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Alicia, you are still not in bed yet.

Oh, I-- I just wanted a book.

This one.

You go to bed. Do not worry about me.

Yes, it has been a long day.

Buenos noches, carida.

Buenos noche.

Hello.

You gonna tell me I shouldn't have come?

Manuel.

Carido.

Alicia.

Where is the Sheriff?

He was hungry. He went to the hotel to eat.

Try to smile.

For me.

I lost my smile.

Five days in here. Nobody will help me.

No one will believe I did not kill him.

Alicia, this talk.

Tell me it is not true.

Manuel, my husband.

You are the only man for me.

It will always be so.

Saying this to make it easier for me?

No. No.

I love you, Manuel.

I try.

I must believe you.

I will go mad.

Get the keys, Luke.

Well, the Sheriff's just startin' his breakfast.

And by the time he gets through with his usual four cups of coffee,

well, Alvarez, we decided it was high time you was hanged,

and we're gonna do it right now.

Matthews, I did not kill your brother.

I swear it.

There are no keys, Will. The Sheriff must have 'em.

Then we'll hang him right where he is.

It's not fair.

I was at my store.

Please, believe me!

Tie his hands, Luke.

I did not do this thing!

They found your gun, didn't they?

Right beside Jim's body.

We'll get this over fast. That'll settle all arguments.

Stop it, Will!

He's my prisoner.

Millard, you're too slow for me.

I say this Mexican's guilty

and deserves what's comin' to him.

Get away from him.

You'd draw on a Matthews.

Will, I got to. He's getting a trial.

-A trial! -That's right, a trial.

What's this about a trial?

You don't need trials in my town.

A judge is coming.

I didn't send for him. Who did?

Well, who did?

Louie Ortega.

Says a murder charge calls for a trial.

I'll take care of Ortega.

Now, Will, forget it.

Let him alone.

You say this judge is on his way?

That's right. It's Jonas Stone.

Be here any time now.

Stone, huh?

Maybe Tularosa needs a trial.

You tell the judge I'll cooperate any way I can.

I'll even build the gallows for him to hang Alvarez.

Come on, you two.

What's gotten into you, Ben,

backin' away from the sheriff like that?

You know as well as I do that that Mexican's guilty,

and he ought to be swingin'.

He'll hang, legally.

Let the judge do it.

You stay out of trouble.

Your brother Ben's a real smart man.

You know that, Will?

Yeah, maybe.

Go on home, boys.

Well, looky who's here.

Buenos dias.

I make breakfast for Manuel.

You made a bad mistake, Ortega.

Oh, see, I make many, señor.

Like sending for the judge.

It is the law, is it not?

Around here, we Matthews make the law.

Oh, no. No, señor!

Por favor. No!

No, no.

No!

No.

No, por favor.

I got it.

Give me a hand.

Pull him.

Venga!

Come on, tell us about the law now, Ortega.

Come on, Luke, let's go home.

Por favor! Venga!

Venga!

For favor, venga!

A!

Por favo!

-Back off, mister.

This ain't none of your business.

Now drop your guns and clear out, both of you.

I said drop you guns!

You John Millard?

-That's right. -I'm Jonas Stone.

The judge? Glad to meet ya.

You're the first real one's ever come to Tularosa.

Sorry I didn't get down here sooner.

Well, it's a good thing someone did.

Yes, I-- I don't know who that kid was.

I never saw him before.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Well, not yet. Uh...

I'll get me a room and wash up first,

uh, while you go after those two hangmen.

Oh, them?

I'll talk to Ben Matthews about that.

He always keeps his brother in line.

That's the way you do business?

Well, judge, it's the way I keep my friends.

Well, of course they heard the shots at the hacienda,

but no one saw the gun used.

At least that's all I can give ya.

So he was killed by Alvarez's .45.

Do you know anyone

who hated Jim Matthews enough to kill him?

No one hates a Matthews.

At least not in the open.

Jim's big brother practically owns this town.

And everything in it?

Oh, I've stood up to him.

Now, you've told me a lot of details,

but nothing on the important point.

What's that?

What was Jim Matthews doing in the Vega stable that night?

He took his tie off.

He hung his gun belt on the wall.

He didn't go to the house.

Maybe he went there to meet a woman.

Well, there was talk about that,

some gossip about Alicia Alvarez and other men.

Just gossip?

Well, the fact is,

they did have some meetings on some back trails.

