The over-zealous mayor of Rapid City, Alexander Griffith, accidentally kills the wife of the town's sherrif, Aaron Dooley, in an attempt to stop a petty thief. After corrupting witnesses, Griffith is cleared of manslaughter charges but the whole town is outraged. After the killing of the two bribed testifiers and an attempt on his own life, Griffith flees, never to be seen again at Rapid City. But Sherrif Dooley knows that sooner or later he's "got...