Jim Hardie is called to death row by Jake Kramer arriving an hour before Kramer hangs. Hardie is the one who arrested Kramer for killing a Wells Fargo messenger. Kramer has a 12 year old son Jimmy who is in an orphanage. Jimmy due to a hard life is a troubled boy who causes lots of trouble. Kramer tells Hardie he can retrieve the gold Kramer stole if he can change Jimmy into a good boy and convince him to tell where the gold is hidden. Hardie accepts the request and challenge. He decides to take the boy to the Benson family headed by ex-outlaw Hank Benson. He and his wife Martha would like to adopt Jimmy but he resists their attention. Kramer had a partner who wants his share of the loot and therefore Jimmy who is the only one who knows where the gold is hidden.
—Anonymous