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4:08It is approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, July 17, 1948. A large truck carrying sheep is traveling at a moderate speed along Highway 28 leading into Bangkok, Texas. The driver of the truck squins his eyes against the glare of the morning sun while his sleeping companions stir as uneasily in the blazing heat. A long, yet-torn, full-get-bibing, prowling that speediness, he's your blow-tire for sure. Always not hurry to get in no place, must have been doing seven days, please. Who said that? All that tire that just panches, going like the devil, open your eyes and take a look. There they go, just over that rise over here. Oh, yeah. Oh, man, you're really hot. How do you know? You've been asleep since the sun come up. Say you're sore by losing the toys last night? I ain't sore about losing last night so much.
5:08Well, we've been trucking together for over six months and I ain't warned once. Or as you get this sunrise shift, while you just snooze away peacefully as any of it. Chucks, I won't have any eyes, lad. You will. If it'll make you feel better, next place will come too, let's stop. And I'll buy you a beer, okay? I could stand some to wet, my whistle. This heat is awful. How far away from the next town? Bank cross, about 10 miles up, but we can stop the decons. That's his place down there on the ride. Yeah, man, look at all shade trees, all the sheep will go over that. Yeah, about time we were schooling these tires, too. Hey, Deb, one blow on the road, how does it end? Yeah, I know what you mean. Decons, I ain't never been here before. Well, here we are. Oh, I feel like I've been driving for a week. Come on. Do you think the sheep will be all right? Sure, they'll go for that shade. Yeah, just with the only ones around. Hmm, nobody here. Deacon's probably around the summers.
6:09Let's sit down here at counter. Deacon? Deacon. Hey, Deb. That's funny. Somebody's been here. Look at him to bottles at the end of the counter. Well, maybe he's out back. Yeah, it could be with his chickens. Besides the coldest beer old beacons got eggs here. The size of bull involves. They're pretty big chickens, too. Biggest in Texas. Hey, we just posed you went, too. I'm done thirst. Hey, why don't we help ourselves? The beer's right over there in the refrigerator. I wasn't going to do that. Deacon might not like that. Deacon? Hey, Deacon, you got some of cash customers. I ain't going to sit here all day. I'm going to get me a beer. Yeah, I reckon the Deacon won't mind. Bring me a cold. Yeah, right off the ice. Just wait a minute. What's matter, Deacon? Deacon. Come here. What's matter? What is it? Look through that door. In this door, we want the floor. Good lord. It's a deacon. No wonder he couldn't hear us. He's heading crushed to a pub.
7:09Don't touch him, Deacon. What do we do? Better call the sheriff. Come on, there's a phone out front. As soon as the sheriff George Hawthorugh of Bankcraft County received the truck driver's call, he immediately requested the assistance of the Texas Rangers. Ranger J. Pearson was assigned to the case, and arrived at the scene of the crime about an hour later. That officer's name can tell me. Yes, sir. Ah, there he is. All right. But I'll ask you. Who? Howdy, J. Hello, sheriff. This is Chuck Robertson, Jim Patrick, the other one's at town in the body. Howdy. All right. Don't want to ranger. And it's your truck outside with a sheep in it? Yes, sir. We're in contact. Just get along, too. I've already talked to him, Jason. Is there anything you want to ask him? Yeah, in a few minutes. Why don't you men wait over there? It won't be long. OK. Oh, no. Look at the body, Sheriff. Yeah, it's out back in the storeroom. Or fella, he sure took an awful beat. That's the door over there. Jason, before you go out there, I want to show you something.
8:10What's that, Sheriff? Over here. Cash drawers. Partly open. Yeah. Cleaned out, all right. You men touch this cash register? No ranger, we ain't touching nothing. Just a phone only called a sheriff. OK. Well, there's the motive, Sheriff, robbery. Kind of business the Deacon did here. He couldn't have had more than $15 or $20 and that thing. That's a lot of money to some people. Yeah. How about those beer bottles down at the end of the counter with A.I.R.? No, sir. Golden box. It's like the Deacon had a thirsty customer. Jason, look here by the refrigerator. Isn't that a blood stain? Sure is. How do you make it that? It looks like the Deacon might have been slugged right here. If the man who was drinking that golden box was sitting at the counter, he could have done it when the Deacon had his back turned. Yeah, he wasn't hit with a bottle. There'd be some broken glass around. It wouldn't have to be a bottle. It could have been anything. Come on, let's take a look at the body. I have some blood here with the door. The body's right behind this bar.
