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many stories of famous and notorious

characters of that period

one of the boldest and most defined

criminals of the Southwest was Blackjack

Ketchum by 1897 he and the members of

his ruthless gang were wanted in both

the United States and Mexico for Train

Robbery murder assault and extortion

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thank you

pass the word of the boys tell him to

get out of this any way they can

tell them to meet me at the Cullen Ranch

Clayton New Mexico all right blackjack

thank you

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where's the rest of the Gang

those that are left will be drifting in

pretty soon

what do you mean left well we had a kind

of a run-in with a law I don't think

many of the boys got through

which means you'll be needing New Riders

older kid old enough to shoot a gun I

want to ride with you just like Paul did

you're not gonna do it Eddie

what are you doing here why don't you

leave us alone I'm gonna have to hide

out here a few days and Eddie said that

he's not riding with you he's my son and

I'm not going to see him shot down and

killed like his father was all right mom

go on back in the house you're only a

boy you hardly turned 18.

and I don't hold with thieves and

murderers

I figure your boy's old enough to make

up his own mind

that's right

I'm tired of doing everything around

myself besides there are plenty of

things we need around here yeah but not

by breaking the law what did the law

ever do for Paul except getting him shot

all right all right that's enough woman

talk now you're outnumbered and you're

overruled ma'am you get on back to the

house Nala said he comes with me come on

Mom please I have a word with you Mrs

Collins

to bring in some wood Eddie

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it's all right it's just the rest of the

boys

left for gangs Blackjack Thomas too bad

you weren't all killed off

hello Mrs Dylan we're sorry you lost

your husband we're gonna have to hide

out here for a few days and I'd advise

you not to go run into the law if you

don't want something to happen to that

boy or yours

now go fix something to eat the boys are

hungry

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in blackjack

you hear about the oil strike on Big

Canyon

yeah I've been thinking about it you

know who made that strike and is going

on us now huh

Andy Stone

Andy Stone yeah he's pressed down the

oil company

when you get out of Leavenworth about

two years ago he hit a big gusher up

there and he's making money faster and

we can steal it

hey Eddie come here boy here I'll take

that in here more look get yourself a

horse and throw in a saddle I want you

to run into the town of the post office

with a letter for me sure Blackjack

anything you say

the Steve Cullen's kid yeah tip off the

old block he wants to ride with us

who's the letter going to

Andy Stone

an extortion note sent to an oil company

executive named Andrew Stone brought my

partner Frankie Adams and myself to

Clayton New Mexico

I'm Matt Clark railroad Detective

they were assigned to the case because

extortion threat was aimed at the oil

tankers or the railroad we represented

Dale Joe the local sheriff arranged a

meeting with the victim of the extortion

note

hello Sheriff call Matt glad to see you

we've been waiting for you Frankie Adams

Matt Clark Mr Stone president of the

Inner City Oil Company glad to know you

Mr Stone

how do you like that for colossal Gall

either I pay ten thousand dollars to

this Anonymous Bandit or he blows up

your tank cars and my oil

there's two ways to look at a case like

this Mr Stone

either you pay up or wait and see what

happens

Clark you probably know my past history

I was on the wrong side of the law once

and served six years in the penitentiary

to pay my debt to society

since I've got out I've worked hard and

gone straight and I've done well right

now I control some of the biggest oil

fields in New Mexico I'm not going to

pay off to anybody I've got the law on

my side this time glad to see you take

such a firm stand Mr Stone that's

exactly how we feel about it in case

that's not an idle threat Matt what kind

of precautions do you intend to take

well this says that if Mr Stone doesn't

make the payoff for the 15th they'll

Dynamite the old cars that gives us five

days from what point do you expect to

ship your next round of oil Mr Stone

along the blue Canyon spur

can you give us help patrolling that

section of track Sheriff you bet glad to

met you Mr Stone we'll see you later

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on the day after the threat Frankie and

one of sheriff Joe's deputies and myself

Patrol the country along the blue Canyon

spur

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I'll check over that trestle

you move on ahead and take a look at

that tank car it's supposed to move out

today all right Matt

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there it is

listen Blackjack why don't we wait how

do you know they're not going to pay off

I don't Stone still has a couple of days

to make up his mind

blowing up that tress on this oil car

I'll show him we're not just bluffing

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checking the braces I'm a railroad man

yeah I see your card

not right now mister I'm leaving just a

minute

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you don't work for the railroad

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Frankie caught turning Lucy oil car was

a local boy known to the sheriff up

until now the boy had no criminal record

you might as well tell us Eddie we'll

find out sooner or later

there's a prank I tell you set the car

loose on a dare

there was a man with you

I don't know you called him jack

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did I

call lots of people Jack that's why I

have it talking to people

like hijack Salon Jack

you know

well he's certainly sticking to his

story let's let him cool off for a while

and try later come on

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did you tell me the boy's father was

killing a gunfight a few years ago

that's what I heard I wasn't in this

part of the state at the time

why

well the name Cullen seems to strike a

note but I just can't place it doesn't

mean anything to you Frankie

do me a favor Sheriff send wires to

Tucson Denver and El Paso police

departments requesting a rundown the

name of Cullen

I'll get right on it good

I've got an idea Frankie let's go have a

talk with Mr Stone bye

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okay Eddie you're free to go