Folks that saw 'em said that they was mighty friendly.

Cheating wife.

That's a powerful motive for a man to kill.

Maybe.

Judge, you got some reason to think he ain't guilty?

Jim Matthews was shot at close range.

He knew his killer. He wasn't afraid of him.

Now, if you were playing around with another man's wife,

would you let him get next to you with a .45?

I'm glad I ran into you.

I didn't get a chance to thank you properly

for helping me out.

You ought to carry a gun.

You'd be able to do your own helpin'.

Well, my father always said there'd come a day

when no honest man would carry a gun.

They killed him to prove he was ahead of his time.

It pays to be in step with the times.

Well, thanks anyway.

Look, mister, you don't owe me nothin'.

I stepped in 'cause I figure

people ought to do their own killin' clean.

It took guts stepping in like that.

When you shoot like I do, it don't take so much guts.

It was clean and fast,

but what happens someday somewhere

when you meet someone

who's just a little bit faster than you are?

What are you, a preacher or somethin'?

You just worry about yourself. I'm no concern to you.

Will you have supper with me tonight?

Why?

Oh, I might like to tell people someday

I broke bread with a famous gunfighter.

If I'm still in town, I might oblige.

Sí,I heard the pistolashots.

I sent the vaquero for the sheriff.

Dona Vega, do you have any idea

why Jim Matthews was here that night?

Quien sab.

But you will hear talk.

Do not believe it.

My Maria Alicia is a de la Vega.

We de la Vegas have much honor.

And I tell you again, Manuel Alvarez could not kill.

How can you be sure?

In my heart, I know that he is innocent.

Manuel, he is good,

even though he is not of great family.

My Maria Alicia has much happiness with him.

She could have married better.

She could have married for the land.

See? It is Vega land.

You ride for two days before you leave it.

I thought it belonged to Ben Matthews.

Sí.It is his no.

We are poor, so we sell it.

Little by little.

All that is left is this hacienda.

But an old lady still remembers her father's land.

I will tell Maria Alicia that you are here.

Sí, Señor Judge.

Buenos tardes, Señora Alvarez.

I hope I'm not inconveniencing you,

but I'd like to ask you a few questions.

It is no inconvenience.

But I think my mother has already told you

all that we know.

Your husband had no eye witness

to prove he was at the store.

Manuel did not kill Jim Matthews.

You were with your husband the night of the murder?

No. I did not see him all that night.

But a woman knows what her man will and will not do.

Mine is a gentle, a loving man.

He cannot kill.

Ben Matthews seems to think otherwise.

Oh, he would see anyone dead

if it meant getting another acre of land.

Please forgive my outburst, señor.

It's difficult to be calm in these times.

I understand.

No, you do not understand.

Manuel is innocent.

But if you had not arrived,

he would have been dead yesterday.

Oh, señor.

You are our only hope.

Please help Manuel.

Please, do not fail us.

You may be able to help him more than anyone.

Señora,forgive me for asking this,

but was Jim Matthews here to see you that night?

Dios mio.

You can ask such a question of me?

-There's been talk. -Señor!

I am surprised that a man of your position

would listen to idle gossip.

It is not true.

I will show you to the door, señor.

You should have let me put a noose around Alvarez's neck

when I had the chance.

Take it easy, Will, relax. Let the judge do it.

I don't know. Your friend the judge,

he's goin' around diggin' and askin' questions

There's no tellin' what he's gonna turn up with.

Questions, like what?

Well, like where you was that night.

Where was I?

Well, where was I?

Well, at the ranch, I guess.

Now, you're gonna remember that, aren't you, boy?

-Yeah. Sure. -That's good, Will.

Well, come on.

If the judge can walk around askin' questions,

I guess we can do the same thing.

What's that?

Ben Matthews is putting it up to be the gallows.

Looks like he's in a big hurry.

The accused man hasn't even been tried yet.

Please, I've got to go home.

This is my baking day.

I've got one dozen loaves of bread to make.

Mrs. Creech,

I was told that you might have some information.

Well, I wish I did.

I like Manuel,

but I'm sorry I can't be of any help.

You said you went there at 9:30.

Yes. Yes, I did.

Right after church meetin'.

I saw his lights on and I needed some flour--

Mrs. Creech, did you see him?

Well, he wasn't at his store.

Neither was his partner, Ortega.

The door was locked,

so I want around to the back room

to look for someone,

but there wasn't anyone around.

