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♪♪

Indians!

♪♪

Something wrong.

Those horses should
have been ready.

Tom?!

Jack!

Jack?

Tom Delaney.

Station agent.

My brother's got to be
around here somewhere.

All right, look around,
help me find him.

In here!

Jack.

Jack.

Jack.

Brother Will.

Where'd you come from?

Who did it?

Who shot you?

Two... drifters.

Uh...

Asked for a meal.

What they...

what they wanted was
what was in the safe.

I'll find them.

And when I do, they won't
live long enough...

I'll find them.

That's about all I can do
for him, Mr. Rimbau.

You've already done enough
and done it very well.

Jack.

Those two drifters?

What did they look like?

Just ordinary.

Twenty-twenty-th ree
or twenty-f-four.

One... one abou...

One-one dark,

one light.

Did you hear any names?

No.

No names.

They just rode in,

asked for a hand-out.

Tom fed them.

N-No warning, nothing.

They... they just
started shooting.

Did you get a look
at their horses?

I-I'm cold, Will.

Ow.

I-I hurt.

Look, I-I think you ought
to let him rest.

He-he needs all the rest
he can get.

Don't you think I know that?

You think I like asking him
questions when he's hurt so bad?

Maybe we should have sent him in
with the stage.

No, he'd have never made it
over those roads anyhow.

How long would it take?

Well, 60 miles
to Virginia City and a doctor

and 60 miles back.

Three days at least.

What do you think, Hoss?

Will he last that long?

Well, I ain't no doctor,
Mr. Rimbau.

I know that.

I'm just asking what you think.

Well, he's...

he's got a bullet lodged
in his lung,

and it's right close
to his heart.

There ain't no way I can get it.

I found this gold receipt
for $15,000.

They keep that kind
of money around here?

That's the weekly shipment
from the Horn of Plenty mine.

I guess the killers got it all.

That's a lot of money.

And a good reason for them
to ride hard

to new country
where they can spend it.

Ain't been no change
as far as I can tell.

Come and get it, boys.

It ain't much,
but it's the best I can do.

I'll be riding out
at first light.

Hoss, I'd appreciate it
if you'd stay with Jack.

There's no doubt in my mind

you can do more for him
than any of the rest of us.

Look, I can start tracking them.

Why don't you stay here
with your brother?

No, I'm the lawman here,
it's my job.

Overland Stage men were shot,

and an Overland safe was robbed.

Okay, if that's the way you want
it, I'll go along with you.

Me, too.

You can count me in.

Thanks, but riding
with a posse is

a little out of your line,
isn't it, Mr. Willow?

Liable to be a lot of bullets
flying around

before this is finished.

I may look like a dude,
Mr. Rimbau,

but I've done
my share of hunting.

I can hold up my end.

Well, we'll find out,
that's for sure.

There are rifles and shells
in the storeroom.

Plenty of food and camp gear.

Well, there's still a couple
hours before sunup.

Why don't you try
to get a little rest?

All right, let's go.

Joe, you be careful, you hear?

I got a hunch you're gonna have
more trouble than you think.

I'll watch it.

They stopped here
to water their horses.

Yeah.

They're swinging north again.

That's the second time
they've changed direction.

These tracks are fresher, too.

They're not pushing too hard.

We're picking up two
or three hours on them.

Probably don't know
we're following them.

Come on.

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Here, try some hot coffee.

Thanks.

You know,

it took me three years to talk
my brother into taking

that job with the stage line.

He was on the payroll
only two weeks.

Told me I threw
too big a shadow,

he didn't want
to get lost in it.

So he kept moving,
looking for a job he'd like.

Tried ranching,

bronc busting,

faro dealing.

Wasn't till Tom Delaney
came out of retirement

and took over
the Red Creek Station

that Jack changed his mind.

Yeah, I met Delaney
in Virginia City.

He seemed like a fine man.

The best.

Made a driver out of me,
then a guard.

When he quit,
he put me up for his job.

He did more for me than...

than any man I ever met.

First time I ever got mixed up
in anything like this.

You ever ride
with a posse before?

None that ever caught anybody.

Murder, robbery.

That old man shot in the back.

It's just about
the worst thing I ever saw.

Yeah.

Hanging is too good
for whoever did it.

You think
they'll put up a fight?

