The Keys to the Kingdom

Dallas Stoudenmire and the keys to the El Paso jail…

April 1881. Gunman Dallas Stoudenmire has just been named marshal of El Paso. He goes to get the jail keys from Deputy Bill Johnson, who is drunk. Johnson stalls saying the keys are at his home. Stoudenmire doesn’t believe him; he grabs the deputy, turns him upside down and shakes him until the keys fall out. A couple of weeks later, Johnson tries to assassinate the new marshal—but Stoudenmire is faster, and likely more sober, and kills his opponent with several shots.