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- [Narrator] In the winter of 1853

Frank Fisk state treasurer disappeared as if into thin air.

With him $50,000 in public funds also disappeared.

- Matt, you've got to do something about this.

This is out and out liable.

Now, Fisk was an honest man

and he's not on his way to Mexico.

- How do you know?

And why your sudden interest in Mr. Fisk?

And then,

what do you propose I do about it?

- Well, in the first place he's a friend of mine

in the second place Mrs. Fisk has just retained me

to find him and clear his name,

and in the third place, it's your duty to help me.

- Why should I help you in a legal fee?

- Because the missing money was being transferred

to the San Francisco treasury for Harbor improvement

and a city Marshall that involves you.

- To the extent of wanting to recover the money, yes...

- Well you'll find your answer somewhere

between here and Monterey.

- And why are you so sure?

- Mrs. Fisk checked back on his trail,

and Frank was seen at several points along the road

as far as Willow Springs.

And then he dropped from sight.

- Maybe he's hiding out around there somewhere,

maybe from Mrs. Fisk.

- Maybe he's dead, victim of the road agents.

Now Matt,

Mrs. Fisk and the children were real proud of Frank.

Now, they feel disgraced.

They don't dare go out in public for fear of being taunted.

Now look, you've got to help me clear his name

and now as a tax- - Save your breath Jeremy.

- You mean you won't help me?

- You think I want to listen to anymore

of your long-winded speeches.

I mean, I'm on my way to Monterey.

- Well fine I'll go along with you.

- If I run into trouble, I want a possi, not a lawyer.

- Well, if Frank is alive and you find him

I want to be there to protect his rights.

- I thought you were so sure he's innocent.

- Sometimes the innocent

need more protection than the guilty.

(trumpets playing)

* Californi-Ay

* Californi-Ay

- [Narrator] The Californians.

* Californi-Ay

* I've come to live where life is best *

* In the golden west

* I'm going to strike it rich in Californi-Ay *

* Californi-Ay

- [Narrator] The search for Frank Fisk was the beginning

of one of the strangest true stories recorded

in California history.

- Yeah, I saw the man you described,

about two weeks ago Thursday night,

he was on lookout point with a girl.

- Look out point?

- Yeah near a halfway house.

People often go there for the view.

- Who was this girl?

- Faith Crandall.

She and her sister operate the halfway house.

It's about 10 miles up the road.

But Faith's a real pippin.

- Thanks.

(soft music playing)

(dramatic music playing)

(gun shot)

(gun shot)

- You got a look at him?

- No, not good enough.

- Well, aren't you going to go after him?

- Hey, you're being awfully brave for me.

No, I'm not going after him,

my hunch is that he doesn't want us to go to halfway house

but we're going there anyway.

(knocking on door)

(knocking on door)

Anybody here?

- Hey Matt let's get outta here.

(woman moaning)

Tell me a human being made that sound.

- Turn up that light.

- Please don't hurt me anymore.

- Nobody's going to hurt you.

Who are you?

- Patience Crandall.

- What happened Miss. Crandall?

- A masked man.

He was wounded and he made me bandage his arm.

Then he hit me,

and he took my money.

- Okay let's get her up on the seat.

- You think it was the same man that shot at us?

He must have hit him.

- He could have gotten here cross country a lot faster

than we did by taking the road.

- Faith?

Faith!

- That man took my sister with him.

I remember hearing her scream just before he hit me,

please, please go after her please go after her!

(woman yelling)

- Help me!

(gun shots)

My sister, back at the inn, I think she's dead.

- Oh, she's all right, we've just been there.

- But that man...

- Faith! Oh Faith darling.

- She'll be all right.

- Let's get you down by the fire.

Did he hurt your Patience?

- I was scared mostly.

- What did he look like?

Can you describe this man?

- He was tall, sort of about the same size as him

- Oh? And he's just about the same size

as a man that took some shots at us before we came up here.

Who is he?

- That's Arnold, our handyman.

- What were you doing tonight Arnold?

- Oh I went to the village on an errand for Ms. Patience.

- On the way did you stop off and take some pot shots at us?

- We need all the business we can get.

