Rawhide Western Library #2

In "The Holdup!", a lone traveler named Clay Barton is ambushed by a masked bandit who steals his gold nuggets and horse, leaving him to walk eleven hours back to town. With no evidence of violence and no witnesses, Barton is arrested—though he insists on his innocence. Weeks later, freed and driven by suspicion, he returns to the scene of the crime, where a confrontation with a man named Simms leads the sheriff to overhear a damning confession.

The Kid finds himself trapped in the clutches of the notorious Durado gang, wrongfully accused and left to face their brutal justice. As he fights to survive and outwit his captors, a desperate escape unfolds—but not before a shocking twist leaves him questioning the true cost of his freedom.