When the lowlife of the Barbary Coast determine to take revenge by wrecking the press and burning the city, Bat Morgan convinces them to do otherwise. Trying to keep them from fighting back as the vigilantes come to destroy the Coast, he is shot in the back by one of the underworld thugs and is captured by the vigilantes. Jean saves him from hanging and he is permitted to go free, on her parole.
In an attempt to stop a violent uprising by the Barbary Coast, Bat Morgan convinces them not to retaliate against the city.  However, he is shot in the back by one of the underworld thugs and captured by the vigilantes. Jean saves him from being hanged and grants him freedom on her parole.