Now, why would I shoot at a customer?

- Arnold's been very loyal to us.

He's gone without his pay for months.

Ever since the stage route changed

we've been hard put to make both ends meet.

- And yet you had a Mr. Fisk as a guest here two weeks ago,

didn't you?

- We had a guest, but he kept to himself,

I didn't get his name.

- It wasn't Fisk, his name was Crawford.

- You sure?

- I registered him.

I, I should know.

- Well, now that's very strange

because the rancher said he saw a man of Fisks description

with you two weeks ago, Thursday night on lookout point.

- That's not true.

Faith is seldom out of my sight.

She'd never think of going to a place like that

at night with a man.

Would you Faith?

- Of course not.

I never left my room Thursday night.

- Why, if she ever did anything like that

if I ever found out about it I'd-

- Say it, you'd kill me.

And she would too, she hates me.

She's jealous of me because I'm younger

than she is because I am pretty and she'd like me dead.

- Oh now Faith.

You know, I don't hate you.

It's just that I have to, to take care of you.

Like I promised father

I'm sorry if I spoke harshly, darling.

- I'm sorry too Patience.

- Go to your room, darling.

I assume you two gentlemen will remain the night.

Would you please introduce yourselves.

- I'm Matthew Wayne, city Marshall of San Francisco

this is Jeremy Pitt attorney at law.

- Would you please register?

(dramatic music)

- Why did you let her know you're a Marshall Matt?

- Because if that attack on Patience and the kidnapping

of Faith were staged for our benefit,

it means they knew who I was anyway.

And if they didn't, there's no harm in telling them.

- Well you saw the register was Frank Fisk's name in it?

- No, that register could have been doctored.

Besides there might be another register.

- What makes you think that?

- If I ever saw a guilty look it was on Faith's face,

on the mention of Fisk's name.

I think this place was the end of that trail for him.

- Well, you know, the rancher could have been mistaken

about seeing him and Faith together that night.

- Might've been mistaken about seeing Mr. Fisk,

but never about seeing Ms. Faith.

- That's right.

Why do you suppose she lied about being

at the lookout point?

- Because she was with a man.

Did you ever see anybody so scared of her sister?

- So am I, I'm scared of everything about this place.

- You have good reason to be.

I think the last man that occupied this room was murdered.

- Who, Fisk?

- A guy named Donald Hobart,

this letter instructs him

to be in San Francisco on the 18th.

That's tomorrow to get there on time,

he'd have to leave by this morning.

- Well how do you know he didn't?

- Would a man leave his jacket behind

in cold weather like this?

- No, he wouldn't.

- If they killed him, that explains what happened,

they had to get rid of us to get the body out of here.

- Well, that settles everything.

All you have to do is make a citizens arrest

of everyone on the premises, except me of course.

- Oh sure.

I go off half-cocked, make an arrest

without sufficient evidence and a smart attorney

like you gets them out of it.

- Oh, I'm not so smart.

Or I wouldn't be within a mile of this place.

- Besides you forget the main reason we're here.

To find out what happened to Frank Fisk

and recover that $50,000.

Stick to the law,

I'll handle the police work.

- Well, I'm not forgetting I'm just sorry

I ever got mixed up in this whole thing.

What are you going to do now, Matt?

- Just wait and see what happens.

Anytime, we better take turns in sleeping.

- Well, I'm a taxpayer I think I'll go first.

I feel like I could sleep for a whole week.

(woman yelling)

(dramatic music)

- That man, he came back.

I saw his face at the window.

Please go after him!

- Nah, young lady we've fallen for that bait

once already tonight.

There's nobody out there.

- I tell you there is!

(gun shot) (glass shattering)

- She was telling the truth Jeremy.

Get your deringer out and take it to the window.

- Like you said I'll stick to the law

you handle the police work.

(glass shattering)

(gun shot)

- Like shooting at a shadow.

Who would want to kill you Ms. Crandall?

- I, I don't know.

I'm afraid Marshall.

- Who isn't.

- What makes you think I'm a Marshall?

- My sister told me.

- When did you last see you sister?

- When she came in to say good night.

- Have you had a guest here at halfway house

earlier this evening?

- I don't think so.

- We found a jacket in our room.

Hey Matt, the jacket.

(dramatic music)

It's gone.

- That's one piece of evidence we won't be able to use

- We're being outsmarted Matt

and that young gal's always mixed up in it as a bait.

- On the other hand

somebody may be really trying to kill her.

- Of course, somebody trying to kill me.

How could you leave me alone like that after what happened?

- What's going on between you and your sister.

- She bosses me too much.

We quarrel a lot, but I didn't really mean it

when I said she might try to kill me.

It's just, she's a little sick up here.

- Faith! What are you doing in this room

in your nightgown with these men?

What are you up to Marshall?

- Somebody tried to kill your sister

and he didn't wait for her to get dressed.

And now she's still scared

and she came in here for protection.

By the way, where were you?

Didn't you hear the shooting?

- I heard it.

I was in the stable bedding down your horses.

Where's your man Arnold?

- One of our horses was wounded during the shooting,

he's tending to it.

It's the second time tonight that bandit has attacked us

Marshall, why aren't you out after him?

- He's already accomplished his purpose by getting us out

of this room.

- What do you mean?

- I found a jacket in that closet.

It's gone now.

- That jacket again.

What about it?

- It belonged to one Donald Hobart.

It indicated that he never left this room alive.

- You're at liberty to investigate anything here Marshall.

Only I'm warning both you men...

Stay away from my sister.

Come on.

- That's a pretty girl

I don't want to have anything to do with.

- I don't blame you.

Apparently the last two men who did are dead.

- Look, I don't want to be number three,

you've got to get me out of here while I'm still young

and healthy.

- What I thought you were retained to clear

Frank Fisk's good name.

- I was, but I can do a much better job if you escort me

to a safer place.

- All I've got to worry about is $50,000

and the taxpayer's money.

Don't worry Jeremy, if anybody kills you.

I'll see that they hang for it.

- Oh, thanks, now where are you going?

- Have a talk with Arnold.

- You shouldn't be here Faith.

- I'm afraid.

- Well there's nothing to be afraid of.

- They know about the jacket.

- I don't have the jacket anymore.

Your screams worked real good.

- But they'll find something else,

or Patience will find

that the state treasurer really was here.

- Well, after tonight

there won't be anything for them to find.

We've got to get rid of this.

- We can't wait for that.

Take me away now Arnold.

- There's too much risk.

- I can't stand it any longer,

I've been through too much.

You do love me don't you?

- Of course.

But you better go now before your sister finds out.

- She has to find out about us sometime doesn't she?

- Well, let her find out after we're gone.

Hurry.

- How's that horse?

- Well it's just a scratch.

- You seem to be spending a lot of time tending

to just a scratch.

- I like this horse.

- You should.

He's done a lot of work for you tonight.

Tell me did Faith go with you willingly

or did your kidnap her?

- What are you talking about?

- This looks like the same horse.

- Well there's a lot of black horses.

- If you're lying, we'll find out.

Let's go Jeremy.

- Hey Matt.

You let him off pretty easy he might've talked.

- Did you smell quick lime in there?

- No.

- There was a sack of it right near that saddled horse.

- And quick lime can be used to dispose of a body.

Like the one they got out of the inn tonight, for instance.

- Right.

- Well, the only thing left for you to do is to

help Arnold lead you to it.

Us Jeremy, us, you invited yourself on this little party.

You're not going to leave before it's over right?

- All right Arnold, you recognize me on the way

to the inn tonight didn't you?

- Yeah, I've been to San Francisco.

- Hey Matt, there's a body in here.

(dramatic music)

- Search the rest of the rooms Jeremy,

there must be some evidence of Fisk's having been here.

- I've been looking for you, Mr. Wayne.

Where have you been?

- Oh, I couldn't sleep.

I was restless.

So I went for a walk in the moonlight

up a mountain trail to a deserted mine tunnel.

- Oh.

- Yes I found the body of a murdered man.

Sir Donald Hobart, your late guest.

- Oh no.

- I have a feeling that Frank Fisk was killed the same way.

What do you know about it?

- Nothing for certain Marshall, like things have been going

on, terrible things.

