Billy the Kid (GUNS)

A Dutchman is the target of a lynch mob after the whole town accuses him of murder and, to complicate things, Matt and Festus have to deal with a runaway kid.

... and this is why the series Gunsmoke ran for 12 years and roughly 500 episodes. Solid writing coupled with interesting and complex characters, set in a dark and dangerous time in U.S. history. The ending of this episode still surprises listeners, despite the fact that a number of hints are dropped.

Gunsmoke #1
Billy the Kid
26 April 1952
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CBS net. Don Diamond, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis (as the widow of the dead man, not Miss Kitty!), Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Dick Beals, Paul Dubov, Mary Lansing, Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), William Conrad, Walter Newman (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer). 

Don Diamond was a popular go-to man for any character with an accent, first in radio then on TV.

Billy the Kid