9:11Sure did take a beating, didn't it? Yeah. I figured Mr. Happen last night around closing time. Tells he'd have been found before this. The Deacon do much more in business? Oh, a little bit. Didn't amount to a hill of beans. Night time seems more logical. Yeah, I'd think so. I wonder if they cleaned his pockets out, too. I don't know. Yes, I better have a look. Find anything, Jay? All right, if you'd coin some keys. That's all Sheriff. What's the matter? Sheriff, get on that phone and call an ambulance. What? Why? Deacon. He's still alive. The Deacon remained unconscious. Condition was critical. X-ray showed he'd sustained triple fractures of the skull. After the lab crew arrived and went over the store for additional clues, the sheriff and I started checking on people known to be Deacon's customers. The next morning, we were still looking for leaves. Who's next on the list, Sheriff? Well, let me see. Doady Carson, Ranch Road 220. That's about a half mile farther on. You know him? Yeah, but he couldn't have done it or not.
10:13He's an old fellow. He ain't got the strength and breaking egg check. Can the X-ray deal with 10? Yes, the X-ray deal with 10. Unit 10 to KTX-A, go ahead. The lab reports late fingerprints and tape. Deacon's conveyed belonging to one job, Samsung H-34, might be 1095 pounds, brown hair, a brown eyes, running complexion. Released, hospital found a century. January is here after serving two over three years. Honours with progress. Subject nine, board is ranch hand. Find the ranch, go to the center. 10-4, no other traffic. Unit 10 cleared. No other traffic. Did he expose it? No, I'm Samsung. Yeah, what's the matter? You know him? Name's familiar. I think we pulled him in a couple of months ago. Brawl in a pool hall, if I remember right? Oh, yeah, he's a tough one. Where's the flying bee located, Sheriff? It's west of here. About 10 miles past the Deacon. Hang on.
11:1715 minutes later, we arrived in the ranch yard of the flying bee. The parmin told us that John Sampson was out riding fence. I got charcoal out of the trailer while the Sheriff borrowed a horse and we headed for the area where Sampson was supposed to be. The parmin said he ought to be just over this ride. Yeah. Oh, there he is. Where? Over there for that, Mesquite. Come on, Terence. He sees his chase now. Ooh, oh, Terence. Ooh, oh, oh, oh. How did you, John Sampson? Yeah, why? Ranger here wants to ask you a couple questions. What's on your mind? You ever stopped by the Deacons on Highway 28? Deacons? About 10 miles down the road from here. Oh, that was y'all. I go in there sometime. How often? I don't know once in a while. You in there Tuesday night, round closing time? Tuesday, let's see. Is Dave boy yesterday? No, I wasn't in there. Where were you? I was in town. Where in town? See, what is it? Yes, answer the rangers' questions, Sampson. All right, Tuesday night, it was at the E.C.A. They're all night. Where's that? That's the beer parlor in the pool, and Dave's on the way.
12:20You say you were there all night, Sampson? Sure, I just told you. Don't they stop serving beer at midnight? All right, so what pool table stay open? They serve food there. What's wrong with that? He's right, Jason. The joint don't close. I don't even have to come back to the ranch sometimes. I did, after Dave break. You shoot pool all night? We had a little game going. Who's we? Some of the boys and me. And you didn't stop by the deacons on your way back to the ranch? Oh, it was closed. It was the last time you were at the deacons. I don't know. Monday night, I think. Don't you know? Sure, I know it. It was Monday night. I had a beer in there. You sure it wasn't Tuesday? No, it wasn't Tuesday. It was Monday. Why? What do you want to know for? Kind of beer, do you drink, Sampson? What kind? Well, I don't know any kind. Do you ever drink golden box? Sometimes. You better come along with us. I ain't going nowhere. I've got to finish checking this fence. You get on your horse. I ain't done nothing. Why? Tuesday night, somebody beat up the deacon and robbed him, nearly killed him. What's that got to do with me? Plenty. We found your fingerprints all over the place.
