Gold miner Edd Denmeade loves Lucy
Watson, the sister of the official mining claim recorder. Denmeade
suspects Watson of killing his father, who after a poker game was
shot by a gambler "who shuffles with one hand." The real murderer,
Sam Spralls, has convinced Watson that he killed Denmeade and
threatens to expose him unless Watson assigns him all the gold
claims.
Spralls assembles a band of killers to
jump the claims when Watson complies.
Eventually, Denmeade learns the identity
of the killer when he sees Spralls shuffle a deck of cards. He forms
a vigilante party and rids the community of Spralls and his gang.