Episode 9 aired on NBC Radio September 2, 1950. Jace Pearson tracks down the crooked constable who killed Sheriff Smithers in cold blood. The program was repeated on October 14, 1951. At five minutes past midnight on December 12th several years ago sheriff Bob Smithers of Bradshaw County Texas staged a raid on a gambling establishment located on a country road. There were no patrons in the house and the sheriff’s face grew dark red as he and the local constable failed to find any evidence. Jace Pearson was a Texas Ranger who was expert with gun, horse and wilderness survival was also an expert in the latest techniques of scientific crime investigation he was assisted on many of his cases by Ranger Clay Morgan.