The Lone Ranger and Tonto find their friend Joe is missing from his ranch, which appears to have been taken over ...under suspicious circumstances.
Sheriff Gene Autry faces a newspaper publisher with an egomaniacal nose-for-news who prints headlines reporting crimes before they are committed.
U.S. Marshals Gene and Pat are drawn into the conflict between a crusading newspaperwoman and a ruthless town leader.
A deserter is suspected of murdering his estranged father.
