All language subtitles for Bonanza - S01E20 - The Fear Merchants.eng

Not many men
are so privileged as we are

to see a new civilization
born before our own eyes.

There are times, in the streets
of Virginia City,

when I question the use
of the word "civilization."

It is always that way
with the new, Hop Sing.

A diamond,
before it is polished,

seems no more
than a clod of dirt.

Is this the American way
to toast an American occasion?

To your son
on his 18th birthday.

To my son Jimmy's
American birthday.

To the joining
of the past and the present

to create a finer future.

You have honored my house.

And now there is much to do.

You are fortunate to know

the Cartwright family
so well, Hop Sing.

It pleases me to know
that here in America,

the affection and respect
of the sons for the father

is as strong as it is in
the land of our ancestors.

The Cartwrights have great
respect for you, my uncle,

and admiration
for your son.

I am happy the younger
sons will honor us

with their presence
at the birthday party.

And do not worry, Hop Sing.

Your friend Hoss will be fed

as well as if you
yourself did the cooking.

Hey, you!

You speak to me?

(groaning)

Yeah. You and me work
good together, Billy boy.

We're gonna have to clean a lot
more of this dirt out of here

before Virginia City
is a fit place to live.

(theme song playing)

Little Joe?
Hmm?

Is it sure enough true we're
gonna have bird's nests

for dinner at Jimmy Chang's
birthday party?

That's what Adam told us.

I ain't for sure
I'm gonna like that.

Oh, well,
it's something to eat.

You'll like it all right.

(horse snorts)

Hop Sing.

Pa! Adam! Come
out here, quick!

Hop Sing.

What happened to you, boy?

What happened
to you, boy?

Can you talk,
Hop Sing?

Looks like he's been
in a pretty bad fight.

Yeah. Pa. Pa, let me
help him in the house.

You forget about it.

Hop Sing all right.

This Chinese business only.

What did he mean
by that, Pa?

You don't think he was tangled
up in one of them tong things

we heard about, do you?

No, I don't, son.

The tong is a protective
organization

composed of
civilized people.

I wonder how much more
of this has been going on?

A lot of it, particularly in
the California gold mines.

I didn't think any of it had
spread over the mountains.

Well, why would anybody
want to do a thing like this?

Because Hop Sing
is Chinese.

That's the craziest thing
I ever heard of, Pa.

I feel like going in there

and tearing that town apart
board by board.

No, you won't, son.

You'll go to Jimmy Chang's
birthday party tomorrow,

just as you planned.

I suppose we just forget
about the fact

that somebody
beat up on Hop Sing?

We're not going
to forget about it,

but we're not going
to stir up more trouble

for the Chinese
than they already have.

Hoss, you sure you
got enough money?

Oh, yes, sir, Pa. We done paid
for Jimmy Chang's present.

We're just gonna go pick it up.

All right. We'll
see you later.

Come on.

What was it you
wanted, Lee Chang?

Oh, today is birthday of my son.

Oh, ain't that nice?

I would like to buy
18 small American flags.

All right.

Why, um,

you're plumb out of them flags,
ain't you, Hammond?

Hmm?

Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's right.

I-I forgot.

I don't have any American flags,
Chang. I'm sorry.

What are you sorry for?

I don't have any.

You'll have to go
some other place.

Uh, thank you.

I will try Campbell's
on C Street.

He don't have none, either.

And neither does
anybody else in town.

Lee Chang, my friend!

Ah, Mr. Ben.
Mr. Adam.

It would seem my
unworthy nephew

feeds you the food
to bring good health.

It would seem Hop Sing
feeds my brother Hoss

a few extra servings, too.

It is a big day
in your life, Chang.

You can be mighty proud
of that boy of yours.

Mr. Cartwright, could I ask you
a question, please?

Well, of course. Anything
you want. You know that.

There are customs of your people
I do not understand.

I had wished for my son
an American birthday party.

I wouldn't
worry about it.

Just give him a
cake with candles.

Oh, yes. It must be candles
and not flags.

Well, what do you mean, Chang?

I had thought to put
American flags on the cake,

but I understand
it is not permitted.

Who says so?

Oh, it's no matter.

Chang, did Hammond refuse
to sell you American flags

to put on Jimmy's cake?

