All language subtitles for Tales of Wells Fargo - 2x14 - The Inscrutable Man

MAN: Hyah! Hyah!

The Peach Creek stage was
held up this afternoon.

Shotgun messenger Hank
Lacey was shot in the chest.

Peach Creek stage.

Why that's Jeff McKay's

Jeff was driving but he wasn't hurt.

The Cameron boys again?

I suppose so.

The war's put a curse
on this country.

It's made killing a
noble occupation.

It's made heroes out of desperados

The Cameron boys are simply
following the pattern.

Hello miss Glory.

Mrs. Harper.

Hank Lacey died
about an hour ago.

I'm sorry to hear that

I wonder what Bill Bolliver

thinks about it

It was Hale Cameron
who held up the stage.

He shot Lacey from ambush
then rode out into the open and took

the strongbox from me.

It's a Wells Fargo rule that
the driver must do no shooting.

Seems like a sensible rule for
the protection of the passengers

but I recognized Hale Cameron.

And I've sent a telegram
to the district office.

- I suppose it's the duty of a citizen
- Father.

Camerons will kill Jeff if
they know he named them.

I only named Hale Cameron.

He was alone.

It's all the same.

You accuse one Cameron
you accuse them all.

A man has to do
what he thinks is right

Why?

Why does he have to?

Wells Fargo is a big company.

It operates banks, express
lines and stagecoaches.

It also has special
investigators like Jim Hardie.

That's me.

Rob a Wells Fargo office, hold
up a stage or kill a Wells Fargo man

and it isn't long before one of us
will show up.

Hale Cameron I take it
is one of the Cameron brothers

Which one?

The younger one.

He's two years younger
than his brother Dan.

In your telegram to
the district office you

said you recognized him
would you explain that.

Well I've lived here most of my life.

So have the Camerons.

They come and go all the time.

There's talk they have friends in town.

Like who?

Big Bill Bolliver for one.

Big Bill owns the Beauty
Bell across the street.

Is that him.

Yeah that's him.

Mr Hardie

if you stay around here long enough you'll
find people who will tell you that Big

Bill runs this town.

Does he?

Well you might say that

Bolliver stands halfway between
the good folks and the rough ones.

Because he controls
the rough ones.

Some people say that
he controls the town.

You know Hale Cameron by sight?

Yeah.

You know where
we're likely to find him.

Yes I do.

I keep my horse at the livery stable.

Here he comes.

Hold it Cameron.

Drop it.

Mr Hardie helped
me capture Cameron.

But it's my testimony that will
put a rope around his neck.

How'd you know where to find him?

I found him.

And I know I've
done the right thing.

According to your conscience.

But you know conscience
is a luxury in this country.

Half the people in New Hope
will hate you for trapping their hero

and the other half will despise you for
not killing Cameron where you found him.

We have laws.

Laws

what laws?

Excuse me.

This is a cruel
heartless country.

Why don't the men in this
town do something?

What should we do mother.

You might start
with Bill Bolliver.

Well looky here.

The big Wells Fargo man.

You're feeling pretty chipper
for a man that's going to hang.

Wanna bet?

I don't bet on sure things.

That's the only way to bet.

'Cause you see Hardie

I ain't going to stretch rope.

If you walk out of here
i won't be alive to see it.

Meanin' I get outta here
over your dead body huh.

Something like that.

Might just be the way.

Mister Bolliver.

Oh good morning Miss Harper.

I don't believe the things
people say about you.

I hope you never believe all
the things they say about me.

Mr. Bolliver.

Jeff McKay needs your help.

Well don't you worry about Jeff.

I talked to Mr. Bolliver.

I saw.

Will Dan Cameron try to rescue his brother?

We'll soon know.

If he does

we're ready for him.

Mr. Bolliver said nothing'd
happen to you Jeff.

Mr. Bolliver promised that?

Can he do that.

I dunno.

Everybody says he's friendly
with the boys in the hills.

Some even go so far as to say
that he gives them their orders.

I don't believe that.

You don't know him Glory

I do too - I just talked to
him he was very nice.

Well that didn't cost him anything.

Besides he saw me watching
him from across here.

I think I'll have a talk with

Big Bill Billiver.

Mr. Bolliver is always very nice to me.
He's a perfect gentleman

He tips his hat and everything.

You're Mr. Bolliver.

Ah, Mr. Hardie I believe.

Sit down won't you?

Thank you.

You know my name.

Or you're famous man.

You brought in Hale Cameron.

Not the easiest job
in the world I'd say.

We got the drop on him.

Jeff McKay and I.

Yes, good man Jeff.

You really think so Mr. Bolliver.

Yes I think so.

Because I run a saloon Mr. Hardie

does not mean that I cannot
appreciate an honest man

or a brave one.

