Chris is falsely arrested in a backwater town and sentenced to five years hard labor in a private prison. The rest of the Seven attempt to trace his movements and effect a rescue.
The Seven are called upon to protect a camp of immigrate laborers from the maltreatment of their unscrupulous foreman, and Ezra purchases a Chinese girl to prevent her from being abused.
A drifter due to be hung offers a deal of information about the murder of Chris's wife and child to avoid the rope. The Seven, followed by an annoying writer go hunting for answers and a killer.
At the behest of the railroad, the Seven are forcibly relieved of their duties by a federal marshal, leaving their future-and that of the town-uncertain.