How's little toomey?
Doc figures he's got
A bad concussion.
- They clobbered him
On the head.
- Them weasels.
They got away with all
The horses and mules
In consignment
To fort huachuca.
- Roscoe will find them.
- Roscoe?
Yeah.
One of them mules
Kicked roscoe.
Look here-- he was
A mine-working mule.
Leastwise he was wearing
A cleat-toed shoe.
That's a pretty bad
Bruise.
Yeah. Say,
Reckon doc goodfellow'd
Take a look at him?
Well, I'll ask him.
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told. ♪
Narrator:
"The life and legend
Of wyatt earp."
( Wyatt narrating )
In the opinion of mule owners,
A mule is more intelligent
Than a horse.
In the opinion of
Shotgun gibbs, his mule roscoe
Was smarter than all other
Mules and most human beings.
Thus when a consignment
Of army remounts was stolen
From a livery stable
In tombstone, roscoe happened
To be the only eyewitness.
What could roscoe
Do about it?
Wyatt?
- Yes, sir?
- Mr. Toomey should
Be all right.
Let him rest on that cot
And don't pester him
With a lot of questions.
Yes sir.
Uh, roscoe's hurt.
Roscoe?
That mule?!
Yes, sir.
Mr. Gibbs and i--
Well, we'd like you
To take a look at him.
Well, he can't be hurt much.
If a mule's really hurt,
He lies down.
Just as a favor,
Would you look at him, sir?
I haven't had
A decent night's sleep
In a week, and now
You want me to--
( Sighs )
Oh, all right.
- Howdy, doc.
- Gibbs.
Well, no broken bones.
Rub some arnica
On him, gibbs.
And put some balsam of peru
On that cleat cut.
Well, can't you give him
A little regular doctoring?
( Sarcastically )
Oh, certainly!
Take him to the hospital,
Put him in bed
And I'll sit up
The rest of the night
With him.
He's, um, a little short
On sleep and a little
Short on temper.
Come on, we'll take roscoe
On over to the yard
And back to the jail
And doctor him ourself.
Roscoe don't take it kindly
Being made light of.
You forget he's our only
Eyeball witness?
Yeah, that's right.
Mm-hmm.
But what you don't remember
Is that the last time
A mule done roscoe
A dirty trick
Roscoe caught up
With that same mule
Three months later.
That's right, he did.
In dodge.
Roscoe's got a memory
Like an elephant.
Besides what else you got
To work with on this case
Besides roscoe's memory
And that there shoeprint
On his rump?
Nothing else.
Not now anyway.
Well, you ought to treat him
With a little more
Respect then.
Mr. Gibbs,
If that mule helps us
Recover government property
- I'll make him
A deputy marshal.
- Hey, you hear that, roscoe?
- ( Brays )
- Even better, huh?
Don't tell me roscoe
Understood that.
Well, no, not the words,
But it's the tone
Of your voice, wyatt.
Roscoe knows
You're treating him like
Somebody important.
You know, to a mule,
That's a heap better than
A peck of apples
Or high-class doctoring.
Well, people value it
The same way, mr. Gibbs.
Bring him inside,
Corporal.
Come on, boy.
Marshal earp, we got your
Telegram at the fort last night.
I caught one of the thieves.
He has two mules he can't
Account for.
- I bought the mules.
- You have no bill of sale.
The prisoner was headed north
To a gypsy camp
When corporal higgins
And I stopped him.
- Your name, sir?
- Lieutenant grange,
Army intelligence.
My prisoner says
He is louis vanik.
- Do you have the mules outside?
- Yes, sir.
Mr. Gibbs, bring roscoe
Around front.
I'd like to have him take
A look at those mules.
After you, sir.
Pick 'em up.
Whoa whoa.
Old shoes,
No toe cleats.
- Same here.
- What's that got to do
With it, marshal?
One of the stolen animals
Kicked deputy gibbs's
Mule roscoe.
He was wearing
A mine mule's toe cleat.
All right, roscoe,
Look 'em over.
Well, what do you think?
( Grunts )
Lieutenant's got
The wrong mules.
Are you sure that roscoe
Would recognize all
The stolen mules?
- Of course he would!
- I tell them I don't buy
Stolen animals.
That's enough.
Marshal earp, you can't
Be serious.
Of course it...
It's just a theory,
Lieutenant.
Well, I'll bet you
A whole month's pay
That these here mules
Wasn't with the one
That kicked roscoe.
