Howard Negley

Jim Hardie goes undercover as an outlaw and tracks down infamous outlaw, Sam Bass, to Texas.

Earp takes an interest in Mamie Perkins but there is something amiss in the relationship even though his friends hope they marry. Earp learns she loves another man who needs Earp's protection from Fog MacMurray's gang of cattle rustlers.

New deputy Bat Masterson mistakenly shoots a drunk with an empty gun in the back to protect Hal. The man is critically wounded forcing Earp to wire for a surgeon from Fort Dodge while the man's family wants revenge by killing Bat.

Joe Riva is nearly lynched by Pete Hendell for horse stealing which is the punishment in Kansas. Earp stops the lynching and believes Riva is innocent. Doc who knows Riva decides a different type of punishment is needed to make a point.

When a man rides into Tombstone with three bullets in him, Earp decides to go alone to arrest Old Man Clanton for stealing the man's horses. A concerned Nellie asks Doc to accompany Wyatt. Emma Clanton shows her feelings for Earp.