct
your location please.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Unit ten, located approximately eighty miles west of Boca is
Unit twenty two outside my range.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yes, Unit twenty two is located. It's start.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Ask you in the twenty two to stand by Unit
ten raising balloon aerial to receive Unit twenty two signal Direct.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Ten four will relay your message to you on the
twenty two ten four Unit ten clear adxd vegas balloon
aerials in the trunk.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Want to give me a hand Sheriff sure thing twenty two.
That's Clay Morgan's unit.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
You know him. I can't say I do.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Here she is I'll hook up the gas. I think
he's got news and Reeves, jeez, that's possible.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
Stare it.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
It's long way south of here.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Now, I got fifty feet a cable here and give
me plenty of pickup. And I was thinking Reeve Shoe
gave us the sliope's way down there. We'll find out minute.
If you'll raise the balloon the rest of the way, Sheriff, I'll.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Get back on the phone.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
All right, Gee hey, canful not to get any kinks
in that line.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
I'll watch it. Unit ten, the unit twenty two, Unit ten,
the unit twenty two.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Unit twenty two to Unit ten is about signal clear?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Signal clear, Unit twenty two. Have you information for this unit?
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Unit ten, card describe your APB this day was observed
and stare at at seven thirty this morning?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Hear him?
Speaker 5 (13:25):
All right?
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Geez fine, play says the car was seen ten four
is identification positive? Unit twenty two positive.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Unit ten, witness your identified driver from fourth to west US.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
You did from Boca Counties?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
What about hot I'll check Unit ten's bulletin described two
men in car. Did your witness identify the second passenger?
Also witness stage one man in car at the time Jug.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Two Only.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
In just a moment, we will continue you with tales
of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Chase Pearson.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
This week, nearly three million of our nation's youth are
celebrating the forty second anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
These three million youths are currently benefiting from the Boy
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are more than nineteen million former Scouts. For the past
forty two years, the Boy Scouts of America have been
training good citizens. Today, the program goes forward through the
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America may have available a program of character development so
that they may be trained on their honor to do
their duty to God and their duty to their country.
Happy birthday to the Boys scut Out of America. And
now let's return to Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
We continue now with Tails of the Texas Rangers and
our authentic story.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hitchhiker I dropped the sheriff off at the next town
where he could phone for a ride back to Boca,
and I really burned rubber. An hour later, I pulled
up in the rear of the Highway Patrol office in Starrett,
where I had arranged to meet play.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Play was saddling his horse outside hardy case, Hey, showing
me a good time. O't play. I didn't want to
hold up.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
And I think we really got your fugitive bottled.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Up this time. Yeah. I came through one of your roadblocks,
and then.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I thought we might take our horses down the other
way and work in.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It's a good idea.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Why don't you load your horse in my trailer with charcoal?
We can take my unit, all right, Come on, Danni,
bore over this way, Come on.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Clay Reeves pulled up at the five point station just
outside town here, got his tank filled and high tailed
off without paying. All right, well, Dan hold it up
by which way to go? And he took off east
from the station east.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
It's been hidding just about every way but up since
he broke tail. Yeah, Reeves must know the cars hot
for this time. Jas word from old man Carter though, Eh,
you know, maybe we'll find him in a gully somewhere.
We got men backtrack into a book before his body.
All right, then you go, boy, come on now, you
mind getting that phone, Jase. All the boys are out
the blockade.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I'll take it.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Here yard, Danny, boys right, kept mambulance out there right away.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Thanks wors up.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Chase Carter has been found on the side road twelve
miles south of here. Oh is he pretty bad? But
he's still alive. Let's get going. I guess we beat
the ambulance here, Jase, Yeah hard those folks stand back lea, yeah,
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let us do here, Thank you, vermmit. Let us sue here,
mister Carter. Ain't you're a wish you Jesse and he
took a real pistol clipping. I want to move in
my dick concussion.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I'm all right. Does it hurts you to talk?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
No?
Speaker 2 (17:25):
No, Reeves do this to you? Yeah? Hi, Ronney, he
slugged me. How long goes this then, mister Carter? I
don't know what time mes to Now's ten fifteen is
to cutter m hour? Ready, you'll be longer.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
It must be longer than that, Jase. Gas station man
report of Beeves was alone. That's nearly three hours ago.
I was with him then you were. Yeah, maybe crowns
down on the floor. Keep that gun in my Naki,
you use your tools. I had let out the peeping
well that puts us a lot closer to him.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Which way to go?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Cutter couldn't see go every which way? Get both me roads?
