In exchange for a horse and provisions, Sugarfoot agrees to travel with Alex Sharlakov, a former Russian seaman. After reaching Kansas, Sharlakov takes Sugarfoot to a ghost mining town, where the Russian looks for two men who had attempted to kill him.

After a mine cave-in, Sugarfoot is trapped with a half-breed Indian who has been accused of murder. The man tells Sugarfoot that he has been wrongly accused and that he hid in the mine to escape from the lawmen hunting him.

Sugarfoot is given the assignment of taking a teenager to Missouri to collect the boy's inheritance. Enroute, Sugarfoot learns that the boy is violent and is also suspected of a murder.

Sugarfoot's life is threatened when he discovers the secret behind a strange Indian ritual.

Mayor Plummer agrees to help Tom Brewster clear a young man of a murder charge. But Tom gets suspicious when he learns about the mayor's connection with the defendant's sister.

Tom Brewster sees Nora Sutton shoot down a wealthy landowner. But Judge Lawson names Brewster to be her defense attorney.