I did not understand.

I do not wish trouble.

Adam. Ben. It's
good to see you.

And what can I do for
my favorite customers?

We'd like to buy
some American flags.

I don't have any
of them little ones, Ben.

And how did you know we wanted
some of those little ones?

Yeah. Maybe we wanted
a great big one.

Well, do ya?

You running the store
now, Jesse?

No.

No. I just take care
of my own affairs, that's all.

Well, then,
stay out of ours.

You pack a grudge
a long time, Adam.

Well, how about it, Hammond?

I'm just sure we
don't have none.

Now, why don't you take
a nice, hard look?

They were right here.

Well, here's some of 'em.

I didn't know
I had any left.

See, that's three,
four, five, six, seven...

How many of 'em
did you need?

Eighteen.

They're to be put
on a birthday cake.

Oh.

There's a few extra.

That'll be a dollar.

Thank you.

Adam.

You shouldn't
let Jesse Tibbs

get under your
skin that way.

I can't help it.

He's nothing but a cattle
thief and a hired gun,

and yet
he walks around loose.

He'll trap
himself in time.

(hammering)

Andy Fulmer?

Well, this town's
getting pretty hard up

for somebody to run
for mayor, isn't it?

Adam, is Jesse Tibbs
still foreman

of that ranch that Andy Fulmer
bought out south of Carson?

As far as I know.

Mm.

Hop Sing, the business with
the flags with Lee Chang...

Yeah, that sounds just about
like the kind of tactics

that Fulmer would use.

First the Irish
and now the Chinese.

"America for
the Americans."

It's a pretty
tired platform.

Adam, do me a favor,
will you?

Take these flags
over to Lee Chang.

Tell him that Hammond
just misunderstood him.

What are you up to?

Somebody I want
to talk to.

MAN:
Come in.

Ah. Ben Cartwright.

I'm rightly honored.

To what do I owe the pleasure
of this visit, Mr. Cartwright?

You don't have to go through any
of the formalities, Mr. Fulmer.

We've known each
other for some time.

Well.

What school did you
get that from?

School of hard knocks.
Same one you went to, Ben.

Only I don't call myself
a lawyer.

Folks get in trouble,
they come to me for advice.

Ain't nothin' in the law

says I can't charge
a fee for helpin' 'em.

Now, just what did you have
on your mind, Ben?

Andy...

I understand you're fixing
to run for mayor.

That's right.

Andy, what's your platform?

Virginia City for Virginia City.

Short, sweet and to the point.

You like that?

Well, that depends
on what it means.

It means Virginia City belongs

to the folks
that made it what it is.

It means
we don't want outsiders.

Well, now,
what's your definition

of an outsider, Andy?

Well, now, Ben,
you live outside the city.

You can't vote for me anyhow,
even if you would,

but I'll be glad
to spell it out for you, anyway.

It means our town's being
overrun by foreigners

who are willing
to work for nothing,

and they're takin' the bread
and butter out of the mouths

of folks like us
who built this country.

Now, by foreigners, Andy,
who do you mean?

The, um, the Irish?
Or the Welsh?

Or the Chinese?

Now, before you start givin' me
any high-flown talk

about prejudice,
you just stop and remember

this camp's full of those same
Irishmen and Welshmen

and Cornishmen,

and those are the very people
I mean to protect.

I wasn't going to give you
any high-flown talk

about prejudice, Andy.

I just wanted to know
where you stood.

Yeah...

Does that mean
you're against me, Ben?

Well, Andy, it means that...

if I find out that you
or any of your boys

had anything to do
with beating up my cook,

I'll tie a rope around you

and I'll drag you up and down
Main Street.

Now, Ben,

like I said before,
you don't live in this city,

and you can't vote
for me nohow.

So why don't you just stay out
of this campaign.

I guess you just
invited me in, Andy.

(door closes)

Hoss.
Little Joe.

Doggone that
Jimmy Chang.

Just when I got his
surprise birthday present

right out in the open,
we would have to run into him.

I didn't expect to see you
till tonight.

You are coming to the party,
aren't you?

Sure we're
coming, Jimmy.

What's the matter, Hoss?

Uh... we really gonna
eat bird's nest?

My father said
he felt the same way

about the first piece
of apple pie he ever saw.

