All language subtitles for American.Lawmen.S01E07_English

Man: YOU GET BEHIND HIM
AND BLOCK THE DOOR.

THEN I PUT A BULLET
BETWEEN HIS EYES.

Narrator: IN AN ERA

WHERE JUSTICE COMES
FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN...

**

THERE WAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN ABILENE.

Narrator:
...ONE MAN, TOM SMITH,

SETS OUT
TO TAME THE AMERICAN FRONTIER

USING NOTHING BUT HIS FISTS.

I WAS TOLD
THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING.

THERE'S ABOUT
TO BE ONE.

Davis:
HE WAS SO FAST...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...WITH HIS FIST...

**

...HE'D HAVE THEM ON THE GROUND

BEFORE
THEY SAW THE PUNCH COMING.

**

THAT FELLA'S FISTS WERE STRONGER
THAN A LEAD BULLET.

**

I'M GONNA RUN EVERY ONE
OF THOSE COWARDS OUT OF TOWN...

**

...OR PUT THEM IN THE GRAVE!

Narrator: HE BECOMES
ONE OF THE GREATEST LAWMEN

IN THE ANNALS OF THE OLD WEST.

THAT'S THE ATTITUDE
THAT TOM SMITH HAD --

"I'M GONNA WIN,
YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL, OR WORSE."

**

Narrator: AS AMERICA RISES
AS A NATION...

VIOLENCE REIGNS.

A FEW BRAVE SOULS
FACE THE DANGER,

FIGHTING TO CREATE JUSTICE
FROM CHAOS.

THESE ARE THE STORIES
OF AMERICAN LAWMEN.

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[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

**

[ GUNSHOTS, HORSE NEIGHS ]

**

IN THE SUMMER OF 1870,
ABILENE WAS A WICKED PLACE.

IT WAS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL.

**

[ GUNSHOT ]

Willis: THE SALOONS WERE OPEN
ALL THE TIME,

THEY HAD BROTHELS IN TOWN,
THE GAMBLING HOUSES.

**

MANY OF THESE YOUNG MEN
WERE CIVIL WAR VETERANS,

AND ONCE THEY GOT LIQUOR
IN THEM,

THERE WAS REALLY NO ONE
WHO COULD CONTROL THEM.

IT WAS JUST REALLY
NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE.

[ GUNSHOT ]

ABILENE WAS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE

AS THE LAWLESS TOWN
OR HELL ON EARTH.

**

Davis: THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE
IN ABILENE

THAT THERE WERE TO BE NO GUNS
WORN IN THE CITY LIMITS.

THE COWBOYS,
WHEN THEY CAME INTO TOWN,

THEY WERE REQUIRED TO CHECK
THEIR GUNS IN IN THE SALOON.

**

THAT ORDINANCE
WAS NOT BEING ENFORCED.

**

THERE WAS A GREAT APPETITE
FOR TEXAS BEEF BACK EAST,

AND THEY NEEDED A WAY
TO TRANSPORT THESE LONGHORNS

TO SLAUGHTERHOUSES
IN KANSAS CITY.

TEXAS CATTLE GROWERS START
BRINGING THEIR HERDS TO ABILENE,

AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED ABILENE
TO GROW AND PROSPER.

Willis: QUICKLY WENT TO HAVING
THOUSANDS OF COWBOYS

BRINGING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CATTLE

TO BE SHIPPED OFF
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

ABILENE BECAME WHAT I LIKE
TO CALL A COWBOY RESORT --

A PLACE TO JUST LET HER FLY.

**

[ GUNSHOT ]

Davis:
THESE COWBOYS WOULD BE ARMED,

AND THEY'D BE DRUNK...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...AND STARTED SHOOTING.

[ BABY CRYING ]

Willis: THE CITIZENS
WERE EXTREMELY SCARED

OF THE AMOUNT OF GUNFIRE
COMING FROM THESE COWBOYS.

THE LAST STRAW WAS WHEN A COWBOY
WAS SHOOTING OFF IN THE AIR...

[ BABY CRIES, WOMAN SCREAMS ]

...BULLET WENT THROUGH
A BABY BUGGY.

[ BABY CRYING ]

DIDN'T DO ANY HARM,
BUT SCARED EVERYONE SO BADLY

THAT THEY SAID,
"WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING."

Hook:
AND THE TOWN STOOD UP AND SAID,

"WE NEED TO HAVE
SOME REAL LAW ENFORCEMENT."

**

TOM SMITH WAS BORN IN NEW YORK.

AND HIS PARENTS
WERE IRISH IMMIGRANTS,

SO HE'S FIRST GENERATION
IN AMERICA.

