Lawman - Season 3 (1960)

A detective promises a widow half of an estate left to the town of Laramie for the school fund. When Lily learns who the widow is, she feels she can not only put a stop to this plan but make the widow happy as well.

Owny hooks a wanted man while fishing. While Johnny is away, he is appointed special deputy. When clues point to a stranger in town, he does all he can to prove to Troop that this is his catch's accomplice, no matter how circumstantial.

A well known fast gun rides into Laramie, sits down at The Birdcage and says he wants to see Troop in front in 30 minutes. As Dan doesn't know him or why he's here, he has no choice but to show at 3:30 as requested

The swamper hired by Lily doesn't seem to fit the proper mold to Marshal Troop. As three men arrive in Laramie looking for him, he is forced to reveal his true background and skills.

Rafe Curry is wanted in Concordia, New Mexico for murder. Troop is returning him, it's his duty. On the way, he is hampered in many ways but Curry says that Dan doesn't really want to return him anyway - he's just too dumb to know it.

Johnny befriends the Indian girl Chantay with some candy that becomes a clue in learning who murdered the Sioux Indian policeman sent to bring her back to the Indian school.

On an otherwise slow day, a fight promoter rolls into town. Troop, his hands full refereeing, sees the fighter beat all comers. Afterwards, when they won't leave town as ordered, Dan finds himself the next contestant in the ring.

Charlie May says he robbed the paymaster at Fort Laramie. He hopes his admission squares things with his dad for what his ma did to him. Lily doesn't believe it and suspects his half-brother instead, especially after the paymaster dies.

Catcher, who doesn't use his real name, is a sheep herder by trade and used to people funning him. When a man he knows turns up dead, he is blamed since that man was no longer laughing with him but at him and he had a score to settle.

Johnny kills a well known gunman when the gunman's gun jams. One son of the man was just hanged, and the remaining son is known to be faster than the father, forcing Johnny to face a bleak situation on his own.

A woman turns in her outlaw husband she says "for the reward." When Troop finds out the real reason, it may be too late to save himself or the town from a bloodbath.

A rancher wants more grazing land than he is entitled to so Dan puts a stop to it. When he then tries to buy off Lily by selling her a horse and carriage, an accident occurs involving the horse he was trying to sell, who must be put down.

When the Army paymaster is killed, the new lieutenant in charge tries to pull rank on Troop, neither of them knowing that an old lawman friend of Dan's is in town and his friends don't look like they're after beaver as they claim.

Hoping to capitalize on the fanfare surrounding the appointment of Lily as the new Fire Chief of the Laramie volunteer fire brigade, some robbers plan to relieve the bank of $140,000 that just came in on the afternoon stage.

Jessica doesn't believe her husband was guilty for the crime he was just hanged for. That's because she's confessing to it herself. Troop doesn't believe her, but begins to doubt whether he put the wrong man on the gallows.

Tod Larson, a hired gun in Laramie to visit his sister, runs into old friend Dan Troop. When he learns his target is the marshal, he has to decide whether to go through with the job or think of something else.

Bent sees a way to make his foreman days pay off. With his boss dead and a POA in his hand he decides to remove those from what is for now his land. Dan tries to prevent that but his hands are legally tied unless he can find an heir.

Troop hears that Frank Walker escaped prison. When he tells the wife and son, he is shot and can't use his gun hand. The son, who worships his father, tells Dan "that'll make it awful hard on you!" and hopes he'll be dead within the week.

Hassayampa Edwards says he is for temperance and feels The Birdcage should be closed. But Lily has something she would like to say about that and it may not be what the ladies of the town want to hear.

When an out of town promoter wants to buy out or put out of business The Birdcage and the rest of the saloons in Laramie, Troop becomes a silent partner of Lily's in hopes of stopping the sales.

Detweiler wanted a son. When his daughter proves to be just as good as one, he begins to rethink the beliefs he's held his whole life especially when she goes gunning for Deputy McKay.

Dan and Johnny are forced to deal with Owlie, who feels his impoverished father has been hiding a large sum of money at The Birdcage. To top it off, Lily may have known the truth behind this all along.

A mild-mannered cowboy is driven to violence by constant bullying and persecution. His partner, Blue Boss, is a steer hired out to cattle drives to lead the herds. When Blue Boss is killed, Willie Shay wants revenge and respect.

A NY detective is convinced he has trailed a man wanted for bank larceny three years ago and his wife to Laramie. When the proof is scars from an old operation for her, Dan may have to reluctantly arrest one of the nicest men in town.

Chad Kennedy, acquitted of murdering his brother, returns to Laramie from exile after 3 years. Visiting his ill father, he and sister in law both witness his father fall and die but this time she plans on seeing him hang, guilty or not.

Casey, a fugitive from the law, jeopardizes the life of his wife and young son. When the wife feels that what's best is to abandon him, Troop and Lily become involved as the boy won't talk and a new man is in town looking for somebody.

A known gunfighter, always needing to prove he is fast, goads a young, new father into a gunfight, kills him and after skipping town, has Dan on his trail. His acquittal fuels hatred in town as he and his wife want to live in Laramie.

Rainbow Jack says he's discovered a rich vein of gold. He meets a saloon girl who's father had similar dreams and invests a 1/2 interest in him. When Rainbow's past catches up with him, that grubstake proves to be more than just a dream.

When a local woman seems to run off with a traveling peddler, her husband threatens to go after him. Dan and Lily try to help and soon find out the real reason for her sudden departure.

Edgar Chase comes to Laramie to visit his brother. When he finds he is dead, the man who shot him gets worried when Edgar intends to punish him and see him die for it but how can he when he doesn't even wear a gun.

Dexter wants revenge for the hanging of his father from the man who sentenced him. When his sister and the judge arrive in Laramie, a mock trial is arranged with only four men as jury and Troop in the middle of this family business.

Lem Pastor wants to make sure his daughter marries the right man. When he blinds the latest one, he only drives her, the image of her mother, further away until Dan Troop has to step in to prevent a killing.

Walt Hudson wants to turn himself in for the reward thinking when he gets out he would at least have a stake. The company making the offer wants something else but Walt wants no part of their plan.

Pa Beason, dying, wants three things from Troop: his daughter has never worn a dress, he must make sure she has safe passage back East and his confession must help his sons have a better future. He has no objections but his sons might.

A lawman, not able to use his gun hand, hides out in Laramie. When the brothers of a man he killed in Tucson show up, they want to kill him they say 'in a fair fight.' Dan thinks otherwise especially when they kidnap his new bride.

At the gallows, Jed Barrister swears he will kill Troop and hearkens to anyone to take up the challenge. With a target on his back, Johnny wishes Dan would leave town for a few days as some strangers just came in on the stage.