Alvarez said he was there going over some figures.

Oh, he must be mistaken.

He just couldn't have been there that night.

Thank you, Mrs. Creech.

He was at the store at 11:00.

That's when I got back from the Vega ranch.

I do not understand.

I did not hear her.

But I was at the store.

SeñorJudge,it is all lies.

I did not do this thing but I will hang just the same.

That'll be decided at the trial.

If you're innocent, you'll go free.

Tell me-- tell me of your trials

after you meet SeñorBenjamin Matthews.

I'm looking for Luis Ortega.

Luis Ortega.

He's, uh...

right over there, señor.

-Sitting all by himself. -Gracias.

SeñorOrteg?

A su sordenes, señor.

I'm Judge Stone.

Sheriff Millard said I'd find you here.

Sientese, por favor.

Mas gracias, señor,for saving my life today,

but the trial,

I was mistaken, I should not have sent for you.

Don't you know the law's here to protect you and Alvarez?

You'd think.

And when you go away,

Señor Matthews is the law again.

And I, too, will hang.

Hey, Lucita, honey, where are ya?

Tequila.

Hey.

Say hello, honey.

Come on, say it the way I told ya.

Hmm? Say it again.

Well, if it ain't the judge.

You never pack a gun, do ya?

Well, you got two fists. Let's see ya use 'em.

Hold it, Will.

Now, ease off. Take it easy.

Lucita. Come take care of your boyfriend.

Go get a drink.

I'm Ben Matthews.

I'm sorry about this.

My brother's got a lot to learn.

I think we've got a few things to talk about.

Sit down.

I can't say that I'm glad you're here,

but now that you are, I'll do all I can to help.

Intimidating witnesses isn't much help.

Intimidating witnesses?

Like trying to hang Luis Ortega.

We don't know much about your kind of law here, judge,

in this country a man makes his own laws.

He gets used to doing things as he sees fit.

Like 14 years ago when two saddle bums

tried to run off eight head of my cattle.

I trailed 'em three days into Mexico

before I caught them.

I roped them behind my horse,

and dragged them all the way back here.

Then I hung what was left of them

right outside of town.

Since then,

no one gets a hunger for my cattle anymore.

Well, that might have worked once.

But a new law is coming.

A law that's gonna work for all of the people.

All of the people don't matter.

The ones who count are the ones who came and worked,

and made something out of the nothing that's here.

The Vega ranch was here.

100,000 acres going to waste.

And it's your 100,000 acres now.

Why not?

They weren't strong enough to hold it,

they don't deserve it.

Land is like everything else.

You get back just what you give it.

You give the land cattle, it gives you back more cattle.

You give the land strength,

it gives you back power.

And you like the power.

Let's just say I'm used to it.

And I'm going to use it now the way I see fit.

You see, judge,

my brother and I were very close.

He was a good boy.

Maybe he chased the women a little too much,

but he would have settled down and made a real cattle man.

Hanging's gonna be a little too quick for Alvarez.

You might be going to a lot of trouble for nothing.

We'll see at the trial whether he's guilty or not.

That gallows isn't a waste yet.

People know I'm putting it up.

And every time they see it,

they're gonna know that your law hasn't come yet.

And mine hasn't gone yet.

Ain't a pretty thing, is it?

You look all done in.

My feet hurt, and so should yours

if you'd been doing your job properly.

I've been up and down every one of these streets

looking for someone who might have seen Alvarez

on the night of the murder.

Seems to me the sheriff could wear out some shoe leather.

Look, judge, I do my job.

I arrest all the drunks every Saturday night.

Did you find a witness?

No, not yet.

Matthews has been talking to the people in town.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if you just don't find any witnesses.

He wants a hanging and he carries a long rope.

That is all that.

Judge, this ain't none of my business,

he's done a lot of good in this territory.

Mind a word of advice?

If I was you, I'd head back to Santa Fe.

Well, there are times.

Well, this time you ought to.

Besides, I don't think there'll be a trial, anyway.

All right, judge.

Since you're gonna stay,

you might just well go down to the chapel

and start collecting some evidence.

Saw two people down there might interest you.

He must have seen us.

Sometimes I wish they could all see us together.

Maria Alicia, I cannot forget you.

There are some things it is better to forget.

Today we must talk of other matters.

Luis. The pistola.

The thought of it troubles me.

It is obvious evidence against Manuel.

Too obvious.

