About this episode
Originally aired on July 5, 1952.
Two Texas cowboys drag Chester behind a horse for fun, almost killing him. Marshal Dillon brings in the cowboys...without his guns. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on November 16, 1957. A couple of cowboys have had a bit too much to drink and are harassing the ladies on the high street. Chester goes to ask them politely to leave the ladies alone as they don’t want any trouble. But trouble is what they are going to get from Marshall Dillon after they rope Chester and drag him out of town.