[1] Honest Plush Brannon (Wallace Beery) is a confidence man from the Barbary Coast in San Francisco.

His plan to come by some money is disturbed by his ex-companion, Duke Cleat (John Carradine), who accuses Plush of doing him wrong in the past.

Aboard the train, he meets an industrial railroad Millionaire, Bradford Bellamy I (Donald Meek) and convinces him he is about to serve the man in a blackmailing process.

Even his old partner with whom he used to rob stage coaches, Johnny Adair (Ray Collins), believes him.

When Plush is attending a ceremony and is about to dedicate a cornerstone in the city, he accidentally discovers that the stone has gold in it.

He waves goodbye to Li'l, Bellamy III and Portia, as he is off to serve a one-year sentence in prison.