Earp arrests a drunk Sgt. Craig for killing an Indian in a Dodge City store. However, the Captain at Fort Dodge has other ideas about whether it is a crime for a soldier to kill an Indian.
Horses are being stolen around Wichita pushing the ranchers to want a necktie party. Their sights are set on a group of gypsies on Gus Cassen's property.
To be sole heir of an inheritance, a rancher kills his cousin, the only other next of kin. It's up to Annie to find the holes in his alibi, and prove he is the murderer.
Lofty captures an outlaw, the only one who knows where the loot is buried. His fellows attempt to bribe Judge Bowen, who is about to resign his post to care for his ill wife.
Earp's friend Ned Buntline comes to Tombstone hoping Earp will introduce him to the Clantons so he can use them in a new book.