- Narrator: [Opening Narration] The code of the frontier peace officer was a simple and unwritten law: you gave any man a chance to surrender. If he reached for a gun, you hit him on the head with the barrel of a .45 or you shoot to disable him. Wyatt Earp, as Marshal of Ellsworth, Wichita and Dodge City, followed this code to the letter, often at the risk of his own life. But young Bat Masterson, his new Deputy Marshal, had a lot to learn. Despite Wyatt's instructions, Bat was apt to get excited or trigger happy.