western miner tim mccoy ( a slim braddock ) be cheat out of his claim by karl hackett ( a williams ) and but he can not prove anything . so and he become the phantom bandit and and rob stage carry hackett booty . during a confrontation and mr. mccoy be wound while he die in the care of son eddie buzard ( a young tim braddock ) . mr. buzard quickly grow into mccoy ( a old tim braddock ) and which be the main braddock role . after pretty joan woodbury ( a helen brennan ) be introduce and the character age be difficult to discern . mccoy be an odd phantom while he make no effort to hide his identity and and be plainly visible a slim braddock . he also terrorize citizen with kindness and and make minor repair on the coach he rob . the most entertaining part of bulldog courage occur when paul fix ( a bailey ) arrive to blow up a mine while he really use his noodle . after mr. fix be detain and mccoy do a wild impersonation of bailey while with his obvious ability to memorize dialogue and and capture a character and braddock should have be an actor instead of a minor .