I don't know,
but Rimbau's hoping they will.

Yeah, that's what he told me.

Saving the bother of a trial.

Might not be such a bad idea.

You ever kill anybody?

Nope, never even came close.

But I never had
a good reason before.

Me neither.

Want some more?

No.

That's got to be the worst
excuse for coffee I ever tasted.

Shouldn't be; I only used
the grounds five or six times.

Yeah, that just might have
something to do with it.

All right, hold it!

You've got four guns
covering you.

If this is a holdup,
you sure picked the wrong men.

We ain't got a dollar
between us.

You're under arrest

for murder and robbery.

Murder and robbery?

We didn't kill anybody.

We-we never stole a penny.

You were
at the Red Creek Station,

we tracked you from there.

Sure, th-they gave us a meal.

Hot cakes and bacon.

That ain't all you got.

You killed Tom Delaney
and left my brother for dead.

Then you cleaned out the safe.

There's a rope waiting
for you two in Virginia City.

N-No, wait a minute.

Uh, I don't even know
what you're talking about.

You've got the wrong men.

You keep talking,
you won't get to Virginia City.

All right, get over there.

Go on, move.

We'll be riding pretty soon;
let's get our horses.

Good idea.

Right there.

I got some questions for you.

Anything you want to know,
mister, you just ask.

All right,
let's start with names.

I'm Stubb Morgan,
this is Johnny Hill.

You were at Red Creek
Station, right?

But we didn't kill anybody.

You, your gun was fired.

Sure, one shot.

We had fried rabbit
for supper last night.

One shot or six doesn't make
any difference.

The barrel looks
and smells the same.

Mister, how come you
so sure we did it?

There were other men riding
by that station.

You're the only one
that left fresh tracks.

Besides, we got an eyewitness

that gave a pretty good
identification of you.

There's got to be some mistake.

If there is, we'll find out
when we get back to Red Creek.

That fella tearing up our gear.

If he thinks we put
a bullet in his brother,

we won't live
to get to Red Creek.

You'll get there.
Don't make any guarantees

you can't keep, Cartwright.

All right, you two.

Where'd you hide the gold?

We don't know about any gold.

We'll see.

You both fit the descriptions,

and you had a gun
that was fired.

That's good enough for me.

Come on, on your feet.

Get your horses saddled up.

Come on, hurry up.

Look, mister,
this doesn't make any sense.

If we were running away, would
we camp out right in the open?

Shut up!

Rimbau, that's enough!

How would you feel

if it was your brother
and best friend they shot?

Same way you feel, probably.

I might even make
the same mistake

I don't want you to make.

What mistake?

If anything happens to them,

if they don't get back
to Virginia City alive,

you're gonna be
held responsible.

That's something you're gonna
have to live with

the rest of your life.

All right, you made your point.

Get those saddles
up on the horses.

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Hold it.

This looks like
as good a spot as any.

We'll camp here for the night.

I can use some of that.

Could you?

Get off those horses.

Here you go.

Have some of mine.

Thanks.

What do you think
would have happened

if my brother had
asked them for water?

What's that got to do with this?

I'll tell you what would
have happened: they would have

put another bullet in him.
That's what would have happened.

It's men like you
who make killers like them.

We don't even know
they're guilty yet.

They've been in trouble before.

They've been caught before.

How do you know that?

I know. All I have to do
is look at them.

Well, you got
better eyes than I have.

All I see are two men who
are getting a little nervous

looking down the barrel
of your shotgun.

If you were sitting where they
were, you'd be nervous, too.

Bites a little, huh?

Well, you'd better
get used to it.

Because it's gonna bite
a lot more before morning.

Getting them ready
for the night.

Any objections?

Just figured we'd feed 'em
first, that's all.

You think I care
anything about that?

I know you don't care, but I do.

They're our prisoners,
but they're human beings

and we're gonna feed 'em.

I said we're gonna feed 'em.

All right, feed 'em.

But if they make a break,
you'd better not get in the way.

Or I might have to take
three of you instead of two.

Take it easy.
I may want some more.

There's plenty more
in the saddlebag.

Don't worry,
we ain't gonna try anything.

With that shotgun looking at us,
I ain't even sure I want to eat.

You'd better eat.
It's a long way to Red Creek.

And a slim chance
of getting there.

