1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,320 You are about to hear a story based on actual events to protect the innocent names and places 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:13,440 have been changed. 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,920 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you Mr. Richard Widmark in a story taken from 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:19,920 life. 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:25,000 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:32,720 Tonight, Auto Light presents the hunting of Bob Lee. 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:44,880 The true story about the most famous of all Texas views, starring Mr. Richard Widmark. 8 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,840 Here it comes folks, here it comes. 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,720 You're so right Johnny Plug Check, cold weather is on its way and now's the time to take your 10 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,280 car to your neighborhood Auto Light spark plug dealer for a change of oil, grease, some 11 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,280 antifreeze. 12 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,920 And check those spark plugs too. 13 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,120 Right Johnny because the spark plugs are the very heart of your car's ignition system. 14 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,760 And when they're right, your chances of starting even in coldest weather are better than ever. 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,240 If your spark plugs are worn out, then your Auto Light spark plug dealer will install ignition 16 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,800 engineered resistor type or standard type Auto Light spark plugs for smoother performance, 17 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,440 quick starts and gas savings. 18 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,080 So prepare for cold weather driving now. 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,680 And check those spark plugs too. 20 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,120 Yes friends, see your neighborhood Auto Light spark plug dealer this week. 21 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Just call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 22 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,800 She'll quickly tell you the name and location of your nearest Auto Light spark plug dealer. 23 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,400 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,600 And now with the hunting of Bob Lee and the performance of Mr. Richard Widmark, Auto Light 25 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,600 hopes once again to keep you in suspense. 26 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Lee Ranch, Fannin County, June 26, 1868. 27 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,200 Editors, Texas News, Barnum, Texas. 28 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:45,800 Gentlemen, if you will permit me the use of your valuable columns, I would like to give 29 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,560 you a true statement on what is known as the pilot grove difficulty. 30 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,280 Notwithstanding that there's been no killing in the village except Dr. Pierce. 31 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,320 But to begin, I was raised in this state. 32 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:04,720 I came home from the war a hated man, merely because my fortunes had not suffered during 33 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,760 the wars at those of my neighbors. 34 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,640 And that was the basis for the hatred. 35 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,200 I was too prosperous. 36 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,560 They used my habit of dressing as an excuse for the first real trouble. 37 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,600 But when I rode into the village into pilot grove, I wore a black suit and a hat with 38 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,240 a plume in it. 39 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,600 It was that hat that started the trouble. 40 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,640 They were waiting in front of Nelson's saloon. 41 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:28,640 Hold up, Lee. 42 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:31,640 We want to talk with you. 43 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:32,640 Hold that. 44 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:33,640 Hold that. 45 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:34,640 Hold that. 46 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:35,640 Hold that. 47 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,640 What do you have to say to me? 48 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,680 We want to know who you are to be dressing like that. 49 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,000 Are you lauding it over us with your fancy suit and a plume and your hat? 50 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,440 Why should I laude it over anybody? 51 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,080 I dress the way that pleases me. 52 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,440 No man would ever wear a hat like that. 53 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,520 It's for a woman. 54 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,000 I'm wearing it, Evans. 55 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,120 We can see that. 56 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,720 That makes you worse than a woman. 57 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,400 Only one reason you wear it. 58 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,640 You think you're better than us. 59 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,560 Takes more than a plume to make you better. 60 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,840 And I see that hat pulled down around your neck. 61 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,240 You want to try that, Evans? 62 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,240 I'll see it there. 63 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,480 You talk mighty brave still upon your horse. 64 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:11,480 Then I'll get down. 65 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Oh, stand there. 66 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Stand there. 67 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,000 I'll take it from him, Evans. 