F. X. Murphy, an older man, is the new Marshal of Paradise, California. He has just finished hanging his shingle out when a fight erupts from the saloon. Joby Ferguson is fighting with an Indian who is getting the better of the fight. When Joby pulls his pistol, Marshal Murphy shoots the gun out of his hand and arrests him for attempted murder. Healey, the saloon owner, begs him to let Joby go but Murphy is unyielding. The Ferguson brothers own not only the biggest spread in the area but the town of Paradise. George Guiness, the local Wells Fargo agent, asks to be a deputy to back up the new Marshal. As he awaits the arrival of the brothers in the saloon, Jim Hardie stops in as he is passing through the town. Alec Ferguson arrives and tries to intimidate George. Hardie steps in to back George up. His fight with Alec ends when other Ferguson brothers (Daniel and Amos) arrive and Hardie finds himself with George Guiness in the local jail tended to by Murphy. Paradise is no longer Paradise, suddenly.
—Anonymous