See you later.

I got to get to the stable
and get to work.

Take it easy,
Jimmy.

He's a good kid.

Yeah.

Made up his mind
to go to college,

and he'll do it, too.

You reckon he knew this
was his birthday present?

If he couldn't
figure that out,

he sure has no sense
going to college.

(horse whinnying)

Hey, good looking.

You know better than to say
a thing like that in public.

You didn't seem to mind it
so much last night.

Why, Billy Wheeler, I wasn't
even with you last night.

Then who were
you with, Sally?

Tommy Gaines or Ned Wilkins
or-or the Pierce kid?

Or maybe him?

What if I was?

If I didn't know
you was making fun,

I'd slap your mouth.

Let go of me.

Suppose I tell your daddy
what you just said.

What do you think old J.R.
would do to you, huh?

(chuckles)

Now you just be nice
and I won't tell.

Let go of her.

Let go of her!

Why don't you try
and make me.

Boy, you just made the biggest
mistake of your life.

Biggest mistake
you'll ever make.

Oh, Jimmy.

Oh, let me look
at that cut.

That's all right,
Miss Sally.

Leave me alone.

All I did was bathe your face.

A girl would do that
for anyone.

Yes, anyone.

I didn't mean it
the way it sounded.

That's all right,
I'm used to it.

Here, I'll put some more
water on it.

Sally.

Father.

Get into the house.

But, Father...

Did you hear me?

Why, what have I done?

You've disgraced
my name,

flouting yourself
in front of this heathen.

I was just helping Jimmy.

Billy Wheeler hit him.

And I thank
Billy Wheeler for that.

Father, how can
you say that?

Jimmy didn't do anything.

You get into the house
before I thrash you.

I'm not afraid of you, Father.

I haven't done
anything wrong.

Every time I look at a boy,
you see evil.

Shame!

Sally!

You keep away from her.

You shouldn't have done that,
Mr. Ridley.

Why, you...

Oh, Father, no!
No, Father!

No!

(gunshot)

You've killed her.

No.

No.

No.

I told you it was the biggest
mistake you ever made.

Boy, I sure told you.

I wouldn't be too worried

if I was you, Lee Chang,
about Jimmy.

He'll be around
in a minute.

Old man Ridley probably gave
him a few extra chores to do.

You know Mr. Ridley,
he's tougher than nails.

Oh, Jimmy not mind.

He work hard.

He do what Mr. Ridley
tell him.

What do you
think, Hoss?

I don't know.

That boy's so dang anxious
to make his college money,

he done forgot
his own birthday party.

He's almost an hour late.

(door opening)

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

Jimmy, what happened to you?

Hop Sing, get some water
and some towels, quick.

What is it, my son?

They were chasing me.

Who was?

I had to fight
'em off, Hoss!

They wanted
to kill me!

Why? What
did you do?

Little Joe,
I didn't do anything.

Well, something must
have happened.

Sally Ridley is dead.

Her father
shot her.

It was an accident.

They think I killed her.

Now look, Jimmy, I want you
to tell me the whole story

right from the very beginning.

It was an accident, Joe.

I liked Sally.

I wouldn't ever hurt her.

(glass breaking)

JESSE:
We know he's in there.

Send him out.

Send him out
or we're coming in to get him.

Somebody will get hurt.

Just keep calm.

Ain't nobody gonna
hurt that boy.

We'll handle this thing proper.

Little Joe,
you come cover me.

First man that tries
to come in this house

is going to have
to climb over me.

We're not looking
for any fight.

We want the boy is all.

Well, you ain't getting him.

He killed somebody.

And he's gonna get
what's coming to him.

Now that's a bit
hasty, Billy.

Suppose we give
him a choice.

Either we take
the boy in jail

or we get a rope.

What about it?

You wait here.

Will they
take my son?

No, Lee Chang, if anybody
does any taking around here,

it's gonna be
Little Joe and me.

But you believe Jimmy?

Look, don't worry,
Lee Chang.

Sheriff Halstead's
a fair and honest man.

He'll know the truth
when he hears it.

Father, in America, a man is
innocent until proven guilty.

Isn't that right, Hoss?

That's right, Jimmy. Go on.

Let's go, Hoss.

Hop Sing, Adam's gonna
stop by for us.

