The Scapegoat is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by Otis B. Thayer and starring Tom Mix.

[1] After being wrongly accused of theft and ordered out of the family home by his irate father, Tom Mason goes west and settles in Colorado.

Nellie's brother Jack is a cowboy who gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a bank robbery.

Nellie is astounded that her brother is a bank robber and pleads with Tom to release him.

Tom reluctantly agrees but hands in his badge with the stolen money and rides away.