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

Tonight transcribed from Hollywood another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McRae as Ranger Jay Sperson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles and 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement

body in North America. Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact.

Only names, dates and places are fictitious for obvious reasons.

The events themselves are a matter of record.

Case for tonight, the white suit.

It is 6 a.m. June 23rd, 1947. There is only one prisoner in the Livo county jail.

He is John Elliot Baskam a notorious and dangerous gunman.

In the anti-room connecting the jail with the sheriff's office,

Deputy George Keaton does his snoring at the end of a long

and uneventful might my duty. My duty.

Miss George.

Miss George.

Miss George.

Oh, oh, hello, Uncle Ben, you still here?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, that prosecutor's office down the hall was powerful, dirty.

And Bob's ready to go along home now as soon as I hang up my moc,

but I blew this air coffee for you.

Coffee, put it here.

Oh, oh!

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