Well I'm a stranger in town.

When this is all over.

Chances are I'll go back
where I came from.

Jeff McKay can't do that.

He's got to go on living here in a
town where his testimony convicted

a man who is among
other things a hero.

Though why people make a hero out of
a scoundrel and a murderer is something

somewhere beyond
my comprehension.

Perhaps it's because the Cameron
boys were raised in this town.

That may be.

But so was Jeff McKay.

I hope they don't forget that.

Nice doing business with you Mr. Bolliver

Thank you.

Good day.

Two to one I won't be wearing
these when I come out.

Will you tell the court
your name please sir.

Jeff McKay.

Thank you Mr. McKay.

How long have you lived in
the community of New Hope?

Most of my life.

How can you be so positive of your
identification if the bandit was masked?

I went to school
with Hale Cameron.

I know his voice.

His walk

the way he rides a horse.

And the way he shoots.

I'd recognize Hale Cameron if
he had a wheat sack over his head.

Well!

You're a law abiding
straightforward citizen Mr. McKay.

The community of New Hope is fortunate to
have such a vigorous champion of the law

objection your honor.

Counsel's sarcasm is uncalled
for the witness is not on trial.

Objection sustained.

That will be all Mr. McKay.

Your honor.

I believe I can save the court a great
deal of time if i am permitted to call a

witness to the
stand at this moment.

A witness who can give indisputable
testimony pertaining to the

whereabouts of the defendant

at the time of the alleged
shooting of Hugh Lacy.

Very well if it'll
save any time.

I would like to know
the name of the witness.

Mr. William Bolliver.

Very well your honor

in the interest of expediency.

Mr. William Bolliver.

You swear to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothing but the truth so help you.

I do.

Your name please sir.

William Clayton Bolliver.

Mister Bolliver how long
have you lived in New Hope?

Twenty years.

I want you to look
at the defendant.

Now tell the court.

Are you acquainted
with this man.

- I am.
- His name is Hale Cameron?

It is.

You are certain he is Hale Cameron,
I mean you have known him, man and

boy for a good many years.

I have.

Now Mr. Bolliver.

I want you to tell
the court if you saw

Hale Cameron

not his brother Dan.

But Hale Cameron, the man
to whom you are now looking.

I want you to tell the court if you saw
him on the afternoon of May fifteen.

No.

Order. Order in the courtroom.

Getting on your nerves.

Is it supposed to.

I'm sorry.

Tell you the truth
I'm scared myself.

If I wasn't I'd get out of New Hope
go on back to the district office.

How's Miss Harper?

Worried.

I wish this was over.

So do I.

Do you think Dan'll make a try?

No.

No the town's too well guarded.

He's gotta try.

He's gotta get his
brother out of jail or

Or he's gotta kill me

one or the other.

Do you think Dan Cameron'll
make a try?

Yep.

Saw ya comin' Mr. Hardie.

Perhaps I shouldn't have come.

It's about Jeff McKay.

- I understand your daughter and he were
- Adopted daughter Mr. Hardie.

Oh we think as much of her as
if she was our real daughter.

We have no
objections to Jeff McKay.

He handled himself very
well in the courtroom.

You know half of those people who
are trying to intimidate him

They didn't scare him.

He's scared now though.

Because of Glory mostly.

He needn't be.

Glory can face
anything she has to face.

You know.

I've been thinking that

I should talk to Bill Bolliver.

Would that do any good?

He knows that Camerons better than anyone.

He's taken their money
and they've taken his favors.

Yet in court he refused to
give Hale Cameron an alibi.

Uhh, it's one thing you can't
say about Bolliver.

That he was afraid of
anything or anyone.

Let me have a beer.

It's on the house.

Thank you.

I've just seen Glen Harper

Yes.

He didn't think
you've done enough.

I've done nothing.

You had a chance to save Hale Cameron
today but you didn't. A lot of people can't

understand it

but I think I can.

You wanted to give
Jeff McKay a chance.

But you didn't.

I'm no reformer.

A town draws it's own
line between good and evil

Mr. Bolliver.

Your saloon the Beauty Bell is a place
where a decent man can stop in and have a

drink and not be
looked down upon.

The homesteaders and the teamsters
they use it as a meeting hall, as a lodge.

They look to you as their leader

and spokesman.

But being in the position you're in

you also come in contact with those
people from the other side of the line.

The people that

ride by night live in the hills

The Camerons and their kind..

You're laying it on the line.

I have to.

When you refused to
help Hale Cameron today

You lost your contact
with those people

with the Camerons and his kind

and when you did that.

You signed Jeff
McKay's death warrant

No.

Yes.

As long as Dan Camerons alive
Jeff McKay hasn't got a chance

but it's not only Jeff,
there's Glory Harper.

She's going to marry Jeff

that's right.

