For Big Stakes (1922)

"Clean-up" Sudden, a stranger in town, incurs the wrath of Scott Mason and wins the love of Dorothy Clark while punishing a crooked sheriff and cleaning up the ranch of Rowell Clark, Dorothy's father. Mason ties Dorothy to a tree, sets fire to the ranch, and dies in that fire. Clean-up rescues the girl, though he cannot save the buildings, and reveals himself to be the rightful owner of the ranch.