Hour of the Gun Page #4

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Sure. What would I want

with a lousy $6.50 anyway?

You see, the thing is...

I'm in the hole for another thousand

with Bill Rayner.

So there wouldn't be much point

in shootin' a bankrupt.

That's it. You'd just be gettin'

yourself a lot of trouble with Bill.

He'd be sore as hell at you

if you was to kill me

and me still owin' him all that money.

Supposin' we go

for a little walk?

I'd sooner you give it

to me right here.

Put that thing away.

That's for the drinks

and the table.

Raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear to enforce

the laws of the United States of America

and the territory of Arizona to the best

of your abilities, so help you God?

Well, you must be

out of your mind.

- Say, "I do."

- I do.

You are now

a Deputy Federal Marshal.

I am?

There's $15,000

reward money in this.

Spence, Brocius, and Warshaw.

Dead or alive?

Arrest and conviction.

The way you handle a gun,

you're lucky that's the way it is.

- When do I start?

- Right now.

All right, you men.

Off the wagons. Off the wagons!

Get your tools.

Let's go! Let's move out!

Pick it up! Pick it up!

All right, you men.

Let's go. Let's go.

All right, let's get the lead out.

Let's move!

All right, let's get it in there!

Pretty dangerous fellas

you got here.

Might scorch you

with one of them headlamps.

Hello, Doc.

A gunslinger like you

bullying miners.

You oughta be ashamed

of yourself.

I have to make a living.

You don't have to make it

busting mining strikes.

That's what they pay me for.

I just can't make it

as a hired gun in the west anymore.

Well...

Ike Clanton's hirin' guns right now.

I wouldn't raise a finger

against the Earps.

That's what I

wanna talk to you about.

- Wyatt staked you, didn't he?

- After I got outta jail.

- So? He still staked ya.

- He sent me to jail!

- You still owe him a favor.

- I did him a favor.

I didn't hire my gun to Clanton.

No, you just used it

to push poor miners around.

Well... you don't expect me

to work, do ya?

Raise your right hand.

What for?

I'm gettin' up a posse.

- Against Clanton?

- That's right.

Why should I?

That's a foolish question.

Yeah.

And there's $15,000

reward money in it.

Do you solemnly swear to uphold

the laws of the United States of America

and the territory of Arizona to the best

of your abilities, so help you God?

- I do.

- You are now a Deputy Federal Marshal.

Follow me.

Texas Jack Vermillion,

this is Turkey Creek Johnson.

How'd he sucker you?

Well, you see,

I owed him this $800.

You sure they're hiding

over at Clanton's ranch?

Only one way to find out.

It's right over them mountains,

ain't it?

Maybe Wyatt isn't headed

for Clanton's ranch at all.

Maybe he's just trying

to put a lot of rough ground

between that posse of Bryan and us.

Is that possible, Wyatt?

If that's so, we oughta move outta here

before we get squeezed in the middle.

I think the boys are trying to tell you

it'd be a lot safer

if we headed away

from Clanton's place.

- Nobody said that.

- Then stop thinking about it!

Wyatt...

Here.

You know who they were?

It was Pete.

Pete Spence.

How many were there?

And where's your shotgun rider?

If we can get him across the river,

maybe we can get some help.

Forget it.

Mine payroll.

Why? This isn't

Spence's kind of play.

No, it sure ain't.

It's traveling money.

I got a feeling we'll find Spence

down around Guatemala.

I want you boys to stay here

and watch for Bryan's posse.

And if he does show?

Hold 'em off if you can.

If you can't, lead 'em off downriver.

Where will you be?

If you have to cut out, I'll meet you

at Marshal Kiergan's place in Contention.

Wyatt, Sherm asked,

"Where will you be?"

I'm gonna play a long shot.

No handier than Spence is.

He won't try to horse back

over those mountains.

He'll be at Algodones

waiting for the eastbound stage.

All right. I'll go with you.

Doc...

I want you to stay here

and handle the posse.

Spencer's bound to have some men

with him. He wouldn't pull this alone.

I don't expect too much trouble.

Then what are

these two bodies doing here?

How come Wyatt don't just admit

he wants Spence for himself,

same as I would

if he killed my brother?

He wants Spence

because the law says to get him.

Then do me a favor, will ya, Doc?

As long as he's got no personal

feeling about it one way or the other,

why don't you just talk him into

taking the rest of them alive?

I could really use that reward money.

Doc, you got any idea how to cut out

Bryan and his whole posse?

The time has come to have one.

Hello, Spence.

Waiting for the stage?

Yeah. I'm going on a trip east...

on business.

Two men killed

on the Naco stage this morning.

The driver, shotgun rider.

Mine payroll was taken.

- Mine payroll?

- Yeah.

When'd that happen?

Oh... half hour,

45 minutes ago.

From the looks of the tracks,

there was three or four men involved.

I'm traveling alone.

You don't think I had anything

to do with that?

Traveling alone, are you?

Yeah, just, uh...

Just taking a trip east on business.

Both those men got it

in the back with a shotgun.

The same way my brothers

Virgil and Morgan got it.

Wyatt, I know how you feel

about your brothers, but...

You know how it feels

to look down the side of a shotgun...

...at a man's back?

Wyatt, don't try

to hang that on me.

There's a federal warrant

for your arrest, Vince.

I was acquitted in court once,

I'll be acquitted again.

- I had nothing to do with it.

- You had nothing to do with that stage?

Nothing!

Charlie.

Okay.

I see you boys made it all right.

Where's Marshal Kiergan?

Charlie said

he'd be back this evening.

- Did you find Spence?

- He's dead.

Obviously no chance

for a formal arrest.

That's right.

Well, now, that leaves

$10,000 on the table.

That's right, Doc.

Keeps this up,

we'll all lose money on the deal.

Mine payroll?

Yeah. Sherm,

you'd better take charge of this.

Probably a little short. Spence said

he was traveling alone when I found him.

What next?

Now we'll just stay here until we figure

Bryan's posse's moved on.

Well, you've already

had a busy day.

What?

Nothin'.

Hey, Charlie!

Come 'ere.

Crack another bottle, will ya?

He says there ain't any more.

How do you know

what he's sayin'?

'Cause I told him

not to buy any more.

Here's the money you gave him.

A bottle in a bag,

a bottle for now, and a shot glass.

Yes, sir.

What can I do for you, sir?

- You know Bill Brocius?

- He was here up till an hour ago.

Any idea where he went?

Yeah. Across the street

to the Desert Queen.

Drunk?

He was making the rounds.

Thanks.

Just make sure you're not so free

giving out information about me.

I don't even know

who you are, sir.

Very sloppy riding, Brocius.

I remember seeing

something like this in the circus...

...once when I was a child.

They lifted up the canvas,

and there they were...

statues.

Any of you gentlemen...

want not to be statues?

He's drunk, Holliday.

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