He did, Carr moving from here.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Don't try to turn your head. Yeah, the car's gone.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You didn't think you did to go after running into
that tree. Must have been that tree there, jeez. Yeah,
took quite a smack from the looks of it. Yeah, Hey,
the end it's coming, Jesse.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Good.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He was driving there, he did the wheel I see,
but you don't know where he was heading. I don't know. Yeh, Walliam,
you did you once? He was going to turn for
mission right on here. Bitch your boys.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Thanks mister Carter. You're gonna be all right, did you say,
Mexico Jase? Yeah, we gotta stop him before he gets there.
Time was running short now and we knew it. We
learned all officers to be on the lookout for reeves
within fifty mile radius. Then we continued up that road
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wandered into the foothills, getting worse.
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Time.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Reeves have to be pretty desperate to take this kind
of punishment. Yeah, road's not much better than a cowpath
from here on.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
You bet up here before Jays. Yeah, when it goes
a few.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Miles more, a couple of Mexican families have shacks up
there in the hills, and Reeves will never make Mexico
on this road.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Then he wouldn't know that. He'd think it goes straight through,
and men.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
On foot might keep going rough hiking over those hills, though.
Reeves might have had any other choice, maybe sooner than
we'd figure. How sold Jason, Look at our temp gage
boiler he's driving and been blowing up by this time.
Yeah you think so, keep an eye out for it.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
He might have. What's the matter, Jesse, Look behind us, Hey,
how do you like that pod cars? Car? Not a
bad hiding place behind those rocks comes from our direction.
You'd have never guessed it was there. I wouldn't have
seen it at all if I hadn't been watching the
rear view mirror. Boa that wreck. Shure didn't do this card.
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I don't think that's what stopped it, though. See that
puddle under the radiator.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Water pump still eaven Reeves might have pulled up here
for the little shutter of whiled the engine cooled down. Yeah,
while he waited, water drained right out of the bottom.
There's not a housing shut. Mister Reeves drew himself a
long walk. Here's a track start down the road. Uh
oh what, Jason, he's turned.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Off to the ride.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, it looks like he's aiming for that dry water.
Nothing ahead of that but the mountains. He's still figuring
to get to Mexico. He should doing it the hard way. Yeah,
unless maybe he saw something out there, something we don't see.
Come on, Clay, let's get the horses and find out.
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He seems to know where he's going, all right, Yeah,
headn't straight for the mountains. I can't see why he
didn't stick to the road. Oh, Reeves knows what he's doing.
He's been playing too smart so far to pull any oo.
Chuck the go corse O damn hoo. What you got there, Jason,
there's a answer orld tracks. So that's what he saw
from the road to Burrel.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
He came up to it, got on. You see where
the marks over lap Reef's footprints. Yeah, I see.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Then he rode off toward the mountain. Wait a minute,
somebody was on that borough already. See the trail coming
toward us. The grays and animal wouldn't walk that straight. Yeah,
you're right, Jay went away.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
The tracks are deeper. Can double? You said there were
Mexicans in these hills. Uh, a couple of families. They'd
have water and food.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Yeah, and reeves needs bows. We better keep going and play.
We followed the borrow trail across the dry wall. From
there it took practically a straight line through the brushing
rocks toward.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
The base of a jagged ridge in the distance. Before
we got there, a figure came into view from behind
one of the lower foothills. Jason kshy Borough coming his way. Yeah,
a Mexican on him.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Come on, charky, yep, hold it, hold your angels, let
us here us howdy hi. He speaks of us to
see you rangers.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Wait down here, and we're looking for a man. Here's
his picture. You've seen him around, yes, you said pheto she.
She is the same man.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
So good.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
You are looking for this man. Yeah, where did you
see him? But he is in my house now, she senor.
I meet him on the road. I ride him on.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Need to hear through the house and I leave him
to sleep in Hammock.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
He's very tired.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Hour. He asked me to put water in his car
and by get back to the house. He promised me
the dollar. He won't give you a dollar, my friend,
more likely give you a bullet.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Oh murther meal, he say.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Bad man, he's plenty bad. Now tell me is the
way we can ride up to your house without his.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Seeings the road she goes down, but she is all
in the author. We may have to rush him. No, sor,
you're supposed to be man. We can't do that.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Play and his wife and children are there, they will
be killed. I will have to get Reeves away from
the house somehow. Yeah, senor, you say, this man expects
you to drive his car to your house for him.
See she's well, then you're not gonna disappoint him. Let's
go back and get the water in the car. You
mean I'm going to drive the car to him the
way he won me. Yeah, only we're going to be
in the back seat. Come on, play, let's go chuck you.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Senor arranger, I'm very scared.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Has nothing to be scared of. You Just do as
we tell you. Is that your house up ahead and
you say get down, he will see you.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Okay, Clay, we'll latch on the reeves, little trading down
on the floor RIGHTA.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
See him yet?
