02x23 - Vengeance Trail

[bunniefuu]

[Ken Darby singing

"The Legend Of Wyatt Earp"]

♪ Wyatt Earp

♪ Wyatt Earp

♪ Brave courageous and bold

♪ Long live his fame

and long live his glory ♪

♪ And long may his story

be told ♪

[soft humming]

[soft music]

Ah, here, Mathew,

let me help you.

Oh, thanks, marshal.

- How you feeling this morning?

- Oh-h-h, can't complain.

Maybe I could,

but nobody listens.

Wish everybody

had that attitude.

If they did, I wouldn't

have to work at all.

- Good morning to you, Mathew.

- Mornin'.

[music continues]

Here's the

afternoon mail, Wyatt?

Well, I haven't finished

with this morning's yet.

Yeah, here's one

from Fort Leavenworth Prison.

Know anybody there?

Yeah, about half the fellows

up there. Let's see it.

It's from the Warden. Says

somebody about a name of Colby

was discharged from there

couple of days ago.

Thought I'd like

to know about it.

Colby, is that name

familiar to you?

- Fred Colby?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I know him. Went to school

with him and his brother.

Wonder why

the Warden would think

I'd be interested in knowing

about his discharge.

Fred was sent to prison

about...four years ago.

He confessed

to robbing a stagecoach.

I don't think he did it, he was

shielding his brother, Larry.

Larry? Larry Colby. Well, that

name's a little more familiar.

Yeah, he-he was k*lled

about four months

before you arrived here.

We never found out who did it.

Fred will find out.

Yeah, I'm beginning

to understand now.

Yeah, that's why the Warden

thought you might be interested.

Fred will be coming back here.

He'll come back to find out

who k*lled his brother.

Tell me all you remember about

the k*lling of his brother.

Well, not too much, Wyatt.

Larry was always a sort

of kid who was in trouble.

He-he was really handy

with a g*n.

He finally got a ??

in the Alamo Saloon.

Even gonna marry

Jake Antrim's daughter, but--

- Joanne Antrim?

- Yeah.

Nobody ever saw him

do a day's work.

Always had plenty of money.

He was a strange sort of fellow.

[country music]

[people chattering]

- Place your bets, please.

- Yeah.

The name of the game,

gentlemen..

Something you want, marshal?

I'd like to speak

to your father.

I think you'll find him

in his office.

Thank you, Ms. Antrim.

Place your bets, please.

[knocking on door]

Come in.

Oh, Marshal Earp. Well, I

presume I won't be needing this.

You're a very cautious man.

Suspicious would be

a better word.

What is that you want, marshal?

I'm quite busy.

I know. Understand you've

been doing a good business.

Please state your complaint

or whatever it is, sir.

Oh, I have no

complaint, Mr. Antrim.

There's no need for you

to be unfriendly.

It's been my experience

that even as the fox

is the natural

enemy of the rabbit

the law is the natural

enemy of the saloon keeper.

I don't hold with that. I've

never heard it said any better.

Mr. Earp, please state

your errand.

Very well, sir. Does the name

Colby mean anything to you?

You know very well

that it does, so why ask?

Larry Colby was k*lled

before I came to Dodge.

'I'm trying to find out

all I can about it.'

Why?

Because his brother, Fred Colby,

was released from prison.

- Fort Leavenworth.

- I see.

I'd almost forgotten

about the brother.

I guess I always knew

he will be back one day.

Why didn't you leave then?

You could have done just

as well some place else.

Dodge is my home, sir.

I was here

long before the railroad was

and I've no reason to fear

Fred Colby or anyone else.

But you do, don't you?

Yes.

You know who k*lled

his brother, Larry?

No.

From what I've heard,

nobody regrets his death much.

Least of all me. He forced me

into a partnership with him

practically at g*n point.

Heard that he might have been

your son-in-law if he had lived.

At least I was spared that.

