 Farrell is bringing in a stage line and Stone, who wants the land the stage line will get, is out to stop him. Farrell s friendly competitor is Billy Carson s Pony Express. To run the stage line out of business, Stone plans to start a war between the two competitors. First he has his men run off Billy s horses making it look like Farrell did it. Then he has Farrell shot making it look like Billy did it.