Bill Nolan, Sheriff of Ockland, receives a telegram informing him of the arrival of a stagecoach with federal bank securities. Together with Judge Finley he organizes the custody of the stagecoach but it is attacked anyway and suspicion falls on the sheriff by his strange actions alone. The confidence of his assistants is weakened and everything gets complicated when he is accused of rape and one of his assistants is found dead. His only hope is to discover the masked bandit.

Bill Nolan, el Sheriff de Ockland, recibe un telegrama comunicándole la llegada de una diligencia con valores del banco federal. Junto al juez Finley organizan la custodia de la diligencia pero es asaltada de todas maneras y recaen sospecha sobre el sheriff por su extraño accionar en solitario. La confianza de sus ayudantes se debilita y todo se complica cuando lo acusan de violación y uno de sus ayudantes aparece muerto. Su única esperanza es descubrir al bandido enmascarado.