Speaker 5 (23:37):
I can't see the hammocks for your but he is
not there.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
You what could have had down? Clay? Yeah, I guess
my wife. She's maybe giving him something to eat in
the house. Okay, stop the car off the one side
fifty feet from the house.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Is your am on with your all right?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Remember what we told you.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
I haven't played for scared, but up.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Just don't cross it. You'll make it all right us.
I can believe that myself. I can say that again.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Hey, your your car.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
She is ready.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Okay, put the water.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
She's saying, you are right, what the water is? She's
already to go. All right, all right, don't pull no loss.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
So far, so good. I didn't get in the car
before we take him. Now I want to take I
didn't there, and you drop that dog. I am sorry.
I didn't know, chingo.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I don't want no money, you.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Please.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
I know you say okay, but he's all right.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I know one day you're going to What do you
mean you don't want money? You need money bad?
Speaker 5 (24:36):
What's a big Gord, dear anyway, what's come on?
Speaker 3 (24:40):
No, I know you don't have to take him now
by when you know, come on, get away from put
your hands up to.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Good walk case you got him pull on that gun.
That was a mistake, Greaves.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
I'm sorry I didn't tell your top all right, just
try these cuts on beside.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Oh my hat, let's see it. You're just nicked. But
it'll be a long time before I use that FuMB
again for a hitchhiking. In just a moment, we will
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tell you the results of the case you have just heard.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Hello, friends, this is Jack Parr. I'll be with you
later this evening with a sixty four hours question. But
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 the Big Show
with Tulula Bankhead and a big array of guest stars,
and of course Meredith Wilson will be on hand to
direct the Big Show orchestra and chorus. You will hear
ninety minutes of scintillating comedy and music today on the
(25:44):
Big Show.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
And then right after the Big Show.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Stick around for the Phil Harris Alice Fay Show with
Frankie Rimley, Julius Abruzzio, Brother William, and the entire Harris household.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
It's a program that's sure to please you.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
Later today, Theeter Gilt on the Air will bring you
stars from Hollywood and Broadway in an exciting Broadway play.
And right after Theater Gilt on the Air, I'll be
back with a pocketful of money and the sixty four
dollars question. I'll be talking to a lot of contestants tonight,
and maybe you will hear one of your neighbors. So
why not stay tuned right now to the NBC for
a whole evening of great entertainment. I'll be looking for
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you in our radio audience tonight. And now let's get
back to the tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
And now here are the results of the case you
have just heard.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Al Rees was returned to Poker County, where he was
convicted not only of the crimes for which he had
been waiting trial, but for jail break on robbery and
kidnapping as well. Sentence will set it ten years on
each count, forty years in all. You'll be served in
the state penitentiary at Hauntsville.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
And here once again as the star of our show,
Joel McCrae.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
There's an interesting story I heard a short time ago
from our good friend and technical advisor, Captain Mt.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Lone Wolf Gonzales.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
It seems that a good many years ago, a Ranger
captain was assigned as bodyguard to escort President William H.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Taft on a tour through Texas.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
At every stop made but the party, the Ranger captain
was required to precede the President as they stepped from
the train amid shouts of there's a Texas Ranger. The
President of the United States found his popularity and appeal
in Texas second to that of the Ranger. Somewhat embarrassed,
the Ranger turned to the Chief executive and said, mister President,
don't mind them.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
They just don't want me to feel bad. So long, folks,
see you next week. Next week.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Joe McClay in another authentic reenactment of a case from
the files of the Texas Rangers. Joel McCrae will soon
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be seen in San Francisco's Story, a Warner Brothers release.
The cast included Tony Barrett, Tim Grahams, Lou Krugman, Nester
Piva Ed Begley and her Bellis. Technical advisor was Captain M. T.
Longwolf Gonzales of the Texas Rangers. This story was transcribed
and adapted by Lawrence Goldman, and the program was produced
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and directed by Stacy Keith hel Gidney. Speaking next, The
Big Show brings you ninety minutes of drama, comedy, and
music on NBC
Tales 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 are fixitious for obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
The events themselves are a.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Matter of records.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Before we bring you today is Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Let's turn on our microphones down the hall in studio
A here at NBC's Hollywood Radio City where for the
Phil has Alice Fay show is in progress. Yeah, yeah,
now that's the way we'll do it on the show.
