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02x31 - Old Jake

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp". Aired: September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961.*
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Series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp.

02x31 - Old Jake

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[Ken darby singing

"The legend of wyatt earp"]

[Humming]

♪ Wyatt earp,

Wyatt earp ♪

♪ Brave, courageous and bold

♪ Long live his fame

And long life his glory ♪

♪ And long may his story

Be told ♪

[Humming]

(Male narrator)

Violence in the west

Took many forms.

Friction between soldiers

And settlers was one of them.

With the fort just outside

The town, dodge city

Became an arenafor such

Violence more than once.

All it took was

The appearance of one old man

Who followed an ancient hatred.

There he is.

Right there.

You buffalo hunters still think

You can run things in dodge?

Who says we can't?

- I do.

- You?

You ain't big enough

To make that stick.

- I'm big enough to lick you.

- You wanna try?

Why not?

Why, are you slabs

Out of your blue.

Jake castor, you old gopher.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you too.

Come, let's have a drink.

Well, I'll tell you

I don't drink.

And especially with men

That are breakin' the law.

- g*n?

- Yep.

What kind of town

Are you running there, boy?

- Well, it's the law, jake.

- Law?

First thing I've heard, a man

Had to keep his eye on clothes.

That's out in the tooley's,

Where you lose, not in dodge.

Really, wyatt?

Well, anybody else

But you.

You want the sharps, too?

No, you just keep that

In your saddle boot

And everything will be fine.

Well, now I'll have a little

Drink of milk with you.

- Hey, soapie.

- 'Yeah?'

- Bring us a round, will you?

- 'Alright.'

'Wyatt, what does

That thing say?'

You old good, haven't you

Learned to read yet?

What for?

Out where I lived talking

In sign is all that matters.

You do that pretty well,

Too, don't you?

In any indian language

You can name.

It's more than I can do.

Well, uh, alright.

I never thought I'd see then.

You always did have

A wide streak

Of righteousness in you.

I thought you've

Gotten over that by now.

Well, I haven't

Changed much, jake.

Ain't a boy

No more, wyatt.

Well. Yeah,

The years go by.

Yes, they do.

Don't they?

And what are you doing

These days?

Oh-h. Things ain't

Like they used to be.

Times have changed,

To the bad.

Remember, how it was

The first time I took you out?

Buffalo soles take

The paint off of his black

With him as far as the eye could

See. She's like a rollin' ocean.

Yeah, I remember.

Them days I heard was maybe

Two or three million animals.

Now you're lucky even

If you can find even ten

In a minimum 'cause of hunting.

I know.

Serious, wyatt.

Why do you need

This fighting?

You can't blame him.

He's starving.

You wanna see there tonight,

Quit hunting for the fortune

Trying to feed the soldiers.

I'm living with the cheyenne.

With your wife's people?

My wife's, it was.

Oh, I'm sorry, jake.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Plenty buckles here.

Do you mind?

Yeah, especially at night.

Fort's not too far away

And today was pay day.

- Yes, I know.

- Well, you ought to celebrate.

Got every deputy

On the street.

Which reminds me

I better get to work.

Say, by the way, you, uh..

...you didn't tell me

Why you were here in dodge?

Maybe I've come

To see the town.

You don't care

That much for towns.

Maybe I've come

To see you.

Why you old gooch, you didn't

Even know I was here.

You know, you ask an indian

A thing three times

And the third time

He has to tell you the truth.

- I'm asking you the third time.

- I've come to see a fella.

What fella?

- Don't matter.

- Why?

I mean it must be

Important otherwise

You wouldn't have come

All this way.

I've got a score to settle.

I'm sorry to hear that.

- Why?

- Well, I'm the marshal.

Knowing how you

Settle your scores.

Well, that could mean

Trouble for you and me.

Well, you my friend,

Ain't you?

- Yeah.

- No need to worry then.

(Soldier # )

'I asked you to move over.'

You leave me alone.

Just because you're an--

- Who do you think you are--

- That's enough, soldier.

Hey, you better watch out,

Marshal, I got friends.

If you boys start any trouble,

You're gonna wind up in jail.

Now go on, do your drinking

Someplace else.

- You can't tell us what to do.

- Come on.

You heard the marshal.

Now go on.

Thanks.

I wasn't thinking of you.

I was thinking

About the bail.

There ought to be a law

Against those ruffians

Coming to town, marshal.

Shoving on the citizens around.

If you're not hurt, mister,

Go back to your drinking.

Are you siding

With them, earp?

Look, they got a hard

And lonely job to do

Protecting all of us.

They deserve a little spree.

- Hey, soapie?

- Yeah?

Where did

The buffalo hunter go?

I don't know. Guess

He must have left, marshal.

- I'm alright.

- You're alright.

Look, you sit down

Right here. You sit down.

You sit down.

I'll get the horse.

Okay, sergeant.

You get the horse.

[Grunting]

Huh?

Sarge?

Sarge.

Sarge!

I'll k*ll him. If I ever get

My hands on him, I'll k*ll him!

- You leave that to me, soldier.

- Oh, no.

I know you

Low-life civilians.

