 In hiding, she becomes friends with a mystery author, Winthrop Clavering, and a reporter, John Howell, the truth about the murder is revealed, and it is discovered that Victor was not killed, but is being held prisoner by the drug ring.Victor is rescued, and Margaret and John develop a romantic relationship.This film is the second adaptation of the Baker/Emerson play, the earlier version being the silent film, "The Conspiracy", filmed in 1914 by the Famous Players Film Company, produced by Charles Frohman, and starring Emerson himself in the role of Clavering, reprised from his stint in the Broadway play.