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Gunsmoke Season 9 Episode 9

Leo Pitts and Lily return to his ranch. Leo did five years in prison for robbery. Leo says to Lily you don’t love me. She won’t answer,but says I made a deal. Leo removes a stone from the fireplace and pulls out a metal box of gold. Leo says he earned that gold the hardest way there is to earn it. Leo takes the gold to banker Botkin to open an account. Leo buys a gun and tells Lily he’s gonna kill Matt. There’s no mark on the gold and Leo did his time. Leo tries to bushwhack Matt. Matt lets him go, but tells him I never want to see around Dodge again. Matt going sixty miles to ask Judge Brookin about Leo’s right to the gold. Leo’s following Matt. Matt’s been feverish. Matt stops at a shack to rest. He wakes after two days to find Leo dead with no gun. Clabe rides up Matt asks him to get Doc. Clabe sees Leo and says he’s gonna get the marshall. Matt has two empty shells in his gun, Leo two bullet holes. The judge says the gold belongs to Lily. Lily proposes to Matt.

Serie: Gunsmoke

Episode Title: Ex-Con

Air Date: 1963-11-30