CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER, “The Passing of Black Eagle,â€starring Robert Dryden and Larry Haines with E.G. Marshall, host. O. Henry’s short story about how a New York City hobo who, through a series of unbelievable circumstances, becomes the most feared outlaw in all of Taxes.

New York City’s foremost panhandler whom everyone calls Chicken, because he looks like one, is a meek fellow when drunk, but when sober has delusions of grandeur. Forced to sober up while wintering in the sunny southwest, Chicken is mistaken by people in Texas for the legendary outlaw, Black Eagle, and is feared by everyone -- until the leader of a band of outlaws decides to challenge him.

CAST:
O. Henry.......................ROBERT DRYDEN               Barkeeper..........................Earl Hammond
Chicken..........................LARRY HAINES                   Faith-Hope Alabaster............Evie Juster