13:24We took Sampson in and checked his alibi. The manager, the easy aid that he had been there, called Tuesday night and had left near daybreak. It seemed like the man was telling the truth, but we didn't want to release Sampson until we had a talk with the deacon. We called the hospital and learned that he was still unconscious. We went back to the sheriff's office. Sampson was getting impatient. Hey, how much longer you guys going to keep me here? Just until we check on a few things. I'll listen. I know my rights. You're going to keep me here. You've got to book me. We were all in the time. Gone what? Managed if the pool room told you I was there, what more do you want? Better witness. What's the matter with him? How do we know he's not covering up for you? He's no angel, you know. I've had him in here before, too. And on the corner of that, you're holding me. Take it easy, Sampson. If you're in the clear, you've got nothing to worry about. Who said I was worried? Excuse me, Jay. You guys think you're fooling with some dumb money or something? Hello. If you're so innocent, Sampson, why are you giving us so much static? I'll look for you in here. You've got to book me a kind of elusive, as simple as that. You got anything more important to do? That's my business. All right, Sampson. I got a deputy outside who'll be glad to entertain you for a while.
14:25I don't even bother. You'll see. Look, I want to get out of here. You will, if you're telling the truth. And that's what we're going to find out right now. What was that phone call, Sheriff? The hospital. The Deacon's regained consciousness. Is the lucky break for us, Jay? Yeah, if you identify with Sampson, we can wrap it up this afternoon. Sure hope so. Of course, Doc says he's still pretty weak. We might not take the question. Here's your room. It's 121. Deacon. Can you hear me? His eyes are open. Deacon. I'm a ranger Pearson. This is Sheriff Hopper. Pleased to meet you. What? Deacon, you know me. He's George Hopper. Hopper? Oh yeah, sure. Tell me. Do you know a man by the name of John Sampson? Who? Sampson. John Sampson.
15:25He stops in your place from time to time. Oh yeah, nice fellow. You're knowing that. What'd you say your name was? Pearson, ranger Pearson. Oh yeah, Pearson. You come about the eggs? Eggs? What do you mean, Deacon? Those are bad eggs, Mr. Pearson. I can't have that. You should have kindled those eggs. What's he talking about, Jay? I got good customers, Mr. Pearson. You saw me three dozen bad eggs. Can't have that. Lucky. I'll show you. Now, wait a minute, Deacon. Don't try to get up. I've been out here on the porch long enough. Wanna show you their eggs right back in the storm. Now, now, Deacon, you stay here. We'll talk to you later. Yeah. You do that. Come on, sure. Can't have no more bad ones. What is the matter with him, Jay? He's lost his memory.
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17:37Now back to tales of the Texas Rangers. We continue now with tales of the Texas Rangers and our authentic story, Alibi. With a deacon suffering from loss of memory, we knew there was only one thing to do, release John Sampson. We went back to the Sheriff's Office and asked the deputy to bring him down from his cell. It's about time. What's a big idea of locking me up? Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. Oh, pipe down. All right, Joe. I'll take over things. Right. Look, what do you think you're kidding? You ain't got nothing on me. Right now, we haven't. What's the matter, Ranger? Did the deacon die? Would it make you feel better? Wouldn't make any difference at all. I got an Alibi, and you know it. All right, Sampson, you're free to go. But if we want you again, you better be around. Yeah, remember this. If you did, dude, we'll get you sooner or later. You're a two-time loser and still our number one suspect. So what? You can't prove nothing. Go ahead. Book me. But if you do, I'll sue you for false arrest.
18:39Now, what do you know about that? Gone back to your ranch. But I'm warning you, you set one foot out of this county and we'll pick you up the pass. You won't know what happened. I'm going no place. Don't worry. I'll be seeing you, Joe. Please. You know, he's so sure of himself. Yeah, I'm too sure. I don't like it. Well, what do we do now? Wait a morning, I guess. Then I want to have another talk with the deacon. Well, Jay's would expect a game of that. I don't know. Maybe if we just keep asking him questions about anything, we might pick up an angle to go on. You might remember something. I know. Suppose it's worth a try. Right now, it's only hope. At Amika Insurance, we know it's not just what's inside your home that matters. It's who you share it with. That's why we work even harder to protect it. And as a mutual insurance company, we're built for our customers. We prioritize your needs and are here for you when you need us. Amika, empathy is our best policy.
