 Larry Day (Buck Jones) is riding in a rodeo when Starr Landerson (Muriel Evans), whom he has never seen before, calls him Gary Elliott and asks why he is masquerading under another name. After the contest, Larry is arrested by Sheriff Blaine (Tom Chatterton) for the murder of Belle Turner, whose father, Lafe Turner (Josef Swickard), identifies him as the killer. Pop Greer (Harvey Clark)holds up the sheriff in order to help Larry escape. Pop knows rancher Gary Elliott is a double for Larry, and wires him arranging a meeting at the place of Indian Danny Lightfoot (Iron Eyes Cody)saying he has information on the murder of the girl. Danny gets Elliott intoxicated, Larry changes clothes with him and Elliott is killed by the arriving posse. Larry rides to Elliott s ranch, as Elliott, hoping to prove he was the real killer. He saves Starr Anderson from a runaway, but is knocked unconscious. She takes him to the Elliott ranch where Dr. Northrup (Alphonse Ethier) says he is suffering from amnesia. Larry plays along and soon learns that Elliott had loaned Starr $100,000 on her cattle, but most of her herd has been rustled. Larry also discovers Starr s ranch contains a gold mine. He learns from Dr. Northrup that Elliott s business associates are Sheriff Marsden (Lee Phelps) and banker Ed Randall (Ernest Hilliard)and Larry, as Gary, tells the pair he is renewing the mortgage on Starr s ranch. This doesn t fit their plans to take over her ranch and, by a ruse, they learn Larry s true identity and send for Sheriff Marsden. But Pop Greer shows up with the secret to the missing cattle, and the battle is transferred to the outlaw s hideout.