It sounded great, Fellas, Hill, would you like to talk
to the listeners during this break and rehearsal Yeah, Bill.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I'd love to, folks.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I'd just like to take a few seconds here to
remind you about part of the fine lineup of entertainment
for the rest of the evening right here on NBC,
right after Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Listen to the.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Big Show with Tallula Bankhead and all of the galling
guest stalls. I know you'll want to hear the music
and comedy.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
The Big Show is.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Lined up for you today, and then we come on
to keep you entertained with our show starring Alice Fay,
Frankie Rimley, Julius Abruzzio, and some bandleader Phil what's his name?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Will please? Will you slow up a minute?
Speaker 3 (01:41):
It's the Phil Harris Alis Face show right after the
big show today, and I hope you'll listen, folks. And
now let's return to tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And now from.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
The files of the Texas Rangers, the it's called Hitchhiker.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It is shortly after dawn on the morning of April fourth,
nineteen forty seven. Hod Cotter, Boca County, Texas is driving
away from his small ranch on farm Road one O two.
Suddenly he's a man on the side of the road
combing a ride on.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Unless young feller.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, well hop in, don't mind riding this old crape.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Just listen to her. Boy, Yeah, yeah, how are you
heading for our passo? Well, I ain't going.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That far, but I can take you to Euction out.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Came out of your way, Adrian.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, last ride left me off up the line and
spent the night under a truth. Yeah, it's tough Night's
mighty cole for this time of year, you can cut
down to.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Amy from Elkre. You know, yeah, yeah, I know. It's
funny that we popped out from nowhere. Dang here, I
didn't see him, glad it is you stop him?
Speaker 5 (03:07):
Here's for some water?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Why ain't any rush?
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Ray? Uh?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
No, no, no, it's all right. And I look at
this man after yourself and what take wrong?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Not out of gas already? You just got some last night?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
O god, No, get water this time. I'll use it.
No water capture his home.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Let me see there it's that water plumply again. Better
let me put you in a new one.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Had Oh well, not right now, Charlie. I've got to
get into town now.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Don't go putting it off. That pumping gonna get no better.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I'll tell you what. I'll leave the car when you
want to get back.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
Well, fine, you figure to take.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
The short cut usually goo hye.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
You're running to my boy clock gun at the junction.
He's working on the real block. Hunstable deputy to about
an hour ago roadblock. What fur did't you heard some
guys both kill at poker sluckt the deputy bringing in
his dinner last night.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
No fac like this, keys and his gun. I had
the poor fello up tied. You don't sing, broke into
the locker and change clothes too.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I imagine that what she look like.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
They haven't had time to get pictures out yet. The
whole thing only broke an hour ago. When the chef
came under.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
We leave his deputy.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You only expect to find their man way over here
doing the crazy.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Ain't it last place in the world he did for?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh well, I guess he'll pick him up for long.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Can't be seen any charm it around man? Yep, okay,
don't forget now now.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Hey, ain't that something that guy breaking jail? Yeah? How
far aways that junk and the gas man was talking about?
Ain't just round the bend uphead? Pop?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Eh?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
When we got through that road block, I'm gonna be
a net for understands, right, huh? Are you kidding?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Mister?
Speaker 6 (04:57):
That's gonna show with one kidding a knot. Oh hey,
don't think I wan use it. And I ask you
who I am. I'm your nephew. I'm from Dallas and
staying with you a few days to get it.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Hey, you is?
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You ain't the filling the body you think?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
What's where you're fighting.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
No, look, mister such a I this flatness down. I
got a back cold. See I'll keep my face covered.
What's head?
Speaker 6 (05:15):
And this gun's under my coat points straight at your liver.
I ain't fooling part. I got nothing to lose one
break and you're a garner. All I gotta do is
let loose this himmer.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
H How do you klark?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
We're checking everybody count of jawbrey. Yeah, your pa was
telling me, I'm kind of new at this roadblock business.
What's the time ever been on one? Matter of fact,
there's a US costa. You don't say she's gonna get
regular deputy sare soon. Here's carfle the Rangers too. You
seem to be doing a good job, Clark, because more
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fun and working in the gas station. Anyway, he says,
where you hide, I'm supposed to check you know he's
he's man nephew Fred Smiley.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
This is Clark House the afraid he make his dead
up the road. Yeah, hoey crack.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Oh, please to meet myths man for Fred went down
visit me the last couple of days from Dallas. Oh Dallas, huh,
it's up Dallas myself last year.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
See, you got a bad call. Yeah, yeah, I can't
see it's shaken. Uh, don't state. We better get going on, Yeah, clerk,
can we move on now? That lot thing to do
down to Yaton.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Well, gosh, I'm supposed to ask strangers for identification papers.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And stuff, you know.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Oh shucks, you've been hots nephew know, sure, go ahead, okay, boys,
pass this one through down there.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
By nine am, the deputy of citizens of the roadblocks
had been replaced by regular law enforcement officers. A man
hunt under the supervision of Texas Ranger jas Pearson and
Sheriff sam Ford combed the county.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
With dogs and horses, but failed.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
To locate sent or trail of the escape Brisone next afternoon,
Ranger Pearson and the Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
We're completing a routine check near the eastern edge of
the county. Not many folks around here, Jace. A couple
of small ranchers in the.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Store or two.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Just bob wind it up. It doesn't look too promising. Sheriff,
we had another road block. That junction was just passed.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
I see the constables already called it off.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
And how much he was keeping the boys on any longer?