**

Davis: HE WAS A STRONG,
PHYSICALLY FIT GUY.

**

HE HAD A REPUTATION IN NEW YORK
AS A TOUGH MAN.

**

Hook:
HE STARTED BOXING,

AND HE BECAME A PRETTY REPUTABLE
MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXER.

**

SOLID,
LIKE HE WAS CARVED FROM GRANITE.

**

AND HE WAS 5'11", 170 POUNDS.

**

WHAT MOST IRISHMEN WOULD DO
AT THAT TIME IS,

IF THEY'RE TOUGH ENOUGH,

THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEW YORK.

TOM SMITH RECOGNIZED
HE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

HE WANTED TO DO
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO MAKE
THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

**

[ WOMAN SCREAMING ]

STOP!
HALT!

STOP HIM!
THIEF!

**

HALT!

**

Willis: TOM SMITH
WAS CHASING A ROBBERY SUSPECT,

CHASED HIM INTO AN ALLEY,

AND HAD WHAT WE TERM
A NEGATIVE DISCHARGE,

WHERE HE SHOT THE SUSPECT.

[ BELL TOLLING ]

Hook: THIS WAS A CHILD,
A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY.

THE CHILD IS DEAD,
AND IT'S AT HIS HANDS.

**

Ernst: NO POLICEMAN
WANTS TO KILL ANYBODY.

FROM A LOT OF POLICEMEN I'VE
KNOWN THAT HAVE KILLED PEOPLE,

IT BOTHERS THEM.

A LOT OF THEM QUIT AFTER THAT
AND FIND ANOTHER LINE OF WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KILL A KID...

WHEN I WAS A COP,

THAT'S THE LAST THING
YOU WANTED TO DO.

[ TOLLING CONTINUES ]

**

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

Davis: TOM SMITH TOOK A JOB
WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

HE WAS LAYING RAILROAD TRACKS

THROUGHOUT THE PRAIRIES
OF NEBRASKA.

BUT HE DIDN'T DO THAT
FOR VERY LONG.

BEFORE THE END OF 1868, HE HAD
GONE BACK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE TOOK A JOB AS A MARSHAL
IN BEAR RIVER CITY, WYOMING.

Willis:
IT SEEMED LIKE WHEREVER HE WENT,

THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM ASKED HIM
TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY.

**

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

VIGILANTES ARRESTED SOME MEN

WHO THEY THOUGHT
HAD COMMITTED A MURDER.

AND THEY TOOK THEM
OUT OF THE JAIL AND HUNG THEM,

AND THAT STARTED A RIOT.

BACK IN THE TENTS,
ALL OF YOU!

OUT OF OUR WAY,
SMITH.

YOU WANT
AT THOSE MEN,

YOU'LL HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ME FIRST!

ANY OF YOU WANT TO TRY ME,
GO AHEAD.

LET FLY.

Willis: THE ACCIDENTAL KILLING
OF THIS 14-YEAR-OLD BOY

WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE
A PROFOUND EFFECT.

IT HAD TO AFFECT HIS WANTING
TO NOT USE FIREARMS

AS HIS CAREER WENT ON.

HE WAS VERY WELL-KNOWN
FOR NOT EVEN CARRYING A FIREARM.

Davis: WHEN IT CAME NECESSARY
TO USE FORCE,

THE MARSHAL WOULD USE HIS FISTS.

ALL RIGHT, BOYS,
DO WHAT HE SAYS.

Ernst:
TOM SMITH QUIETED THE CROWD

AFTER A LOT OF SHOOTING
AND A LOT OF KILLING.

AND AFTER THAT, HE WAS KNOWN
AS BEAR RIVER SMITH.

**

SMITH WANTED TO RESTORE ORDER

IN A PLACE THAT THEY SAID
THERE COULD BE NO ORDER.

**

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ HORSES NEIGH ]

**

HIS HEART, I THINK,
WAS IN ABILENE.

HE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET THERE,

SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN
HIS IDEAL SPOT HERE, FOR SURE.

**

Davis:
MAYOR HENRY IN ABILENE

WAS LOOKING TO HIRE
A CITY MARSHAL,

SO THOMAS SMITH WAS SUCCESSFUL

IN BEING ABLE
TO GET AN INTERVIEW.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF,
MR. SMITH.

WELL,
IN AUGUST OF '68,

I WAS ELECTED
CITY MARSHALL OF GREEN RIVER.

THAT OCTOBER, THE UNION PACIFIC
MOVED WEST TO BEAR RIVER,

WHERE I SERVED AS MARSHALL
DURING THE RIOTS.

THE MAYOR DIDN'T THINK
THAT HE WAS UP TO THE JOB,

DESPITE HIS REPUTATION.

