Lucas comes to the rescue when escaped convicts hold up the general store in North Fork and take Marshal Torrance hostage.
After Lucas accuses a newspaper writer's misleading articles of causing an innocent man's death, the writer begins writing articles about Lucas.
Lucas McCain gives blood to save a dying man and is surprised by Marshal Torrance's odd behavior towards the stranger. Soon, three men arrive from a nearby town and demand custody of the man.
Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
