Jack Harding defies a villainous gang by fencing in his claim with barbed wire. Headed by Bart Moseby the gang plans to get him. Harding hides in his sweetheart's room to overhear their plans but is double crossed by one of them who commits a crime and leaves Harding's hat and gun as evidence. To save her son at the trial, Harding's mother holds up the court while her son leaps from the window to his horse. A fight between Harding and Moseby follows, ending in the latter's death and Harding's freedom.