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- [Narrator] There's a reason they called it the wild west.

- Get down.

(gun fires)

(man thuds)

Go.

(gun fires)

- [Narrator] God knows we're doings hold up.

- I'm hiring you boys to hunt him down.

- Beck Thomas, glad we get to work together.

- Keep an eye on him Marshall, he ain't no angel.

- I'm getting doing, you can tag along if you want

but don't get in my way.

- [Narrator] This is the true story

of the hunt for Bill Doolin

and the last stand of the wild bunch.

(gun fires)

(train chimes)

- [Narrator] I was just a young man

when I first headed west

and the years that followed I became a cowboy,

a gunslinger and even served as sheriff of Dodge city,

the most lawless towns in the country.

My name is Bat Masterson.

Now I'm a reporter and I've come west again

to chronicle the world that I know best,

the American west.

(gun fires)

The ruler of gold, land, destiny.

Flooded the frontier with men both good and bad.

These are the incredible true tales of the wild west.

- [Narrator] Back when the west was wild,

there were a few men willing to devote themselves

to the rule of law.

Every man needed to choose what side he was on,

right or wrong, good versus evil.

For some, like my old deputy Bill Tillman,

a final chance for redemption.

- Darn print keeps getting smaller every year.

(door knocks)

Yeah.

(door knocks)

Yes, what?

(door squeaks)

Bill Tillman, US Marshall.

Thanks for stopping by.

- So they got you behind a desk now,

Bat Masterson, newspaper man.

- Yeah.

Trimming colts for a typewriter.

- You know it's been a long time

since I've been back in Dodge.

They tell me you wanna talk to me,

to be honest I almost didn't come here.

You know the last time I saw you-

- I arrested you.

It's not what I wanna talk to you about though.

I'm writing a story.

Writing about the wild bunch when it was led by Bill Doolin,

what comes to mind when I say that name?

- That he was the most dangerous man,

I've had the misfortune to meet.

- How exactly did your misfortune of meeting Bill Doolin

come about.

- I had to force her to do one.

Anybody who could read, saw his crime,

spilled out all over the newspapers,

but I became directly involved with the hunt for him,

back when I met Heck Thomas.

- Heck Thomas?

Where did you meet him?

- Met in Oklahoma

Indian territory.

It was a safe Haven for every bad man in the region

we had our work cut out for us.

- Yeah, hunting down every last member of the wild bunch,

including their leader, old Bill Doolin.

- Now you mean hunting down a killer.

- [Bill Tillman] Marshall Edi Nicks call me into his office.

Something was up.

They were playing a real close

- Off the desk Tillman.

Tillman, Madson.

And I guess I don't have to tell you who this is.

- Heck Thomas, glad we'll get to work together.

- What are we doing here Nicks?

- What do you know about Bill Doolin?

- Enough.

You still lead up the wild bunch?

- What's left of it.

A few weeks ago

the Marshalls tracked Bill and a couple others

to a saloon in Ingles.

- I'm all in Doolin

- I'm out.

- figures.

I call

- Read them and weep.

- That's it for me.

You done clean me out.

- I take that ring too.

- Now this ring here don't leave my finger,

not till the day I die.

- There's something moving out there.

Get down!

(Gun fire)

- Bill lets go!

(Gun fire)

- I'll take that

- Please, Bill, don't leave me like this.

- See you in the next life Arkansas.

(Gun shot)

- Son of a.

(Gun shot)

- Bill!

Come on.

Let's go. Let's go.

Move boy! Move!

- God knows where Doolins hold up now.

Now my bosses see his continued existence

as a personal affront.

They're not willing to pony up for a man hunt.

So,

I've put $2,000 into a private account.

That's my money.

I'm hiring you boys to hunt him down.

You.

What's your story.

- Dodge City Eight years,

breaking up card games and beaten up drunks.

And you?

You some Kind some of lying Dutchman?

- Danish in point of fact.

- Heck I'm not starting a social club.

These men were hand picked.

- I'll go faster if I go alone

- You know, we didn't just walk in off the street.

- You have no idea what you're up against.

- Enough.

You will work together, like it or not.

You will ride hard.

You will not stop until Doolin is in prison

or under the sod.

Any questions?

- Dodge city. Huh?

You're Masterson's deputy.

- For a stretch.

- I already bailed you out of some tough scrapes.

- Its a Tough town.

But I handle myself just fine.

- That's not what I mean.

- Are you trying to say something heck?

- I'm getting Doolin.

You can tag along if you want, but don't get in my way.

- Where did you start looking for Doolin?

- We intercept a letter intended for his wife, Edith.

Came from a Mr. Tom Wilson in Arkansas.

We read it, sealed it, delivered it to the Mrs.

- [Narrator] My darling, Edith.

I know by now we'd hope to be together again.

The Providence had other plans know that your husband

is safe and he will return to you healed and home.

- It's pretty obvious that this Wilson character,

was an alias for Doolin

Say he was treating a bad leg, Eureka Springs.

So we found out and the heck sent me to the spot

to see if Doolin was in there.

- Howdy

- I would like a bath drawn.

- Of course, sir. Of coarse

- Need hot water in her.

