Sheriff Dave Cromwell was chosen to stop the gun-happy, liquor-fueled Texas cowboys who were tearing up Ellsworth, Kansas. Dave had four prisoners in his jail when the men with white sacks over their heads came bursting in. A few hours later the captives were hanging from the railroad trestle just outside of town. Knowing each of the twelve "jurors," Dave turned in his badge. But the killings would not leave him alone . . .