68 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,520 Now Evans, if you or any one of the rest of you think you can tell me how to dress, this 69 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,920 is the time to begin. 70 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,920 Go ahead, Evans. 71 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:25,920 We're behind you. 72 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:26,920 Don't take it from him, Evans. 73 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:27,920 Shove that hat down his throat. 74 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:28,920 All right, I will. 75 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:29,920 Good boy, Evans. 76 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:38,400 Get him now. 77 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,400 You got some dirt on you, Evans. 78 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,400 Get him now, Evans. 79 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Evans, pull him out from under that horse. 80 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,400 Come on, he got stepped on. 81 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,400 Move that horse. 82 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,400 Come on. 83 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Pull him out. 84 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,400 Pull him out. 85 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,400 Come on. 86 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,400 Pull that horse. 87 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,400 Stand there. 88 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,400 Look at him. 89 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,400 Look at him. 90 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,400 He's dead, boys. 91 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,200 Look at the back of his head. 92 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,960 Did you hear that, Lee? 93 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,960 I heard. 94 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:08,960 Evans is dead. 95 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,200 And you killed him, Lee. 96 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,320 He fell under my horse. 97 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:13,320 You knocked him out. 98 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,440 It was a fair fight and I knocked him down. 99 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,840 Your sort was that way. 100 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,440 You killed him, Lee, and we'll get you for it. 101 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,120 He's not the only one who'll die in Pilot Grove. 102 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,120 You can remember that, Lee. 103 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,120 You'll pay for this. 104 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,120 Isn't that right, boys? 105 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,120 That's right. 106 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,280 There's no sense in my talking to you. 107 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,280 You all know it was a fair fight, but you've built up a hate. 108 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,640 And you'll think what you want to think. 109 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,800 So do what you want to do. 110 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,800 I'll be waiting. 111 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,440 You won't wait long. 112 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:52,480 You Madison, you can give me back my hat. 113 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,640 I want to say this strongly, gentlemen. 114 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,840 I did not kill Hugh Evans. 115 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:02,160 Those men knew I didn't or they would have killed me then they were all armed. 116 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,840 But nobody drew a gun. 117 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:18,080 So I left them on a road back home where my wife and my brother waited for me. 118 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,240 Why did you fight, Bob? 119 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,600 Why did you let them make you fight? 120 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,600 I had to, Coy. 121 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,600 I holds to. 122 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,040 You shouldn't have, Bob. 123 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,960 Now they got you, Evans dead. 124 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Didn't help that Henry. 125 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 Hold still. 126 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,880 It's what they've been waiting for something like this. 127 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,920 Sometimes a man can't sit back. 128 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,000 Sometimes it's smarter to. 129 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,400 A man can't be insulted in the street and sit back. 130 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,640 Now I'm not a man for trouble. 131 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,240 I came home to live in peace. 132 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,240 They started this. 133 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,080 I've done nothing that I wasn't pushed into. 134 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,880 The way they're thinking is you kill one of theirs. 135 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,600 Now they'll kill you if they can. 136 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,720 And that's what they'll try. 137 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,160 There's nothing I can do about the way they're thinking. 138 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:10,480 But I'll wait for them. 139 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,120 As this group of men had been known before to raid ranches for profits, I thought they 140 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,540 might ride to mine if they were planning retaliation, however groundless. 141 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:20,960 So I prepared accordingly. 142 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:26,320 I sent my three ranch hands to take all the horses, saving two, into hiding a few miles 143 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,320 away. 144 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:32,800 And then at nightfall with lamps unlighted and with my wife afforded such protection 145 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:39,960 as possible, my brother and I sat down with our rifles at open windows and waited. 