Tell him we're down
at the jail.

Why did you let them
have him?

We could have
strung him up.

Billy, Billy, Billy.

Don't you remember
what Fulmer said?

What we do
is let it boil.

We just let it boil.

Now you've told me
the whole truth?

You sure you've
left nothing out, son?

I've told you
just the way it happened.

Well, I'm inclined
to believe him.

How many other folks
will, is the question.

Well, I believe him.

I've known Jimmy
and his family a long time.

They're good people.

Sure they're good people,

but that doesn't
tip the scales.

Not with some who have
political ambitions.

You mean Andy Fulmer.

Yeah. He's been waiting for
this kind of thing to happen

ever since he
declared for mayor.

Come on, boy.

Jimmy, everything's
gonna be all right.

(keys jingling)

This is for your
own protection, Jimmy.

You'll be better off here
than you will at home.

I understand, Sheriff.

See, Jimmy, this doesn't
mean that you're guilty.

Even an innocent man,
if he's suspected of murder,

can't be allowed
to roam the streets.

I know.

You'll be all right here.

All right, Billy,
send him in.

How are you,
Mr. Ridley?

Andy.

Won't you sit down.

All of our sympathies are
with you, Mr. Ridley.

We all want you to know
how deeply we feel

for you in this hour
of your great loss.

Thank you, Andy.

It's a tragedy, Mr. Ridley.

It's a real tragedy.

And if we hadn't let the bars
down in the first place,

a thing like this
couldn't ever have happened.

Now you know me, Mr. Ridley.

I speak my mind plain.

Your daughter went out with lots
of American boys, didn't she?

Sure she did.

Pretty little thing
like her.

And did any of those
American boys

ever act any way other
than decent with her?

Of course not.

Would an American boy have
shot her down in cold blood?

There's something
I think you should know.

That boy didn't kill
my daughter.

It was an accident.

I had the gun.

The gun went off.

The boy didn't kill my daughter,
Andy.

I did.

Now you just sit there,
Mr. Ridley.

You had a very trying day.

Jesse, haven't you got
some work to do?

Sure. Sure, Andy.

You know, sometimes when a
man suffers a great tragedy

it can affect his mind.

You understand that,
don't you, Mr. Ridley?

Yes, yes, I understand that.

And in his grief,
he-he might forget things

or even imagine things
that never really happened.

Yes, yes, that's true.

I'm sorry to say this,
old friend,

but I see signs of that in you.

In your eagerness
to do what's right,

you're willing to shoulder
all the blame for Sally's death.

Well, shouldn't I, Andy?

Now, now let's face the truth.

Didn't that boy,
that James Chang,

didn't he provoke whatever
caused Sally's death?

As the Lord is my judge,
that boy caused Sally to die.

Yes, and our city's overrun
with these undesirables.

And that breeds the sort of
thing that happened to you.

And every decent citizen
in this town

wants to see that
that don't never happen again.

Now ain't that right,
Mr. Ridley?

Yes, yes, Andy.

All right then.

Now let's you and me sit down

and examine what's
really right for Virginia City.

You ask me to order
members of our tong

to fight if need be,
to protect your son.

My son has not killed anyone.

He has committed but one crime--
he is Chinese.

Is James Chang Chinese?

Has he not given up
the ways of his ancestors?

Has he not taken the dress and
the custom of another people?

He is ambitious.

He desires to educate himself
in this new land.

He knows that one day
the Chinese will their place

alongside other people who have
come from many other places

to make this great country.

Young eyes can see
great distances,

and risk is the privilege
of youth.

Your son has accepted
the new ways

and with this,
he has accepted the risk.

He is my son.

And they talk in the streets
of killing him.

It is written, it is better
to sacrifice one lamb

than to cause the slaughter
of the entire flock.

Some men will fight

even to save a lamb.

(indistinct murmuring)

Order. Order, please.

Now I don't want to have
to remind you folks

this is an official inquest

and I expect order.

Continue, Mr. Wheeler.

I said I seen this Chinese boy
carryin' on with Sally Ridley,

so, naturally, I went
and told her father.

You know the rest.

Now, Your Honor,

aren't we taking an awful lot
for granted here?

Now surely, Your Honor,

Ben Cartwright's
been around long enough

to know the facts
when he hears them.

