What happens
United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles investigate cattle rustling on the open range after a large herd is stolen from a ranch. Rancher Sam Simmons has hired them to stop the thieves, and Bill suspects one of Simmons' line riders, Jake, is involved. Bill and Jingles question Jake, a blacksmith and a gambler, and check their alibis for the night of the theft. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickok series, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles, and aired on November 10, 1954.
The cattle country of the American West, including a line cabin, Sam Simmons' ranch house and a frontier town.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Sam Simmons, Jake, Swank Meeter, Charcoal McSweeney
Listen for: Listen for Bill's questions about Jake's alibi and his plan to catch the rustlers in the act.
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.