- Bat Masterson: A beautiful girl doesn't need a gun to be convincing, but I guess it helps, Miss Surratt.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Timberline, Wyoming - a tiny town near Cheyenne, where this chapter of the John Surratt story begins. John Surratt's name popped up three times in history: first, as a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and twice in the life of Bat Masterson, the man who became a legend in his own time.
- [epilog]
- Narrator: Next week, don't miss the second and concluding chapter of the John Surratt Story. Bat Masterson thought he had heard the name "John Surratt" for the last time. But there was to be another chapter of historical importance and far-reaching circumstances in the life of Bat Masterson, the man who became a legend in his own time.