And then it's probably a long way off by now,
must got through yesterday morning before we set the blocks up.
That's the way things break sometimes. Sure, there's Charlie Hollister's.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Gas station up ed.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Charlie gets to see everybody in these parts.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Anything out of the way happened, You know about it?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Ody, Charlie shake hands with Ranger Pission, I know you,
mister Holliston. Likewise, Ranger got a line on your jail
breaker yet, and we're still working on it. We're pretty
sure he's out of the county.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Anyways, any cars reported stoll.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Now allbody could have caught a ride before the news broke.
You seen his picture, mister Hollister.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Oh, they had it in the newspaper. But this is
a lot better picture.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
How about that young fellow back there, that's my son Clark.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Come in a minute, yet, Pop, he range your person?
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Clark, you know the sheriff.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh got a ranger, sure, I love Clark. CONSPL had
you working on a road block, didn't he, Clark?
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Yeah, ches a spell. They keep you busy. No, you've
seen Ree's picture, haven't chi Clark?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, yeah, sure didn't come too while I was on duty, though, Ranger.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Well, appreciate your helping out, Clark not all. Any time
you need me share, thanks, I'll call on.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
You if I do see Leader Charli.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
We're gonna check a few more houses up the line.
So along, Oh say.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Chareh, Hey, you're figuring to stop at Hot Carters.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yeah, why would you tell him?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I'm still waiting on him for that water pump. The
old soldiery was going to leave me his car yesterday,
you thing, Charlie.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
I'll tell him, probably got all about it.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Nephew visited him and all.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
What nephew? I never had had no nephew.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
And me that I tell him, met him, been with
him a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Hot said, sure, it's funny. I've known Hot thirty years.
You never mentioned any nephew to me.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
What does fellow look like?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Clark couldn't rightly see had a bad colo was blowing
his nose in big hacket. You you better take another
look at this picture. Try to remember what gim I'm
not sure, but Hot told me it was his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Wait a minute, had was writing some young fellow when
it comes through here.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Let me see that.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Picture of gain Ranger just looked like him.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Well, I ain't too sure. I got to think of it.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
He had his face buried in the roadmap.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Lett't hot tell you it was his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
No funny, ain't it? You'd have thought it was just
some hitchhiker. Hard it picked up, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Maybe we better get up to the Carters and check
on his nephew.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
That's hot place up there.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Hey, I'll pull up here. Hod lives here alone.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
Runs.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
If you hated cattle, you'll get a kick out of Hard.
The old coat's a real character. Doesn't seem to be
in I guess not. We could go in and see
if anything's been disturbed. Odd never locks up, left his
breakfast stuff on the table. Yeah, it never was much
of a housekeeper. This isn't the day's breakfast, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
How do you mean?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Jays looks like he's been gone a couple of days.
This milk sour?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
My Butter's turning around, said, you're sure, right, Sheriff, What
is it?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Je?
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Didn't Carter say his nephew'd been staying here with him.
That's what he told Clark.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
There's only one plate here and one coffee cup, Hollister said.
The man with Carter looked like a hitchhiker. Yeah, hid
his face behind a map or a handkerchief when anybody
might see him.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
By Golly, you don't, Jeff. We were hunting for one
missing man. Now I got a hunch we're looking for two.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Charlie Hollister and his son gave us a few more
details than I put out, and all points bullet, including
a description of Hot Carter's car. Sheriff and I started
west the direction of card been heading when last seen.
All night long we woke up sleeping gas station operators,
grocers and cafe owners. Don't seem likely they could go
this farm without eating or cash enough.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Now I must have turned somewhere along the line.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
The question is not for the South. I have to
check both, you know, Jess. I'm worried about Hot. I
can't see weeves looking an old man very far well.