146 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:45,660 Now these might seem to you gentlemen unnecessary precautions, but they would not seem so if 147 00:07:45,660 --> 00:07:49,280 you knew this band of cutthroats. 148 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,840 Well we were relieved sometime after when we heard two horses approach the house, saw 149 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,360 two men dismount in honesty near the front door. 150 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,800 The Union soldiers, what do they want? 151 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,800 I don't know. 152 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,800 Put your rifle aside. 153 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,800 Who is it Bob? 154 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,800 Union soldiers. 155 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,160 Why have they come here? 156 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,120 We'll find out. 157 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:16,400 Light another lamp Cory. 158 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,400 Evening men. 159 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,200 We're looking for Bob Lee. 160 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,280 You found him. 161 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,280 I'm Bob Lee. 162 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,280 What do you want? 163 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:32,480 I've come to take you to Sherman. 164 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,640 I have orders to put you under arrest. 165 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Put me under arrest? 166 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,280 For the murder of Hugh Evans. 167 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:39,280 That was no murder. 168 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,080 It was a fair fight and I knocked him down, but he died by accident. 169 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,120 You'll have a chance to say all that to my officers at Sherman. 170 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,840 You'll come peaceably won't you Lee? 171 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,440 Of course I'll come peaceably. 172 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,440 Bob. 173 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,440 The Union army is a just army and I'll be treated fairly Cory. 174 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,720 That's more than I can expect from Boran and Beer and the others. 175 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:10,440 Of course I'll go peaceably. 176 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,560 In truth I was anxious to yield myself to arrest because I knew that by fair trial no 177 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,200 army court could find me guilty of murder. 178 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,920 So I surrendered in good faith believing in right. 179 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,240 But I was soon to learn that those two men who took me weaponless from my house were 180 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,320 not Union troops at all. 181 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,320 They were imposters with forged orders shaming the uniform. 182 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,880 And they turned me over to Boran and ten or a dozen others in Choctaw Bottom where I 183 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,720 was summarily tied to a tree before a fire. 184 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,360 You can say what you want Lee, but you'll be thanking us for what we've done here. 185 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,680 I'll thank the day that sees the end of you Boran and you Sam Beer and Wilson and Maddox, 186 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:50,320 Lewis Peacock all of you. 187 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,880 You might have seen your last one. 188 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,280 Did you ever think of that? 189 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,920 Are you trying to scare me Maddox? 190 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:56,920 Because you don't. 191 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,280 None of you do. 192 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,440 You want to get yourself killed Lee? 193 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,040 Never mind Maddox don't listen to him. 194 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,240 We brought you here to give you a chance to live. 195 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,840 You give me a chance to live? 196 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,840 That's what I said. 197 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Ask arrested boys. 198 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,720 What kind of talk is that to give me a chance to live? 199 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,440 You mean you think you hold the right to give anybody a chance to live? 200 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,840 You're nothing but filth all of you. 201 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:22,840 Filth is it? 202 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,840 I say kill him and be done with it. 203 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,520 This isn't the time for talk like that Lee. 204 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,400 Some of the boys are just as soon to knock your brains out right now. 205 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,800 You don't hear me begging them. 206 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,800 Not to. 207 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:36,800 Give it to them boys. 208 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,800 Wait. 209 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,800 Wait. 210 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,280 We brought him here to give him a chance. 211 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,880 Why get it over with? 212 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,240 Now listen to me Lee. 213 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,240 You want to live don't you? 214 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,000 You got a wife to live for. 215 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 You're young. 