But this is not a trial, Andy.

It's an inquest.

Is that all, boy?

Well, ain't that enough,
Your Honor?

Don't get smart with me, son.

Now you just get down, and
let's have the next witness.

Miss Amanda Ridley.

Now, Amanda, just tell us
in your own words

what happened last night.

Jimmy Chang killed my sister.

(murmuring)

Order. Order in
the court, please.

Order. Order, please.
(banging gavels)

Amanda, we're not
passing judgment here.

We're just trying
to get the facts.

Well, what did you expect?

Everybody in town knows what
kind of a girl my sister was.

Always flaunting herself,
fluffing her hair,

and mincing around boys.

What's the matter
with her?

She's jealous
of her own sister.

(gavel banging)

Um, please, Amanda.

I know how hard
this must be for you.

But all we want
to hear is what you saw.

Well, I heard a shot.

I ran to the stable.

There was Jimmy Chang,
bending over my sister.

There was a gun next to him.

My poor father was
standing there,

just staring.

And the gun was by Jimmy Chang?

It was right by him.

Right where he dropped it.

Now, Your Honor,

how do we know
that was Jimmy Chang's gun?

Who saw him drop it there?
Now, Ben...

Now, Ben, you're not trying
to tell us

that gun just fell
out of the sky, are you?

(laughing)

Ben Cartwright,

I'm not going to put up
with any more of your outbursts.

(people murmuring)

All right, Amanda.
That's all.

Mr. Ridley,
will you take the stand?

Mr. Ridley, do you feel
the testimony you've heard here

is substantial
to the way it happened?

As the Lord is my witness,

that boy caused the death
of my daughter.

Thank you, Mr. Ridley.

You may step down.
(gavel banging)

Jimmy Chang, stand up.

It is the finding of this
inquiry that you, Jimmy Chang,

stand trial
for the murder of Sally Ridley.

(gavel banging)

Inquest adjourned.

I sure don't want to miss
that trial.

They'll hang him for sure,
won't they, Mr. Fulmer?

Ah, that's hard to tell.
Jury trial?

Sometimes you just can't
depend on a jury.

It's like I told you boys
before,

when I take over this town,
I want it clean.

Maybe...

Maybe we ought to see to it
there ain't no trial, boss.

Jesse, I sure like
the way you think.

We owe an obligation
to this town, boys.

Andy's right.

We're all merchants. We
all earn our living here.

If we let the
Chinese take over,

our property would
be worthless.

You never spoke truer words,
Cyrus.

That's my way
of thinking exactly.

And if it wasn't
my way of thinking,

I wouldn't be running for mayor.

(laughing)

One thing, Andy.

I ain't a man
to jump into things, you know.

Well, you ain't a man
to stand by

and watch
your own house burn down

without tossin' on a pail of
water, either, are you, Cyrus?

No.

If we let that Chinaman get away
with killin' that white girl,

it's just the same as sayin'
we don't even care

what happens
to our own wives and daughters.

Well, what do you think
we ought to do, Andy?

I think we ought
to put a stop to it right now.

(others murmuring agreement)

Looks like you're a little off
your game today, Little Joe.

Mmm.

BEN:
Sheriff?

They're holding a meeting
over at Hammond's store.

I don't like the looks of it.

Andy Fulmer in the height
of his glory.

A so-called cause

and a hotheaded audience
to listen to his ranting.

What do you think
it will come to, Pa?

I don't know.

But if Fulmer can fire
up that crowd enough,

they'll sure enough try to
break Jimmy out of jail.

Oh. Don't you think
we can hold 'em off, Pa?

No. I got no right to
ask you Cartwrights

to get mixed up
in this thing.

You got no help,
either, have you?

Oh, you want to get
rid of me, Sheriff,

you're going to have
to throw me out.

Jimmy Chang's
a friend of mine.

Well, Sheriff?

Well, I won't lie

and say that I'm
not pleased, but...

Well, to make this
thing legal-like,

I'd better swear you
all in as deputies.

That's good.

Always did want to wear one
of them deputy badges, anyhow.

Ben?

Looks like you were right.

I don't think there's any more
doubt about it, Sheriff.

There's only one way
to avoid trouble

and that's by getting
that boy out of town fast.

