The Lone Ranger (1938)

In 1865 Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator In one of his first actions he captures and assumes the identity of Texas new Finance Commissioner Colonel Marcus Jeffries after having the real man murdered When a contingent of Texas Rangers enters the territory Snead one of Smiths men leads them into an ambush by Smiths troopers The Rangers are apparently wiped out although one injured survivor is left The survivor nursed back to health by Tonto swears to avenge the massacre and defeat Colonel Jeffries and his men