 Ralph Lawson kills a man in self defense but Old Man Roberts, the only witness not working for McCleary, will not testify to that having been scared by McLeary. When McCleary s men injure Roberts in a wagon accident, he confesses to Gene before he dies. Gene then buys a ranch from McCleary. When McCleary learns the water rights he thought were still his and that he needs for his big deal went with the ranch, he and has men head out to kill Gene.