Original subtitles

BAT, V/O: THERE'S A REASON THEY CALLED IT THE WILD WEST.

I'D SAY IT'S TIME WE STARTED LOOKING AFTER OURSELVES.

AND IF THAT MEANS BREAKING THE LAW TO GET WHAT WE DESERVE, THEN SO BE IT.

BAT, V/O: THE DALTON BROTHERS WERE THE MOST FEARED GANG IN THE LAND.

AFTER THIS JOB, YOU WON'T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY AGAIN.

EMMETT: YOU'RE GONNA ROB A BANK?

ALRIGHT FOLKS, HANDS IN THE AIR!

PROBABLY BEST YOU DON'T DO IT IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN.

BAT, V/O: THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF THE DALTON'S

MOST INFAMOUS ROBBERY.

[GUNSHOTS, GLASS SHATTERING]

[GUNFIRE]

NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

PRAY.

[GUNFIRE]

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

BAT, V/O: I WAS JUST A YOUNG MAN WHEN I FIRST HEADED WEST.

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IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED I BECAME A COWBOY, A GUNSLINGER

AND EVEN SERVED AS SHERIFF OF DODGE CITY --

ONE OF 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.

LURE OF GOLD, LAND, DESTINY FLOODED THE FRONTIER WITH

MEN BOTH GOOD AND BAD.

THESE ARE THE INCREDIBLE, TRUE TALES OF THE WILD WEST.

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FEW THINGS IN THE OLD WEST STRUCK MORE FEAR IN THE HEARTS

OF ORDINARY PEOPLE THAN WHEN OUTLAWS RODE INTO TOWN.

IT WOULD CHANGE LIVES FOREVER AND NEVER FOR THE BETTER.

JUST ASK FOLKS LIVING IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS CURSED

WITH THE MEMORY OF THE DAY THE DALTON GANG RODE INTO TOWN.

[SIGHS]

BAT, V/O: NOBODY KNOWS THE STORY OF THAT FATEFUL DAY

BETTER THAN EMMETT DALTON -- THE YOUNGEST DALTON BROTHER.

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WELL, EMMETT...

WHY DON'T WE START WITH WHAT YOU'D LIKE MY READERS TO KNOW

ABOUT YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS.HMM.

WELL, I GUESS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY BROTHERS

AND ME IS THAT BEFORE WE WERE BAD GUYS WE WERE GOOD GUYS.

HMM.

IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, ONE OF YOUR

BROTHERS WAS A LAW MAN.

YES SIR, FRANK, OUR OLDEST BROTHER.

HE WAS A U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL FOR THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

WE ALL LOOKED UP TO FRANK.

BOB, GRAT, ME.

WE WORKED FOR HIM, AS POSSE MEN.

HE DEPUTIZED YOU BOYS, DIDN'T HE?

YES SIR, HE DID.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE

THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

BROTHERS: I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE

THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

FRANK: SO HELP ME GOD.

BROTHERS: SO HELP ME GOD.

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WHOO HOO!

EMMETT: THAT DAY WHEN FRANK SWORE US IN WAS ONE OF

THE PROUDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.

THEN ONE DAY...

EVERYTHING CHANGED.

HOW SO?

GRAT AND ME WERE OUT RIDING WITH ANOTHER POSSE THAT DAY

WHILE FRANK AND BOB WERE OUT TRACKIN' SOME HORSE THIEVES.

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HANDS UP!

U.S. MARSHALS!

I SAID HANDS UP!

[GUNSHOT, GROANS]

[GROANING]

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[GUN COCKS]

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[GUN COCKS]

[GUNFIRE, GROANING]

FRANK!!

[GROANING] FRANK!

OH...FRANK.

STAY WITH ME, FRANK.

I'M GONNA GET YOU TO TOWN, YOU'RE GONNA BE JUST FINE.

[GROANS]

STAY WITH ME.

STAY WITH ME, FRANK.

FRANK...

[SOFT SOBBING]

EMMETT: HE DIED IN BOB'S ARMS.

IT WAS TOUGH LOSING FRANK.

VERY TOUGH.

WE ALL JUST KINDA LOST OUR SPIRIT AFTER THAT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT LOSING YOUR BROTHER IS WHAT PUSHED

YOU BOYS INTO A LIFE OF CRIME?

WELL THAT...

AND THE MARSHAL SERVICE QUIT PAYING US OUR SALARIES.

HE SHOULD BE HERE BY NOW.

GRAT... THERE AIN'T NO SENSE IN GETTING YOURSELF

ALL WORKED UP OVER THIS, ALRIGHT?

THEY'RE EITHER GONNA PAY US WHAT THEY OWE US OR THEY'RE NOT.

AND IF THEY DON'T?

