How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

Bowie encounters a group of farmers who are being duped into paying protection money to an old woman against the ghost of a famous Louisiana pirate.

When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.

Bowie learns that foul play may be attempted at a concert arranged by his friend at the newspaper for composer John Howard Payne.