I admire McKay.

But he's got to learn to temper his principles
with a few practical considerations.

This is a hard world for
principles Mr. Hardie.

I've never been
able to afford them.

Good evening Mr. Hardie.

Good evening Mr. Bolliver.

Dan Cameron is in town.

Anything I've got to
say I can say right here

I'm through pussyfootin'
you've got to listen to me or

somebody's going to get hurt.
You threatening me!

Not you.

Alright let's have it.
You threw Hale to the wolves.

Your brother brought it on himself
by killing that shotgun messenger.

I told you long ago I
wouldn't stand for murder.

After all these years you took our money
and the first time we really need ya

ya turned against us.
- That's a lie Dan.

Hadn't been for me you and your brother
would have stretched rope years ago.

I have elected the
last four sheriff's

men who took my orders.
It's no good Bill.

- What's past is past.
- You brought it up.

It's now i'm talking about. My brother's
in jail you've got to get him out

No.

What's Jeff McKay to you? Nothing.

It was his say so that put Hale where he is

get him to change his story and
Hale walks out of that jail

Jeff won't change his testimony.

You or anyone else
can't make him change.

Get him out of the
way get Hale a new trial

without McKay they can't convict him.

Times have changed Dan

This country's growing up.

It's gone past your kind.

You and your brother are through,
washed up.

You mean that Bill

I do.

I've thought about it.

I give it a lot of thought
these last few days

when you turned against Hale,
when you wouldn't come see me

even after I sent for ya. I knew it then.

You've made your deals.

You figure you don't
need me anymore.

All right Bill Bolliver if that's
the way it's going to be

you're on your own

but so am I.

Just tell Jeff McKay he's a
dead man, Bill, tell him that.

So are you.

This is just a warning.

That's my brother Dan Hardie.

He'll be back.

He probably will.

But you won't be going
anywhere when he does.

Maybe.

Good morning Miss Harper.

Good morning Mr. Bolliver

Dan Cameron's going to shoot
Jeff McKay.

No, he won't do that

But it's all over town.

Heard them talking about it

in Eaton's store.

Dan Cameron will not
harm Jeff, Miss Glory.

I promise you.

Thank you Mr. Bolliver.

Jeff.

I just talked to Mr. Bolliver.

I wish you wouldn't do that Glory.

Everyone's wrong about him.

He said Dan Cameron
wouldn't hurt you

Well he didn't stop them last
night from shooting up this place

and right after Dan
was in to talk to him.

He promised me.

Just a moment ago he said.

Mr Hardie.

You're new in town
you won't be prejudiced.

What do you think of Mr. Bolliver.

I don't know him very well Glory.

Suppose he's got his
faults like everyone else.

But I believe if he makes
a promise he'll keep it.

Or try.

See.

Why don't you drive Glory home Jeff.

I came in with father.

He brought the buckboard.

Mr. Harper's busy.

Why don't you walk Glory on home.

Well here you are.

You were talking to Mr. Bolliver

Of course. I've even been known to drop
into the Beauty Bell myself now and then.

Did he tell you I talked to him?

Mr. Harper I think I should tell you

Oh hush Jeff. I told father the last
time I talked to Mr. Bolliver.

Jeff doesn't approve.

Jeff why don't you drive Glory on home.

I find I got some business is
going to take me a little time.

Your mother be
waiting for the groceries.

Jeff McKay might be killed

but I've got to stand
here and take it.

When you accepted
the job of sheriff.

You accept the responsibility
that goes with it.

I know that

but how far does
a man have to go.

All the way.

You can't back
down, no sheriff can.

Least not a good one.

We're comin' in.

Dan. Dan Cameron.

He's dead.

Camerons men quit him
when he went down.

Bolliver shot him.

Just like he promised Glory.

With the Cameron gang
broken up my job was finished.

When Glory and Jeff were married.

Mr. Harper gave them ten thousand
dollars to set up housekeeping.

A lot of people in New Hope

wondered where Mr. Harper
got that much money.

Mr. Hardie.

Mr. Hardie. if you lived in New Hope

I wouldn't tell you this

but you're going away

and you may never return.

It's quite probable.

You're going to tell me.

What was in that envelope
that Bolliver gave you.

Yeah. I've seen you looking
at me speculatin'.

Well it was money.

Ten thousand dollars.

Same amount you gave
Glory and Jeff on their wedding.

Big Bill Bolliver was Glory's father.

And he knew too much
about himself and the

world to allow her to
grow up as his daughter.

Long before he settled in New
Hope he brought Glory to us.

She was never to know.

Well she doesn't know now.

Bolliver was not a good man.

But he was a strong man.

And when the time came.

He played his hand to the end.

Without welching.

What you've told me Mr. Harper.

What did you tell me?

Good day sir.