216 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,200 A man comes back from a war he doesn't want to die. 217 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,440 Say what you have to say. 218 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,640 Blair there has a paper we're asking you to sign. 219 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,960 If you don't sign it we'll kill you here and now. 220 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:06,880 Get in the firelight beer and rate it to him. 221 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,480 This is what those thieves demanded of me in their note. 222 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,800 That I sign over to them a bill of sale upon my ranch. 223 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,880 The buildings, the cattle and horses and all other property. 224 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,900 That I promise payable on demand two thousand dollars in gold. 225 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:27,320 And that I and my family leave the state forever. 226 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,800 They threatened to kill me if I did not sign. 227 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,800 And also to kill me if I failed to meet the demands. 228 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,640 So balancing certain death against probable death in the future. 229 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,960 I decided to give them my signature. 230 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:45,640 But I forced myself to suffer their beatings and their insults for three long hours. 231 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:57,160 So that they'd get no inkling of a plan that was in my mind. 232 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,580 Now after being released I thought to set about proving the illegality of the note they 233 00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:02,640 held. 234 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,460 And turn the civil law upon the scoundrels. 235 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:09,720 So in the company of my brother the next morning I rode into Pilot Grove to inquire about legal 236 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,240 counsel. 237 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Although we still sought peace we went armed. 238 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,380 I with two pistols and a rifle. 239 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:18,780 My brother with two pistols. 240 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:22,440 It so happened that I first stopped for information at Nelson's saloon. 241 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,960 And in front of there I saw one of the men from the night before. 242 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,600 Jim Maddox. 243 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,940 I didn't notice out there if he was armed. 244 00:12:29,940 --> 00:12:32,960 But he was not when he followed us in a few minutes later. 245 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:39,120 There he comes Bob. 246 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,680 I'm unarmed Lee. 247 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,040 I'm not starting a play Maddox. 248 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,760 But if you feel like backing up some of the things you said last night. 249 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,200 I'll loan you a gun. 250 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,520 I come in to say I was sorry about that. 251 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,520 The rest of the boys got me riled up. 252 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,520 I sure didn't expect to see you in town this morning. 253 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,280 While I'm here. 254 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,200 I came in to prove that note assigned isn't worth anything. 255 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,200 Be quiet Bond. 256 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,480 You can tell Boran and the others that if you've got enough brains to understand. 257 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,680 That note was mine dear Lee. 258 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,360 I didn't have nothing to do with it. 259 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,080 Then we've got nothing to talk about. 260 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,080 Goodbye. 261 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,320 You talk too much Bond. 262 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,240 I can't be driven by anybody. 263 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,280 This isn't a time for pride. 264 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,440 You got to let them know. 265 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,240 First chance you get you came out on top last night. 266 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,400 What's wrong Bob Maddox will get the boy. 267 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,120 Lee wanted me to. 268 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,160 Without a chance to draw Maddox. 269 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,160 That's no. 270 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,160 Bob. 271 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,760 Bob. 272 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,760 What did you do Bob? 273 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,760 What did you do? 274 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,760 Wake up. 275 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,760 Wake up darling Cory. 276 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,880 Wake up baby. 277 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:04,400 Wake up darling. 278 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:10,000 Auto light is bringing you Mr. Richard Widmark in The Hunting of Bob Lee. 279 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,840 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 280 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:14,840 Suspense. 