The Topeka Terror 1945 The land rush opening of the Cherokee Strip brings in its wake a scattering of outlaws and claim jumpers Among these is a crooked promoter Trent Parker Frank Jacquet, and his henchmen who plan a huge swindle by compiling falsified reports, putting the claims of honest settlers into the names of various henchmen Clay Stevens Allan Lane, a government agent posing as a drifting cowhand, advises the settlers to organize their resistance Ben Jode Roy Barcroft, the gang leader, runs for sheriff so he can gain full control of the town