Tom is told that his friend Cliff Raven, a half-Indian who he has been studying law with, is wanted for the murder of a white girl he had been seeing. Tom goes to Raven and tries to talk him into coming in peacefully to prove his innocence, but Raven escapes, not trusting that he will get a fair trial. When Tom finds him in an old mine both he and Raven wind up trapped in it when it caves in.
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