Dodge City Page #9

There's your man. You got 10 minutes.

- Hello, Yancey.

- Hello.

What's going on here?

What's the mob doing...

Now, take it easy, Yancey.

You might as well

know this now as later.

They wormed it out of Taylor

that you left for a half hour.

They can't hang me on that.

I might have gone anywhere.

Maybe a jury wouldn't hang you...

if you ever get to a jury.

What do you mean by that?

What're you trying to say?

Joe Clemens was a mighty

well-liked man, Yancey.

He had a lot of friends.

Half the city is planning

to break in here tonight...

and take things in their own hands.

Where's Jeff? He's

gotta get me out of here.

I telegraphed him an hour ago. He

got off the train at Spearville.

He got off? For what?

Jeff's smart enough to know this

town's gonna be warm for a few days.

So he's just laying low until

the excitement blows over.

Too warm for him?

So I stay here and get

hung for doing his job.

- If you think that I...

- Shut up, you fool!

- You want to tell the whole town?

- You bet I'll tell them.

I'll tell them who paid me to

shoot Joe Clemens and Matt Cole.

Let them hang me, sure. But

if I go, Jeff's going with me.

You rustle him up and

telegraph him that.

He has to get me out by tonight or

I'm giving the whole story to Hatton.

But how can Jeff get you out of here?

I don't know. That's his problem.

Keep your shirt on, Yancey.

I got an idea how Jeff

and I can handle this.

First I'll see Hatton.

You got the right man, Hatton.

What are you waiting for?

Yeah, what are we waiting for?

If you don't know what

to do with Yancey, we do.

- You bet we do.

- Will you give us some action?

If he won't, we will

give him some action.

What are you stalling for?

You know he killed him.

If you don't turn him over to

us, we'll come get him tonight.

Listen, men, you fellas put me

in this office to enforce the law.

And I'm going to enforce it.

That means a fair trial

for any and all prisoners.

Including Yancey.

And understand this:

There is going to be no mob rule around

this town as long as I am sheriff.

They're bringing up a

pole for a battering ram.

You see? They're right at

the door. Listen to them.

You're in charge, Sheriff.

What are you gonna do?

Wade, what are we gonna do? The

whole town's set on getting him out.

You can't stop them, the

five of you against the town.

They'd burn down the

building to get in here.

We'd save a lot of trouble

if we'd feed him to the mob.

You want to throw my client

to that pack of hungry wolves?

Listen, no one's gonna

get your client but a jury.

- I promise you that.

- There's only one way to protect him.

Yancey's gotta be taken out

of Dodge City before night.

Fat chance we'd have of

getting him to the station.

You can hire a closed carriage,

drive him to Spearville...

and catch the train for Wichita.

Keep him in jail there till

he can be tried legally.

- Yes, that might work.

- It will work.

My client's entitled to a fair trial...

and it's both our jobs

to see that he gets it.

You want me to rustle a carriage, Wade?

Wait a minute. I got a better idea.

But you agree we got to

get him out in a hurry?

Yes, but we'll do it my way.

- This is a sample of your future.

- Get in, Russ. Get in.

Hold them off as long as you

can. I'll send word from Wichita.

- Say, what the... -Keep calm,

it's official business. Come on.

I'm Sheriff Hatton of Dodge City.

I've got a prisoner here for Wichita.

- Is it all right if we ride with you?

- All right, Sheriff.

- Mind shutting and locking this door?

- Not a bit.

Get over there.

You can sit there and

rest your face and hands.

How many stops do you make

between here and Wichita?

- None.

- Good.

Keep going. I'll tell you what to do.

Put 'em up.

- But, gentlemen...

- Take him away, Joe.

Get in there.

Get your hands up.

Get them up, I said!

Now unlock those cuffs.

We've gotta stop. The train's on fire.

Don't slow down till the water tower.

Hold it, Jeff! We're all gonna burn.

Got a friend of yours here,

Hatton. Take a good look.

Throw me those guns!

Pick them up.

Unlock those handcuffs!

Come on! Hurry up!

Close that door.

Rusty, this end.

Look out!

Hurry up!

So the lamb killed the butcher.

Now, listen to that. Singing

hymns and it ain't even Sunday.

No one in sight even friendly drunk.

Doggone, if this place ain't getting so

pure and noble it ain't fit to live in.

I'm sure enough going back to Texas now.

Imagine asking me to lead

the Pure Prairie League.

Why not? You're one of the

leading lights in it, I hear.

First thing you know, they'll be

starting a chamber of commerce.

- Faith, it's not possible.

- What?

Look, Col. Dodge.

- Hello, Colonel.

- How're you, Colonel?

Hi, Colonel.

How are you, boys?

By golly, Wade, it's

good to see you alive.

- It's good to be alive.

- Come on up.

- Hello, Colonel.

- Wade. By golly, son, it's good to see you.

Hello, Tex. How are you, Rusty?

I couldn't complain,

Colonel. Wouldn't do no good.

Sit down over there, sir.

I've come all the way from Virginia

City, Nevada, just to see you.

I'm building a railroad

there from San Francisco.

It's the richest square mile on earth.

Gold, silver, copper. We've got

a solid mountain of the stuff.

But it's a bad town, Wade.

A wild, murderous town.

Worse than Dodge City ever

was before you cleaned it up.

And that's saying a good deal.

- I want you to come back with me.

- I knowed our luck had changed.

We've got 4,000 people out there.

Decent men and women with

families who are living in terror.

Think of them 4,000 poor people.

There might be more by

the time we get there.

We need you, son.

The city is teeming with

crime and corruption.

What law we've tried has failed...

because the men behind it hadn't

the brains and courage to back it up.

You can get plenty of men for

that job out here, Colonel.

I'm getting married next

week. Got tickets for New York.

Shucks, you can get married anytime.

We'll even go on your honeymoon

with you to Virginia City.

Thanks.

Getting married has

ruined a lot of good men.

Doesn't it mean anything

to you to know...

that someplace there's terror and

death that you could put a stop to?

Yes, it does, Colonel. But the

decision isn't as simple as that.

If I were free, it might be different.

I'll soon have a wife to take care of.

Abbie doesn't want to

go pioneering anymore.

We're planning on coming back here

from New York and settling down.

There's a wagon train leaving here

the middle of next week for Nevada.

It'd be a great trip, wouldn't it?

Hello, darling. I was just telling the

boys how we're going to settle down...

- Lemonade?

- Thank you.

- Lemonade?

- Thank you, ma'am.

Darling, I was just telling Col.

Dodge about our honeymoon in New York.

How we're going to see all the shops,

theatres, and Niagara Falls, and things.

Col. Dodge, when do we

start for Virginia City?

Wade, it looks like you're

marrying the right girl.

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