Marshal earp,
I want this man
Held as a suspect
And his horses and mules
Impounded as evidence.
If those are
Your orders, lieutenant.
Corporal higgins and I
Haven't time to consult
Roscoe--
Your detective
In this case.
Mount up!
We must find
The rest of the g*ng
And recover the animals
They stole.
Good luck, lieutenant.
Your friend is right.
The mule never forget
A man who hurts him.
Say, he sounds like a real
Muley man, don't he, roscoe?
I vote
We turn him loose.
No, can't do that.
I'm sorry, but we're gonna
Have to hold you in jail
Until we can make a tour
Of the traders' camps.
I'm gypsy.
Will I be hanged?
Stealing animal
Is a bad charge.
You'll be booked
On suspicion.
Nobody'll know what
The charge is.
I thank you.
Remember,
You're my only friend.
If you don't
Know mules, who does?
Howdy, marshal.
You looking for somebody?
( Grunts )
Howdy.
The liveryman in tombstone
Was hit over the head
Last night.
Some army horses
And mules were stolen.
Mr. Gibbs, have roscoe
Take a look at those mules.
Ain't nothing here, wyatt.
What's the idea of taking
This animal in so close
To our mules?!
He might have
A disease.
- Mister, you want trouble?
- Take it easy, mr. Gibbs.
You lawmen are all alike.
You think you can get by
With anything.
- What's his rump doctored for?
- He got kicked by another mule
Last night.
Yeah?
We'll see.
Hold it!
Mr. Gibbs.
Come on, mount up.
Take roscoe inside there.
I'll watch it out here.
- ( Neighs )
- Hey, roscoe, roscoe.
What's the matter with you, boy?
What's bothering you?
What's bothering you?
Back off.
Back up, back up, whoa.
Whoa.
Now stand steady, boy.
Stand steady.
Whoa, mule,
Whoa, boy.
Whoa whoa.
Hey, wyatt,
Get in here, will you?
Well, this here's one of them.
Feel that toe cleat?
- I can feel it.
- Yeah.
( Braying )
Roscoe don't
Like him, huh?
No. Neither one of 'em
The mules that kicked him.
But he remembers them
From last night all right.
Oh, I see.
They were traveling
In bad company, is that it?
Yep. We're on
The trail now, boy.
( Grunting, sniffing )
There's somebody coming.
You cover me in here.
- I'll go around the side.
- Right.
- That's a strange horse.
- Yeah.
Must be somebody
In the barn.
Let's take a look.
You in there, come out!
- Drop 'em.
- ( g*nsh*t )
Pick him up.
Now you just
Bought those mules
From a fella, huh?
That's right.
He and his boys had a lot
Of horses and mules.
Which way were they headed?
They rode off towards
Dice box canyon.
- Skinner malone's camp?
- We don't know anything more.
- That's it.
- Mr. Gibbs,
Bring roscoe out here.
Now we'll come back
For you, after we've paid
A visit to malone's.
Let roscoe take
A good look at 'em.
Roscoe, are you dead certain
You didn't see them fellas
There last night?
Take a look,
Take a look.
Didn't see 'em, huh?
Nope.
They wasn't in on it.
If they'd have been, he'd have
Bit a hunk out of 'em.
Maybe he's right.
Let's pay a visit
To dice box canyon.
You let me handle malone.
You and roscoe take
A look around, see if
Roscoe can find anything.
You think malone's apt
To make a fight?
No, I don't think so.
He does too much business
With the army.
He'll wanna
Clear himself.
They told me you were
Smarter than this, earp.
( Chuckles )
Looking for army remounts
That ain't even been branded.
Well, we'll find 'em,
Mr. Malone.
Not in my remuda.
Why, I'd be a fool to cross
Colonel hibbert at the fort.
Look around.
I don't want you
Restless.
Well, no luck
At all, wyatt.
Maybe roscoe's
Lost his memory.
Oh, it ain't that.
Ain't no mules
In that remuda.
Roscoe don't pay
Much attention to horses.
We'd better head back
To tombstone.
Maybe lieutenant grange has
Already solved the case.
( Roscoe brays )
- ( Braying )
- Hey, roscoe!
Come back here, roscoe.
Come back here.
Come here, roscoe.
Roscoe.
Here, roscoe.
Stop it.
( Shouting, braying )
Whoa, boy.
Whoa now, boy.
Whoa.
Yes sir, you got your mule.
Didn't you, roscoe?
You sure that's the one?
