The Lone Ranger and Tonto find their friend Joe is missing from his ranch, which appears to have been taken over ...under suspicious circumstances.
U.S. Marshals Gene and Pat are drawn into the conflict between a crusading newspaperwoman and a ruthless town leader.
Sheriff Gene Autry faces a newspaper publisher with an egomaniacal nose-for-news who prints headlines reporting crimes before they are committed.
A deserter is suspected of murdering his estranged father.
