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Kid Curry has been involved in several robberies but has stayed under the radar until he hits Wells Fargo at Blue Cross, Wyoming. Wells Fargo brings Jim Hardie in to catch Kid Curry. Kid Curry has left the west for Knoxville, Tennessee where he has won a pool game but the young men he is playing are unwilling to pay him the $150 owed. A fight breaks out that brings the attention of the police when Kid Curry's friend Cype Turner shoots one of the players. Kid Curry who wants his money is slow to leave so when the police enter he is shot in the shoulder and the two officers are shot by him. Turner refuses to stick around or help but tells Kid Curry he can be found through his girlfriend in Colorado. Hardie captures the wounded Kid Curry but Curry says next time he won't be taken alive. When he escapes jail, Hardie is forced to take him again.

Harvey Logan (1867-1904) took the name "Kid Curry" from his friend "Flat Nose" Curry. He rode with several outlaw gangs, including "Black Jack" Ketchum and Butch Cassidy. In 1902, he was captured in a pool hall, tried for robbery, and sentenced to 20 years hard labor. He escaped in 1903, and was tracked down by a posse in Parachute, CO one year later; he shot himself in the head to avoid capture. There were rumors that he actually escaped and went to South America with Butch and Sundance. He is in the famous photo of the Wild Bunch gang, standing with his left hand on Butch Cassidy's right shoulder.


Episode cast overview:
Dale Robertson Dale Robertson - Jim Hardie
Phillip Pine Phillip Pine - Kid Curry
Nancy Valentine Nancy Valentine - Jeannie Nolan
John Cliff John Cliff - Cype Turner
Roy Engel Roy Engel - Knoxville Officer
Lee Roberts Lee Roberts - Paradox Sheriff (as Lee J. Roberts)
William Vaughn William Vaughn - Pool Player (as William Vaughan)
Jerry Brent Jerry Brent - Paper Boy
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