how come writ insufficient evidence

I knew you couldn't hold me just sign

this paper and you can go home to your

mother

my oil goes up in smoke and what have

you people been doing about it nothing

absolutely nothing just a minute Mr

Stone never mind the excuses Sheriff

where's that railroad detective well

presently out on business sir well when

he comes back you tell him I'm through

with him and his railroad tell him from

now on I am shipping my oil by wagon I

made a deal with a fretting company

we'll move my product at half the price

please Mr Stone well it's no secret or

at least it won't have to be by morning

my oil will be on the road by then good

day sheriff and don't forget to give

Clark my message

I won't forget Mr Stone

letting you go free it is against my

better judgment it's out of my hands

my advice to you is go right straight

home and stay there and keep on a

further trouble

thanks Sarah

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did you hear yeah every word

what else perfectly

you did it beautifully Mr Stone Edwin

both couldn't have done better I don't

know

seems to me we're taking a lot of

chances just to catch a gang of crooks

I've got a mind to pay the money and

forget the whole fight you can't do that

now Mr Stone we've gone to all the

trouble to muster the finest band of

fighting men in our territory they're

anxious to bring Law and Orders to the

Southwest for once in all if they're

willing to risk their lives it seems to

me you could risk a contract sure sure

it's only money

but if that oil doesn't go through I'll

be wiped out I can't tell you not to

worry Mr Stone

we'll have enough fighting men driving

those Waggers to get us through a troop

of Cavalry if we had to

you win

forget what I say much blood

put your top in on the wagon Sheriff

you'll now follow with the Posse

movement at the hottest spot let's go

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be right there Mom

what's the idea leaving me there alone

with the law

I led you off didn't they I knew they

didn't have nothing to hold you on yeah

because I kept my traps shut

I better go and say hello to mom wait

here

I heard Stone tell the sheriff something

I think you ought to know

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in the house Cindy I gotta know the

truth

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s are all loaded and ready to roll now

if that kid runs true to form here are

the answers on the kid's dad

they all agreed that Cullen was a member

of blackjack ketchum's gang Matt do you

think blackjack's been behind all this

trouble

frankly I don't know why I didn't take a

black judge before

she has one of his pet schemes looks

like we flushed out a big bird about as

big as they come if they snap at our

bait we'll have one of the leaders of

the worst gangs in the southwest and if

it is Blackjack I'll guarantee you one

thing he'll try to stop those wagons

let's go tell your man we meet a dog

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daylight where you going

me and Jack and the boys are going to

round up some Strays man I'm begging you

son don't go with him don't trust him

singing that same old tune ma no look

here you're gonna listen to me for once

you're gonna listen to me

do you know how your father was killed

do you really know

Blackjack told me all about it

a law got him down when he came out with

his hands on he didn't even have a

chance to pray the Lord shot him because

he came out shooting because Ketchum

sent him out to draw their fire so that

Ketchum could get away

why are you making up that silly story

to turn me against Jack no it's the

truth I swear it your father made his

way back here he was dying he told me

how it happened

just before he died he told me

why don't you tell me before now

ever to know

there was never any need for you to know

Daddy come on yeah Jack I'm coming

no way Mom

it's better kid the old lady playing on

your Heartstrings

that's right

the oil wagons went out on schedule with

only the usual mounted guard riding

point

the sheriff and I and some of the

posseman road flank hidden only by the

ridge other men flanked the wagons on

the other side

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after this blackjack

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okay and he's out of the brush

when you get through me waiting for you

in the Rocks all right get going

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thank you

trapped it's a dead end

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looks like we'll have to make a break

for it you boys go ahead I'll cover for

you what was that

I said you boys go first

I'll take the dirty ending cover for you

go on Covert do it first

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they got four covers

go ahead kid you tried

have you covered for me like you did for

him

like you did for my dad

you run out of here I'll blow you out no

move

if we go out we go together

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hold it you tour our fire

go ahead kid shoot him I'm gonna plug

you blackjack

for what you did to my paw and what you

tried to do to me

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what are you saving him for why did you

letting me kill him look at he's a kid

we're saving him for the hangman

I don't know why I ever got mixed up in

this

I wish I didn't

wish it was last year

some kids have to learn it the hard way

too bad you had to be one of them come

on

come on

worry Mrs Cullen the doctor says his

wound isn't serious

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I don't know yet Mrs color but he's he's

not really a not lawyer must know that

he's only a boy barely 18.

a while maybe but not really an outlaw

he was caught with the Outlaws Mrs

Cullen yeah but he tried to help them

the detective told me that himself

Please Mr Clark

you told me that yourself

can anything be done

well I

I'm Sorry Miss yeah

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was this the first time Eddie worked a

job with you

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because I know what jails are if that

boy goes to jail he'll be better the

rest of his life

well that boy is the least of my worries

let him defend himself

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on April the 26 1901 in Clayton

Blackjack Ketchum will cover and the

rest of the gang were sentenced to hang

for the crime of attacking a railroad a

death penalty in New Mexico

look the kid had nothing to do with it

you remember that won't you

catch him faced with the Gallows at a

last minute change of heart and cleared

Eddie Cullen

the boy was released to the custody of

his mother until he was 21.

so into the man who believing it might

makes right

finished in an unmarked grave

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