- Capt. Richards: I've got orders from Colonel Crook to cooperate with Mr. Graham until the circuit judge arrives to try the Apache Kid.
- Hondo Lane: I'm gonna see Graham right now and set him straight.
- Capt. Richards: He's a big reporter, Mr. Lane. Carries a lot of influence in a lot of high places. Thousands of people read what he writes.
- Hondo Lane: Dime-novel garbage, that's what he writes!
- Capt. Richards: Maybe. Maybe it is, but it's one way to sell a lot of newspapers. Find an underdog the American public can feel sorry for. Well, he hit a goldmine with this one. Overnight he made the Apache Kid a national hero.
- Jack Graham: [addressing his photographer regarding Hondo] Lou, get a shot of him. I want the whole country to get a good look at the new Judas.
- [astride his horse Hondo kicks over the camera and rides away]
- Jack Graham: Don't worry, Lou. The ten-thousand words I'm going to write about him will be worth more than one picture.
- Chief Vittoro: The Apache Kid is an outlaw to me as well as to you, my son. But I cannot help you bring him to white man's justice.