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While Alice Wagner (Spring Byington) is leaving a movie late one night, her purse is stolen by an unseen assailant. Heading to the police station to report the crime, Alice thumbs through the mug book -- only to find the picture of a criminal who closely resembles her own son-in-law Leo (Harp McGuire). Worried that it was Leo who robbed her, Alice confronts her daughter Mabel (Bethel Leslie), thereby setting the stage for a shocking conclusion to this sordid little affair.