AFTER BEAR RIVER,

THERE WAS WASATCH,
THEN KIT CARSON.

AFTER THE RAILROAD JOINED UP,
I WAS IN HAYS CITY,

AND THEN
BACK TO KIT CARSON.

HE LOOKED AT MARSHAL SMITH,
WHO WAS 5'11", 170 POUNDS,

AND HE DIDN'T THINK
THAT HE WOULD MEASURE UP

AGAINST THESE TOUGH COWBOYS
THAT WOULD COME INTO ABILENE.

**

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN,
SMITH.

I'LL CONTACT YOU BY WIRE
WHEN I'VE MADE MY DECISION.

THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.

HE DIDN'T OFFER A POSITION
TO TOM SMITH

BUT TOLD HIM
IF ANYTHING SHOULD CHANGE,

HE WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH HIM.

INSTEAD, MAYOR HENRY SELECTED
TWO ST. LOUIS POLICE OFFICERS.

**

Hook: THESE GUYS HAD SEEN
THE ROUGH STREETS OF ST. LOUIS,

SO THEY THOUGHT
THEY COULD HANDLE THIS ABILENE

PRETTY EASILY.

**

Willis: THE COWBOYS
HAD HEARD THEY WERE COMING

AND MADE A SPECIAL SHOW FOR THEM

TO LET THEM KNOW
THEY WEREN'T WELCOME.

[ LAUGHING ]

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

THEY DIDN'T EVEN FINISH
THEIR FIRST SHIFT.

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

THEY SAID, "THERE'S NO WAY
WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST THIS."

TWO GUYS -- NO WAY.

SO THEY GOT AHOLD OF MAYOR HENRY
AND THEY QUIT ON DAY ONE,

GOT BACK ON THE TRAIN,
AND WENT BACK TO ST. LOUIS.

**

Hook: T.C. HENRY WAS DEFINITELY
IN A DESPERATE SITUATION THERE.

THE MAYOR CANNOT RESTORE ORDER

BECAUSE HE CAN'T FIND ANYBODY
TO DO IT.

THEN HE REMEMBERS TOM SMITH.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK
AROUND TEXAS STREET FIRST?

YOU MIGHT NOT
WANT THE JOB.

I LOOKED AROUND
WHEN I RODE IN.

AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK?

**

I THINK THAT PISTOLS
AND WHISKEY DON'T MIX.

WHISKEY ISN'T
GOING ANYWHERE,

SO IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE
THE GUNS.

THE COWBOYS OUTNUMBER YOU
A THOUSAND TO ONE.

AND HOW DO YOU INTEND
ON TAKING THEIR GUNS AWAY?

ONE AT A TIME,
I IMAGINE.

HENRY WAS APPREHENSIVE.

YOU KNOW, A GUY
THAT'S NOT CARRYING GUNS --

"THIS GUY MUST BE CRAZY.
I'M SENDING HIM TO HIS DEATH."

YOU THINK YOU RUN THIS TOWN,
DO YOU?

**

YOU AIN'T TAKING MY GUN,
MARSHAL.

**

HE'S CONFRONTED BY
THE BIGGEST BOISTEROUS COWBOY,

KNOWN AS BIG HANK,

WHO MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
NOBODY'S GONNA TAKE HIS GUN AWAY

AND HE'S GONNA RUN ANYBODY
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT OF TOWN.

**

YOU THINK YOU RUN THIS TOWN,
DO YOU?

I'M MERELY EMPLOYED
AS MARSHAL.

**

MY ONLY JOB
IS TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE?

SEE THAT IT'S OBEYED.

[ LAUGHS ]

I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK
FOR YOUR GUN.

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

YOU AIN'T TAKING MY GUN,
MARSHAL.

YOUR GUN -- NOW.

HANK NEVER THOUGHT
THIS GUY WOULD STAND UP TO HIM.

Ernst: TAKES A PRETTY BRAVE MAN
TO WALK UP TO A GUY WITH A GUN

AND CALMLY TELL HIM,
"TURN THE GUN OVER TO ME."

**

[ CHUCKLES ]

I DON'T THINK YOU SEE THAT
VERY OFTEN TODAY.

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT VERY OFTEN
BACK IN THE 1800s

WITH OTHER LAWMEN.

**

MARSHAL TOM SMITH
WAS SO FAST WITH HIS FISTS,

HE PROBABLY HAD HANK
ON THE GROUND

BEFORE HE SAW THAT PUNCH COMING.

AS A PROFESSIONAL BOXER,
SPEED IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

BIG HANK FELT THAT HIS PISTOLS
WERE HIS BEST FRIENDS.