But I can't rightly
do that, Ben.

Well, you can't rightly
let them come in

and lynch him,
either, can you?

Ben, Jimmy Chang has been
indicted for murder.

It's my sworn duty
to uphold the law.

And it's also the sworn duty
of you and your sons now.

What are we supposed to do,
sit here and wait?

That's the way it is.

LITTLE JOE:
Look, Pa, even if
we get Jimmy out,

we got to get him
past those men.

Yeah. I suppose nothing
would make Fulmer happier

than to kill Jimmy Chang

while attempting
to break jail.

Now, look, Ray,
there's no law

that says a deputy can't
walk out of here, is there?

No, there isn't.

If you boys want to
change your mind,

I can release you from
any obligations.

No, that's not
what I meant.

I just don't like the idea
of sitting around here

while Andy Fulmer
calls every turn.

What's on your mind, son?

Well, Pa, I can't help
thinking about Amanda

and the way she behaved
on the witness stand.

Now, I've known her a long time.

I just don't believe
she's turned that bitter.

You think you might want
to talk to her?

I'd like to try.

Oh. It's worth a chance.

Maybe through her, you could
break down Ridley's story.

I don't like the idea of you
going out there, though.

Hoss and I can cover him, Pa.

No, that would be playing
right into Fulmer's hands.

Then there'd be
three less guns in here

for him to worry about.

I'll get through
all right, Pa.

I wasn't thinking
of you getting through, Adam.

I was thinking
of you getting back in.

You know,
don't sell Fulmer short.

He's got Ridley on his side

and he's going to do everything
in his power to keep him there.

Well, I'm
gonna risk it.

Mm-hmm.
All right, Adam.

Good luck, Adam.

What's the matter,
Cartwright?

The stink
of that woman killer

get too thick
for you in there?

You get out of my way.

You sure are proddy, Adam.

Ain't no law says we can't stand
out here in the street.

Yeah. Why are you
Cartwrights so nervous?

We ain't doin' nothing.

Well, just keep on doing it.

May I come in?

I suppose it would
be all right.

My father isn't home.

Well, it's really you I
wanted to talk to, Amanda.

Would you like
to sit down?

Thank you.

Well, all of us
used to have

some mighty good
times in this house.

We haven't entertained
since mother died.

Seven years?

It must get kind of
lonely for you sometimes.

I had obligations

and I assumed
those obligations.

Have to be at
such a high price?

Do you think it's been easy,
keeping the household together

with mother gone?

No, I don't. I...

I watched my own father
do it for years.

Yes, but Sally
did everything she could

to make things difficult.

Yeah. Pa had his moments
with all of us, too.

She had no respect
for anything.

Not for me
or for my father.

Look, Amanda, stop feeling
sorry for yourself.

Life hasn't passed you by.

Why can't you Cartwrights
mind your own business

and let us mind ours?

Because it happens
to be everybody's business

when a boy's life
is at stake.

You can stand there
and say that to me

when my sister's
been murdered?

What do you expect me to do?

Go over there to Jimmy Chang

and tell him it was
all a big mistake?

If that's what it was, yes.

Jimmy Chang said
he didn't have a gun.

He said it was an accident.

Now, look, Amanda,
I've always admired you

because you had
the courage to stand up

for what you thought
was right.

Sally was just exactly
the way you used to be.

No more and no less.

You don't need
to pretend with me, Amanda.

(crying)

Oh.

Adam, I... I've
been so alone.

What should I do?

Tell the truth.

What are you doing
in my house,

Cartwright?

Is no woman safe in this town?

How dare you
persecute my daughter.

It's not your daughter
that's being persecuted.

There's a young boy
over in that jail

who's just about to
face a lynch mob.

That boy is a murderer
and a heathen!

He has been indicted
for his crime!

Indicted but
not convicted.

Or don't you think Jimmy Chang
deserves a fair trial?

James Chang will
have a fair trial.

Not unless
you tell Andy Fulmer

that's what you want
him to have.

Well, Mr. Fulmer is
an honorable man.

He doesn't need me to
tell him what to do.

What's the matter,
Mr. Ridley?

You afraid to face up
to Andy Fulmer

and the principles
you value so highly?

I fear no man.

Well, then, talk to him!

