Officer Kelly intervenes, instigating a pursuit that compels the Stooges to adopt the guise of plumbers as a means to evade incarceration.
Moe and Curly, in their misguided efforts, inadvertently connect a water pipe with another conduit containing electrical wires.
This leads to water inundating every electrical appliance in the mansion, subjecting the perplexed chef to endless tribulations and frustration.
Consequently, the Stooges hastily endeavor to flee the scene, pursued by the aggrieved judge, his butler, and the law enforcement officials, notably Officer Kelly, whom they had initially attempted to evade.
[1] It was a remake of the Sidney and Murray short film, Plumbing for Gold (1934), and would be remade again with El Brendel and Shemp Howard as Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944).
The original story in Plumbing for Gold involved searching for a lost ring which the Stooges did not use until Scheming Schemers.