After witnessing a murder in a small town a Jewish immigrant is coerced into keeping silent about everything he saw as his daughter seeks Paladin's protection.
Paladin is dismayed to once again meet the smelly pelt scavenger named Monk, who recently inherited 50 percent of a swanky night club in San Francisco.
When Hardie stops in a small town while transporting a prisoner to Santa Fe, N.M., he discovers that the mayor and sheriff are after a price on the man's head.
While investigating a stolen stagecoach that was found in a town near the Mexican border, Hardie discovers that the residents of the town are not very honest.
A Native American is murdered while working for Slim Sherman; charges are pressed against rancher which puts Slim in a dispute with the killers family.
A bitter, disillusioned old woman decides to leave the Dakota Territory and avenge her brother's death in Dodge City, where she plans to kill Matt Dillon.
A heartless, cold-blooded killer, who hangs his victims' bodies to make it appear as if there's an epidemic of suicides in town, is captured and jailed.
A confirmed liar is loudly insistent that Dodge City's new banker is a swindler who will abscond with the townspeople's savings at his earliest opportunity.