That thought has troubled me, also.

I cannot understand.

He valued his pistolaof silver much,

and hid it so well.

Sí.

But surely you, Luis, his partner,

knew where it was.

No, I did not.

But surely you, Maria Alicia,

you, his wife, would know where his treasures were hidden.

Reb Gilroy. That's a good name.

Tell me, Reb,

you seem to have had a lot of practice with that gun.

Ever since I was old enough to pull the trigger.

How'd your father feel about that?

I never knew my old man.

Too bad, things might have been different.

Look, I ain't complainin'.

You ever killed a man?

You think I'd admit it to a judge?

Not yet, huh? I thought as much.

Reb, why don't you bury the gun?

Bury it? It's gonna get me everything I want.

Gun might be the wrong way.

I've hanged men who were once kids like you.

Proud of it?

No. It always hurt.

Kids who might have gotten somewhere,

but they thought they knew it all.

Price of supper don't buy you preachin' rights.

Reb, the advice was free.

Then let me give you some.

The Matthews don't want this murder trial.

Folks are sayin'

you ain't gonna get out of this town alive.

So the sheriff told me.

But you've gotta make some kind of a stand.

Makin' a stand here don't make any sense.

I make a stand everywhere I go.

You've got to put what you've got to the best possible use.

You see,

we're both talkin' about the same thing.

I got my talent, you got yours.

Only trouble is,

you're going into a business that has no future in it.

Don't need your supper.

You talk awful big for a man walkin' around dead.

Feel any better?

Señor.

What started it this time?

It has to do with my meeting with Maria Alicia today.

Yes, I saw you.

Sí,I kno.

SeñorJudge, please understand.

I know it is wrong to love the wife of my buen amigo,

but who can control the feelings of the heart?

Here. Being in love with Alicia

is enough reason to cause Alvarez trouble.

No, SeñorJudge. She never loved me.

Before the marriage, I had always hoped.

Why'd you meet with her today?

Maria Alicia,

she come to me for comfort.

And I wished her to know of my suspicions.

Suspicion?

SeñorJudg,

I dare to tell you.

It was Ben Matthews. He killed his brother.

That's a very serious charge.

But it is the truth.

I heard it all.

He told his brother Jim to stay away from Alicia.

Jim Matthews, he laughed and rode away.

He did not know that

his brother followed him to the Vega stable.

Sí, Señor Judge, I followed, also.

Why should Matthews want to kill his own brother?

Quien sab.

And why should Will care about your meeting with Alicia?

He thinks I know of an agreement between

Ben Matthews and Alicia.

He beat me to find out what I know.

-But I know nothing. -Nothing?

No, señor, I do not know of an agreement.

But I fear for Alicia.

I saw Dona Vega in town earlier this evening.

Alicia is alone at the hacienda.

Will Matthews may go there to find out from her.

You stay here and lock the door.

Mama? You return so soon?

Will Matthews. You get out of here.

Get out of my house!

Now, you don't have to scream, honey.

I just want to talk to ya.

And there's no use in you hollerin'.

I saw your ma down in Ben's office.

You and I are all alone.

My, you sure look pretty sloshing around in that water.

Please go, Mr. Matthews. Please.

You don't want me to leave, honey.

You were awfully sweet on Jim.

Now it's my turn.

He weren't half the man I am.

SeñorMatthews,

I think it would be better if you stay in there.

And I will dry myself and be out in a moment.

Por favor.

Will, carido. Close the door.

Ah, come on.

You don't think a little thing like this

is gonna stop me, do ya?

Señor!

All right.

Everything's gonna be all right now.

Sí,I am so grateful, señor.

Gracia.

Maria Alicia.

Señor.

You will do us the favor of leaving.

-You don't understand. -I understand.

You will please leave. Now.

Mama, please.

It is not as it looks.

Señor,you willplease leave.

Gracias, seño.

Look at you. You're naked.

Have you no shame?

I've done nothing wrong.

You're here like this with the Americano.

You are worse than the girls in the cantina.

Even you cannot talk to me like that.

I will talk to you however I please.

You have brought enough scandal on this family

by marrying Manuel, a murderer.

Even the peons in Tularosa

are whispering about the de la Vegas.

If you had listened to me,

you would have married Ben Matthews,

and we would have our land back.

Manuel is not a murderer.

He was jealous.

Was it not you who had the meeting with Jim Matthews

in the stable that night?

No, I-- I did not meet Jim Matthews.