Tyler got him to a roadblock. Maybe he figured to
use him again. You said, everybody knows the old man. Yeah,
he's a fixture around this country, been here longer than
I can remember. Ornery because sometimes independent is a hog
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on ice. But you couldn't help like, I don't give
him up yet, Sheriff.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
He's borrowing trouble.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Okisna County line uphed a couple of miles. He's going
to stay with me. Glad to have you along. I'd
like to Jase, like to lot, but I ordered by
x TA saw ten Unit ten to KTXP go ahead.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Unit twenty two is trying to contact Unit ten. Direct
your location please.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Unit ten, located approximately eighty miles west of Boca is
Unit twenty two outside my range.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yes, Unit twenty two is located. It's start.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Ask you in the twenty two to stand by Unit
ten raising balloon aerial to receive Unit twenty two signal Direct.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Ten four will relay your message to you on the
twenty two ten four Unit ten clear adxd vegas balloon
aerials in the trunk.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Want to give me a hand Sheriff sure thing twenty two.
That's Clay Morgan's unit.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
You know him. I can't say I do.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Here she is I'll hook up the gas. I think
he's got news and Reeves, jeez, that's possible.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
Stare it.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
It's long way south of here.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Now, I got fifty feet a cable here and give
me plenty of pickup. And I was thinking Reeve Shoe
gave us the sliope's way down there. We'll find out minute.
If you'll raise the balloon the rest of the way, Sheriff, I'll.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Get back on the phone.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
All right, Gee hey, canful not to get any kinks
in that line.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
I'll watch it. Unit ten, the unit twenty two, Unit ten,
the unit twenty two.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Unit twenty two to Unit ten is about signal clear?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Signal clear, Unit twenty two. Have you information for this unit?
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Unit ten, card describe your APB this day was observed
and stare at at seven thirty this morning?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Hear him?
Speaker 5 (13:25):
All right?
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Geez fine, play says the car was seen ten four
is identification positive? Unit twenty two positive.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Unit ten, witness your identified driver from fourth to west US.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
You did from Boca Counties?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
What about hot I'll check Unit ten's bulletin described two
men in car. Did your witness identify the second passenger?
Also witness stage one man in car at the time Jug.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Two Only.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
In just a moment, we will continue you with tales
of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Chase Pearson.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
This week, nearly three million of our nation's youth are
celebrating the forty second anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
These three million youths are currently benefiting from the Boy
Scout program, and on the sidelines, looking on with approval
are more than nineteen million former Scouts. For the past
forty two years, the Boy Scouts of America have been
training good citizens. Today, the program goes forward through the
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efforts of the nation seven hundred and thirty five thousand
adult volunteer Scout leaders. Perhaps you would like to help
as a Scout leader if you would call your local
Scout headquarters and volunteer your services. This year, the Nation
Scouts are setting forth on a new three year program
known as Forward on Liberty's Team. The Scout leaders see
the new program as a challenge that the youth of
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America may have available a program of character development so
that they may be trained on their honor to do
their duty to God and their duty to their country.
Happy birthday to the Boys scut Out of America. And
now let's return to Tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
We continue now with Tails of the Texas Rangers and
our authentic story.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hitchhiker I dropped the sheriff off at the next town
where he could phone for a ride back to Boca,
and I really burned rubber. An hour later, I pulled
up in the rear of the Highway Patrol office in Starrett,
where I had arranged to meet play.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Play was saddling his horse outside hardy case, Hey, showing
me a good time. O't play. I didn't want to
hold up.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
And I think we really got your fugitive bottled.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Up this time. Yeah. I came through one of your roadblocks,
and then.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I thought we might take our horses down the other
way and work in.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It's a good idea.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Why don't you load your horse in my trailer with charcoal?
We can take my unit, all right, Come on, Danni,
bore over this way, Come on.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Clay Reeves pulled up at the five point station just
outside town here, got his tank filled and high tailed
off without paying. All right, well, Dan hold it up
by which way to go? And he took off east
from the station east.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
It's been hidding just about every way but up since
he broke tail. Yeah, Reeves must know the cars hot
for this time. Jas word from old man Carter though, Eh,
you know, maybe we'll find him in a gully somewhere.
We got men backtrack into a book before his body.
All right, then you go, boy, come on now, you
mind getting that phone, Jase. All the boys are out
the blockade.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I'll take it.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Here yard, Danny, boys right, kept mambulance out there right away.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Thanks wors up.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Chase Carter has been found on the side road twelve
miles south of here. Oh is he pretty bad? But
he's still alive. Let's get going. I guess we beat
the ambulance here, Jase, Yeah hard those folks stand back lea, yeah,
(17:09):
let us do here, Thank you, vermmit. Let us sue here,
mister Carter. Ain't you're a wish you Jesse and he
took a real pistol clipping. I want to move in
my dick concussion.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I'm all right. Does it hurts you to talk?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
No?
Speaker 2 (17:25):
No, Reeves do this to you? Yeah? Hi, Ronney, he
slugged me. How long goes this then, mister Carter? I
don't know what time mes to Now's ten fifteen is
to cutter m hour? Ready, you'll be longer.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
It must be longer than that, Jase. Gas station man
report of Beeves was alone. That's nearly three hours ago.
