The Blow Off

The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McCray in Tales of the Texas Rangers. From Hollywood, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers. The skills of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray is Ranger Jason 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. 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 records. Case for tonight? The blow-off. It is approximately 11 p.m. June 16, 1947. Aaron Kortwright is watering the gravel apron of his mobile gas station at the intersection of a farm road and highway 75, A few miles south of Glenwood, Texas.

A car drives up to the pump. Howdy folks. Howdy. Hello, Rob. You betcha. Hey, you got a telephone here? Yep. Open the office there. Let's try that call again, Bell. Okay. Just give me a second.

Coil up this hose and I'll be right with you. Yeah. Pretty nice, ain't it? Uh, yeah, sure is. Yeah, we are. Uh, Philorek, you see? Yeah, it was special. Oh, sorry, mister. Truck busted the handle off the head, pop on me special.

Uh, regular be all right. I got no choice, have I? My car's about empty. Taking kind of a chance, weren't you? Why, what do you mean? Yeah, it's about to close up. Next station is better than 30 miles away you're heading.

Well, we made it. That's what, counselor, can't you hurry it up? Oh, sure, sure. Yeah, what you doing in there? Hey, hey, you get away from that cash draw. Never mind her, just hope this gun don't blow your head off.