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.
When the low-life of the Barbary Coast decide to retaliate by destroying the press and burning the city, Bat Morgan convinces them to refrain from violence.  Trying to prevent a fight between the vigilantes and the underworld thugs as they approach to destroy the coast, he is shot in the back by one of the criminals and captured by the vigilantes. Jean saves him from execution and he is granted freedom on her parole.