A young man from a prominent family who has taken up with "the wrong crowd" and finds himself entangled in blackmail and, ultimately, murder.
Young David Gideon has his head turned by, what else, a conniving woman. In his haste to protect her, and her supposed good name, the source of her pain turns up dead. Namely her estranged husband. David goes on trial for murder and this time things get past the preliminary hearing.
A man is accused of murdering the blackmailer who tried to smear his estranged wife's reputation
An old man is betrayed by his nephew after he alters his company's books to divert suspicion from the young man.
Yuma arrives in a town in which the local editor checks guns and, when he checks Johnny's, one is discovered missing. It is learned Ted Keller has taken the gun to settle a perceived injustice to his father.
