 While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny s girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing mother s good friend Bertha. But Frieda pursues him and, at a party, announces her engagement to Monk in order to make Benny really jealous. A rival gang attacks during the party and Benny takes over, running off with Bertha in his arms. In a chase across the rooftops, Monk falls to his death. Benny is accused and later cleared of Monk s "murder".