Quirt Crenshaw knows his wildcat freighting outfit can take business from the P-BL freight lines by beating them to Eagle Pass. Tom Baxter who runs the P-BL for George Randolph and his daughter Claire, and his helper Muleshoe sight Crenshaw's wagons, and Tom wins the race to Eagle Pass. Town banker Adam Draper, who is secretly backing the Crenshaw outfit, is anxious to discredit the Randolph line, since he knows the telegraph company is about to reward a lucrative hauling contract, and Randolph is the only other competitor. Draper hires Roy Jessup and his gunslingers to hijack a P-BL shipment of gold bullion. Tom, on a visit to see his girlfriend Elsie, Draper's secretary, learns of the latter's scheme.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>