I'll go with you, Father.

(men clamoring)

What right's he got
to stand trial, anyway?

He ain't even no citizen!

We gonna let those Cartwrights
tell us how to run our town?

They don't live
in Virginia City.

And this town is for us that
lives here, for us Americans.

(men murmuring agreement)

BILLY:
There are only three
Cartwrights in there.

Adam left.

And we'll see to it he
don't get back in again.

I say rush the jail!

Sheriff Halstead
will be on our side

when he sees we mean business.
(men murmuring agreement)

What are you up to,
Cartwright?

Just out for a walk with
some friends of mine.

What's the
matter, Jesse?

You seem nervous.

Mr. Ridley, is-is Adam
trying to force you

to do something
against your will?

No man forces me
against my will.

I want to talk
with Mr. Fulmer.

You wanted to talk to me, J.R.?

I've got to talk to you
about everything.

About those
people out there.

Why, certainly, J.R.,
not a man in this town

can't speak to me
whenever he wants to.

You come right on in.
Miss Amanda?

(men clamoring nearby)

Let's, uh, step
into my private office.

We can talk freely there.

I'll wait out here.

(men continue clamoring)

Won't you sit
down, Amanda?

Thank you.

J.R.?

Now, then...

what was it you wanted
to say to me, J.R.?

I want those people out
there to know the truth.

I want to tell them what
I told you this morning.

Mm-hmm. And what did you
tell me this morning, J.R.?

Why, that Jimmy
Chang is innocent.

That my daughter's
death was an accident.

And what did I say then,
Mr. Ridley?

I just don't remember.

Didn't I say that
I wanted to help you?

Didn't I say that
the people of Virginia City

were behind you 100%?

Did you see all those people
out there in that street?

Why do you think
they're there?

They're there because
they're your friends, J.R.,

just as I'm
your friend.

Because we both believe
in the same principles.

We believe in honesty
and decency...

and the American way.

Now, ain't that right,
Mr. Ridley?

Yes. I suppose so.

Father...

Now, you don't
suppose; you know.

Those people are out there
because they're your friends.

They're out there to honor you.

They're there to honor a man

who stood up
in his hour of great tragedy,

not for his own sake,

but for the sake
of an entire city.

Now, are you gonna
let them down, J.R.?

Are you gonna let
your daughter die in vain?

(men continue clamoring)

They're waiting for you
out there, J.R.

Well, Mr. Ridley?

I have no right to stand
in the way of my friends,

the people here
in Virginia City.

FULMER:
Like I say, J.R.,

I like your ideas fine--
you talk to me anytime.

The door's always open.

(sighs)
What happened in there?

Adam, it was horrible.

It's as if my father
has no mind of his own.

Well, I'll change his mind.

No, Adam.

Let me do it.

I can make him understand
that he's got to tell the truth.

All right, if you
think you can.

Remember, Amanda,
Jimmy Chang's life

depends on your father
telling the truth.

I realize that now, Adam.

Come along, Amanda.

Just where do you think
you're going, Cartwright?

Now, why don't you
leave those folks alone?

Boys, boys,
what's going on here?

Cartwright here
seemed to be in a hurry.

We figured he was planning
to pester the Ridleys some more.

Now, you boys put
those guns away.

Jesse, you know we're
not men of violence.

You go right ahead,
Mr. Cartwright.

Just do whatever you like.

I'll do just exactly
that, Mr. Fulmer.

You sure you don't want me
to stop him, boss?

Now, why should you
do that, Jesse?

Just when we got things
right where we want them.

Little Joe, did you
ever taste anything

like these
jailhouse beans?

Yeah. Yeah, but I'm trying
not to remember it.

What you mean to say is,
you... you don't ever remember

tasting anything as good,
don't you?

Yeah, that's what I mean.

It's almost worth breaking a law
to get this kind of chow.

Jimmy, you ain't eat
a bite of yours.

Why don't you try
to get some of that down.

Thanks, Hoss,
but I'm not hungry.

Hungry?
What's that got to do with it?

You think the only time a man
can eat is when he's hungry?

Yeah, you haven't got any kind

of fool idea like that,
do you, Jimmy?

I didn't kill Sally.

You believe me,
don't you, Hoss?

