When the Coltonville express office is robbed and the clerk is murdered, Will Grant is arrested for the crime. Found at the scene--wounded and holding the smoking gun that was used in the shooting of the clerk--Grant stands trial, is found guilty, and is sentenced to prison. A year into his sentence, Grant is released when the dying confession of one of the thieves exonerates him. He returns to Coltonville, where he is given a hostile reception by...