If it's a blue coat you

Don't care. You don't even try.

Well, you watch.

Sarge has got friends.

If you just stop

Yammering long enough

To tell me what you saw,

I'd have a better chance

To get whoever did it.

I didn't see anything.

Marshal, you don't think

It couldn't have been indians?

Those are

Markinson tracks.

It's the way they do it.

- And the hair.

- No.

An indian wouldn't take

That chance, not in dodge.

Well, you better

Find him, marshal.

You better

Find him quick.

Because if you don't..

[Soft humming]

[Humming continues]

Huh?

Whoa, what?

What are you doin' here?

Well, looking for you.

Had a hard time

Findin' ya.

Yeah, can't sleep inside walls,

On them soft beds.

You're up mighty early.

I'll tell you,

I haven't been to bed yet.

How long you've been here?

Some little time,

I reckon. Why?

You've ever hear of a big guy.

A sergeant named mccafferty?

No, I can't say I have.

I don't brag it with soldiers,

You know that. Why?

He's been k*lled.

Indian style.

Yeah?

Scalp. With a knife like that.

By a man wearing markinson's.

You think I k*lled him, wyatt?

I haven't any other

Suspect, jake.

He probably had it

Coming to him.

Besides, what reason

I have to k*ll him?

I don't know.

You said you had

A score to settle.

It was mccafferty

That you were staring at

In the saloon last night.

That's who?

And you're bitter, jake.

And why shouldn't I be?

- Don't pay to be bitter.

- You know how our life was?

Kinda life a man

Could be content with.

Kinda man was meant to live.

Yeah, but you can't stop a whole

Nation bent on moving, jake.

You gotta accept

What's bound to be.

Son busters,

Cow wranglers, bone pickers.

They are people

Looking for homes.

- They gotta live, too.

- And what about us?

They just better

Stay out of my way.

And them blue coats.

Them is the worst.

Murderers. All of them.

Mccafferty?

You really think I k*lled him?

Yeah. I think so, jake.

If I said I did,

What would you do about it?

Only one thing

I could do.

Wyatt, you and me.

We mean two different things

When we say "friend."

This is just a boom,

If I k*lled a blue coat..

- Did you, jake?

- What reason would I have?

Did you?

Wyatt, I already

Told you--

Did you, jake?

I ain't no indian, wyatt.

Where you goin'?

Well, first up, I'm going

Over to the fort.

So, should you go to?

Gotta take back

The body.

Try and stop the trouble

That's bound to come.

If you think I did it

Ain't you afraid

I'll run out on you?

Well, if you do,

Then I'll know.

And I'll come after you.

My friend.

My friend.

That's right, jake.

You're gonna have

To tell me yourself.

[Soft humming]

[Humming continues]

Well, marshal.

Surprised you

Ventured out here.

I brought the body.

You needn't have bothered.

We were sending the detail.

Sir, I'd rather you kept

Your men out of dodge

Until after

This is cleared up.

My men wear the uniform

Of their country.

They can go anywhere in these

United states they wish.

- Including dodge.

- Of course, sir.

But I don't think you want

Trouble any more than I do.

The cavalry doesn't look

For trouble, marshal.

But they're ready for it

When it comes their way.

'You just worry

About your civilians.'

Well, the civilians

Don't start every fight, sir.

But that's not what

We're talking about now.

We'll discuss that in a few days

After I get the m*rder*r.

Do you really think

You have a will?

Maybe.

I'm not concerned

About where my men go off duty.

But, sir, you...you could

Keep them on the post

Under orders

For a couple of days.

I could, but I won't.

In fact, I've already given

Leave to b company today

After the burial.

That's mccafferty's company.

Sir, that's deliberate

Incitement to riot.

Is that what you want?

You realize that will

Cause more bloodshed?

If you can't keep

Order in dodge

I can arrange to have

Martial law declared.

- Then you better do that now.

- Maybe I will, tomorrow.

Unless, of course, you can find

The man who did it first.

- Will you help me?

- How?

I like to take a look

At mccafferty's service records.

Why?

Because I think it was

A personal grudge.

Maybe we can find

A clue in the records.

I can't give you that.

We have orders from washington.

Well, then, at least let me

Talk to some of his friends.

I don't know if they'd

Even talk to you.

Thanks.

[Door opens]

Well, marshal, this

Is mrs. Mccafferty.

I come to see the man

Who brought him.

I come to thank you, marshal,

For bringing him home to me.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

Are you?

Are you, marshal?

Then why don't you find

The man who did it?

I'm trying to.

Will you help me?

Help you?

Colonel, could I speak to

Mrs. Mccafferty in your office?

Well...alright.

Sit down, ma'am.

Now, mrs. Mccafferty

Can you tell me

Any reason anyone might have

For k*lling your husband?

Only that you

Didn't protect him.

That you let a lot of scum

And K*llers run around loose.

Well, I think

This is personal, ma'am.

Did your husband

Have any enemies?

Patrick? Not an enemy

In the world.

He was an angel.

Yes, ma'am, but..

...was there

Anything in the past?

I mean, before he met you?

You'll not be getting me to say

Anyone had a right to k*ll him.

