Wild Bill Hickok #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeWild Bill Hickok encounters a con man selling "Dr. Bradley's Wonder Medicine" in town, a supposed cure-all that actually contains worthless ingredients. When the charlatan's scheme is exposed and he attempts to flee, Hickok pursues him and his accomplices across the desert near Nugget Gulch, where they have hidden stolen gold from a previous theft. After a tense nighttime confrontation with the thieves guarding their loot, Hickok recovers the gold and captures the criminals.
Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles pursue the outlaw Red Regan to a remote shack, only to find themselves trapped inside by Regan and his gang of gunslicks. As the outlaws lay siege to the shack with rifle fire and dynamite, the marshal must use cunning and quick thinking to turn the tables and face off against Regan himself.
When Comanche City throws a grand celebration complete with parades, costumes, and fireworks, Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles expect to keep the peace—but the festivities provide perfect cover for outlaw Brains Bantry and his gang to make their move on the local bank. With the town in full uproar and a masked bandit using fake dynamite to disguise real explosives, it'll take quick thinking and faster guns for the lawmen to stop the robbery and save the day.
A traveling medicine man hawking Dr. Bradley's Wonder Medicine rolls into town with promises that his elixir can cure everything from rheumatism to poor marksmanship—and an old prospector named Sam decides to put it to the test on his burro, Molly. When a lucky accident gives Sam reason to believe the tonic actually works, he's convinced he's found the answer to all his troubles out on the frontier.
When Jingles strikes a genuine gold pocket in Nugget Gulch, his newfound wealth makes him an irresistible target for claim-jumpers and thieves—but Wild Bill has a clever scheme to flush out the real culprit behind an earlier robbery. Using fool's gold as bait, Wild Bill sets a trap while Jingles plays the role of a lucky miner, drawing out the criminals who've been eyeing his claim. As the night fills with shootouts and ambushes, Jingles discovers that catching thieves is a lot harder than digging for gold.
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