Slade is on his way to the next town when he stops to help a convict and ends up in a deadfall set up by three escaped prisoners who take his horse and gun. When Slade gets loose, he sets out to get his horse and gun back.

A photographer's plate becomes the important clue when Slade investigates a bank robbery that took place on the day the bank opened while the officials were having their pictures taken, in "Plate of Death."