Did mr. Mccafferty

Ever mention a man named

Jake castor?

Castor?

No. No, never.

It's not help from me

You'll be needing, marshal.

Well, where was

Your husband born?

Ohio, I think.

He came to colorado as a boy.

Colorado? He joined

The army there?

Yes.

'Colorado volunteers?'

During the civil w*r.

Well, could have there been

Something about the indians?

Cheyenne?

It was the colorado volunteers

At st. Creek, wasn't it?

Please tell me,

Mrs. Mccafferty.

Oh, no, it-it couldn't be.

Surely.

But he was at st. Creek.

Tell me.

Well, it was the only thing

He ever did he was ashamed of.

Bothered him

Certain awful for a time.

'You understand

He was under orders.'

Yes, ma'am.

But he said something

Seemed to happen

To all the men

That day. Even him.

They seemed to go crazy

With the indian k*lling.

You heard, it was horrible.

'Even their women

And children.'

I mean, he couldn't

Get it off his mind.

He used to wake up at night,

Crying and mourning and..

Well, I told him

He had to forget it.

That the lord

Would forgive him.

He had made

A better soldier out of him.

'He hated the indian fights'

'But he did his job

The best he could.'

He was a good man.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, thank you,

Mrs. Mccafferty.

Maybe you gave me

The answer I needed.

[Soft humming]

Wyatt, I've lined up

Some men for deputy's

And commandeered some

Wagons for a barricade.

I know you didn't order this

But I figured we ought

To fight at the start.

Alright, al.

Sure to win anything

Out there?

Something.

Jake.

Tell me

About st. Creek.

What do you mean?

I've heard about it

Just like everybody else has

But not from somebody

That was there.

Your white men were

At the cheyenne that day.

George, charlie ben,

Ed gary.

- Jake castor.

- What are you driving at?

I want to hear

It from you.

Sure, why not?

It's a great victory.

Just like they said.

Pride attack

On a peaceful village

Of naked and starving indians.

We thought they were

Under a flag of truce.

Three hundred

Of them butchered.

Three hundred full

Of women and kids.

Jake, your wife,

What happened to her?

Right in front

Of my eye.

And I couldn't do

A thing about it.

I didn't even

Have a g*n.

My wife and my son

Still in her arms

And I couldn't do

Nothing about it.

Nothing at all.

But I covered his face

And I never forgot it.

'It's really more

Over the waist.'

- Mccafferty?

- Even worse.

Even worse.

Hadn't I had the right?

Sorry to say

"No" to that, jake.

Not many men would.

Probably...the jury

Wouldn't.

But the bible says "no."

Jake, there was blood

Enough spilled that day.

There's already a trail

Of red all over the west.

The indian ain't finished yet.

Look, we're all ashamed

About what happened

At st. Creek,

The whole nation.

Shevington was

Court martialed

And forced out

Of the army for it.

Congress has voted

Indemnities.

Indemnities.

Indemnities.

Well, all I know

Is that

The answer to k*lling

Is...not more k*lling.

Well..

I'm no man.

I ain't get much time left

That I got.

I got to be out in the open.

Gotta be free.

[Humming]

Alright, nobody takes

Any action without my orders.

Not a shot fired until I say so.

Everybody understand that?

You think you can

Stop them with talk, wyatt?

- I can try.

- 'They're coming.'

Wyatt, they're coming.

Alright, let's go.

Wyatt, give me my g*n,

I'll help.

I don't want your help, jake.

Wyatt! We've been

Friends a long time.

[Humming]

(Male # )

'Wyatt! Get those men out there.

Go on! Get back!'

Get out of the way, marshal!

Your men are

Violatin' the law

Coming into this town armed.

Now any of you

Wanna drop your g*ns

And swear to keep the peace

Can come in.

I reckon we'll

Come our way...marshal.

You realize what you're doing?

You wear the uniform of

The us army, these us citizens.

They should have

Thought of it before.

- We didn't start the trouble.

- 'Neither did they.'

Well, have you found out

Who did, marshal?

Or maybe we can.

Alright, get out of the way.

We're coming through

And you can't stop us.

- Wait!

- Jake!

You want mccafferty's k*ller?

Right here he is.

I k*lled him.

I had a good reason.

- You want to know why?

- Jake?

Alright, wyatt.

Maybe I was wrong.

(Wyatt)

'Hold it! First man to pull

A g*n goes to jail.'

Now, he's my prisoner.

You're going back to your post

Or come in peacefully.

I just wanna know why.

I wanna know why

You k*lled my husband.

You said you had

A good reason and

I wanna know before I k*ll you.

Mrs. Mccafferty, his wife

And baby died at st. Creek.

[Humming]

Come on, jake.

Alright, move out.

[Humming continues]

♪ Well, he cleaned up

The country ♪

♪ The old wild west country

♪ He made law

And order prevail ♪

♪ And none can deny it

The legend of wyatt ♪

♪ Forever will live

On the trail ♪

♪ Wyatt earp

Wyatt earp ♪

♪ Brave courageous and bold

♪ Long live his fame

And long life his glory ♪

♪ And long may

His story be told ♪