- [first lines]
- Lt. Rod Blake: Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers.
- [picks up an antique revolver]
- Lt. Rod Blake: In the early days of the West, this used to be called a "Widow Maker". It's a pepperbox model revolver manufactured between the 1830s and the Civil War. It was especially popular with Nevada gunmen. Then, after the turn of the century, a new widow maker came along and lifted the label from the pistol. You meet the owner of one in a case called just that - "The Widow Maker".
- Lt. Rod Blake: Miss Ide?
- Starry Ide: Starry Ide.
- Lt. Rod Blake: That's a pretty name.
- Starry Ide: Oh, it's an improvement over Pressy Pratt, anyhow.