281 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:31,300 Folks, winterize right now. Please do. And check those important spark plugs too. 282 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:35,740 That's potent and pertinent patter, Johnny Plug Check. Cold weather is coming fast and 283 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:39,740 it's not a bit too soon to have the oil and grease changed. Add a freeze, put in. 284 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:43,860 And check those spark plugs too. Right, Johnny, because when they're right, 285 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:48,620 your chances of starting even in coldest weather are better than ever. So visit your Auto Light 286 00:14:48,620 --> 00:14:53,740 spark plug dealer. His exclusive Auto Light plug check indicator will instantly show you 287 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:59,100 if your spark plugs are right for the cold driving days ahead. If cleaning or adjustments 288 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:04,440 are needed, he has the latest equipment to do the job quickly. If replacements are needed, 289 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,600 he has resistor type or standard type Auto Light spark plugs. 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And all that's left is to sleep. 298 00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:13,740 What I am writing you gentlemen is the truth. It was a cold blooded shooting. The bullet 299 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:18,140 entered one side of my face, tearing my cheek and breaking my jawbone. Came out on the other 300 00:16:18,140 --> 00:16:24,380 side of my head just in front of my ear. Maddox left me for dead. And well I might be had 301 00:16:24,380 --> 00:16:28,700 it not been for the timely aid and skill of the late Dr. Pierce who I mentioned at the 302 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:36,120 beginning. I may add here that this excellent person later who nursed me in his own home 303 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:42,820 was later killed by this gang. He was murdered in the presence of his family for the reason 304 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:55,680 that he saved my life. 305 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:00,880 In time I was well enough to return to my ranch. But my face will always be twisted 306 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:07,380 by scars. My cattle had been stolen, one of my hands had been killed, and the other two 307 00:17:07,380 --> 00:17:14,500 frightened and sought work elsewhere. The difficulty had become a true feud. My wife 308 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:24,220 had been removed to safety in Hunt County and I was forced to take up arms myself. 309 00:17:24,220 --> 00:17:29,140 I'll stand with you whatever you say, Bob. We can't be outed anymore. I don't see how 310 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:34,820 it can get any worse. Except for one thing, Henry. Once we start out we can't come back 311 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:40,740 here. There's nothing to stay for anyway. All right then. We'll pack some food and blankets 312 00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:45,660 right out late this afternoon. It's sure the ranch is being watched so we'll ride north 313 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:49,940 as though we're leaving. Then tonight when we're clear we'll cross over the blackjack 314 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:56,140 come back the other way. Where to, Bob? I made a list, Henry, and I put Jim Maddox at 315 00:17:56,140 --> 00:18:12,820 the top. Under him there's Sam Beer and William Dixon and Israel Boran and Lewis Peacock. 316 00:18:12,820 --> 00:18:17,680 It was at this time that my brother and I were first called outlaws. That is not now 317 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:25,280 nor never was true. All we wanted was peace and there was no law nor order. We never killed 318 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:30,140 an unarmed man or never without giving a man a chance. Why, that first night when we got 319 00:18:30,140 --> 00:18:34,420 to the Maddox shack he was alone there with his guns hung up. We could have killed him 320 00:18:34,420 --> 00:18:43,060 through the window. That's far enough. I won't go in alone. I can see how you would. Yeah, 321 00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:50,460 yeah, but you might remember my voice. If you knock on his door and if he asks you tell 322 00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:59,580 him you're John Baldock that Boran sent you. All right, Bob. Step to the side when he opens. 323 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:16,540 Who's there? John Baldock. Boran sent me. All right. Hey, what? I've come to clear it 324 00:19:16,540 --> 00:19:25,020 up with you and me, Maddox. I'm not armed. You said that before. You'll put your gun 325 00:19:25,020 --> 00:19:31,580 on. What if I won't? Then I'll kill you where you stand. Put it on. You'll have a chance 326 00:19:31,580 --> 00:19:42,060 to draw. You don't have to watch me. Turn around. Buckle your gun on. Turn around so 327 00:19:42,060 --> 00:20:00,420 you can see where it is. Bob. It's all right. He tried to draw from where it was hanging. 328 00:20:00,420 --> 00:20:14,660 I think this is a night we'll remember, Henry. Sam Beers next on the list. Then we moved 329 00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:18,980 into Jenigan Thicket for safety because Boran and Peacock and the others had enlisted aid 330 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:25,900 from Kansas. Some 30 strong, we were told, hired killers. So we were forced to move by 331 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:43,900 that. All right, Henry. I'm all right. I'll look for him on the right side, you on the 332 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:57,260 left. We'll go in there. Bob, there. Move farther down while we can. They see us now. 333 00:20:57,260 --> 00:21:06,700 Sam Beer, William Dixon. The Lee brothers have come to clear it up with you and us. 334 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:12,340 What do you want, Lee? We want you to stand up from your table and start a play so we 335 00:21:12,340 --> 00:21:16,660 won't have to kill you sitting there. They're going to dump the table. What are you going 336 00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:26,620 to do? Back to the door. You've heard what the Lees have had from these men. If they 337 00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:46,220 have any friends here, this is the time to speak up. One day, about 12 after that, when 338 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:50,300 my brother and I returned from hunting to the shack in Jenigan Thicket, we were surprised 339 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:55,740 to see Israel Boran waiting for us unarmed and with his hands in the air. What does he 340 00:21:55,740 --> 00:22:01,940 want? Hold back, boys. You can see I came of peace. Then leave in peace, Boran. Hold 341 00:22:01,940 --> 00:22:08,060 on. Hold. Stand. Stand. Leave, Boran, and come back wearing your gun. No. Wait. I came 342 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:16,700 of peace. You've got no right to come in peace. Bob, can't we hear what... Henry! 