I'll bet you his shoes
Will prove it.
Yeah, mining shoe
With a cleated toe.
It'll fit the scar
On roscoe.
- ( Brays )
- Hush up, roscoe!
Hush up!
Mind your manners.
What's all this
About, earp?
Mr. Malone,
You and your men
Are under arrest.
Arrest?
Just because roscoe
Don't like another mule?
Not just another mule.
That mule kicked roscoe
Last night.
He's part of the string
Of army mules that
Were stolen.
Earp don't know what
He's talking about, skinner.
And he ain't arresting me
On account of no mule.
Mr. Malone.
You want
To resist arrest too?
No, not me.
Ain't no judge gonna
Hold me and my boys
On what a mule thinks.
( Chuckles )
All right, mr. Gibbs,
We're taking this whole remuda
Back to tombstone.
Yes, sir.
Pick him up.
- ( Braying )
- Cut that out!
You stop that!
You try that again
And I'll kick your ribs in.
I ain't gonna stand
For no more nonsense.
You just behave yourself.
Come on up here.
Get up.
Come on.
( Cowboys calling )
Wyatt!
Good work.
How'd you find them?
I didn't.
Roscoe found 'em.
No time for jokes.
Unc toomey is conscious now.
He could stand
A little questioning.
That's fine.
Ask him if he can
Give a description
Of the army animals that
Were stolen, will you?
- Now that makes sense.
- Thanks.
"Roscoe found 'em"!
Marshal earp, is this
Supposed to be a joke?
No, sir.
No, roscoe recognized
The mule that kicked him
During the robbery.
And on the strength of
That evidence,
I arrested skinner malone,
His men and seized
Their remuda.
The court would like
A demonstration of roscoe's
Extraordinary powers.
All right, sir.
Uh, I have four mules
Out in back there.
Shotgun is over
With dr. Goodfellow,
Taking a statement
From unc toomey.
I'll handle roscoe so that
He can't be accused of taking
Suggestions from shotgun.
- That fair enough?
- No!
I must demand
The immediate arraignment
Of louis vanik,
- The man I brought in.
- Well, there's time
For that, lieutenant.
Mr. Earp will be allowed
To present his case.
Thank you, sir.
Now you'll observe,
Judge,
There are two black mules,
A bay and a sorrel.
Now roscoe--
Whoa, roscoe!
- ( Braying )
- Whoa whoa whoa!
Whoa whoa whoa.
Amazing.
Why are you so sure that's
The mule that kicked him?
I measured his hind shoes.
It fits the bruise on roscoe.
Too bad it's not
Legal evidence.
- Why not?
- A mule has no standing
In a court of law.
Obviously not.
Your honor,
May we get on
With the arraignment
Of that gypsy?
Whoa, roscoe, whoa!
Mr. Vanik, you admit that
You have no bill of sale
For the mule team
In your possession
When you were arrested
- By lieutenant grange?
- I buy mules from
My cousin julio.
Among our people it's insult
To ask for bill of sale.
That's right, your honor.
I'm sorry, but the law
Requires a bill of sale.
Lieutenant, the theft
Of government property
Is a federal offense.
Now I suggest that you
Take the defendant
To the federal courthouse
At prescott.
- No, I am innocent!
I didn't--
- Silence.
- Now the court orders that--
- ( Door slams )
- Excuse me, your honor.
- Yes?
This here is unc toomey's
Ledger book.
It's got the description
Of the horses and the mules
- In the army consignment.
- Hmm.
Marshal earp, I understand
You arrested a mr. Malone
And seized his remuda.
The court orders that you
Check this ledger
Against all animals claimed
To be owned by mr. Malone.
- Lieutenant.
- Sir?
Why weren't the army animals
Branded at the time of purchase?
Colonel hibbert's
Orders, sir.
We do not brand remounts
Until they have passed
Final inspection
- At fort huachuca.
- I go now, please?
No, sir.
You stay in jail.
Marshal earp may have recovered
The stolen animals,
But he hasn't caught
One thief.
Well, roscoe will
Catch him for you, judge.
Oh, of course he will.
Of course.
Wyatt, I let roscoe
Smell on him,
But roscoe don't think
He was with them thieves
That run off
With the stock.
Roscoe ought to be
The chief john law
In arizona.
- ( Chuckling )
- You making small of my mule?
Mr. Gibbs, we're gonna have
To hit the trail again.
You go check and see that
We have enough provisions.
Yes, sir,
I'll take care of it.
Roscoe don't approve
Of malone here.
Turn up his nose
And snorted at him.
- Well-- well, I don't--
- Wyatt: mr. Malone?
( Door opens and closes )
Unc toomey's ledger here
Checks against horses
And one mule you claim to own.
Where'd you get 'em?
- I'm asking you a question.
- Why don't you ask
Roscoe where?
Because I'm asking you.
Now sit down!
Now it may surprise you to know
That I can hold you and your men
As receiving stolen goods
On this evidence here.
You gotta prove that
We knew they were stolen.
No. Judge spicer is
Holding young vanik
Because he has
No bill of sale.
Have you?
Well...
Now the local juries
Are prejudiced
Against horse traders.
They'll hang
That gypsy sure.
- And maybe you too.
- Yeah.
I'll tell you what I'll do:
I'll make a deal.
No deals.
But if you supply
Information leading to
The arrest of the thieves,
Judge spicer will
Take that into account.
All right.
I bought the animals
From whitey jones.
- Whitey jones?
- ( Writing )
- Where can I find him?
- Search me.
All I know is he used
To be in the army.
- What's he look like?
- Blond fella,
, About your size--
Maybe a little heavier.
- How many men with him?
- Four.
Just saddle tramps.
They took my money
And rode off.
All right,
I'll check this out
With lieutenant grange.
- Well?
- Jones is a common name.
There were lots of them
Nicknamed whitey,
I imagine.
He must be using an alias.
You're forgetting
Something, lieutenant.
- What?
- This had to be
An inside job
- At your own post.
- Incredible!
A consignment of remounts
Must be of record
At fort huachuca.
- Who buys them?
- One of the post
Settlers, I think.
A civilian?
But you didn't check
The settlers, did you?
You just rode right off
And arrested the first
Gypsy you could find.
Are you trying
To take over
Army intelligence?
A deputy united states marshal
Who gets his information
From a mule?
Roscoe found
Your stolen remounts.
Now I was going to let you
And corporal higgins
Return them to the fort
And claim full credit,
But now mr. Gibbs and I
Will ride along.
You're a greener,
Lieutenant.
You just may get lost.
We found the animals
At skinner malone's.
Lieutenant grange says
That a gypsy did it.
You found the animals
At skinner malone's camp.
Frankly I don't think
That either one of you
Has nabbed the guilty man.
That's right, sir,
We haven't.
I've checked carefully.
We have no post settler
By the name of whitey jones.
Well, a man
Don't go around
Stealing horses using
His own name, colonel.
Do you have a settler
Nicknamed whitey?
I'm not that familiar with all
The nicknames around here.
You mind
If we ask around?
Lieutenant grange has
Already done that.
I might add that I have complete
Faith in army intelligence.
You're entitled
To your opinion, sir.
We giving up
On this, wyatt?
I don't see there's any more
To be done, mr. Gibbs.
( Braying )
Roscoe!
Hey!
( Shouts )
Roscoe, whoa whoa!
Now listen here,
You obey the laws
Just like everybody else,
You hear?
You hold on
To that mule tight.
He's a k*ller.
Aren't you henderson,
Our remount buyer?
- Yes, sir.
- Whitey henderson, isn't it?
None of your business.
He's our man, wyatt.
- Gimme those cuffs.
- Well, now isn't this
A little bit ridiculous?
Simply because a mule
Doesn't like henderson?
Roscoe hasn't
Been wrong yet.
- Sir, I must change my report.
- How's that, lieutenant?
Henderson's nickname
Is whitey and he's used
The alias of whitey jones
In correspondence
With horse traders.
He had it hidden
In his closet.
Lock him up in
The guardhouse, lieutenant.
We'll deliver him
To federal court
For trial.
Yes, sir.
Whoa!
Hey, you know,
I almost forgot something.
- What's that?
- Here.
- For roscoe.
- Oh, no.
We thank you kindly,
Just the same.
You know,
Roscoe's big-headed
Enough as it is.
If you was to make him
A deputy marshal,
There just wouldn't
Be no living with him
At all, wyatt.
Well, perhaps
You're right.
- ( Braying )
- I don't think roscoe
Agrees with us.
( Chuckles )
♪ Well, he cleaned up
The country ♪
♪ The old wild west country
♪ He made
Law and order prevail ♪
♪ And none can deny it
♪ The legend of wyatt
♪ Forever will live
On the trail ♪
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told ♪
♪ Long may his story...
♪ Be told. ♪