The stagecoach Tom is riding on is held up, and its driver killed. When the bandits open the strongbox, however, they find only sand inside. Determined to get the money they'd been planning on, they hold the other four passengers hostage and send Tom into town to get the money from the business partner of one of the men on the stage. But when Tom tells businessman why he needs the money, he doesn't believe him. Tom has to find another way to get the money to save the passengers' lives.
—rbecker28