Logger's Larceny

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. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray as Ranger Chase Pearson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles. And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts.

Only name, states and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. They events themselves are a matter of record. Case for tonight, Lagers Larceny. It is mid-afternoon, September 7, 1938. Two loggers employed by the Gulf Lumber Company are marking timber near a lonely stretch of company logging road in the Piney Woods region of East Texas.

There. Cutting crew ought to be able to see that, Michael. Yeah. It looks like that's the last decent stick left in this stand of timber. Plenty more trees in the woods. Come on, across the creek and start working that stand up on other side of the road.

Well, already marked an awful lot of trees today. I think my axe is heavy in yours. I could do with a breather. Yeah, catch it on the run there. Come on. You'll get used to that axe.

I told you I'd make a logger out of you. Just stick with me kid. I'll put muscles like this on your arms. Air on your chest, iron on your fists. Yeah, if I live through it.

Well, I'm about done in. Oh man, that creature looks good. Yeah, don't let it fool you. Ain't fit the drink down here. Saw the spilocamill poisoning. Whatever it do, Wade. Sure ain't even have to swim, is it?