 Sheriff Bill Jones (Bill Cody), in the line of duty, kills outlaw Joe Land (Roger Williams), and adopts his young son, Tim (Bill Cody Jr). They come upon a former silver boomtown, reputed to be haunted, whose only inhabitant is Hiram McDuff (Budd Buster), a friend of Bill s. Ranch owner Joan Stanley (Ethel Jackson) hires Bill and Tim. Her father has been killed by the gang of Wolf Larson (Wally Wales). By mistake, McDuff hires the Larson gang on as ranch hands for Joan. They plan to steal the stock while Bill is away. Tim overhears the plot and informs Bill. Bill and Tim use ghost makeup, skeleton sheets (even outfitting their horses with skeleton-looking blankets) and tricks to rout the superstitious gang members, and the escaping Larson is roped by Tim.