When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

The huge warehouse is cold and the studs are masked. Cheating wives are brought to Skin Trade to confess to their sins and fantasies.

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The famous scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom.

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.

A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.