Slade is accused of collecting a reward for a job he did not do. He is summoned to Silverado by the marshal who says he collected a $1,000 reward for a job he never finished. Slade was given $1,000 to straighten things out by an unknown client. Slade had once collected a reward for shooting murderer John Colfax. But one day the townspeople claim to see Colfax in the flesh.