Acting in self defense, Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) is forced to shoot down a rampaging farmer named Stoner (Paul Newlan). Not long afterward, Stoner's vengeance-driven widow (Helen Wallace) offers a $1000 dollar reward for anyone willing to kill the Marshal. With every would-be gunman in the territory out to get Matt, the Marshal's nerves are frayed to the breaking point--and, as expected, Mrs. Stoner's bounty results in even more needless bloodshed. This episode is adapted from the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of April 30, 1955. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi