Matt (James Arness) is caught in the middle of the violent property dispute between a family of settlers named Gabriel and a greedy rancher named McCready (Paul Fix). Things get worse when there's an outbreak of cholera at the Gabriel ranch, whereupon McCready has Doc (Milburn Stone) kidnapped so he won't be able to attend to the ailing Gabriel boy. But Mrs. Gabriel (Peg Hillias) manages to wreak vengeance upon McCready in a most unpleasant fashion. This episode is based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of December 4, 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi