Bill Hicks, a trapper, robs the Sawyer Lumber Company of $5,000, by digging a tunnel into the building through the cellar. Sergeant Tom Allen chases him far into the Northern woods, and Hicks, realizing that he cannot escape, seeking to hide the tell-tale bullet wound in his right hand, thrusts it into a heavy steel trap, mutilating it. His sacrifice proves useless, however, as Allen already has finger prints of his left hand. Hicks is taken back to the scene of the robbery where he confesses. A young trapper who has been arrested on suspicion is freed, and the episode concludes with his marriage to Alice Graham.