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21:42I think you're wrong. Sure you have, Deacon. You and Mary Ann's tried it about 17 years ago. Mary Ann? Mary Ann? Who was that sheriff? Mary Ann? She died in three years ago. Mary Ann? Look. Look, mister, you got to help me. You got to help me. We were trying to. I can't remember. My head is just... What happened to my head? Tuesday night somebody came into your store and robbed you and beat you up. Me? Someone done that to me? Yes, Deacon. Tuesday night. I don't remember. I can't remember. Well, Deacon, look, maybe you'll remember something if you just answer a few questions. All right, all right. Try to help me, mister. Please try to help. We will. Now, do you remember where you live? Yeah. Yeah. I got a hat. You know where?
22:42Yeah. It's my bag. It's my bag. Out back of what, Deacon? I don't know. It's behind your store. Remember your store? My store? Yeah. Yeah, my store. That's right. Now, Deacon, I want you to tell me everything that you do from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. Can you remember that? Yeah. Yeah, I remember. Let's see. I get up. I'll fix breakfast. Wait, wait a minute. You skipped over a lot there. Yes, Deacon, not so fast. What time do you get up? Do you know? Early. Daybreak. Every day. Yeah, every day. I feed the chickens. I open the store. What? You're getting the head again. Oh, sorry. Now, what's the next thing you do after you get up? A shave. Well, sure. Anything else? That's calendar. I said in the calendar. You said your calendar? What kind of calendar? A little desk model on the roller. Gives the day and the day.
23:43Simibura. Top roll. Did you set it Tuesday? Tuesday, yeah. It was raining Tuesday. Yeah, I said it. Hey, Jay, he's right. He's remembering. It did rain early Tuesday morning. Yeah. Wednesday. I said it then, too. It was a nice morning. Now, wait a minute, Deacon. Not Wednesday. You couldn't have said it then. No, I said it. Wasn't raining Wednesday. Just you reckon he did? I don't know. Deacon, are you sure you set your calendar Wednesday? Always set my calendar every day. So, man, don't you believe me? You've got to believe me. Sure, Deacon. We believe you. You try and sleep now. I'll see you later. If he did set his calendar Wednesday morning, you know what that means, Jay. You bet I do. Fampson could have been at the easy eighth Tuesday night. But he's going to have to have another alibi for Wednesday morning. Come on. Let's see if we're on the right track. Forty-five minutes later, the sheriff and I had pulled up to the Deacon's house behind the roadside store.
24:43In the top of the dresser, we found the calendar. The Deacon was right. It was set for Wednesday, July 17th. From there, we went straight out to the ranch where Sampson worked. He wasn't around and no one had seen him. On our way into town, we sent out an APB to pick him up. Then we headed for the easy eighth school room. Well, I don't see him anywhere to you. No, manager's not around either. Let's ask the waiter. Waiter? Be waiting a minute. Oh! Howdy, sheriff. Ranger. What can I do for you? You know a fellow named Sampson who hangs out here? Sampson? I don't seem to recollect. You ought to know him. He's here a lot. Huh? Oh! You mean the one that works out to fly on B? That's him. Uh, yeah. I see him in here at the time of time. Was he here last night or this morning? It's hard to say. Lots of people here last night. What's Sampson here? You fellas is looking for him? Look, will you quit stalling? I was just asking. Come on, mister. If you know, you better tell us. Well, as seems to me, he was here Wednesday night, I think.
25:45That's not what we ask you. Wait a minute, Sheriff. What was he doing here Wednesday night? Oh, just hanging around. He broke most of the time. Did he have any money Wednesday night? Well, he seemed to. How do you know? Did he spend much? He lost most of it. What do you mean? Lost most of it. No, no, no. Don't get me wrong, Sheriff. Hey, Charlie. Get that money off the table. We don't allow gambling in here and you know it. Oh, I see you. What was it you was asking, Ranger? About Sampson. You almost killed a man, you know where he is. Almost killed a man. Sampson did. That's right. So that's what you're here for. Did you expect us for something else? Look, Sheriff. Don't get me wrong. Wednesday night there was a little crap game here. Sampson was in on it. I thought you'd come about that. Crap game. Here? Well, not exactly, Sheriff. I mean, well, it started in here. As soon as I saw it, I told him to break it up. Managed you don't allow that sort of goings on. Sampson was in on it, huh? No, no, no. That's what I was going to tell you. A few minutes after I told him to quit, they moved out back into the alley.
