A mother is waiting for her boy, not knowing that he is dead. An escaped convict falls exhausted at her door, and she gives him food and drink while the story is told, in flashback, of how he committed his crime. An unfaithful wife, a bar room, a dude and self-defense; these were the elements that made him a convict. The mother learns that it was her boy that he killed. Although the mother helps him to escape, the prison officials capture him.
Wallace Beery
as Convict #12896
Margaret McWade
as The Mother
Jack Mulhall
as The Stranger
Walt Whitman
as The Father
Margaret Landis
as The Convict's Wife