He's a friendly cuss, isn't he?

He's acting like you're
the killer instead of them two.

Yeah, that's what keeps
going through my mind.

Well, he's young.

I used to be the same
as Cartwright.

But when you've seen
as much as I have...

well, you change.

I don't quite follow you.

There hasn't been a killer born
that doesn't start yelling

he's innocent once he's caught,

just like those two are doing.

All they're waiting for
is a chance

to kill again and get away.

I believe it.

Yeah, but what keeps
itching at me is...

we didn't find the gold.

That's an old trick.

They hide what they steal.

And when they get to court,
a smart lawyer

uses their empty pockets
as proof of innocence.

I never thought of that.

Then the jury turns 'em loose.

They pick up the loot they hid
and ride out of the country,

free and rich.

You know what
those two have done.

You're gonna take them
all the way to Virginia City

and see them go free?

No, I sure don't want to.

Well, me neither,

but I don't hold to no lynching.

Nobody said anything
about lynching,

but I can't help wishing
they'd sure try to get away.

Yeah, that would
make a difference.

It sure would. Self-defense.

Just protecting our own lives.

That's the way I see it--

Self-defense.

All right, give me the plates.

All right, you've had your meal.

They can't sleep that way.

You don't like the way
I'm treating the prisoners,

you put 'em to bed.

Now lie back.

I'll wrap you around the tree.

Well, aren't we cozy?

I'll take over watch.

♪♪

♪♪

Cartwright said he'd
see that we stand trial.

Do you think he can do it?

I keep hoping.

But then I see that Rimbau
looking at us and I don't know.

A man never knows
what he's gonna wake up to.

Last evening
all I was worried about

was where my next meal
was coming from.

Yeah, now I'm just
wondering if I'm gonna

live long enough
to have another meal.

Feeling sorry
for yourselves, huh?

It never fails.

Soon as one of your kind
gets caught,

they start feeling
real sorry for themselves.

Mr. Rimbau, we didn't
shoot your brother.

We didn't shoot anybody.

I know better.

I swear, I'm telling you
the truth.

He ain't interested
in the truth.

All he wants to do
is see us dead.

Mister, I never wanted anything
more in my whole life.

And don't you forget it.

♪♪

Now's the time.
He's sound asleep.

No.

He dropped that key on purpose.

He wanted you to see it.

Don't do it. Don't do it.

He'll shoot us both.

Maybe, but if we don't try,

he'll kill us tomorrow for sure.

At least we can try.

♪♪

You want to run, killers,

go ahead and run.

Go on, run.

Hold it.
Don't move.

Hold it.

All right, take the gun out
nice and slow.

Easy.

Toss it over here.

As of now I run this posse.

Sit over there.

Go on, sit down.

Siding with murderers.
Taking my posse.

You're only giving them
room for more killing.

Really had you going
his way, didn't he?

You were just gonna stand by
and watch him commit murder.

They tried to escape.

How'd you get the cuffs off?

Rimbau dropped the keys.

What difference does it make?

They were still
trying to escape.

It makes a big difference if you
dropped those keys on purpose.

Now, we came out here
to find and bring in two men.

Two men who may
or may not be guilty.

May or may not be guilty.

The description
fits 'em to a T.

We tracked 'em
all the way from Red Creek.

Right on both counts,
but there's still

a lot of things
that don't add up.

First of all, they were
in no hurry, no hurry at all.

Didn't bother
to hide their tracks.

They camped
right out in the open.

Now, if I'd just left a robbery
and murder behind me,

I'd ride hard and fast.

And I'd make sure
I hid my tracks and my camp.

I told you they didn't know
they were being followed.

If they didn't think
they were being followed,

Why'd they bother
hiding the gold?

What about when we
found 'em in their camp?

They were all but out
of food and shells.

Now, there was plenty of both
back in Red Creek Station.

If they robbed it, why didn't
they take it with them?

Somebody probably
spooked them and they ran.

We don't know that.

And that's not for us to decide.

That's for a court of law.

See, Mr. Rimbau here, he doesn't
want 'em to get there.

He doesn't want 'em
to have that trial.

Because he's only had one idea

from the moment
we started this posse.

And that's to see them dead.

Yes, he said he hoped
they'd try to get away

so he could use that shotgun.

