When the wrestler in a medicine show injures the town blacksmith, a match is set up between Johnny and the wrestler to raise money for the blacksmith's medical bills. The match doesn't come off because the conman and the wrestler take the money and run. The crowd thinks Johnny is in on the deal and he has to escape them and chase the crooks.
When the sheriff of a town in southern Kansas is killed, his friend Johnny takes the job and has to keep the peace between settlers and cattle herders. Each side thinks Brown is favoring the other.