Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles #71

When Jingles' gun misfires during a bank robbery, the town turns against him—but Wild Bill suspects there's more to the story than bitter townspeople are willing to see. Jingles accepts what seems like a bribe to spring the captured outlaws, leading Wild Bill to lay a careful trap that will either prove his deputy's loyalty or condemn him completely. With tension mounting and the whole town watching, the truth about Jingles' choice comes down to a gunfight in the hills near Chimney Rock.

When Jingles wrongly arrests a redheaded gunman named Rusty O'Brien near a beaten man, and Wild Bill makes a similar mistake later, O'Brien begins stirring up town sentiment against the lawmen—but Wild Bill suspects there's more to the scheme than public grievance. As cash mysteriously piles up in the local bank and O'Brien seems to court trouble without consequence, the Marshal realizes he's being played, and the real crime is far bigger than anyone expected. Bill and Jingles must catch O'Brien in the act before he and his conspirators make off with the haul.

A lifelong prospector named Lud Briscoe searches the mountains for the legendary Naylor Mine, a treasure lost to avalanche decades ago. When he takes a shot at a passing deer, the rifle's vibrations trigger an avalanche that unexpectedly exposes the mine—only to bury it again moments later when he fires a second time. Lud moves on, unaware of the fortune that was briefly revealed and then hidden once more.

Wild Bill Hickok uses a crooked gambling trick to win forty thousand dollars from a shady card player, only to discover the money was stolen from a small-town bank by a gang led by Joe Quick. Determined to return the cash, Wild Bill heads south while Quick and his men set up an ambush, but the marshal and the local sheriff turn the tables on the outlaws in a fierce confrontation. With Quick and one of his gang members escaping across the border, Wild Bill pursues them on horseback to finish what he started.