Intrigue

The Jewel Land Company of Elko, Texas is selling Government land to settlers. Before any of the settlers can claim their land, they are being killed by McCabe's gang. When Rocky comes to Elko to find his friend Jim, he winds up in jail on a charge of stealing money from the new marshal. The only person in town that is on his side is Nugget, but there is little that he can do by himself. When Rocky escapes from the jail with another prisoner and the marshal is shot, he has to find who is behind his problems and what has happened to Jim and Emily.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

The territory around Elko is the domain of the outlaw-gang leader Dan McCabe. He lures prospective homesteaders to town with promises of selling them cheap land which, in fact, is U.S. government homestead property. The only person in town willing to oppose McCabe is "Nugget" Clark, the town jeweler. When the prospects near town, MacCabe's henchmen, Cal Barker and Gus, ride out and kill them and take their savings. Should any get through,they are issued deeds by McCabe's phony land office and later ambushed. Only a wagon trail arriving from Nevada are John Turner, a deputy U. S. Marshal assigned to police Elko; his son Trem, and the son's bride Cynthia. When "Rocky" Lane comes to town to see his friend Trem, he finds himself in jail falsely accused of shooting the marshal. He, with the aid of "Nugget", break jail and sets out to put an end to the McCabe reign of terror.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>