A sister visiting her brother is mistaken by the hotel manager to be a prostitute. A writer lives together with his actress mistress.

A man commit suicide by straight razor. The crime syndicate protecting illegal alcohol threatens, kidnaps and beats up a U. S. Treasury agent. A U. S. Treasury agent is shot and killed. A drunk man beats and kills his wife.

Alcohol and its vices are well demonstrated here, leading to broken families, heartbreak, death, and bankruptcy. Outlawing liquor considerably worsens the situation, adding gangster violence.