THEN WE'RE OUT OF LUCK!

THIS IS THE U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE, GRAT.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, HUH?

WE GONNA SUE 'EM?THEY OWE US OUR BACK PAY, EMMETT.

AND THEY OWE US FOR FRANK'S TOO!

IT AIN'T FAIR!

SENSE WHEN HAS LIFE EVER BEEN FAIR?

SPOKE TO THE NEW MARSHAL.

HE SAYS OUR PAPERWORK WASN'T EVER PROCESSED.

SO WE AIN'T OFFICIALLY DEPUTIZED AND THERE AIN'T

NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I KNEW IT.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA GIVE US FRANK'S BACK PAY?

FRANK DIDN'T HAVE A WILL.

MARSHAL SAYS HOW DO THEY KNOW HE WOULD WANT

THAT MONEY TO GO TO US?

H-- WE'RE HIS BROTHERS!

I KNEW IT!THAT'S HOW!

I SAY IT'S TIME WE STARTED LOOKING AFTER OURSELVES.

EMMETT: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN, IF THE LAW AIN'T GONNA GIVE US WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY OURS

THEN WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND IF THAT MEANS BREAKING THE LAW TO GET WHAT WE

DESERVE THEN SO BE IT.

I MEAN...

IF THEY'RE NOT PLAYIN' FAIR...

THERE AIN'T NO REASON WE NEED TO BE PLAYIN' FAIR.

YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS WHAT FRANK WOULD WANT US TO DO?

HUH -- TO TURN OUR BACK AGAINST THE LAW?!

IT'S THE LAW THAT TURNED THEIR BACK ON US.

AND FRANK DON'T GOT A VOTE IN THIS NO MORE.

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[CLINK]

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[CLINK]

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♪ [SUSPENSE]

[CLINK]

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EMMETT: I WAS ONLY 16 WHEN FRANK WAS KILLED.

FRANK'S DEATH CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME AND MY BROTHERS.

[DIRT CLATTERS]

SO BOB DECIDED IT WAS PAYBACK TIME.

AND PAYBACK MEANT BECOMING OUTLAWS.

WE STARTED OUT SMALL, DID A LITTLE CATTLE RUSTLING.

STOLE A FEW HORSES.

I KNEW IT WAS WRONG AT THE TIME

BUT I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ALONG WITH MY OLDER BROTHERS.

LIKE KID BROTHERS DO.

BUT AFTER A WHILE BOB DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME

WE BRANCH OUT A LITTLE.

STARTED OFF ROBBING TRAINS.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

GOT PRETTY GOOD AT IT.

I THINK IT HELPED THAT WE KNEW HOW TO OUTSMART A POSSE.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

BAT, V/O: FOR A TIME THERE IT SEEMED LIKE YOU

BOYS WERE UNSTOPPABLE.

YEAH, LIKE WE COULD GO AROUND ROBBING ANY TRAIN WE PLEASED.

[SIGHS]

ONE DAY BOB AND GRAT GOT THIS IDEA THAT WE NEEDED TO GET

IN THE BANK ROBBIN' BUSINESS.

SO THEY WERE GETTING GREEDY WERE THEY?

FUNNY ENOUGH IT WASN'T JUST MONEY ANYMORE.

NO, THEY HAD THIS IDEA THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE

A NAME FOR OURSELVES.

THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE COFFEYVILLE PLAN.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

I DON'T RECALL THIS EVER BEING DONE BEFORE, BOB.

JUST 'CAUSE IT AIN'T NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE DON'T

MEAN WE CAN'T DO IT.

AND WE CAN FINALLY SHOW UP OLD JESSE JAMES AND

THOSE YOUNGER BOYS.

JESSE'S LONG DEAD!

WE DON'T NEED TO IMPRESS HIS GHOST!

AND WHO CARES ABOUT OUR COUSINS?

WE NEVER LIKED THEM YOUNGER BOYS MUCH ANYHOW.

BILL: NOBODY WILL KNOW ME AND DICK FROM ADAM.

WHAT IF THEY RECOGNIZE YOU BOYS?

JUST SHOOT 'EM. [CHUCKLES]

BOB: WE AIN'T BEEN BACK TO COFFEYVILLE FOR A LONG TIME.

AIN'T NOBODY GONNA REMEMBER US.

I STILL DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T JUST PICK ONE

BANK AND ROB IT, BOB.

I MEAN, WHY TWO AT ONCE?

WE GOT US A CHANCE HERE TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN

ONE DAY THAN WE COULD MAKE IN A YEAR.

MAYBE FIVE YEARS.

BESIDES, AIN'T YOU NEVER HEARD OF KILLING TWO

BIRDS WITH ONE STONE?

[SIGHS]

I JUST HOPE WE AIN'T THE BIRDS.

