Story of how Willie Calloway, an innocent man serving a jail sentence for murder was exonerated through the efforts of Detroit Free Press reporter Ken McCormick.
Drawing a parallel between evidence in a current killing and similar evidence in a story he had covered as a reporter, Ed Gottlieb, city editor of the Long Island (N.Y.) Daily Press identified the killer.
William Ward stages a robbery for insurance, hiring two petty thieves. Sheldon, jealous of partner Crawley, refuses to give him his share. Dee, Crawley's recent bride, is the reason for the trouble. Crawley is killed, Dee rats Sheldon out.