I was with him then you were. Yeah, maybe crowns
down on the floor. Keep that gun in my Naki,
you use your tools. I had let out the peeping
well that puts us a lot closer to him.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Which way to go?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Cutter couldn't see go every which way? Get both me roads?
He did, Carr moving from here.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Don't try to turn your head. Yeah, the car's gone.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You didn't think you did to go after running into
that tree. Must have been that tree there, jeez. Yeah,
took quite a smack from the looks of it. Yeah, Hey,
the end it's coming, Jesse.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Good.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He was driving there, he did the wheel I see,
but you don't know where he was heading. I don't know. Yeh, Walliam,
you did you once? He was going to turn for
mission right on here. Bitch your boys.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Thanks mister Carter. You're gonna be all right, did you say,
Mexico Jase? Yeah, we gotta stop him before he gets there.
Time was running short now and we knew it. We
learned all officers to be on the lookout for reeves
within fifty mile radius. Then we continued up that road
(18:58):
wandered into the foothills, getting worse.
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Time.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Reeves have to be pretty desperate to take this kind
of punishment. Yeah, road's not much better than a cowpath
from here on.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
You bet up here before Jays. Yeah, when it goes
a few.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Miles more, a couple of Mexican families have shacks up
there in the hills, and Reeves will never make Mexico
on this road.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Then he wouldn't know that. He'd think it goes straight through,
and men.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
On foot might keep going rough hiking over those hills, though.
Reeves might have had any other choice, maybe sooner than
we'd figure. How sold Jason, Look at our temp gage
boiler he's driving and been blowing up by this time.
Yeah you think so, keep an eye out for it.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
He might have. What's the matter, Jesse, Look behind us, Hey,
how do you like that pod cars? Car? Not a
bad hiding place behind those rocks comes from our direction.
You'd have never guessed it was there. I wouldn't have
seen it at all if I hadn't been watching the
rear view mirror. Boa that wreck. Shure didn't do this card.
(19:55):
I don't think that's what stopped it, though. See that
puddle under the radiator.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Water pump still eaven Reeves might have pulled up here
for the little shutter of whiled the engine cooled down. Yeah,
while he waited, water drained right out of the bottom.
There's not a housing shut. Mister Reeves drew himself a
long walk. Here's a track start down the road. Uh
oh what, Jason, he's turned.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Off to the ride.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, it looks like he's aiming for that dry water.
Nothing ahead of that but the mountains. He's still figuring
to get to Mexico. He should doing it the hard way. Yeah,
unless maybe he saw something out there, something we don't see.
Come on, Clay, let's get the horses and find out.
(20:43):
He seems to know where he's going, all right, Yeah,
headn't straight for the mountains. I can't see why he
didn't stick to the road. Oh, Reeves knows what he's doing.
He's been playing too smart so far to pull any oo.
Chuck the go corse O damn hoo. What you got there, Jason,
there's a answer orld tracks. So that's what he saw
from the road to Burrel.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
He came up to it, got on. You see where
the marks over lap Reef's footprints. Yeah, I see.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Then he rode off toward the mountain. Wait a minute,
somebody was on that borough already. See the trail coming
toward us. The grays and animal wouldn't walk that straight. Yeah,
you're right, Jay went away.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
The tracks are deeper. Can double? You said there were
Mexicans in these hills. Uh, a couple of families. They'd
have water and food.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Yeah, and reeves needs bows. We better keep going and play.
We followed the borrow trail across the dry wall. From
there it took practically a straight line through the brushing
rocks toward.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
The base of a jagged ridge in the distance. Before
we got there, a figure came into view from behind
one of the lower foothills. Jason kshy Borough coming his way. Yeah,
a Mexican on him.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Come on, charky, yep, hold it, hold your angels, let
us here us howdy hi. He speaks of us to
see you rangers.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Wait down here, and we're looking for a man. Here's
his picture. You've seen him around, yes, you said pheto she.
She is the same man.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
So good.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
You are looking for this man. Yeah, where did you
see him? But he is in my house now, she senor.
I meet him on the road. I ride him on.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Need to hear through the house and I leave him
to sleep in Hammock.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
He's very tired.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Hour. He asked me to put water in his car
and by get back to the house. He promised me
the dollar. He won't give you a dollar, my friend,
more likely give you a bullet.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Oh murther meal, he say.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Bad man, he's plenty bad. Now tell me is the
way we can ride up to your house without his.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Seeings the road she goes down, but she is all
in the author. We may have to rush him. No, sor,
you're supposed to be man. We can't do that.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Play and his wife and children are there, they will
be killed. I will have to get Reeves away from
the house somehow. Yeah, senor, you say, this man expects
you to drive his car to your house for him.
