After the undertaker then explains to Rela that the man has not been seen since, she returns home to Rio Hondo and reports to Wes's younger brother Tom, with whom she is now romantically involved, that Wes is still alive. After warning that the ghost of the dead man may seek revenge on the lynchers, he robs the men in attendance, pays the undertaker's bill with the stolen money and escapes. At the funeral, the man delivers a eulogy, describing the dead man as a wanderer who was basically good, but discontent with his lack of money. Later, Rela, Wes's former sweetheart, comes to claim his body, and is told a story by Clem Usqubaugh, the undertaker: After the lynching, a mysterious man, claiming to be a relative of Wes, arranges for an expensive funeral for the deceased. The uproar gives Wes an opportunity to escape, but as he witnesses the senseless killing of the amiable Tidy, he swears revenge. They seize the hobo Tidy, mistaking him for Wes, and hang him and throw his body in the river. Outraged by Wes's crimes, a mob led by rancher baron Alex Prince and his men, refuse to wait for the trial and storm the jail. In the early 1900s, Wes Anderson is arrested for "moonlighting," a term the locals use for nighttime cattle rustling.
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