His Brother's Ghost

Sharecroppers in the border area of Wolf Valley are being raided by a gang of outlaws, so Andy Jones, the rancher who owns their land, sends for his friend, Billy Carson, a rancher from a neighboring county who recently routed a similar gang. While he is being introduced to the sharecroppers, Billy notices a man peering through Andy's window and chases him. Billy follows the man to a ranch owned by Thorne and accuses Thorne of being involved in the raids. After one of Thorne's men knocks out Billy, Thorne decides to take Billy on the series of raids he has planned and then kill him and leave his body on the sharecroppers' property. Although he is bound, Billy manages to escape from the outlaws after they have committed two raids and murdered several sharecroppers. Billy rides to warn Andy, and the two men engage in a gun battle with the gang, who eventually retreat. Andy is badly wounded, however, and Billy goes to fetch Doc Packard, unaware that he is one of the gang's secret leaders. After examining Andy, Packard, who along with Deputy Sheriff Bentley wants to take control of Andy's considerable land holdings, goes to Thorne and assures him that the rancher's wounds are fatal. The vicious Thorne then demands a bigger share of the ill-gotten gains and threatens to expose the vacillating Packard if he tries to back out. Before dying, Andy, meanwhile, sends for his twin brother Jonathan and asks him to impersonate him until the gang has been stopped. Once Packard pronounces Andy dead, Bentley issues a writ declaring Andy's property as unclaimed. When two of Thorne's men show up at Andy's house, Jonathan, who calls himself Fuzzy, appears and scares them off. Fuzzy then follows the outlaws to their hideout and peers through the windows, convincing the entire gang that they have either seen a ghost or that Andy is still alive. To prove that Andy is indeed dead, Thorne digs up his grave and shows the gang his body. The outlaws are only momentarily relieved, however, as Fuzzy returns to "haunt" them at their hideout. When terrified gang member Yaeger announces to Thorne that he is quitting, Thorne, who is making arrangements for his final raid, shoots and kills him. The next day, the sharecroppers confer with Billy and Fuzzy, whom they believe is Andy, and agree to face the outlaws together. At the gang's hideout, Billy beats up outlaw Jarrett, but when Jarrett refuses to talk, Fuzzy appears and scares him into naming Packard. Fuzzy and Billy then scare Packard into revealing that Bentley is his partner and that Thorne is planning a raid for that night. As Billy, Fuzzy and the sharecroppers are riding to confront Bentley, they are spotted by Thorne and the gang, who deduce that Fuzzy is Andy's brother. Bentley is then taunted and scared by Fuzzy and is about to confess his crimes, when Thorne suddenly appears and shoots him. Billy, Fuzzy and the sharecroppers pursue the fleeing gang, but Fuzzy is eventually captured by Thorne. Just as a gun-wielding Thorne is about to force Fuzzy to sign over Andy's property, Billy bursts in to the hideout and shoots him, while the rest of the gang is apprehended by the sharecroppers. Later, Fuzzy, who has appointed himself judge and sheriff, sentences Thorne and his gang to life in prison and declares law and order restored to Wolf Valley.