I have done nothing by choice with Jim Matthews,

he threatened me if I would not meet him.

It does not matter why.

And now you would do well

to have no more to do with this judge.

But I must help Manuel.

You cannot help Manuel now.

We have lost enough stature.

We must lose no more.

Ben Matthews says he changed his mind.

He says there ain't gonna be no trial.

Well, he's wrong.

Well, that's funny.

Said the same thing about you.

Matthews doesn't know it yet, Reb,

but he can't win.

And Matthews says it's come to a showdown between him and you.

Now, he'll see you dead--

He's through getting what he wants.

He'll get what he wants, it's not just talk.

Hired the best gun around to shoot you down.

Who's that?

Me.

Sheriff.

Sheriff, I want to set the trial date.

10:00 tomorrow morning.

Trial date?

You sure got a lot of mule in you.

You come a long way just to get sent back in a box.

We'll need a courtroom.

Courtroom?

Oh, any room big enough that'll hold everyone.

Well, I guess the cantina's about the only place big enough for that.

It'll do. And I want you to subpoena these witnesses.

That's quite a list.

Oh. And round up a panel of men

so we can select a jury.

Sure.

Just like that.

Well...

Where are the jurors?

Well, judge, uh, your honor,

I had a little trouble.

You said a juror could have no opinion in the case.

Tell the truth, I couldn't find 12 men

who'd buck Ben Matthews out in the open

after he said there wasn't gonna be no trial.

Even the townspeople were afraid to come.

Well, there's a territorial statute

covering extreme situations.

I'd say this is extreme enough.

Now, you'll swear the witnesses in.

They'll raise their right hand,

place the other on the Bible,

you read what's written here,

and they'll say "I do."

Yes, your honor.

Judge, one of your subpoenaed witnesses are here.

Guess there ain't nobody else comin'.

The Territorial Court of New Mexico is now in session.

We're here to try the case of Manuel Alvarez,

who is accused of the murder of one James Matthews

on the night of July 27th.

Now, we're gonna hear all the evidence for and against the prisoner.

If he's guilty,

he'll hang by the neck until dead.

If he's innocent, he'll go free.

Manuel Alvarez.

How do you plead, guilty or not guilty?

SeñorJudge, I have said it before,

I did not do this thing.

Alvarez, we've been unable to find 12 men

with no opinion on this case.

Now, under the law, we can proceed without a jury,

but as the accused, it's your decision.

SeñorJudge, please.

I would like to act as advisor for Manuel. It is possible?

Well, there's an amicus curiaestatute on the books.

That means friend of the court.

Do you think you qualify?

Sí.I think I do.

Well, if it's agreeable with the defendant,

the court sees no objection.

Muchas gracias.

SeñorJudge,we trust you.

We do not want the jury.

The arresting officer will be the first witness.

Now, raise your right hand and put the other on the Bible.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

so help you God?

-I do. -Be seated.

Now, tell us what happened on the night of July 27th.

Judge, uh, first I heard,

this Vega ranch hand comes rushin' into the office

in the middle of the night yellin' his head off

that there was a dead body in the stables.

I hightailed it out to the hacienda, and...

there was Jim Matthews growin' cold awful fast.

Been shot with a .45 real close up.

You questioned everyone?

Well, none of the ranch hands saw anything.

Señora Vega and her daughter were still shakin' like jelly

claimin' they didn't see nothin'.

Alvarez's gun was next to the body.

I protest!

How does Señor Millard know that it is the gun of Manuel?

Alvarez said so himself.

It was full of empty shells.

Found Alvarez at the store.

He said he'd been there all night,

but he didn't have no witnesses to prove it.

Looked like an open and shut case to me,

so I-- I locked him up.

How much time elapsed from the time of the shooting

to the time you arrested Alvarez?

Enough time for him to beat me back to the store.

I didn't ask you that. How much time,

one hour, two hours, three hours?

One hour. Less than two, I guess.

-That'll be all, sheriff. -Yes, your honor.

Uh, SeñorJudge. Please.

May I ask the sheriff a question?

Now, sheriff,

did anyone tell you to arrest Manuel?

Don't let that defense attorney stuff go to your head.

-Did they? -Nobody tells me what to do.

Did anyone suggest it to you, then?

Well, a lot of people suggested it.

Was SeñorBen Matthews one of them?

Was he?

Well, sheriff?

Well, yeah, I guess he was at that.