Well, I guess you're right.

He almost had us talked
into seeing it his way.

And how do you see it now?

I see it like you do.

Our job is to take 'em in
and hand 'em over to the law.

That's all I wanted to hear.

All right,
take the prisoners in.

But before you do, there's
something I want to say to them.

I want you to hear it, too.

Because you're right.

I did want them dead.
I still do.

So you're gonna get that trial.

And when it's over, you're gonna
look out of your cell window

and watch the gallows
being built.

You're gonna watch them
test the trap

and stretch the rope.

You're gonna count the days,
the hours and the minutes

until that rope
is around your necks.

And you're gonna wish a thousand
times that Cartwright

had let me do it my way.

♪♪

By the time the doctor
got here, there...

there wasn't much he could do.

There was no pain.
He just drifted off into a

deeper and deeper sleep.

Did he... Did he say anything
about what happened?

Anything at all?

Never opened his eyes
after you left.

I know it don't do much good

to say things at a time
like this, but

I'm terribly sorry.

We did everything we could.

I... guess I knew

there wasn't any hope.

Thanks.

Sit down over there.

Sorry about your brother.

Yeah.

Here.

You know, all the time I've been
a law officer, that was

the first time that anyone ever
took my guns away from me.

Cartwright,

when we get back
to Virginia City,

I'm gonna have you arrested

for interfering with a lawman
in the performance of his duty.

And you, too, Mr. Willow.

And you, Mr. Mapes.
You're gonna be arrested, too.

I'm just trying to stop you from
killing two men, that's all.

Trying to stop me
from killing them.

I say I was just
trying to prevent

two prisoners from escaping.

An escape that you arranged.

You put a knife to my throat
to convince us we had to run

or die. Then you dropped
those handcuff keys on purpose.

Well, now, just a minute.

Did you see me do anything
like that, Mr. Mapes?

Can't say that I did.

And you, Mr. Willow?

Well, I was asleep
most of the time, but...

Mr. Willow,
you'll be testifying under oath.

Now, did you see me threaten
the prisoners with a knife?

Yes or no.

No, I didn't.

I dropped those handcuff keys
by accident,

and you can't prove otherwise.

Your brother's been siding
with two cold-blooded murderers.

I don't know what happened
out there on the trail,

but I know if Little Joe went
against a lawman,

that was only because
he thought he had to.

Well, it isn't what he thought,
but what he did that counts.

You all heard
my brother's statement

describing the murderers.

You heard it
and you heard it and you.

And you.

And you'll all have to testify
to that in court.

Well, I'll testify
to that, Mr. Rimbau,

but I'm also going to testify
to the other evidence.

They weren't trying
to cover up their tracks,

and they were camping out
in the open.

And they didn't have the gold.

Look, we all understand
how you feel about your brother.

Nobody's trying
to protect the prisoners.

We just want to see 'em come
to trial, that's all.

We want to make sure these are
the men that are guilty.

Oh, you want proof

beyond a reasonable doubt,
as they call it.

Right.

Well, with your permission,

I'll get you that proof.

All right, you two,
over by the door.

You're gonna tell us and show us
exactly what happened

when you were here before,
step by step.

We came in this door.

All right, you came in the door.
Then what?

There was a man
over there by the counter.

Show me.

Over here, back of the counter.

Well, which man?
What did he look like?

He look...

He was, uh...
had gray hair, lean,

kind of old.

Tom Delaney, the station master.

Well, then what?

We passed the time of day.

We told him, uh, we were looking
for work, we were hungry.

We could use a meal, but
we didn't have any money to pay.

He said he never turned
a hungry man

away from his door in his life.

He said, "Sit down."

You sat over there?

Yeah.

Well, show me.

Right here.

Then what?

He give us a meal--
hotcakes, bacon, coffee.

That's when the other man
came in, while we were eating.

Younger fella.

The old man called him Jack.

That's right. They both went
over to the ticket counter.

Then what did you do?

Nothing.

We could have used
some more hotcakes,

but they were busy, so we just
said thanks and we rode out.

Just where did you say "Thanks"?

Don't point. Show me.

About over here, I guess.

The old man was sitting
at the desk.

The other one was
by the ticket counter.

You saw the safe
and decided to rob it.

My brother was
at the ticket counter.

You shot him first.

