Death Of A Picture Hanger
Broadcast: 20th July 1953
Added: Jun 16 2005
The man is nailing a horses picture to the wall, the horse is pawing the western skies in the classic attitude of pawing horses and it is the top half of a calendar distributed by Isaac’s Livery. It’s a hot April day in St Josephs, Missouri in the years 1882 and the man is hanging the picture in his living room because he has a fondness for the noble beast. Horses have got him out of many a critical situation such as 1) holding up railroads, 2) robbing banks, 3) murdering fellows. His name is Jessie James and as soon as he’s finished hanging that picture a friend is going to shoot his head off…