- The Sheriff: Oh, I see. An old prospector was murdered - you didn't see who did it, but you tried to catch him. He rode away on a horse, but you have the horse... but you robbed a dead man's body and buried him, but it never occurred to you to report it to the law!
- [while Gene's friends break him out of jail, Pat provides a diversion]
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Sheriff, there's a robber loose - a dangerous killer - the most dangerous killer since the James boys and he's loose right here in this town!
- The Sheriff: Well, who is he?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: It's me.
- The Sheriff: You?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Yes! I've been on a rampage of crime - been robbin' and killin' for years. You gotta put me away, Sheriff. You gotta lock me up before I do somethin' serious!
- Bearded Deputy: Just what crime did you commit?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: I just held up a circus and stole an elephant.
- Bearded Deputy: Stole an elephant?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Oh, so you don't believe me! Alright, search me.
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: You gotta put me away, Sheriff! I'm dangerous. I can't face life; I can't go on - not after what I done to those poor men - doin' away with three men and robbin' 'em of two dollars.
- Bearded Deputy: You did away with three men for two dollars?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Well, two dollars here and two dollars there - it soon mounts up.
- The Sheriff: Say, just when did you commit all these crimes?
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: When? Why, all the time. Don't you read the papers? Ain't you never heard of Billy the Kid?
- Bearded Deputy: Aw, you're crazy! Billy the Kid's been dead for eighty years.
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Eighty years? I have? Hmmm, time sure flies don't it.
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Aw, so you think I'm crazy. You don't believe I'm Billy the Kid.
- Bearded Deputy: No, we don't.
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Well, fingerprints don't lie do they?
- Bearded Deputy: Nooo.
- Sidekicks Pat Buttram: Look at that thumb. Would I be goin' 'round with somebody else's fingerprints?