A man has various adventures in pursuit of a winning lottery ticket that he bought in partnership with two others. He weighs his actions by deciding how likely it is that he can get away with them, always a risky thing to do. Murder in Mind. Vicky and Gilbert are determined to murder Gilbert's stepmother so that they may inherit her fortune. They try various methods, but none work.
Matters worsen, to their way of thinking, when the stepmother hires a bodyguard.
The two give in to his demands, the while earnestly plotting murder yet again. Enter a midget, who has just taken lodgings in town. The two men take him hostage, force him to rob the bank, then kill him. They grab the loot, thinking all has gone swimmingly, but meet with a nasty surprise on their return. John axed his wife and simple stepson for the sake of ten thousand dollars, but instead of enjoying the fruits of crime, he was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.