A newspaper owner discovers that his girlfriend's father is the head of the biggest racket in New York City.

A French language teacher finds a fortune in lost jewellery, manages to trace the owner and returns them. His picture is splashed all over the papers prompting several people to report him as a crook in a case of mistaken identity, causing him all sorts of trouble with the police.

A couple of hecklers ruin a magician's act when the magician asks for an audience volunteer.