A meek, mild manner young man named Raffie Bly (played very well by Jack Grinnage) comes riding into Dodge carrying a drum. We learn that Raffie was in the war and was too young for fighting and was assigned to the Drum corp. Now years later he is trying to find a place to settle down.
It just so happens that the first people that he meets are two brutes named Sloat and Grade. Grade is the one that seems to want to harass the young man with Sloat nagging Grade alone. It all comes to a head one day in the stables where Grade makes the young man crawl across the rafters to get his drum. Raffie falls to the ground but is only slightly injured.
The mild Raffie then tells the Marshal that he is going to stand up for himself and get a gun. The next day Grade has been killed by a shot to the chest. Matt is looking for Raffie.
This plot has been played many times including within the noted series. Two brutes harass a victim until something terrible happens. This situation has been played in nearly every show on TV. What the writer has to do is change the victim into someone that can gain the attention of the viewers. They way that the drummer, Raffie Bly, was written is what made this episode interesting and different from the rest. Not the most entertaining episode but one that turned into a nice watch.
It just so happens that the first people that he meets are two brutes named Sloat and Grade. Grade is the one that seems to want to harass the young man with Sloat nagging Grade alone. It all comes to a head one day in the stables where Grade makes the young man crawl across the rafters to get his drum. Raffie falls to the ground but is only slightly injured.
The mild Raffie then tells the Marshal that he is going to stand up for himself and get a gun. The next day Grade has been killed by a shot to the chest. Matt is looking for Raffie.
This plot has been played many times including within the noted series. Two brutes harass a victim until something terrible happens. This situation has been played in nearly every show on TV. What the writer has to do is change the victim into someone that can gain the attention of the viewers. They way that the drummer, Raffie Bly, was written is what made this episode interesting and different from the rest. Not the most entertaining episode but one that turned into a nice watch.