Sam Slocan with his wife and daughter were traveling along the prairie trail to their new home. They had received a warning earlier in the day, but Sam refused to pay any attention to it. They neared the town of Showdown - one of the most lawless in the territory, where the leading citizens, the Tobin's, led no pretense to innocence, and their word was law. Those who differed with them paid for it, and as a result the Tobin's didn't hesitate to speak freely in public...