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So now it is time for this week's episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the original air date,

March 18th, 1951, and the title is Death by Adoption.

The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McRae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.

Tonight, transcribe from Hollywood another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the

Texas Rangers.

Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McRae as Ranger Jace Pearson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles. At 50 men will make up the most famous and oldest

law enforcement party in North America.

Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts.

Only names, dates, and places are big niches for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter

of record.

Case for tonight? Death by Adoption.

It is 9.45 pm on a Saturday night of September 1937.

The business district of central city Texas is dark, except for the office of Harry Cashman's

used car lot. Cashman is pacing the small office in agitation. A man and a leather windbreaker

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