**

SUDDENLY, THEIR FRIEND
DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD FOR THEM.

A FELLA'S FISTS WERE STRONGER
THAN A LEAD BULLET.

DUST YOURSELF OFF
AND THEN LEAVE TOWN!

AND DON'T COME BACK.

MARSHAL SMITH DEMONSTRATED THAT
HE COULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED,

THAT HE WAS GONNA
ENFORCE THE LAW,

AND HE WOULD GO TOE-TO-TOE
WITH ANYONE.

**

SO, WE'RE HEADING INTO TOWN
TOMORROW, BOSS?

YEAH,
WE'LL FINISH TOMORROW.

YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ]

HEY!

WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED TO YOU?

THAT DAMN MARSHAL!

STRUCK ME COLD
LIKE A COWARD!

WHY DIDN'T YOU
JUST SHOOT HIM?

ON ACCOUNT
HE TOOK MY GUN.

**

NO, THE HELL WITH YOU
AND THE HELL WITH ABILENE!

GOOD RIDDANCE!

**

IT WERE ME,
I WOULD'VE KILLED THAT MARSHAL.

SOMEHOW, I DON'T THINK YOU
WOULD'VE MADE OUT ANY BETTER.

THE HELL
YOU SAYING TO ME?

I'M GONNA
MAKE YOU A BET.

NOT ONLY IS THAT MARSHAL
NOT GONNA TAKE MY GUN,

I'M GONNA SHOOT
THAT SUMBITCH MYSELF.

SIT DOWN.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS GONNA MAKE SURE
THAT TOM SMITH GOT THE MESSAGE.

SMITH!
[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

SMITH!

Hook:
WYOMING FRANK MUST HAVE BEEN

THE BIGGEST
AND BADDEST GUY OF THEM ALL.

WHERE YOU AT, BOY?!

COME OUT HERE
AND DIE LIKE A MAN!

SMITH!

GET OUT HERE!
COME ON!

Ernst: HE WENT
FROM SALOON TO SALOON TO SALOON

AND BRAGGING
IN EVERY ONE OF THEM,

"I'M GONNA KILL YOUR MARSHAL.
I'M GONNA KILL YOUR MARSHAL."

SHOULD'VE SEEN
HANK'S FACE

AFTER THE MARSHAL
GOT THROUGH WITH HIM.

Frank: PAY UP.

THAT MARSHAL WOULD RATHER
LEAVE TOWN THAN FACE THE MUSIC.

TAKE A SEAT.

**

NEXT BOTTLE'S ON ME.

WYOMING FRANK WAS TELLING PEOPLE
THAT HE WAS SCARED --

"HE LEFT TOWN ALREADY
BECAUSE HE KNEW I WAS COMING."

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

SMITH WAS PRETTY SMART.

HE ACTUALLY HAD FRANK
KIND OF SITTING THERE,

WAITING FOR HIM
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

**

WHAT'S FRANK GONNA DO
BUT START DRINKING?

AND THE DRUNKER THEY GET,
THE WORSE YOU ARE WITH YOUR GUN.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

HEY, FRANK.

I AIN'T PAYING YOU
A RED CENT.

THE HELL YOU AIN'T!

WHAT KIND OF MAN
DON'T PAY HIS DEBTS?

MARSHAL'S STILL HERE.

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

YOU GOT SOME KIND OF DEATH WISH,
MARSHAL?

THERE'S A FIREARMS BAN
IN EFFECT.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SURRENDER
YOUR REVOLVER.

**

HOW 'BOUT WE WALK 10 PACES
AND DRAW?

I DON'T CARE MUCH
FOR GUNS.

SO YOU'RE JUST
GONNA STAND THERE

WHILE I PUT ONE
BETWEEN YOUR EYES?

LET'S FIND OUT.

Willis:
IN MODERN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING

TO KEEP OUR DISTANCE
AWAY FROM POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT TOM SMITH --

HE WOULD GET UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL,

BECAUSE
IF THEY WENT FOR A WEAPON,

THE FIRST THING HE WANTED TO DO
WAS PHYSICALLY CONTROL THEM.

YOU WANT MY GUN?

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE IT FROM ME.

Ernst:
YOU CANNOT SHOW FEAR.

EVEN THOUGH
YOU MIGHT BE ONLY 5'11"

AND THIS GUY MIGHT BE 6'6",

YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW HIM THAT
"I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU.

YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN."

[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

YOU AIN'T NOTHING
BUT A COWARD WITH A BADGE.

YOU'RE A CHICKEN.

YOU'RE A YANKEE-LOVIN',
BOG-TROTTIN' HARPY!

THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THAT TOM
SMITH HAD, AND HE PULLED IT OFF.

I TOLD YOU
TO SURRENDER YOUR GUN.

**

DON'T TAKE
ONE MORE STEP.

BY WALKING RIGHT UP INTO
THEIR FACE, HE INTIMIDATED THEM.

HE KNEW THAT HE COULD
KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT,

AND THAT, I THINK,
IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO HIM.

DON'T YOU TAKE
ONE MORE STEP.

TOLD YOU...
SURRENDER YOUR GUN.

**

WHEN HE WAKES UP,
YOU TELL HIM

HE HAS 24 HOURS
TO LEAVE TOWN.

**

Willis: THIS WAS WITNESSED
BY MANY OF THESE OTHER COWBOYS,

SO HE QUICKLY
GAINED A REPUTATION FOR HIMSELF.

Ernst: ONCE YOU DO THAT
TO A COUPLE TOUGHS,

THE OTHER COWBOYS
ARE GONNA THINK,

"I DON'T WANT TO TANGLE
WITH THIS GUY.

HE'S GOT SOMETHING
I DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH."

**

WHISKEY?

NO,
THANK YOU.

**

GONNA GET YOURSELF KILLED
OUT THERE

GOING HEADS ON
WITH THE COWBOYS LIKE THAT.

WHY DON'T YOU
JUST SHOOT HIM?

TO MY MIND,
ANYONE CAN BRING IN A DEAD MAN.

A GOOD OFFICER IS THE ONE
THAT BRINGS HIM IN ALIVE.

Davis:
MORE AND MORE,

MAYOR HENRY REALIZED
THAT HE WAS WRONG ABOUT SMITH.

HE WAS NOT HIS FIRST CHOICE,

BUT IN TIME, TOM SMITH
MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF HIM.

HOW IS IT OUT THERE?

IT'S QUIET.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THE COWBOYS THOUGHT THAT IF THEY
CAN'T SCARE THE LAWMAN AWAY,

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KILL HIM.

THEY HAD THE NUMBERS,

AND IT MAY TAKE AN ENTIRE POSSE
TO TAKE THIS GUY DOWN.

GIVE ME ANOTHER.

WHEN SMITH COMES IN,

YOU GET BEHIND HIM
AND BLOCK THE DOOR.

YOU TWO WITH ME.

AND I'LL PUT A BULLET...

IN BETWEEN HIS EYES.

**

YOU'RE UP.

**

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

MARSHAL,
COME QUICK.

SOMEBODY'S BEEN SHOT
AT THE OLD FRUIT SALOON.

SMITH.

**

BE CAREFUL.

ADIOS, SMITH.

YOUR FISTS
AREN'T GONNA SAVE YOU THIS TIME.

**

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE EVER THOUGHT

HE WAS GONNA
GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING ALIVE.

**

[ GUN COCKS ]

**

**

IT WAS BASICALLY
A SUICIDE MISSION FOR SMITH.

HE KNEW THAT IT WAS GONNA BE
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

THE ODDS
WERE STACKED AGAINST HIM.

**

I WAS TOLD
THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING.

THERE'S ABOUT
TO BE ONE.

**

EVERYBODY
IN THAT OLD FRUIT SALOON

WAS GONNA BE HOSTILE
AND WITH GUNS.

SO HOW HE WOULD EVER THINK,
WITH HIS BARE FISTS,

HE WAS GONNA TAKE CARE
OF THIS ISSUE,

I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT SMITH WAS THINKING.

**

HIS TACTIC WAS KIND OF
WADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEM,

MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SHOOT
FOR FEAR OF SHOOTING EACH OTHER.

**

Hook:
ONE GUN GOES OFF.

[ GRUNTING ]

SOON,
BULLETS ARE FLYING EVERYWHERE.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

**

ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY,
SMITH IS NOT HIT.

**

SMITH STARTS JUST KNOCKING
GUYS OUT, ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

WELL, SOMEBODY MUST HAVE BEEN
LOOKING OUT FOR HIM.

THEY REALLY FELT LIKE
SMITH WAS INVINCIBLE.

**

AND FINALLY, HE GETS
TO THE MAN THAT HE WANTED,

THE RINGLEADER, THE TEXAN.

**

[ CHUCKLES ]

**

[ GRUNTS ]

I'LL BE BACK
FOR THE REST OF YOU.

Gray:
EVERY LAWMAN HAD HIS OWN WAY

OF HANDLING A SITUATION.

HE HAD TO BE ABLE TO READ PEOPLE

AND TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THINGS WERE GONNA GO.

SMITH JUST HAD
THAT UNDERSTANDING

THAT HE WOULD GAIN
MUCH MORE RESPECT

THAN HE WOULD WITH A GUN.

