Accused of a crime he didn't commit but vindicated shortly after, Deputy Police Captain Duke Thornton of the downtown Boston Precinct decides to leave town for a while. Following up on an invitation by a friend from the west, he heads for New Haven. Amelia Sharpe is engaged but realizes that she can't marry her fianc . Because of the kind of man he is, she decides that leaving town is the safest thing to do. Leaving New York to go west, she soon finds...