Στα βόρεια της πολιτείας της Νέας Υόρκης, δύο αγόρια έχουν αναλάβει τον καθαρισμό στον σπίτι του πατέρα τους σε μια εγκαταλειμμένη ιδιοκτησία, αλλά τα αγόρια βρίσκουν μέσα τρεις απατεώνες που έχουν βρει καταφύγει εκεί.

Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.

U.S. Marshal Rocky Lane arrives to help his friend Nugget whose shipments are being robbed. Learning the gang only goes for incoming shipments, he figures they are repacking the loot and having Nugget ship it out. So he hijacks the next outgoing shipment finding a box labeled tools contains gold bars. Then posing as an outlaw he makes a deal with the gang hoping to round them up. But the boss learns he is a Marshal and he is made a prisoner.