**

Hook: THE COWBOYS
ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN READY

TO RESPECT THIS MAN.

IT TOOK A FEAT OF GREATNESS
TO DO SO,

BUT SUDDENLY,
TEXAS STREET IS TAMED,

AND SUDDENLY,
THE COWBOYS RESPECT

A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THANK YOU,
GENTLEMEN.

Gray: THESE GUYS --
THEY UNDERSTOOD POWER

AND THEY UNDERSTOOD FAIRNESS,

AND IF A NORTHERN YANKEE
WAS GONNA BE FAIR WITH THEM,

THEY GAVE HIM THAT RESPECT

JUST AS MUCH AS THEY
WOULD'VE GIVEN ONE OF THEIR OWN.

**

HORSE THEFT BACK THEN
WAS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS CRIME,

A LOT MORE THAN A CAR THEFT
IS NOW.

IT WAS A HANGING OFFENSE.

Willis:
HE WENT INTO NEBRASKA

AND RECOVERED
A GOOD PORTION OF THE HORSES

AND ONE OF THE HORSE THIEVES
AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO ABILENE.

GENTLEMEN...

THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE
THESE TWO BACK.

Hook:
SMITH WAS GAINING MORE RESPECT,

EVEN MORE
THAN WHAT HE HAD AT THAT POINT,

JUST BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE
TO GET THE HORSES BACK.

HE WAS A HERO, NOT JUST TO
THE CITIZENS BUT TO THE COWBOYS,

AS WELL.

NOW, I KNOW YOU WON'T USE THEM,
BUT THEY'RE A GIFT --

FOR YOUR SERVICES.

**

CONGRATULATIONS.

**

I'LL WEAR THEM
WITH PRIDE.

THANK YOU.

**

Ernst:
HE WAS RESPECTED ENOUGH

THAT THE TOWNSPEOPLE
HAD GIVEN HIM

A PAIR
OF PEARL-HANDLE REVOLVERS.

THAT'S VERY RARELY DONE.

**

Smith: HALT!

Woman: STOP HIM!
THIEF!

**

[ GUNSHOT ]

**

Willis: HE TOOK THIS PERSON'S
LIFE BY HIS MISTAKE.

**

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA
HAUNT YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU CAN'T EVER
TOTALLY GET OVER IT.

YOU CAN'T EVER
COMPLETELY FORGET.

Davis:
TOM SMITH -- HE IS UNIQUE

BECAUSE HE WAS
A SOBER INDIVIDUAL,

HE DIDN'T DRINK,
HE DIDN'T GAMBLE,

HE DIDN'T PATRONIZE PROSTITUTES,

AND I WILL DARE SAY

THAT EVERY SINGLE OLD WEST
LAWMAN THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT,

YOU'RE GONNA FIND
ONE OF THE THREE WAS PREVALENT.

**

Hook: THAT'S WHERE
THE DIFFICULTY NOW FOR SMITH WAS

TO UPHOLD THE ORDER.

THAT'S WHERE
THE NEW TEXAS STREET WAS.

Gray: IT WAS A DANGEROUS,
DANGEROUS PLACE,

AND, YEAH, YOU COULD BE
A TARGET OF AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET

OR FIND YOURSELF LAYING
IN A BACK ALLEY SOMEPLACE.

THOSE SORT OF THINGS
HAPPENED QUITE REGULARLY.

**

CARE TO EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS MAN?

LOOKS LIKE HE'S DEAD.

YOU TELL ME
YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED?

NO, SIR.

YOU, SIR, BETTER COME UP WITH
SOME ANSWERS WHEN I GET BACK.

**

Ernst: TOM INVESTIGATED,
ARRESTED AN ACCOMPLICE,

BUT THE KILLER GOT AWAY.

HE FELT THE SAME ABOUT
PROSTITUTES AS HE DID GUNS --

THEY'RE CAUSING PROBLEMS.

**

Smith: WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN
THOSE BROTHELS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

SHUT DOWN
THE BROTHELS?

THEY'RE ON
THE EDGE OF TOWN.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE
AN ISSUE.

KEEPING THOSE BROTHELS OPEN
IS JUST ASKING FOR MORE

OF WHAT WE HAD
DOWN ON TEXAS STREET.

IF WE TRULY WANT
TO CLEAN UP THIS TOWN,

WE'LL SEND THOSE BROTHELS THEIR
NOTICE TO SHUT DOWN OR RELOCATE.

LET'S FINISH
WHAT WE STARTED.

[ INHALES DEEPLY ]

OKAY, SMITH.

SHUT THEM DOWN.

