Originally Aired: February 22, 1939
The Lone Ranger #948, "Mysterious Wagons," the masked rider and Tonto stumble upon a suspicious scene while searching for a campsite in the Texas rangeland. Two freight wagons hidden deep in the woods are being guarded by armed men who forcefully drive the Lone Ranger and Tonto away at gunpoint. Determined to uncover the mystery, the pair resolve to return under cover of darkness to investigate what the wagons are concealing and why their presence threatens violence.
Meanwhile, rancher Glenn Hilton faces mounting troubles at his Rocking H spread. After losing another hundred head of cattle to mysterious hide skinners who slaughter the animals and leave the carcasses behind, he receives a visit from the opportunistic Corey, who offers a mere five thousand dollars for Hilton's fifty-thousand-dollar ranch. As Hilton angrily refuses to sell despite his desperate financial situation, a mysterious stranger enters through the back door with information that promises to connect the cattle killings to something the stranger witnessed. The investigation is about to take an unexpected turn.