What happens
Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles take custody of the notorious gunfighter Pharaoh Stroud from a sheriff's posse, intending to escort him to Abilene for trial. Near the jailhouse they face an angry mob bent on lynching the prisoner. Stroud and Bill share a past connection, and the two lawmen must protect their captive through a tense standoff and a fire set by the mob. The episode is from the Wild Bill Hickok series, broadcast on May 13, 1951, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.
The Old West, a sheriff's jailhouse and town near Abilene, and a railroad line.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Pharaoh Stroud, Sam Sawyer, Belle, Tilly
Listen for: The standoff at the jailhouse as the mob pushes to lynch Pharaoh Stroud, and Bill's bargain with the prisoner.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.