Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester are riding back into Dodge when they cross paths with a drifter driving an old rancher’s horses down a dry wash, a discovery that leads them straight to Amos Granby’s ransacked house and the old man hanging dead inside. The drifter, who gives his name as Joe Trumbull, has no gun, no explanation, and not a mark of guilt to hold him on except the fact that he was there. Dillon hauls him in on gut instinct alone, certain of his guilt but short on the hard evidence a judge will need, and what starts as a straightforward murder case quietly turns into something far bigger once an Army major rides into town looking for a deserter who fits Trumbull’s description to the letter.
Episode Quotes
“There’s something mighty wrong about you, Trumbull, and I can’t figure it at all, but I’ll sure find out.” – Matt Dillon
“It’ll catch up with you someday, Trumbull. It always does somehow.” – Matt Dillon
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