Busted by Pat Garrett in Stinking Springs, Silas Greaves was transferred to a prison in Lincoln County, waiting for his death sentence. Unexpectedly, Silas was released by Billy the Kid, his one-time comrade in arms, who had broke free with a hidden gun. Silas escaped the prison through the rooftop. Unable to sneak his way out, he blasted through the town killing everyone hostile on his path, with a shotgun he took from Sheriff Bob Ollinger's office.