Tom was sitting at the desk.

He was getting up when
your bullet hit him in the back.

You're a liar.

Wait a minute.

How'd they get the safe open?

With $15,000 in gold in here,

they're sure not gonna
leave it open.

Somebody knew the combination.

That's right. Tom did.

They forced him to open it
and then shot him.

That's not what
your brother said.

He said they walked in here,

asked for some food
and started shooting.

Maybe my brother made a mistake.

In his condition
maybe he was wrong.

In his condition
he could have been wrong

about identifying those two men.

Like you say,
we'll let the court decide.

We've got the gun
that killed him.

That's good enough for me.

Maybe that's where I ought
to get into this conversation.

What caliber was that gun?

.44.

Well, sir,

here's the slug that...

the doctor got out
of that brother of yours.

Somewhat smaller than a .44.

Looks more like a .25,
maybe out of a Derringer.

Which one of you two
had a Derringer?

Mister, I've seen a Derringer
in my life,

but I sure never owned one.

Well, one of you did. You shot
him and then threw it away.

We never did!
Neither one of us!

That's a dirty lie.
Leave him alone!

What did you do with
it? Hey, hey, hey. Rimbau.

Rimbau. Oh, Rimbau.
Leave him alone.

I'm sick of their lying,
sick of listening to them!

So, you never had
a Derringer, huh?

It's Tom Delaney's gun.

It's got his initials on it.

Well, they killed Tom,

then took his gun
and shot my brother.

Then he hid it
under the counter?

That doesn't make much sense.

Well, hid it or kicked it under.
What difference does it make?

They were through with it.

I think we ought
to take a look in the barn.

In the barn? For what?

Looks like we found the gun
that we didn't know was here.

Can't hurt nothing
to look around.

Your brother was shot in the
lung right here in the office.

Yet he crawled out
to the barn. Why?

Maybe he was afraid these
two killers would come back.

All we're looking for
is the truth.

That's what you want, isn't it?

Whatever we find
will only help prove it,

so what are your objections?

All right, I have no objections.

Let's look in the barn.

But somebody better stay
with these two.

We'll watch 'em.

Well, this is where
we found him.

You want to look around,
go ahead.

What do you expect to find?

I think you know.

You trying
to pull my brother into this?

We know your brother was shot
with Delaney's Derringer.

We don't know who pulled the
trigger or when it was pulled.

One of those killers pulled it.

Why?

They had their own guns.

Those drifters
could be telling the truth.

Delaney and your brother
could have been alive

when they left here.

You're saying
my brother killed Tom

and then robbed the safe,
is that it?

I'm saying it could have
happened that way.

We do know he came over here.

Now, if he robbed the safe,

maybe he came here
to hide the gold.

Well, he didn't kill Tom,
and he didn't rob the safe.

Well, then, you shouldn't
mind us looking around.

All it'll do is prove
your brother's innocence.

Go ahead, look around.

Tear the place apart.

Why don't you look in the loft?

Maybe he hid it up there.

You know your brother was
in no shape to get in the loft.

Think he hid it in here?

Go ahead, look.

Don't move.

There's blood on the sack.

And Mr. Rimbau knew
where to find it.

You said Tom Delaney was
your best friend, didn't you?

So you let your brother
shoot him in the back.

Shut up and get over there.

Go on. Move!

Now, turn around
and face the wall.

Drop it, Rimbau.

Willow!

We owe you two an apology.

Thanks for believing us.

No need for thanks.

Get your guns.
You can leave any time you want.

There's one thing...

I want to know.

Why?

A respected lawman.

Why did you suddenly turn thief
and killer?

You wouldn't understand.

Nobody would.

Always riding shotgun,
protecting other people's money.

Never having any of my own.

The way we planned this,

nobody was supposed
to get killed. Nobody.

Just before we were to arrive
on the stage,

my brother was gonna
knock Tom out,

take the gold out of the safe
and hide it.

And then he was gonna
cut his head

and say
he'd been knocked out, too.

And then you were supposed to
track the would-be thief, huh?

Yeah.

I was supposed to go out
and come back

and say I'd lost the tracks.

But everything went wrong.

Yeah, it all went wrong,

including you and your brother.

There's one thing
I can guarantee you, Rimbau.

You're gonna get a trial.

Stage is coming in.

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