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I STILL DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T JUST PICK ONE

BANK AND ROB IT, BOB.

I MEAN, WHY TWO AT ONCE?

WE GOT US A CHANCE HERE TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN

ONE DAY THAN WE COULD MAKE IN A YEAR.

MAYBE FIVE YEARS.

OKAY NOW, MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT'S WHAT.

SO WE'RE COMING INTO TOWN FROM THE SOUTH, RIGHT?

GRAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO AFTER WE GET INTO TOWN?

WE GO RIGHT INTO THE PLAZA, THEN WE'RE GONNA

TIE UP ON ACE STREET.

NO... UNION STREET.

BILL?...

WHERE ARE WE HITCHIN' THE HORSES?

EITHER HERE, IN FRONT OF FIRST NATIONAL OR HERE IN FRONT

OF THE CONDON BANK.

WELL, I'M GLAD SOMEBODY'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

NOW DICK, ONCE WE GET HITCHED UP, WHO'S GOING WHERE WITH WHO?

ME, GRAT AND BILL ARE GOING INTO THE CONDON BANK

AND YOU AND EMMETT ARE TAKING FIRST NATIONAL.

AND THERE'S OUR PLAN.

EASY PEASY, HUH?

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STILL HERE?

I WAS AFRAID YOU DECIDED TO TAKE OFF ON US.

YOU KNOW I'D NEVER DO THAT.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW WHAT, LITTLE BROTHER?

I'M THINKING MAYBE THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

YOU SERIOUS?

YOU MEAN IT?

I DO.

MAYBE IT'S TIME WE QUIT WHILE WE'RE AHEAD.

WE AIN'T AHEAD YET.

HOW ABOUT WE JUST QUIT RIGHT NOW?

NAH.

WE NEED THIS ONE.

AFTER THIS JOB, YOU WON'T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY AGAIN.

YEAH, BUT THEN WHAT HUH?

WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO WITH EVERY LAWMAN IN

THE TERRITORY ON OUR TRAIL?

I THINK WE CAN HEAD DOWN TO MEXICO.

BUY US ONE OF THEM HACIENDAS.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH A HACIENDA?

I DON'T KNOW, RAISE SOME LIVESTOCK, GROW SOMETHING.

HACIENDA STUFF. [LAUGHING]

WHAT'S FUNNY?

YOU GOT A BETTER IDEA?

ONLY THING I KNOW FOR SURE IS I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.

YEAH...

[PATS EMMETT'S BACK]

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[HORSE BLOWS]

[HORSES NEIGHING]

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ALL THE HITCHING POSTS ARE GONE, BOB.

THEY WERE ALWAYS JUST RIGHT HERE.

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WE CAN'T GET TO OUR HORSES QUICK WE'RE GONNA HAVE

OURSELVES A PROBLEM, BOB.

WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME THINK?

IT'S A SIGN, BOB, LET'S CALL IT OFF.

NO, WE AIN'T CALLIN' NOTHING OFF.

COME ON.

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SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HITCHING POSTS?

PROGRESS HAD COME TO COFFEYVILLE.

THE TOWN WAS PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS,

SO THE HITCHING POSTS HAD TO GO UNTIL THE WORK WAS DONE.

AND TYING UP IN THE BACK ALLEY DIDN'T EXACTLY

MAKE FOR A QUICK GETAWAY.

EMMETT: NOT EXACTLY, THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

BUT IT WASN'T OUR BIGGEST.

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I DON'T LIKE IT, BOB, IT'S TOO FAR.

IT AIN'T THAT FAR, WE'LL BE FINE.

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YOU MENTIONED HAVING TO HITCH UP IN THE ALLEY WAY

WASN'T YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS?

IF YOU'RE GONNA ROB A BANK, LET ALONE TWO...

PROBABLY BEST YOU DON'T DO IT IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN.

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[KICKS OPEN DOOR]

ALRIGHT FOLKS, HANDS IN THE AIR!

GET OUTTA THERE!

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[EMMETT PANTING]

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[KICKS DOOR OPEN]

ALRIGHT FOLKS, HANDS IN THE AIR!

GET OUTTA THERE!

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MORNIN'!

NOW DON'T DO NOTHING STUPID; YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.

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HURRY UP!

DON'T YOU TRY NOTHIN'.

EMMETT, EMMETT!

EMPTY YOUR POCKETS, EMPTY YOUR POCKETS!

DON'T LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT THE FLOOR!

WHY DON'T YOU GO OPEN UP THAT SAFE FOR ME?

I CAN'T OPEN IT!

WHAT YOU MEAN, YOU CAN'T?

IT'S ON A TIMER.

THAT'S ALL OF IT?

WHAT'S IN THE SAFE?

COME ON!