343 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:38,220 My brother was killed there in the Thicket by rifles hidden in the brush. Boran and his 344 00:22:38,220 --> 00:22:42,900 hired gunman took advantage of the fact that we always gave our enemies a chance and lured 345 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:48,780 us in with an unarmed man. I killed Israel Boran after that and I looked for Peacock, 346 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:54,300 but I couldn't find him. And then I learned he put a thousand dollars on my head. And 347 00:22:54,300 --> 00:23:00,420 more gunmen came to hunt me from Kansas. I moved to Gibson Thicket, then to Thatcher. 348 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:05,500 And there were so many men I could hardly move at all. And then finally, after three 349 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:12,100 months, although I'd vowed that I'd die before I ran, I left the county and rode to see my 350 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:24,820 wife. Oh, Bob, what have they done? What have they done so that we can't be man and wife 351 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:32,420 and live the way we want to live? It's finished now. I've seen my brother killed and I've 352 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:40,660 avenged him. I've done what I can. I can't do any more. There are things to do. There 353 00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:48,940 are places we can go. We started in Fan County. We can start someplace else. Yes. Yes, yes, 354 00:23:48,940 --> 00:23:55,660 we can. But I've one more thing I have to do, Carrie. I'll write a letter about this 355 00:23:55,660 --> 00:24:00,620 trouble we've had to the newspaper in Barnum. When the people read it, they'll know the 356 00:24:00,620 --> 00:24:15,220 truth that I'm not a criminal, that I wanted peace and I couldn't have it. And so I say 357 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:22,140 in conclusion that I have done what I can to procure peace. I have been driven farther 358 00:24:22,140 --> 00:24:30,020 than most men I think, and any violence I have done has been justified. And finally, 359 00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:36,500 I am still willing to surrender myself to any impartial civil authority at any time 360 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:44,700 since I know I am right. I'm sorry to take so much of your valuable time in your newspaper 361 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:52,140 space, but a great many people have no idea of the true origin of all this trouble. I 362 00:24:52,140 --> 00:25:06,540 remain yours, Robert Lee. There's no danger here, Bob. Are you sure? If Peacock had followed, 363 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:12,100 I'd have known. I'm sure, Corey. I'll post a letter, be back in 30 minutes. Then we can 364 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:19,700 talk about where we'll go. Well, after four months, Corey, I think there should be much 365 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:28,700 to talk about. You wait in the house. Please hurry. I will. You go inside. Come on, boy. 366 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:57,540 Wake up, wake up, darling Corey, and go get me my gun. I ate no hand for trouble, but 367 00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:04,540 I'll die before I run. 368 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:55,100 Suspense. A true story of the Old West, presented by Auto Light. Tonight's star, Mr. Richard 369 00:26:55,100 --> 00:27:00,820 Woodmark. That was a powerful story, Richard Woodmark, a Western drama we'll remember for 370 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:06,140 a long time. Thanks, Harlow. I really enjoyed playing Bob Lee. And may I thank the other 371 00:27:06,140 --> 00:27:11,540 members of the cast for their wonderful support. They were a great team. Reminds me of the 372 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:16,300 Auto Light team, Dick, working together for better performance. Yes, I see what you mean. 373 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:21,700 Yes, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, and boats. 374 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:26,820 And they're engineered to work together perfectly. Auto Light makes a complete line of ignition 375 00:27:26,820 --> 00:27:31,380 engineered spark plugs, both standard and resistor types. Auto Light batteries, including 376 00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:37,180 the famous Auto Light Stay Full. In fact, Auto Light makes complete electrical systems. 377 00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:52,780 No wonder from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. Next week on 378 00:27:52,780 --> 00:27:59,340 Suspense, our star will be Mr. Joseph Clotten as a man who, in a most unusual fashion, tried 379 00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:05,980 to clear himself of the suspicion of murder. A dramatic report we call The Trials of Thomas 380 00:28:05,980 --> 00:28:12,500 Shaw. In weeks to come, we shall also present Mr. John Hodiac, Mr. John Lund, and Mr. Frank 381 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:24,260 Lovejoy. All on Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed 382 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:30,740 by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. Ms. Teria Lee was the ballad singer. The hunting 383 00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:36,380 of Bob Lee was based on the book by C. L. Sonicson and was adapted for Suspense by Gil 384 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:42,220 Dowd. Featured in tonight's cast were Kathy Lewis, Lou Krugman, Junius Matthews, William 385 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:50,620 Conrad, Harry Bartel, Byron Cain, and Joseph Kearns. Tonight's appearance of Mr. Widmark 386 00:28:50,620 --> 00:28:55,140 was made possible through the kind permission of 20th Century Fox Studios, whose current 387 00:28:55,140 --> 00:29:03,660 release is The Desert Fox, starring James Mason. And remember next week on Suspense, 388 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:10,340 Mr. Joseph Clotten, in another story based on actual events, a dramatic report we call 389 00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:18,620 The Trials of Thomas Shaw. For the location of your nearest auto light spark plug or battery 390 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:23,820 dealer or your nearest authorized auto light service station, phone Western Union by number 391 00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:28,940 and ask for operator 25. Switch to auto light. Good night. 392 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:55,940 This is the CBS Radio Network.