TOM WENT DOWN
TO THE WHOREHOUSES, SAID,

"YOU WILL LEAVE TOWN.

THERE'S NOT ANY ARGUMENT.

YOU WILL LEAVE TOWN."

**

GENTLEMEN, IF WE DON'T DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MARSHAL,

HE'S GONNA
RUN US OUT OF TOWN...

AND RUIN OUR BUSINESS.

THEY WERE RUNNING THE LAW
AT THAT POINT.

THEY DECIDED
WHO LIVED AND WHO DIED.

UNLESS...

...WE KILL HIM FIRST.

**

Willis: THE SITUATIONS
THAT TOM SMITH PUT HIMSELF IN,

BEING SURROUNDED
BY VERY HOSTILE PEOPLE,

ALL ALONE WITH NO BACKUP,

WOULD NOT REALLY GO
WITH MODERN TACTICS WHATSOEVER.

WITH CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT,
WE'D WANT TO GO IN WITH BACKUP

AND TRY TO CONTROL THE SITUATION
MUCH BETTER.

Hook: THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY

AND MAYBE
DISPEL THE INVESTIGATION,

TAKE AWAY THE MURDER CHARGES.

**

[ GUN COCKS ]

**

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN

WHERE ALL THESE BULLETS
ARE JUST FLYING AROUND

AND WHIZZING BY YOUR HEAD,

AND THERE'S HOLES
GOING ON BEHIND HIM

AND YET NO HOLES
GOING THROUGH SMITH.

IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON
TO BE A ONE-MAN POLICE FORCE.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE AN EXTREME
AMOUNT OF INTELLIGENCE --

EITHER BE SMART ENOUGH
NOT TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION

OR TO FIGURE YOUR WAY OUT
WITHOUT GETTING KILLED.

**

[ GUN COCKS ]

THE LAST RESORT
FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT

IS GOING FOR THEIR FIREARM.

**

Hook: IT WAS BECAUSE
HE HAD TO USE HIS GUN

THAT REALLY MADE HIM EMOTIONAL

AND BROUGHT BACK THOSE DEMONS
THAT HE HAD IN NEW YORK CITY.

**

[ GUNSHOTS ]

**

THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY TIME

I EVER HEARD OF HIM
REALLY USING A GUN.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

NORMALLY, HE WOULD
DO EVERYTHING PHYSICALLY.

**

THAT TAKES COURAGE.

**

[ GUNSHOT ]

**

SMITH!

SMITH.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT WAS AN AMBUSH!

AN AMBUSH
AT THE DAMN BROTHELS!

WHAT ARE
YOU GONNA DO?

I'M GONNA RUN EVERY ONE
OF THOSE COWARDS OUT OF TOWN

OR PUT THEM
IN THE GRAVE!

**

MOVE!

Y'ALL NEED
TO GET OUT OF MY TOWN!

**

MARSHAL SMITH
SHUT DOWN ALL THE BROTHELS...

CLOSED IT UP.

THAT WAS
ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS.

MORE AND MORE,
HE WAS GAINING RESPECT.

**

IF I WERE MAYOR HENRY,
THE MAN THAT HIRED HIM,

I WOULD'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT

"MAYBE HE MIGHT BE IN MY JOB
ONE DAY,"

'CAUSE HE WAS THAT POPULAR.

**

GENTLEMEN.
MR. MAYOR.

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, BUT I'VE
BEEN DEPUTIZED A U.S. MARSHAL,

AND THEY'VE ASKED
THAT I HELP MARSHAL MacDONALD

TRACK DOWN A COUPLE WARRANTS
FOR THEM.

I COULD USE
YOUR MARSHAL'S HELP.

GOT A WARRANT HERE TO SERVE
TO A MAN IN CHAPMAN CREEK.

FELLA WAS KILLED
ON HIS PROPERTY.

HE CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE,
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MURDER.

THINGS HAVE BEEN QUIET
AROUND HERE LATELY.

AND I CAN SEE THAT
YOU NEED THE MARSHAL'S HELP.

I DON'T MIND
A BIT.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO,
THEN.

THE DEPUTY MacDONALD
TOOK SMITH ALONG

BECAUSE SMITH WAS REALLY THE GUY
THAT WAS GONNA DO THE JOB

BECAUSE...HE HAD NO FEAR.

**

YOU McCONNEL?

**

Man:
HE'S INSIDE.

KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS
OUT HERE.

**

ANDREW McCONNEL, I HAVE
A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST.

WHAT?

I HAVEN'T
DONE NOTHING WRONG.

YOU'RE FACING
A CHARGE OF MURDER.

THAT WAS SELF-DEFENSE, DAMN IT!
YOU READ ME THAT WARRANT.

