The men protect immigrant shopkeepers harassed by thugs in a protection racket. Meanwhile, Billy confronts the fact he's illiterate and goes to adult education classes to learn how to read. He winds up conneting the gang involved in the protection racket.

A researcher and author is fascinated by the Outlaws, especially when he discovers they bear a strong resemblence to the Pike gang of 1886 - not surprising since they are the same gang. The guys try to cover their tracks while taking on a crime lord.

The Agency take in a young kid on the run from crooks and Billy Pike has to deal with the boy - the splitting image in personality of himself when he was a kid.