Well, from Fred Colby's view

point, it would seem

you had a good deal to gain

by his brother's death.

- I realize that.

- What you gonna do about it?

Question is what are

you gonna do?

Prevent another m*rder

if possible. I want to find

the man who k*lled his brother

before Fred Colby does.

You shouldn't allow him

to set foot in this town.

You're wrong there, Mr. Antrim.

He's entitled to be here

as long as he behaves himself.

If I knew who k*lled Larry

Colby, I wouldn't tell you.

Now, why don't you

just leave, Mr. Earp

and let me handle

my own affairs.

Well, just don't

do it by sh**ting.

- Or you'll be seeing me again.

- Good evening, marshal.

Good evening, Mr. Antrim. And

thank you for your cooperation.

[humming]

[horse trotting]

[humming continues]

Good evening.

- Your name Fred Colby?

- That's right.

I understand you've come here

to k*ll somebody.

If what I've heard

is true, Mr. Colby

I suggest you turn around.

- You through talking, marshal?

- No.

Wearing g*ns in the street

isn't allowed here.

I know that.

I'm planning to check

at the first place I come to.

Look, Mr. Colby, if a man needs

to be punished for something

that he has done,

that's the law's job, not yours.

'First place you

have to prove it--'

[g*nsh*t]

Stop sh**ting.

Well, whoever it was got away.

Well, thanks for trying

to get him anyway.

It's alright.

I'll go get you a horse.

In the meantime, walk over to

the jail office and wait for me.

- I'd like to finish that talk.

- You're arresting me?

No, Mr. Colby, I just want

to talk to you.

You might check your g*n

with my deputy, too.

- Alright.

- See you there.

Well, do you have

any idea who it was?

Seems clear to me.

The man who k*lled my brother

is trying to k*ll me.

Well, it's mighty short range

to miss with a r*fle

if it was a miss.

Seems to me like whoever it was

is just trying to scare you.

I doubt it.

Good evening, marshal.

(Wyatt)

'Mr. Colby.'

Before you go, I'd like

to tell you once more.

Don't try and take the law

in your own hands.

I checked his g*n.

The one he was wearing you mean?

There are a lot of ways to k*ll

if a man really wants to.

You think we ought to lock him

up or make him leave town?

On what charge?

Being named Colby?

You just keep

an eye on him.

He leaves the hotel

before morning, come tell me.

Yes, sir.

Hal, don't plan on preventing

a crime by sh**ting Colby.

The deputy can be just as guilty

of m*rder as anybody else.

You know I wouldn't do

a thing like that.

I know, Hal. You want to keep

the peace just as much as I do.

Don't let it bother you,

we'll do the best.

- Sure. Goodnight, Wyatt.

- Goodnight.

[humming]

- Marshal Earp.

- Good morning, Miss Antrim.

Good morning. I'd like

to talk to you if I may.

Of course.

Sit down.

- Want some coffee?

- No, thank you.

Marshal, I understand

Fred Colby is in town.

Well, news travels fast.

We citizens of Dodge like

to help each other

whether the law does or not.

Just what do you mean

by that, ma'am?

You're fine at throwing drunken

cowhands in jail.

When it comes to the protection

we pay you for, you do nothing.

Has Mr. Colby been bothering you

or your father, Ms. Antrim?

He will be. Everyone

in town knows that except you.

His name's Colby, isn't it?

I understand that your name

was almost Colby.

Marshal, if you don't do

something about that k*ller

somebody else will.

- Meaning you, ma'am?

- Very possibly.

(Wyatt)

'Ms. Antrim.'

You know you're much too pretty

to be arrested for m*rder.

Good day, ma'am.

Drop in anytime.

Colby just left

a cafe down the street.

He's headed

for the Alamo Saloon.

Alright. I'll go

around back of the saloon.

You stay on the street. There's

any sh**ting, you come on in.

