An egotistical acting ham confesses to bank robbery and murder, thus requiring Cisco and Pancho to save him from a lynch mob. Later, however, Cisco discovers that the grave of the supposed murder victim is empty.
Cisco and Pancho face a crooked deputy sheriff who's desperate to find the location of buried treasure from the Civil War, and has already killed once.
Pancho poses as the uncle of a young woman whose banker father apparently committed suicide after losing most of the bank's money. Cisco smells a rat and decides to investigate.
Cisco and Pancho decide to pay a visit to an old friend at his ranch, but upon arrival they learn that the pal has been murdered and his widow is planning to sell the place.