In St. Joseph, Missouri, Beau Maverick wins halfl-ownership of the Golden Wheel Casino. The business venture is short-lived when his partner, Rand Storm, is shot to death by Flo Baker….

Bank robber Big Ed Murphy is at his wit’s end: someone keeps beating him to the loot — and that someone is Bret.

Bart swings into trouble when he tries to help the cavalry uncover a traitor — and winds up facing a hangman’s rope.