(sighs)

Jimmy, you ought...
you ought to have more sense

that to even ask
such a question.

But there are some people in
this town who think I did.

How can they, Hoss?

(sighs):
Jimmy, don't you worry none.

You got lots of friends
in this town.

Friends that aren't
gonna let you down.

Here he comes.

Let him in.

(metal bar clattering)

I really thought
they'd try to stop you
from getting back in.

ADAM: Well, Fulmer's so sure
of himself, he figured
he didn't have to.

BEN: Well, what about Amanda?
Did you find out anything

from her?
Oh, I sure did.

Anyway, I've convinced her
she should tell the truth.

I thought we had
Ridley convinced,

and then we got over
to Fulmer's, and...

I don't know, Fulmer's
got some strange kind
of hold on the man.

He's... he's like
so much clay in his hands.

Anyway, Amanda's
still working on him.

Well, do you think she'll
get anywhere with him?

Well, if she doesn't,

we've got a lynch mob
on our hands.

Oh, Father, how can
I make you understand

what I'm saying to you?

I'm on the side
of right.

Right! You're just doing what
Andy Fulmer wants you to do.

That boy's gonna die!

Your sister died,
too, didn't she?

Yes, she did.

Until now, I...

I don't believe
I really cared.

But now I know
you don't care.

How dare you speak
like that to me!

I dare speak like that
because it's the truth.

Your sister brought
disgrace on us.

Then it isn't
really Jimmy Chang

you're trying to
punish, is it?

You're trying
to punish Sally.

Father...

was her death
really an accident,

or did you pull
that trigger on purpose?

Is that why
you're afraid to talk?

Amanda, as God is my witness,

it was an accident.

Then go out there and tell them.

Oh, Father, we've both
lied to ourselves.

We never really believed
the things we said about Sally.

And if we let Jimmy Chang die,

we'll really be
condemning Sally.

You and I, Father,

we're the guilty ones.

Now, boys,
you all know where I stand.

I'm just interested in doing
what's right for our city!

Are we gonna let those
Cartwrights stand between us

and what we
know is right?
I say let's rush 'em

and get 'em out of
that jail! Come on!

(angry clamoring)

Pa?

Here they come.

(clamoring)

Let's put a few shots
over their heads.

That should scatter them.

(guns blasting)

Here, stop that!

Stop it, everybody! Stop!

Ridley.

Yeah, it looks like
she convinced him.
Stop!

Stop! Stop it, everybody! Stop!

Get in here, J.R.
Those Cartwrights'll kill you.

It isn't the Cartwrights this
town needs to fear, Fulmer.

Aw, J.R., we understand
each other...

That won't work
again, Andy.

I'm gonna tell Sheriff
Halstead the truth.

Now, we've been
through this before.

I'm going to tell
him the truth.

Get him.

(Amanda screams)

(screams)

You fool.

Why did you kill him?

Wha... What are you saying?

You-you told me to kill him.

Murderer.

You filthy murderer!

Get him!

He just killed
my best friend!

Jesse, drop
the gun.

AMANDA (cries):
Father!

Father!

My father wanted
to tell you something.

I know what it was,

because I was part of it.

We lied on the witness stand
this morning.

My sister's death
was an accident.

Jimmy Chang didn't have any gun.

My father killed Sally.

That's what he wanted
to tell you.

Well, Fulmer...

three dead.

You satisfied?

You trying to make
a murderer out of me, Ben?

You tried to murder this town.

You still want this man
for your mayor?

MEN:
No! No!

Hold on, wait a minute, folks.
Hold it, hold it.

Now, this is a...
this is a terrible thing

that's happened here today,
and we sure don't want

anything like that
to happen here again.

(men grumbling)
Folks! Folks!

Listen, you know
how I stand,

what I believe in.

I just want to do
what's right for Virginia City!

I'm afraid you're at liberty,
Mr. Chang.

Come on, Jimmy,
didn't you hear him?

Or, don't tell me
you done got to where
you like it in here?

But-but what...

But what? I thought you
were the one who had

the fine ideas about
going to college.

Yes, I do, but...

Well, if you're gonna
go to college, Jimmy,

you got to bust out of this
jail before you can start.

It's all right, Jimmy.

Come on.

You can go home.

It's all over now.

Go on!