Ernst:
BACK THEN, IN THOSE DAYS,

THE DEFENDANT COULD DEMAND
TO HAVE THE WARRANT READ TO HIM.

SO SMITH, TO DO THAT,

HAS TO LOOK AT A PIECE OF PAPER
AND READ THE WARRANT...

"YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED
TO ARREST ANDREW McCONNEL

AND HIM SAFELY KEEP..."

...WHICH MEANS
HIS HANDS ARE TIED UP,

HIS EYES ARE SOMEWHERE BESIDES
WHERE THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN,

WHICH WAS ON McCONNEL'S HANDS.

"...SO THAT YOU HAVE HIM

BEFORE THE HONORABLE DICKINSON
COUNTY COURT OF KANSAS."

**

FROM THAT POINT ON, IT WAS
THE WORST MISTAKE HE EVER MADE.

**

**

Ernst:
IF YOU'RE GONNA FACE SOMEBODY,

WHETHER THEY'VE GOT A GUN,
IT'S MAINLY ATTITUDE.

YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT,

"NO MATTER YOU'RE LITTLE, BIG,
WIDE, SMALL -- DON'T MATTER.

I'M GONNA WIN,
YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL, OR WORSE."

AND YOU HOPE THEIR BUTTON
ISN'T PUSHED BY THAT.

**

McCONNEL SHOT TOM SMITH
IN THE LUNG,

WHICH WOULD BE DOWN IN HERE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME,
SMITH IS FINALLY HIT.

HE'S NOT INVINCIBLE, OBVIOUSLY.

**

Ernst:
SMITH STILL HAS ENOUGH FORTITUDE

TO DRAW HIS GUN
AND HITS McCONNEL.

**

[ BOTH SCREAM ]

Gray: THE DEPUTY THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE WITH SMITH...

...YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT
WOULD BE BACKING HIM UP.

**

BUT INSTEAD, HE RUN FOR HELP.

Hook: SMITH
GETS HIS BEARINGS ABOUT HIM

AND STARTS THROWING HIS FISTS
IN FURY.

**

[ BOTH GRUNTING ]

MILES!

**

MILES!

**

MOSES MILES,
THE PARTNER TO McCONNEL,

HITS SMITH OVER THE HEAD
AND THEN GRABS AN AXE...

**

...AND HITS HIM IN THE THROAT.

ALMOST DECAPITATING HIM, AND,
OF COURSE, HE'S DEAD INSTANTLY.

**

Hook: ONE OF THE MOST GRUESOME
ENDS TO SMITH...

AND ONE OF THE MOST GRUESOME
TALES OF THE OLD WEST.

**

FOUR MONTHS AGO,
THE COWBOYS ON TEXAS STREET

WOULD'VE PUT THESE GUYS
ON THE END OF ROPES

AND BEEN
TAKING CARE OF IT THEMSELVES,

BUT INSTEAD,
THEY GO UP AND GRAB THEM

AND PUT THEM
IN THE COURT OF LAW.

**

THE RESULT OF THAT TRIAL

IS THAT ANDREW McCONNEL ENDED UP
WITH A SENTENCE OF 12 YEARS...

...AND MOSES MILES, THE MAN
THAT KILLED HIM WITH THE AXE,

GOT 16 YEARS.

**

Hook: IT WAS A SOMBER DAY
ON TEXAS STREET.

THE COWBOYS HAD LOST WHAT
THEY FELT WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

Gray:
THERE'S THE IDEA THAT, WELL,

IN ORDER TO HANDLE
THE BAD CROWD,

YOU KIND OF GOT TO BE A BAD GUY
YOURSELF TO GET THE JOB DONE.

TOM SMITH SHOWS YOU
THAT'S NOT TRUE.

**

PRESIDENT EISENHOWER,
WHO GREW UP IN ABILENE,

WOULD LATER SAY
THAT HE WAS REALLY ENTHRALLED

WITH THE TALE OF TOM SMITH,

THAT HE WAS THE ULTIMATE
IN A LAWMAN.

Willis: THE TOWN
HAD SUCH A RESPECT FOR HIM

THAT 30-PLUS YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH

DECIDED TO EXHUME HIS BODY,
REBURY HIM WITH THIS PLAQUE

ABOUT HOW HE WAS A MARTYR
TO THE CAUSE OF DUTY

AND MAKING ABILENE
A BETTER CITY.

Hook: SMITH IS ONLY MARSHAL
FOR SIX MONTHS,

BUT HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE
THE NATURE OF THE TOWN.

HE WAS JUST FEARLESS
AND WAS AN AMAZING GUY,

ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

**