Martha Titus watched two men riding up the trail to the ranch house, and when they were close enough to make out their faces, she called to her husband that it was Eban Case on his way there, and he's brought the Sheriff with him, which means he is there in an official capacity. The Titus' owe money on their mortgage, because all of their cattle was rustled so they don't have the money to pay. Jim knows that Evan has been desperate to get his hands on the Titus land, and suspects that it was he who stole their cattle. Now he just needs some help to prove it...