NOBODY CAN OPEN IT TILL TEN O'CLOCK!

IT'S ONLY A QUARTER OF 10!

YOU BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPEN IT UNLESS YOU WANT

TO LEAVE HERE IN A BOX.

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THAT'S EVERY LAST CENT.

WELL THEN, GUESS WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

[GUN SHOT, GRUNT]

[GUNSHOTS]

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?

[GUN SHOT, GRUNT]

WHO'S SHOOTING AT HIM?

[GUNFIRE]

♪

[GLASS SHATTERS, GUNFIRE]

[GUNFIRE]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

PRAY.

[GUNFIRE]

[GRUNTING, GUNFIRE]

[GUNFIRE]

AHH!

♪

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

[GUN COCKS]

[GUNFIRE]

[GRUNTING, GUNFIRE]

YOU ALRIGHT OVER THERE?

[GRUNTING]

[GUNFIRE]

♪

[GUNFIRE]

[GUNSHOT, GROANS]

♪

[PANTING] GREAT PLAN, BOB!

WE AIN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OUT THE FRONT.

[GUNFIRE, GROANING]

BACK DOOR'S OUR ONLY SHOT; WE GOTTA MAKE A RUN FOR IT.

I CAN'T, I AIN'T GONNA MAKE IT.

MY LEG'S SHOT UP PRETTY BAD.

WE AIN'T DYIN' HERE TODAY, LITTLE BROTHER.

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[GROANING]

NO, I CAN'T.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T. [GROANING]

AH...

[GUNFIRE]

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[GUNFIRE]

WE AIN'T DYIN' HERE TODAY LITTLE BROTHER.

I CAN'T. [GROANING]

I CAN'T, I CAN'T. [GROANING]

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

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[EMMETT GROANING]

COME ON.

[GROANING]

I CAN ALMOST SEE THAT HACIENDA.

♪ [SUSPENSE]

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[GUNFIRE]

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[GUNSHOT]

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[GUN COCKS]

[GUN SHOT]

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BAT: YOU WERE SHOT NUMEROUS TIMES AND YOU STILL

LIVED TO TELL THE TALE.

THAT'S PRETTY MIRACULOUS, EMMETT.

ONLY THE GOOD LORD HIMSELF CAN PERFORM MIRACLES, MR. MASTERSON.

AND I DON'T GUESS HE WAS ON MY SIDE THAT DAY.

NO, I JUST GOT LUCKY.MMM.

BUT YOUR BROTHERS WERE NOT.

BOTH SHOT DEAD, DICK AND BILL TOO.

[GUN SHOT]

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[GUNSHOTS]

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EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST.

THEY DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE.

FOUR INNOCENT MEN DIED THAT DAY, TOO.

PROUD SONS OF COFFEYVILLE.

THERE WAS LUCIUS BALDWIN, 23 YEARS OLD -- JUST A KID.

MARSHAL CHARLES T. CONNELLY, SHOT DEAD JUST TRYING

TO PROTECT HIS TOWN.

AND THEN THERE WAS GEORGE CUBINE, CHARLES BROWN --

BOTH WITH FAMILIES AND THEY ALL DIED FOR WHAT?

JUST A COUPLE OF BAGS OF MONEY.

I THINK ABOUT THOSE MEN EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.

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EMMETT: I THINK ABOUT THEM MORE THAN I THINK

ABOUT MY OWN BROTHERS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO FOLKS WHO THINK YOU

GOT OFF TOO EASY, EMMETT?

WELL, MR. MASTERSON, WHAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE THAT DAY IN

COFFEYVILLE IS THAT A MAN CAN BE HANDED A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT

EVER SPENDING A DAY BEHIND BARS.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED.

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BAT, V/O: EMMETT DALTON WAS JUST 21 WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED

TO LIFE IN PRISON.

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RELEASED FROM PRISON PENNILESS AND WITH LITTLE MORE THAN AN

INFAMOUS LAST NAME, DALTON HEADED TO THE ONE TOWN

WHERE THAT IS CONSTANTLY IN DEMAND: HOLLYWOOD.

EMMETT DALTON WROTE AND STARRED IN MANY WESTERNS

DURING THE SILENT FILM ERA.

HE OFTEN URGED HIS YOUNG FANS TO ALWAYS OBEY THE LAW.

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TO AVOID BEING HANGED, EMMETT PLED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.

BUT AFTER SERVING 13 YEARS AS A MODEL PRISONER, THE GOVERNOR

OF KANSAS DECIDED HE HAD REPAID HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY

AND GRANTED HIM A PARDON.

BUT THERE ARE SOME DEBTS THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAID.

AND I DON'T GUESS THERE ARE MANY MEN WHO KNOW THAT

BETTER THAN EMMETT DALTON.