The Lynchers concerns Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Wade assuming the identity of Turk Duret, an escaped convict who robbed a bank and kidnapped a woman and her young daughter. He hid out in a cave where both the mother and daughter died. Now recaptured, the real Duret is awaiting trial. No one in town knows what Duret looks like, but sentiment is high to have him hanged. To get Duret safely out town and to the territorial prison there needs to be a substitute who pretends to be Duret.Dan Selkirk, representing a rancher, in Apache Basin shows up in town, on his way to examine a herd of cattle. If the herd is all that it is supposed to be, Selkirk has $1,000 to be paid as a binder to hold the herd. Unfortunately Selkirk has a run-in with Jude Wade, who accuses Selkirk of robbery.
