Broadcast: May 10, 1952

Starring: Howard McNear, William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, John McGovern, Norman Macdonnell, Vivi Janiss, Rex Koury, Roy Rowan, Les Crutchfield

Added: Jan 02 2001

Will Thompson's son staggers into the Marshal's office. Before he dies from his gunshot wounds he manages to tell Dillon that their farm has been burnt to the ground. The Marshall and Chester ride out to the farm to find the house still burning, a dog shot dead, Will Thompson scalped, his seventeen year old daughter dead in the bushes and his wife only barely alive.