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Crime reporter Scoop Conner's suspicions are raised when he witnesses high society shyster Bill Burgen promising condemned killer Dapper Dan Malloy a reprieve from the governor after Dapper Dan threatens to name names. After Scoop helps Dan get wise, he takes a swan dive into a bottle, leaving news gal Gladys Wayne to grab new guy Bert Bell and head to the pen to cover Dapper Dan's execution. But a lightning strike on death row saves the state the trouble, and all three reporters smell something rotten at work in the Big House.