Like that man last night it was a nightmare.

I don't know how I managed to get away.

Mr. Wayne, you don't know what a blessed relief

it was to see you standing there like a shield.

- That's all very interesting but...

- And last night when the man came back

I thought I was going to be killed.

I would have been killed, but there you were again.

Marshall Wayne, can you save a girl's life twice

in one night and not like her a little bit.

- Ms. Crandall.

Whether I like you or not even a little bit.

Isn't very important right now.

- My sister has always kept me away from men Mr. Wayne.

She's insanely jealous.

You're the first man that ever held me in his arms.

Take me away, please.

- I might take you away at that to jail.

Now, why don't you quit play acting

and answer a few questions.

- I'm not play acting Mr. Wayne,

my sister lied to you about us being poor.

She has money, lots of it.

And I know where it is.

- Where would your sister get a lot of money?

- I don't know, but I'll show you where it's hidden.

Will you take me away with you?

Oh, Patience he was awful.

He was worse than that other man.

I was just being friendly-

- I warned you Marshall Wayne.

- Well you should warn your sister she's lying.

- He's lying Patience he grabbed me.

He asked me to go to San Francisco with him.

We are poor Marshall, but we're not trash.

I killed a man yesterday

because he tried to take advantage of my sister.

- Now's your chance counselor, say something.

- Stop!

- You, you heard what she said about

killing Donald Hobart Marshall,

why don't you arrest her?

- Why are you so anxious for me to arrest your sister?

- Yesterday is why, I did it to defend you.

- Maybe you can tell me what happened Ms. Crandall.

- Hobart dragged her into his room.

I killed him.

- I could have taken care of myself, but Patience hates it

if a man so much as looks at me.

Besides she wasn't defending me

she was just jealous because Hobart liked me.

- That's not true.

You were screaming.

- That was after you came in.

She killed Donald Hobart for no reason Marshall.

When are you going to arrest her?

- What happened to Frank Fisk and the $50,000?

- Well, Fisk was here, Matt.

Somebody has been keeping an extra register.

I found it under Faith's mattress,

here you'll see Fisk's name in it.

- I didn't do it.

I swear I didn't Patience.

- It must've been Arnold.

- Well, Arnold can't very well deny it.

He's dead.

- Dead?

You killed him?

- He fell, out in the back trail

near lookout point where we found Hobart's body.

- Arnold, dead.

- You and Arnold worked together to kill Frank Fisk.

You did invite Mr. Fisk up to lookout point didn't you?

- Is that true?

- He went up alone.

I followed him.

He wouldn't have anything to do with me

but I hung around until after that rancher got

out of sight and then I pushed him over the cliff.

- Why Faith, why?

- I begged Donald to take me away

he wouldn't do it unless I helped him get money.

I wanted to leave after we rob Fisk.

But Arnold was greedy.

- Did you rob Hobart too?

- I got him drunk.

He woke up while I was going through his wallet.

I threw my arms around him,

I was kissing him when my puritanical sister walked

in and killed an innocent man.

All he had in his wallet,

was a $2 bank note.

(dramatic music)

- I'll take full responsibility Marshall.

It was my crime.

I loved her too much.

- It's your crime all right,

but it wasn't love it was jealousy.

I wanted to get away from you so much.

I didn't even stop at murder.

Take me away Marshall.

At least I'm free of her now

- [Narrator] After clearing the name of Frank Fisk

the court appointed Jeremy to defend Faith and Patience.

Faith was convicted of murder and Patience of manslaughter.

The judge sentenced them to the same prison.

And Faith didn't get free of her sister after all.

* California

* Oh I've traveled here, I've traveled there *

* I guess I've been most everywhere *

* but I like where I am today

* And here is where I'll stay

* Now, one thing I just can't endure*

* Is being broke and being poor *

* So I come west to take the cure *

* And here is where I'll stay

* I've come to Californi-ay

* Californi-ay

* There's golden ember hills in Californi-ay *

* I've come to live where life is best *

* In the golden west

* I'm gonna strike it rich in Californi-ay *

* Californi-ay

* Californi-ay

* There's golden ember hills

* In Californi-ay

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