The infuriated judge declares he will have the entire mob up on charges for murder. Drew confirms that he had sold the cattle to Martin, who was not a rustler. In anger, Tetley pistol whips his son to the ground.Īfter the lynching, the riders head back toward town, where they meet Sheriff Risley, Judge Tyler, Drew, and – much to their surprise – the supposedly murdered Lawrence Kinkaid. When the command is given, Gerald balks and the horse simply walks out from under Martin, leaving him to slowly strangle until he is shot. Tetley orders three people including his son to tend to the horses. When sunrise approaches, the condemned men are placed upon their horses with nooses around their necks. Of the group, only five are opposed to the hanging, with Tetley's son Gerald among them. The riders then discover that Juan is able to speak "American" and has a pistol engraved with Kinkaid's name.Ī vote is taken on whether the men should be hanged or taken back to face justice in the town. Taking advantage of the distraction caused by the argument, Martinez tries to escape, but is shot in the leg. When Martin learns of this, he becomes angry at Davies for the breach of his privacy. Hoping to save Martin's life, Davies tries to have everyone read the letter. Martin, as his last wish, writes a private letter to his wife, asking Davies to deliver it. No one believes him, and the mob decides the men should be hanged. Martin says that he purchased the cattle and that Drew was to send the bill of sale at a later date. The posse finds cattle bearing Drew's brand and three men sleeping on the ground around a campfire: an old, raving man named Alva Hardwick a Mexican named Juan Martinez, who claims to be unable to understand English and the young Donald Martin. As the posse sets out, the judge warns that the men must be brought back alive to stand trial. Local men Osgood and Davies send for Judge Tyler to try to defuse the situation, but the rancher Tetley arrives and incites them to further action. News is brought that a local named Kinkaid has been murdered and a large number of cattle have been stolen from Drew, the largest cattle rancher in Bridger's Wells. They go into Canby's Saloon and find the atmosphere is tense, partly due to recent incidents of cattle rustling. The Ox-Bow Incident takes place in 1885, and begins with two cowboys, Art Croft and Gil Carter, riding into the town of Bridger's Wells. Wellman and starring Henry Fonda and Harry Morgan. In 1943, the novel was adapted into an Academy Award–nominated movie of the same name, directed by William A. The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1940 western novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark in which two local cattlemen are drawn into a lynch mob to find and hang three men presumed to be rustlers and the killers of a local man.
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