Thank you, señorsheriff.

Gracias.

Oh, sheriff.

You're still bailiff of the court.

Yes, your honor.

All right, next witness.

Oh, sí, I was there,

but outside the stable, I did not go in.

Did you see anyone else go in?

Sí.

Can you identify that person?

But of course.

It is SeñorBen Matthews.

What are you talkin' about?

I was nowhere near the Vega place.

I'll have order in the court.

You're excused.

Now it's your turn, Mr. Matthews.

You are delaying us, Mr. Matthews.

Raise your right hand.

You swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth,

-so help you God? -I do.

I don't know what I'm doing on the witness chair.

I can't help you any.

You must have some evidence you're so certain

the defendant is guilty.

All I know is my brother's dead

and Alvarez killed him.

Do you have proof?

I don't need proof.

Just before Jim died, he told me...

Go on.

Alvarez found out about him and Maria Alicia.

Threatened to kill him if he did--

That's a lie.

I never knew anything.

I never threatened anyone.

-That's enough.

The defendant will sit down.

Go on.

Well, that's about all.

Jim said Alvarez found out and said he would kill him

if he didn't stay away from his wife.

Now, we've just had a witness

who said that you were at the scene of the crime.

Ortega's lying to save Alvarez.

And what about you, Mr. Matthews?

Perjury is a serious crime.

You and your fancy law books.

You hold your trial and go on your way.

And I gotta keep the law just like I've been doin' for the past 20 years.

What do you think there'd be here without me?

You think there'd be a town here?

You think there'd be a territory

without men like me?

You could never know what it took to take this wasted land,

and make it into good cattle country.

Nursing my herd,

fighting blizzards, rustlers.

The sun peeling off your flesh in the summer.

Never enough water.

You don't know.

Nobody knows how much of me I got in this land.

No one denies that, Matthews.

But the day of one-man rule is through.

It's time for the law to move in,

and everybody'll be better off.

You're excused.

I would like to call Dona de la Vega

to the witness stand.

Raise your right hand.

You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Sí,I do.

Take the stand.

Dona Vega,

I've been doing some reading on the Vega family.

You have much to be proud of.

My family received the first land grant

from King Philip of Spain in the year 1704.

Over 100,000 acres.

Land meant a great deal to you.

The Vega land meant everything.

We are a proud family, Judge Stone.

It would mean much to you to have it back again.

I dream of it.

Once, that dream could have been true.

How is that possible?

Does not matter now, it is too late.

Tell us anyway.

Ben Matthews was so in love with my beautiful Maria Alicia.

She could have married him any time she wanted.

It would have meant the return of the Vegas to grandeur.

Instead, she married this storekeeper.

You have no love for Manuel Alvarez.

Isn't that true?

I have no love for him.

If Alvarez is hung,

your daughter would be free to marry Ben Matthews,

and the Vega land would be yours again.

Isn't that the agreement you made with Ben Matthews?

The thought of all that land burned in your mind,

and you saw your chance to get it back.

It is my land.

And so you killed for it.

You killed Jim Matthews,

and tried to place the blame on Manuel Alvarez.

Didn't you?

There's only one thing worse than murder,

letting someone else be punished for it.

Señora, this is terrible thing,

say so. Say it!

Sí.

-I did this terrible thing. -No.

It is right for my Alicia to get rid of this storekeeper.

It is right for the Vegas to have their land back.

It is our land.

I was promised my land.

Mamasita.

-Mamasita.

Discharge Manuel Alvarez.

He's free to go now.

Place Dona Vega in custody,

and arrest Ben Matthews

for perjury, withholding evidence,

and tampering with a federal trial.

Arrest Ben Matthews? He'd never come.

SeñorJudg.

Please. You will need some help.

We would like to help you.

Thanks, Ortega.

But that's supposed to be our job.

We get paid for it.

It's loaded.

You two stay out of this.

Got about 10 seconds.

Matthews.

This don't concern you.

That's what I used to think.

But the judge here has kind of changed my mind.

You picked the wrong time to get brave.

Don't try me.

I don't have to. Tell him, Reb.

He's dead.

The sheriff was a good man.

All this doesn't make you feel as tall

as you thought it would, does it?

No.

No, it don't, it--

It sure don't.

So long and thanks again.

Hold on.

I, uh--

I figure you need somebody to keep you alive.

Well, for a grown man,

you sure need a lot of taking care of.