Sarah Carruthers is a mean old woman who has every intention of exacting her revenge from the grave. Her will stipulates that her fortune of $100,000 will be divided equally among the citizens of North Fork provided Lucas McCain, whom she despises, dies within seven days of her own death. Few if any in the town want anything to do with it but when Eli Belson's gunslinger cousin Stacey shows up in town, Lucas and Marshal Micah Torrance conclude Eli wanted the money. The timeline suggests that Stacey would have had to be notified before the old woman's death and it points them in another direction.
—garykmcd