"Trigger" Carson, a range detective, is sent by the governor to roundup a band of rustlers that is terrorizing a section of the state where they have set up headquarters. He runs into an ambush but, with the aid of a prospector, Jed Clinton, he drives them off in a gun battle. Later, he goes to the rustler ranch, describes himself as a fugitive from the law, and his hired as a gunman. Jed joins the gang as a cook. Luke Todd, the leader of the gang, has a younger brother, Marty, who is in love with Edith Elkins, whose rancher father is the head of a vigilance committee,for defense against the rustlers, and he is opposed to her romance with Marty. Luke, about to drive a large herd of rustled cattle across the border, sends "Trigger" to kidnap Edith and use her as a hostage.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>