When Judge Leon Brewster’s wife, Lucy, is taken by gun point off the stage at Bitter Creek, her abductors demand a double twenty-five thousand dollars and the release of their gang leader, Rueben James, who is just hours away from hanging. Will Jubal and his deputies get there in time to spare Lucy’s life or will Judge Brewster be forced to suffer the loss of a second wife? Grab your Winchester and a couple of boxes of cartridges. You’re going to need them for this coon hunt.