[humming]

[humming]

[birds chirping]

(Jake Antrim)

I've been expecting you.

I imagine you have.

Well?

You know why I'm here, Antrim.

(Jake Antrim)

'To k*ll me I suppose.'

- You k*lled my brother.

- I didn't

but he deserved k*lling.

He was your partner. Sent me a

copy of your agreement with him.

- Do you have it with you?

- Yeah.

- I'll buy it back from you.

- 'And?'

Does $ sound like

a fair price to you?

That's...more money

than I ever had.

You're entitled

to your brother's holdings.

I certainly don't wish

for another Colby as a partner.

And since you can't buy me out,

I'll buy you out.

You mean buy me off, don't you?

You want the money or don't you?

I'll decide later.

In the meantime, I'll do

what I came here to do.

(Colby)

'Find out who k*lled

my brother.'

'You're the man

I'm looking for.'

'All the money

in the world won't save you.'

Ms. Antrim, you're under arrest

for attempted m*rder.

Father!

Please, marshal.

She might've wanted to

but she never could've

pulled the trigger.

That'll be decided

by the judge, Mr. Antrim.

Did you really mean

to k*ll me, Joanne?

- Yes.

- Why?

Because you're a Colby.

The same dirty rotten breed

as your brother.

I don't understand this at all.

You and Larry were in love.

You were gonna get married.

He never loved anyone

but himself and money.

He was a cruel vicious k*ller,

and you're no better.

Ms. Antrim, did your father

k*ll Larry Colby?

- Did you?

- 'No.'

But I wish I had.

I wanted to.

More than once.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It changes nothing

as far as I'm concerned.

I'll find my man no matter

how long it takes.

If it turns out to be

your father, I'm sorry for you.

Did you really mean to k*ll him?

I-I don't know.

Would have been quite

an accomplishment if you had.

It isn't loaded.

I'll withdraw the charge

of attempted m*rder.

Thank you.

Thank you, marshal.

Oh, marshal, I'm indebted

to you again.

No, you're not.

Wasn't loaded.

I don't really think

she hates you, Mr. Colby.

I just think she's worried

about her father.

Maybe, she has reason to be.

Thanks, marshal.

[humming]

[door opens]

You're still working

on that file?

Yeah, still at it.

First .

I'm trying to find out all I

could about Larry Colby in town.

Nobody remembers much

about him.

Except they didn't like him.

- He was mixed up with the law.

- That's before I got a badge.

He was drunk and disorderly

half a dozen times in

arrested on suspicion

of horse stealing in April ,

released for lack of evidence.

Wounded two men

in a g*n fight in June .

Self-defense.

k*lled a man in September ,

self-defense.

Found dead the same month

by person or persons unknown.

Who was the man

he k*lled in ?

A -year-old boy.

Colby goaded him

into drawing, then k*lled him.

- Did you see it?

- No, only two people saw it.

The sheriff at that time

and the boy's father.

- Is the father still living?

- Sure, you know him.

Mathew. Old Mathew

at the livery stable.

- Shock almost k*lled him.

- Old Mathew, huh?

I'll go down

and talk with him.

No, Wyatt, the old man is having

trouble enough staying alive.

- No sense disturbing him.

- I'll try not to.

Fred Colby, isn't it?

(Fred)

Yeah.

I'm Pete Burleigh.

Oh, sure. You're a friend

of my brother's.

(Pete)

His best friend.

- You find out who k*lled him?

- I sure tried.

But outside of a pretty good

hunch, I had nothing to go on.

It couldn't have been anybody

but Antrim the way it looked.

How come you didn't

do something about it?

Antrim had a lot of friends.

I got shot at a couple of times

so did the rest of the boys.

g*ng sort of broke up without

Larry to hold it together.

I've been drifting

around here ever since.

What g*ng are you

talking about, Burleigh?

Didn't Larry ever write

to you about us?

It was six of us all together.

We had this town by the tail,

let me tell you.

