Buchanan Rides Alone Page #3

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You can go out to the back room

and talk it over.

You folks sit down

until they get out of here.

Have you reached your verdict?

Not guilty, Your Honour.

Since you've been found innocent,

your presence in this courtroom

will no longer be required.

Ivy, escort Mr Buchanan

back to the hotel.

I'm glad for you, Buchanan.

Juan de la Vega, stand up.

You are charged with

the murder of Roy Agry,

my son.

- How do you plead?

-I killed your son and I'm glad.

There ain't no point in

prolonging this trial, Simon.

He admits he killed him, so there

ain't nothin' we gotta prove.

You heard the defendant confess

that he killed Roy Agry.

As judge, I have no alternative

except to direct you to bring in

a verdict of guilty.

I don't think we have to go anyplace

to cast our vote, Judge.

We find him guilty.

Juan de la Vega,

you've been found guilty

by a jury of twelve freeholders

of Agry County, California.

At an hour before sunset this very

day, you will be hung by the neck

until you are dead.

Court is adjourned.

I don't care what you say, this

ain't no fair share and you know it.

- There was only three hundred, Amos.

-You're lying.

You shouldn't call

your brother a liar, Amos.

It's all the money the man had.

We all got a fair share.

Well, maybe you can fool Hamp and Ivy,

but you can't fool me.

If I don't get at least

ten more of these things,

Simon is gonna get an earful.

Amos, you start playing Simon and me

against each other,

you're gonna get a lot more

than just an earful.

Here comes Buchanan.

Sheriff, I'll make a deal with you.

You let the boy go and you can keep

that money of mine.

Hear that, Waldo?

He's trying to bribe me.

Yeah, he's a real bad one.

No respect at all for the law.

Want me to lock him up?

No.

I'll forget what you just said,

Buchanan.

Now get back on that horse of yours

and start riding out of town.

I'd like to see the boy first.

Hello, Johnny.

I'm very glad to

see you again, Buchanan.

I thought this might help.

Thank you.

It was an honour

knowing you, Buchanan.

It was an honour knowing you.

- Would you do something for me?

-If I can.

Would you ask them

to let my horse go?

Just let him loose at the bridge.

He'll find his way home.

We'll take care of the horse for you.

Well... so long, Johnny.

Goodbye, Buchanan.

Where's my gun?

A law-abiding citizen

like you don't need no gun.

- Give me my belt.

-You're getting it.

Now you saw the kid, git.

- Lafe and Pecos are going to ride north with you.

-I don't need an escort.

You're getting one anyway.

I'm making sure you don't

show up in Agry Town again.

Sheriff, I had $2,000...

LEW:
We were voted out of

a double hanging, Buchanan.

Unless you get on that horse

and start riding,

we'll make up for it

with a double burying.

I'll be back.

Lafe, you and Pecos try real hard

to change his mind about that.

Don't you worry about it, Lew.

Waldo, you better go back to

the hotel and sit with Amos

until he simmers down a bit.

He might have heard something

that upset him.

Amos!

I've been looking for you.

Hop in!

He can't. He's got some things

to do in the hotel.

Nothing that can't wait till tomorrow.

I think he ought to stop by

and talk to Simon.

A man likes to have his family around

at a time like this.

You might mention that to Lew.

Giddup.

Funeral's set for noon tomorrow.

Fine. What's he doing here?

A couple of Lew's guns just

rode out of town with Buchanan.

Thought maybe he could tell you why.

- Well, Amos, why?

-(DOOR OPENING)

Lew, how come you sent Buchanan

out of town under two guns?

You afraid of Buchanan, Lew?

There ain't a man in this world

I'm afraid of.

- Is that a fact?

-Yeah, that's a fact, Carbo.

Look, Lew, I don't mind you stealing

a few dollars from the trash

that comes across the border,

but don't get ambitious

and start trying to buck me.

Lew wouldn't try to buck you, Simon.

That star isn't permanent

on your chest.

- I put it there and I can take it off.

-You want it back now, Simon?

No. We haven't had

any real differences yet.

I want both of you to be

at the funeral tomorrow.

As Roy's uncles, a few tears

certainly wouldn't be out of place.

How are we going to work up

any tears over Roy?

SIMON:

Just be sure you rise to the occasion.

I didn't tell him nothing,

Lew, honest.

Carbo seen Buchanan

riding out of town.

He knows you got the money, too.

Lew, there was $2,000 in that purse.

Mr Buchanan said so.

- Did he?

-Sure he did.

He was standing right there on

the porch. You remember when he...

Dnde?

Por el pueblo, atrs de Ia iglesia,

la (mica casa grande.

Gracias.

Well, not many fathers feel about

their sons the way you did.

This trial could do you

a lot of good, Simon.

Might even make you

Governor of California some day.

Could be.

MAN".

gEsta aqui el sefior Simon Agry?

N INA:

Si, sefior.

MAN".

gPuedo verlo, por favor?

NINA:
Si, est en eljardin.

Por aqui, sefior.

Sefior AQW?

Yes?

- MAN:
You are Sefior Agry?

-Yes, who are you?

- Esteban Gomez.

-Won't you come in, please?

This is Mr Carbo, Sefior Gomez.

What can I do for you?

I've come to purchase the freedom

of Juan de la Vega.

That is impossible.

He's been convicted of murder.

His freedom is not for sale.

I'm sorry to hear that, sefior.

I will return to Don Pedro and tell him

his generous offer has been rejected.

Well, just a moment, sefior.

Since you've come such a long way,

I see no harm in discussing it.

Won't you sit down?

Gracias.

- Well?

-Don Pedro will deliver to you

thirty of his finest horses,

upon the release of his son.

How could I explain how

I came by these fine horses?

I couldn't.

It is a very generous offer, sefior.

Don Pedro's horses are blooded stock.

They are some of

the finest horses in the world.

Oh, I'm sure they are.

But the fact remains

that Juan de la Vega

will be hung this very day,

unless you meet my terms.

$50,000 in American money.

- Sefior...

-I have nothing more to say.

Judge, I think Sefior Gomez

should be allowed

to take the boy's body

back with him

so he can be buried

in his own country.

It's a very kind suggestion.

You will be permitted to do this.

I do not think Don Pedro can

raise that much money, sefior.

I'll give him 48 hours

to see if he can.

-48...?

-48 hours.

You're a very difficult man, sefior.

Lew, the hanging's

temporarily postponed.

Why?

Because Simon wants it that way,

that's why.

If it's on again,

I'll let you know.

Well, I wonder what Simon's

got up his sleeve.

I don't know,

but whatever it is,

that kid's gonna get strung up

right on schedule.

You might be making

a big mistake, Lew.

Why?

Well, Simon never was one

to do anything without a reason.

If I was you,

I'd find out what it is.

Town crier always knows something.

How much further are you boys

going to ride along with me?

A ways.

That where you going to kill me?

What do you get paid

for a job like this?

Fifty? Not over a hundred.

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