Josh arrives in town thinking the sheriff summoned him to go after a man. Instead, a woman wants Josh to bring in the man, her wanted husband, alive, so he can prove self defense, but the brothers of the man he killed are out to hang him.
Josh arriving in town rides up to Sheriff Art Hampton's office where Art is nailing up a wanted poster. Seeing Josh, Art responds that he was thinking of Josh then. Josh says that is no surprise as he arrived from Colfax based on a message from Art about a Paul Decker. The surprised Art tells Josh he didn't send the message but to look at the poster he was nailing up. It is for Paul Decker wanted dead or alive for murder with a reward of $300. Josh decides to go after Decker but before he can leave, a woman calls to him. She clears up the details by saying she sent the message to Josh and that she is Mrs. Decker. She has heard Josh will bring in wanted men alive so she wants him to catch her husband so he can return to prove his innocence. She tells Josh where to find Decker. He rides there via Mesa City where he runs into the Taggart brothers at the general store who want to hang Decker for killing their brother regardless of whether he is innocent. Josh's attempt to lose them fails putting him and Decker in peril.—Anonymous