Texas Rangers - The Hatchet
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The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McRae in Tales of the Texas Rangers. Tonight transcribed 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. 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 Hatchet.
It is 8.30 a.m., Sunday, May 16th, 1941. The Halleck family of Rock Point, Texas is preparing to leave for church.
You want any more toast, Jim?
Nope. All I want is another cup of coffee. I'll get it myself. Why don't you sit down and eat?
Well, I would if I could get that boy to the table. Robert!
Robert! I'm coming, Ma. You've been saying that for half an hour. Your eggs are getting cold and we'll be late for church. All right, all right. And never mind that all right business. When your mother calls you, you just come a-running. Gee whiz, Pa, I got worse for face, don't I? I'll be right there. They'll see that you are or you'll go without your breakfast. Now you come sit down, Hattie. No need of your stomach being empty.
Just coffee will do for me. Seems like the older a boy gets, the harder it is to get him out of bed in the morning.
What time did he get in last night?
After eleven. Him and Sadie Lewis went to the picture show.
I told him I wanted him home at 10 o'clock nights.
Oh, Jim, it was Saturday night. He goes to school all week.
Well, school will soon be over. He'll be working with me in the store all summer. Maybe he won't feel much like staying out half the night when he's been on his feet all day. Look at the time. Robert!
I'm here, Pa.
I'm here. Well, it's about time.
Get your breakfast, but the eggs will be like rubber. I don't want anything to eat.
I'm not hungry. Well, why didn't you say so before your ma wasted her time and the food? You gotta eat something. I'll have breakfast when we get back from church. Sure, that'll be fine. You can make more work for your ma that way.
Gee, Pa, I just don't feel hungry now. Oh, leave him alone, Jim. I'll get him something later. I'll just put the dishes in to soak. You two want to get out of my way, why don't you go next door and tell Mr. Driscoll we're about ready to leave?
Is he riding with us again? Yes, he's riding with us again, so stop sulking about it. Come on.
You ought to be glad to have your teacher for a neighbor. You wouldn't be at the head of your graduating class if it weren't for his helping you.
I see enough of him in school without seeing him Sunday, too.
Yeah, well, when you get away to college in the fall, you might be wishing you had somebody like him close by to give you a hand. Ring the bell.
He don't answer. Maybe he went on. He'd have told us.
And I didn't hear his car.
Come on, maybe he's out in the back. Mr. Driscoll!
That's funny. Run up the back steps and take a look in the kitchen window.
Oh, why don't we just go without him?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:56
2
What incident kicks off the Texas Rangers investigation in “The Hatchet”?
5:56–12:21
3
How is the crime scene first described and what clues does Ranger Jace Pearson find?
12:21–15:46
4
Why do neighbors and the sheriff become involved in the early inquiry?
15:46–20:35
5
What leads the Rangers to search the Finney cattle tank for evidence?
20:35–32:49
Speakers
10 identified
Joel McRae as Ranger Jace Pearson (narrator/primary actor) 17 min
Robert Halleck (boy/student) 2 min
Hattie Halleck / Mrs. Halleck (female family member) 1 min
Sheriff Albin Jeffers (supporting/ranchers/interviewees combined) 1 min
Kia Advertisement Announcer 1 min
Advertisement Announcer (Boots commercial) 1 min
Thrive Cosmetics Advertisement Announcer (Unknown voice)
Wayfair / Kelly Clarkson Advertisement Voice
Sadie Lewis (actress)
Burt Sharsteen / Narrator role (stage direction tag) (HIGH CONFIDENCE)