Stu is reporting on notorious racketeer Harry "Face" Houseman, who many claim have been indicted just because the district attorney, Hardin S. Kelly, wants to be re-elected.

Jeff starts his own investigation of the case, and becomes a witness to murder when Face is shot down in cold blood in his sister's apartment.

Stu tricks Jeff to cover a fake story, and the editor is furious when he sees the result, and makes him read funny strips on radio instead of serious reporting.

But when Jeff visits the court to meet one of his young listeners, he happens to watch the trial against Face's murderer, Carlos Marquez.

Since Jeff speaks Spanish, he discovers that the interpreter translates the accused man's words wrong, saying that Carlos confesses to the murder, although he doesn't.