The Hatchet

The National Broadcasting Company presents Joe 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 Joe McCray as Ranger Jace 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 fact.

Only names, dates and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. They events themselves are a matter of record. Case for tonight? The Hatchet. It is 8.30 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1941. The Halleck family of Rock Point, Texas is preparing to leave for church.

You want any more toast Jim? Nope. All I want is another cup of coffee. I'll get it for sale. Aren't you sit down and eat? Well I would if I could get that boy to the table.

Robert? And never mind that alright business. When your mother called you, you just come and run in. Yeah! You'll see the jar, you'll go without your breakfast. Now you come sit down, Hattie. No need of your stuff with being empty.

Just a coffee will do for me. Seems like the older boy gets the harder it is to get him out of bed in the morning. Or time to get in last night after that Him and Sadie Lewis went to the picture show I told him I wanted him home at 10 o'clock nights

Yeah, it was Saturday night. He goes to school all week. Well school soon be over You'll be working with me in the store all summer. Maybe he won't feel much like staying out half the night when he'd been on his feet all day Look at the time I don't hear your palm here.