Alex Coney accuses Tom Finley of setting fire to a tenement building, and the old man is thrown into jail. Finley insists that he's innocent, though he takes no steps to defend himself against the terrible charge.
A publisher convinces Dr. Ellsworth Dil that his book on weight control needs revision, and he has just the rewrite man for the job - science fiction author Keith Roman. Roman plans to use the book to promote a new diet fad.