- After getting off a stage and checking into a hotel room, Bart is tricked into slipping out of his room just long enough for the suitcase he is carrying with $2,600 to be stolen. Looking for the men on the stage who knew he was carrying the money, he finds one of them dead and another has left the hotel. But then another, a town judge, returns Bart's suitcase with the money intact. The suitcase Bart left the stage with was the judge's identical looking one which held a valuable document in it that many believe Bart has hidden, and are willing to kill for.—rbecker28
- The title to this episode is a reference to North Dakota which was admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, 1889. The plot of this episode indirectly does revolve around North Dakota being admitted to the Union as the 39th state, or whatever state. The action takes place in this territory. Mrs. Janet Kilmer is a lady who is interested in something Bart allegedly has in a briefcase he is alleged and/or believed to have stolen. The US Judge and US Marshall also believe that he has what is supposed to be in the briefcase. Others in the territory do not want the contents disclosed as it will implicate them in various nefarious activities. The try to take care of Bart by working him over, etc. until he sees what is in the briefcase and why it has something of interest to those concerned with themselves as well as those concerned with the territory and its admission to the United States.
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