See she's well, then you're not gonna disappoint him. Let's
go back and get the water in the car. You
mean I'm going to drive the car to him the
way he won me. Yeah, only we're going to be
in the back seat. Come on, play, let's go chuck you.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Senor arranger, I'm very scared.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Has nothing to be scared of. You Just do as
we tell you. Is that your house up ahead and
you say get down, he will see you.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Okay, Clay, we'll latch on the reeves, little trading down
on the floor RIGHTA.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
See him yet?
Speaker 5 (23:37):
I can't see the hammocks for your but he is
not there.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
You what could have had down? Clay? Yeah, I guess
my wife. She's maybe giving him something to eat in
the house. Okay, stop the car off the one side
fifty feet from the house.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Is your am on with your all right?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Remember what we told you.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
I haven't played for scared, but up.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Just don't cross it. You'll make it all right us.
I can believe that myself. I can say that again.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Hey, your your car.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
She is ready.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Okay, put the water.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
She's saying, you are right, what the water is? She's
already to go. All right, all right, don't pull no loss.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
So far, so good. I didn't get in the car
before we take him. Now I want to take I
didn't there, and you drop that dog. I am sorry.
I didn't know, chingo.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I don't want no money, you.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Please.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
I know you say okay, but he's all right.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I know one day you're going to What do you
mean you don't want money? You need money bad?
Speaker 5 (24:36):
What's a big Gord, dear anyway, what's come on?
Speaker 3 (24:40):
No, I know you don't have to take him now
by when you know, come on, get away from put
your hands up to.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Good walk case you got him pull on that gun.
That was a mistake, Greaves.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
I'm sorry I didn't tell your top all right, just
try these cuts on beside.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Oh my hat, let's see it. You're just nicked. But
it'll be a long time before I use that FuMB
again for a hitchhiking. In just a moment, we will
(25:20):
tell you the results of the case you have just heard.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Hello, friends, this is Jack Parr. I'll be with you
later this evening with a sixty four hours question. But
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 the Big Show
with Tulula Bankhead and a big array of guest stars,
and of course Meredith Wilson will be on hand to
direct the Big Show orchestra and chorus. You will hear
ninety minutes of scintillating comedy and music today on the
(25:44):
Big Show.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
And then right after the Big Show.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Stick around for the Phil Harris Alice Fay Show with
Frankie Rimley, Julius Abruzzio, Brother William, and the entire Harris household.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
It's a program that's sure to please you.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
Later today, Theeter Gilt on the Air will bring you
stars from Hollywood and Broadway in an exciting Broadway play.
And right after Theater Gilt on the Air, I'll be
back with a pocketful of money and the sixty four
dollars question. I'll be talking to a lot of contestants tonight,
and maybe you will hear one of your neighbors. So
why not stay tuned right now to the NBC for
a whole evening of great entertainment. I'll be looking for
(26:17):
you in our radio audience tonight. And now let's get
back to the tales of the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
And now here are the results of the case you
have just heard.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Al Rees was returned to Poker County, where he was
convicted not only of the crimes for which he had
been waiting trial, but for jail break on robbery and
kidnapping as well. Sentence will set it ten years on
each count, forty years in all. You'll be served in
the state penitentiary at Hauntsville.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
And here once again as the star of our show,
Joel McCrae.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
There's an interesting story I heard a short time ago
from our good friend and technical advisor, Captain Mt.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Lone Wolf Gonzales.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
It seems that a good many years ago, a Ranger
captain was assigned as bodyguard to escort President William H.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Taft on a tour through Texas.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
At every stop made but the party, the Ranger captain
was required to precede the President as they stepped from
the train amid shouts of there's a Texas Ranger. The
President of the United States found his popularity and appeal
in Texas second to that of the Ranger. Somewhat embarrassed,
the Ranger turned to the Chief executive and said, mister President,
don't mind them.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
They just don't want me to feel bad. So long, folks,
see you next week. Next week.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Joe McClay in another authentic reenactment of a case from
the files of the Texas Rangers. Joel McCrae will soon
(28:12):
be seen in San Francisco's Story, a Warner Brothers release.
The cast included Tony Barrett, Tim Grahams, Lou Krugman, Nester
Piva Ed Begley and her Bellis. Technical advisor was Captain M. T.
Longwolf Gonzales of the Texas Rangers. This story was transcribed
and adapted by Lawrence Goldman, and the program was produced
(28:33):
and directed by Stacy Keith hel Gidney. Speaking next, The
Big Show brings you ninety minutes of drama, comedy, and
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