- One moment, sir.

Just right there

- Just a moment sir,

I've gotta get the water from the Back.

- Boy them waters do wonders.

My knee,

swelling makes her scream like a banshee.

- What happened to it?

- I got kicked by a horse.

Say now,

don't I know you from someplace

because your face looks familiar to me.

- Sorry.

Can't say the same.

- Ever spend any time in Oklahoma.

- Some but wherever it is my trade takes me.

- What line of work is you in?

- Carpentry.

Mind if I ask what it is do you do?

- You smell that?

There are two smells I detest.

One of them is bay rum.

- And the other?

- The other is a liar.

- U.S Marshall!

Its over Doolin.

- Its over Doolin.

Don't try.

- I know you, Deputy Tillman.

Heard you were once on my side of the law.

Maybe still are.

Maybe we can make a deal.

- We Got you surrounded Doolin

there's a whole mess of Marshalls right outside that door.

- You're lying rat.

- You want to bet your life on it?

- I've had worse odds.

- Anyone else with him?

I guess the rest of the gang

couldn't afford the hot springs.

- He come quiet or did you have to rough him up a bit?

- Don't look at me Heck, Bill's the one who got him.

- You take Doolin alone?

Nice work Tillman.

- Thanks.

- You the cook?

Cause I got suggestions.

- We'll get it right,

before your last man.

I been hunting you a while Doolin.

- Well, ain't that a feather in your cap.

What are you going to do with yourself now.

- Hunt down the rest of your gang.

Tell me where they are.

I'll give your boys a fair trial.

- You got a funny idea of loyalty.

- Mine's to the law. Doolin.

Where's your loyalties lie?

I heard you left your friend,

Tom, for dead back in Ingles.

- Maybe everybody and is loyal to the laws as you.

Know the one who brought me in?

You better keep an eye on him, Marshall.

He ain't no angel.

- You Should worry about yourself

Goodbye Doolin.

One of you stays here tonight,

keep an eye on him

- I'll do it.

- Now if I remember correctly

and I usually do,

Bill Doolin never met the hangman.

- No.

He did not.

- So what happened that night?

- You got any more coffee?

- Why don't you go on home Marshall?

I got him covered.

- You sure?

- Yeah. He aint made a peep all night.

You go home, get some shut eye.

- All right.

Well only a few hours.

If I'm not back my sun up, heck's going to have my hide.

(Metal cup banging against bars)

- I could use some assistance.

I'm awfully parched.

- And how is that my concern Doolin?

- Well I'll help myself but I'm at a disadvantage.

- Suppose I tell you to go thirsty.

- Suppose I tell the Marshall

you're not treating his guests so well.

- Back up.

- When?

- Sometime last night.

- Where's Doolin?

- We don't know we just.

- Where were you?

- Heck where are you going?

- To end this.

- Not with out me.

- Haven't you done enough Tillman?

Where where are you?

You don't have the greatest reputation.

- You take that back or we throw down.

- That's enough, this solves nothing.

- If the boot fits.

But did you know our deputy Marshall here was a horse thief.

Bet that you didn't know that, now didn't you matson?

He was even arrested once by Bat Masterson himself.

- Why didn't you say you were acquitted for that.

and the train thing?

- What would it matter?

Okay. Heck was right.

Job's hard enough that wonder if you can trust your partner.

- Did you let that stop you?

- Now you know better than that.

three of us scoured the territory for Doolin

but heck was the born hunter.

He knew that when a fox gets cornered.

He goes to the one place where he feels safe.

- Home.

- What do you think?

- Not exactly fish in a barrel.

- Look.

- So what do we do?

- We wait.

- You know you forgot accessory to train robbery.

- What?

- Was the first charge I was arrested for.

Horse stealing came later.

- You try to make a joke?

- I'm saying,

I've been given more second chances than I deserve.

I wouldn't ask for them then and I aint for them now.

But I was grateful to get them.

- Nah, I figure,

we all got a past.

Its what we do today, the accounts.

- Well Heck, what's your gut say?

Is Doolin in there?

- It's about time we found out.

- Come on.

- You take a bath?

Doolin hates the smell of soap.

(Suspenseful music)

(Gunshot)

(Gunshot)

- [Narrator] Bill Doolin's wild bunch

was one of the most feared outlaw

gangs of the old west.

But they were no match for the U.S Marshalls.

Heck Thomas effectively eliminated the wild bunch gang,

his career criminal arrests, total over 300.

Bill Tillman served as a state Senator

and police chief of Oklahoma City

with the advent of motion pictures.

He became an actor and director of silent westerns.

- Put Doolin's body on display from newspapers.

But all that press got him was a rusty buggy axle

for a tombstone.

- I guess we all get what we deserve in the end.

Thanks again, Bill.

Tell me what really happened.

- I'm glad I came.

It's good to see you again.

- You too Bill.

- He's not the world's biggest talker,

but you stranglehold Heck.

Hear his side of the story.

- I did that's why, you're here.

I've been writing Heck for ages about Doolin.

Finally he started to write back.

So there was only one man he trusted with telling the story.

You

Take it.

- Thank you, Bat.

- Bill,

Don't be a stranger.