Unbeknownst to them, their conversation regarding the need to capture 100,000 flies to obtain the patent is overheard by a group of nefarious individuals residing across the hallway.

Seeking refuge, the trio takes cover in a sporting goods store, where a series of mishaps ensue, reaching its zenith when Curly unintentionally shoots a mannequin, laboring under the erroneous belief that he has taken a human life.

Their efforts to conceal their imagined crime are thwarted when the cemetery's night watchman observes their activities and alerts the owner, Philip Black.

Attending a masquerade party with his associates, Black arrives at the cemetery in a spooky guise, encountering the Stooges in the midst of their burial attempt.

[3] The concept of men trolling through a cemetery with a dead body dates back to Laurel and Hardy's 1928 silent film Habeas Corpus.