Marshal of Amarillo (1948)

Nugget Underwood and Short walk to the HalfWay House after the driver purposely wrecks the stage They arrive late at night and it is so spooky that Nugget leaves for Amarillo Unknown to him the dead body of Short is in the wagon When Sheriff Lane comes upon Nugget and the body he goes to investigate and finds no trace of Underwood at all But he soon finds that Underwood was carrying 50000 in cash and he believes the story Nugget is telling