Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.
A local resident and hate-filled former convict, Nate Bush, informs Marshall Dillion that he thinks the new arrival in town, Cole Treadwell, may actually be an escaped convict, Cole Trankin, from the Arizona Territorial Prison. Nate is newley married and seeking to become a Doctor. After a misfortune of events, Matt has to tell his new bride something has happened to her husband.