Christmas Present

The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McCray in Tales of the Texas Rangers. Tonight transcribed from Hollywood, another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers. Pales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray as Ranger Jason Pearson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles. And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement party in North America. America. Miles of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts. Only names, dates and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record.

Case for tonight? Christmas present. It is 2 p.m. December 21st, four days before Christmas in the Depression year of 1931. On a city street corner in North Texas, a man dressed as Santa Claus suddenly leaves his post beside a large red pot labeled help the pool. Shivering with coal he enters the newly opened building of the panhandle equity bank and approaches the bank

guard. Say mister you might if I stay in here a few minutes warm up a little. I sure don't I've been watching you through the window don't know how you stood it as long as you did. Oh this Santa Claus outfit's pretty warm at first but then the cold sort of creeps in on you. How long are you expecting to stand out

Oh, I hate the two. Six hours, that's all. Well, it's two o'clock right now. You can go home. Not till my relief man shows up, I can't. Can't later, he gets here some money in the pot out there.

Oh. Well, why don't you wait right in here, till you see? I was hoping you'd say that, because I'm sure. Oh, there he is now. Just drove up in the car. Oh, he can't leave a car parked there in front of the bank.