Sun, Sep 19, 1971
A grand jury witness against a mobster charged with murder is killed in broad daylight at the Madrid County courthouse, leaving Sheriff Sam Cade and one of his deputies as the only two witnesses left. What Cade doesn't know is that the hit man is an old friend and former resident of the county who has come back for a visit.
Sun, Oct 10, 1971
A ranch hand is found stabbed to death after a barroom brawl, and the main suspect is the young Mexican co-worker he had been harassing. But Cade soon finds that the murder involves something much bigger going on at the ranch, including the use of illegal aliens and heroin smuggling.
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Sun, Oct 24, 1971
A young man is scheduled to be executed in a few days for the murder of his girlfriend eight years earlier, and Sheriff Cade, who has always believed in his innocence, tries to find some evidence to get a stay. The first break is the discovery that the murdered girl was taken to see an abortionist, but then the abortionist is himself murdered.
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Sun, Nov 7, 1971
Everybody loves Jack Pilgrim, a model citizen of Madrid City. The trouble is that, Sam Cade gradually finds out, this angel is in fact a fiend. Nobody else is aware that this good man is a mole on the payroll of an enemy country who has been assigned a sabotage mission which could have dreadful consequences.
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Sun, Nov 21, 1971
While attending a convention in Los Angeles, J.J. recognizes one of two fugitive brothers whom he had dealt with earlier in Madrid. After alerting Cade, he is then taken hostage by the brothers, who are planning another major heist. Cade works with an L.A. lieutenant to find J.J. and stop the gang.
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Sun, Dec 19, 1971
The foreman of a major rancher is killed, and his boss insists that the killer is the young Middle Eastern oil heir who's been dating his daughter. But Cade believes the answer lies elsewhere, as he learns the murdered man was involved in selling drugs to local college students.