Larry was the brains

and the fastest g*n.

He was pretty good

with the women, too.

You'd have heard about old

Antrim's daughter, didn't you?

Yeah. I heard she and Larry

were gonna get married.

Larry wasn't the marrying type

if you know what I mean.

He just did that to try and get

Antrim to make him a partner.

- Worked though, didn't it?

- Not exactly.

Antrim wouldn't go for it.

So Larry made

a few little threats.

- Against the girl?

- Yeah.

First thing you know,

Larry was a partner.

That makes you a partner now.

You've seen old man Antrim.

Yeah.

- How did he take it?

- Not good.

I didn't figure he would.

Fred..

...I came up here figuring

on taking up with you

where I left off with Larry.

How do you feel about it?

Depends on what you mean.

- You know.

- No. I don't.

First, we put in our own dealers

at the saloon like before.

Then we take in twice as much.

And we get rid

of old man Antrim all together.

- You're a liar.

- What?

I said you're a liar.

Larry might have been wild,

but he wasn't crooked.

Have you got a lot to learn

about your kid brother?

Shut up.

You ain't got

as much sense now as you had

when they sent you up, have you?

Out of my way, Burleigh.

If Larry was alive right now,

he'd spit on you.

But since he ain't,

I'm gonna do it for him.

[grunting]

Hold it, you're

under arrest, Burleigh.

You're going to the jail,

both of you.

[men chattering]

[humming]

Alright, just a minute.

Fine time to wake a man.

Oh, Marshal Earp.

Come in, come in.

Sorry to bother you so late,

Mr. Watkins, but it's important.

You always called me

Mathew before.

Well, I didn't know your

last name until tonight.

Oh.

You mind if I rest myself

while you're talking.

Not at all.

I get sort

of tired at nights.

I-I got some chewing tobacco

around here someplace.

Now, let me see.

How did you know I had

that g*n in there?

Well, I've never seen you

chew tobacco before

and you're little old

to start.

Well, you're going

to use that?

I hope not.

I never m*rder*d nobody.

It was self-defense.

And I wasn't trying to hit that

other Colby last night neither.

Just-just scare him.

Why did you cut down

on me just now?

I guess you had figured it

out...and come to take me in.

Then I figured, I'd never

be taken off to hang

for k*lling a snake

like Larry Colby.

But I guess, it don't much

matter now one way or another.

Anyway..

...I couldn't sh**t you.

You've always been good to me.

Mr. Watkins, I want you to come

with me for a little while.

I want you to talk

to Fred Colby.

Well, that's Mr. Colby's horse.

It's all saddled up, looks like

he's getting ready to leave.

I was afraid that he was

pretty upset last night

when old man Watkins told him

the truth about his brother.

Morning, Mr. Colby. We'd like

to talk to you for a moment.

Morning.

I-I was going to stop by and

apologize to you for everything.

Including my brother.

Then, I figured

sooner I got out of here

the happier everybody would be.

- Where you heading?

- I don't know.

Someplace a good distance

from here.

As long as you're not decided,

I suggest you stay here.

I agree and besides I believe

I owe you some money, Mr. Colby.

No, you don't.

I found exactly how

Larry got that partnership.

That money doesn't belong to me

anymore than it did to him.

I agree with the marshal too.

There's plenty of room in Dodge.

And it was your home.

Yeah, it's changed some.

- For the better, I think.

- Then, you'll stay?

Thanks, I'd like

to think about it.

Good, first we'll buy you

some breakfast, boy

and then we'll talk over

a few things.

Oh, marshal, won't you join us?

I will,

a little later.

I'll be checking it

inside, marshal.

Thank you, Mr. Colby.

[humming]

[Ken Darby singing

"The Legend Of Wyatt Earp"]

♪ 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 live his glory ♪

♪ And long may his story

be told ♪

♪ Long may his story

♪ Be told ♪

[humming]