I finally saw a somewhat interesting episode of 26 Men, an old syndicated western (1957 to 1959) about the Arizona Rangers.
The Arizona Rangers formed in 1901 and disbanded in 1909---there were only 26 of them. Arizona became a state in 1912. The episodes were based on real cases and reportedly some of the episodes were introduced by surviving rangers.
In this episode, fleeing criminals take over a mission and hold the Catholics hostage.
One confesses his sins. He has the idea that the sanctity of the confessional would then keep the priest from telling anyone they were there. I suspect he was under-thinking this.
It was a half-hour show so it had that going for it.
The show was a pretty standard western with little to indicate it was set in the 20th century. Some of the men wore slightly more modern clothing, like one guy had a denim jacket, but they could have thrown in an occasional Luger and a couple motorcycles. It just wasn't very good. I could never tell one character from another and the stories supposedly being true didn't make them any more interesting.
Watched it on Pluto.
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