26:46Well, no, that ain't exactly in here, but it still don't look good. So the manager sent me out to break it up again. Then what happened? Well, this Sampson got kind of mad. That's how I figured he was losing. He didn't want to quit. Did he? Well, finally, after told him about three times. You know how much he lost? About twenty bucks a wreck, and he sure was mad. Twenty bucks, huh? Probably every cent of it was Deacon's. Oh, I ain't saying he lost all of it. Because he'd come in here earlier today and broke a five. How long go with that? Hmm, about half an hour. But it doesn't bottle to beer and laugh. Where'd he go? You know? The only place I know would be his girl. Where did she live? Only the dry goods store on Venter Street. We called for a stakeout on the pool hall in Kate Sampson returned. He picked up a search warrant and headed to the dry goods store on Venter Street. And there it is, Jason. Yeah, I see it. Better park around the corner. Yeah, he won't be able to see our car here.
27:47Let's hope he's up there. Yeah. Now, those must be the steps going up the side of the building. They are. Looks like only one apartment up here. Yeah. And there's only one door, huh? That's a break. Somebody's coming. Who's there? Police officers. What do you want? Open the door, ma'am. Look, I was pleased here. I'm sorry to disturb you. Mind if we come in? I should do. I told you I was pleased here. This time of day? I sleep late. Better let us in, lady. We got a search warrant. For what? We're looking for John Sampson. We ain't here. We think he is. I ain't seen him in a week. Sure, you can look, see for yourself. What's your name, ma'am? My name's Molly. Can you say you've been asleep? Right. What's this empty beer bottle doing here? Ain't no logant beer in this county. I drank it before I went to sleep.
28:48Why? The bottle's still cold and it's Sampson's brand, Sheriff. Yeah. He must be up here. Maui, ain't. What's back of this door? Hey, that's my bedroom. You can't go in there, huh? Sorry, ma'am. At a closet there? Yeah. It's my clothes in it, I saw. Stand back, Sheriff. I'm going to open it. Stay in the mouth! Watch it, James! All right, Sampson. You almost got your girl at time. Come out of there. We'll blast you out. So you're going out first. Okay. Okay. There it is. I'll put your hands out in front of you. Come on. That's right. Put the cuff down, Sheriff. Right, Jay? She did it, didn't she? She turned me in. Oh, shut up. You've got him. Ranger, not get him out of here. There it is. Too time for you. Hold it, Sampson. He's not getting off either. What did I do? There's a law in this state against harboring a criminal. Come on, you two. Let's go.
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31:02Now back to tales of the Texas Rangers. And now, here are the results of the case you have just heard. John Sampson was found guilty of robbery by assault within 10 to murder. On October 11th, 1940, he was sentenced to 99 years in the state penitentiary at Huntsville. Molly Andrews was given two years in the women's prison at Gory for obstructing justice, as prescribed in Article 338 of the Texas State Penal Code. Ladies and gentlemen, we hope you and your friends will be listening to our show next week. There are two reasons we are asking you to be tuned in. First, because the case is a very interesting one. Second, because it will be the last performance for a file, at least, of tales of the Texas Rangers. We hope you've enjoyed this series of authentic stories, and that you'll make it a point to be with us for our last show next week.
32:05Thank you. Next week, Joel McRae and another authentic reenactment of a case from the file does the Texas Rangers. Joel McRae has currently seen in San Francisco story, a Warner Brothers release. The cast included Tony Barrett, Paul Freeze, Herb Vigrant, Farley Bear, Dan Riss, and Betty Lugerson. Technical advisor was Captain empty lone wolf Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers. This story was transcribed and adapted by Arthur Brown, Jr., and the program was produced and directed by Stacy Keith. This is Hal Gipney speaking. Keep tuned for the standard hour on NBC.
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