THE STORY: Kate Scott is writing articles on recent murders in Central Park. Sam Dundee is a detective trying to solve the murders. Clark Wilson, who is engaged to Kate, arranges for her to question Dundee about the killings. But Kate and Dundee clash over their opposing ideas on crime. Dundee wants to catch the criminal and kill him. Kate thinks he should be studied. All the time the murderer himself, young Ronnie Brewster, sits within earshot of them. That very day another girl is killed in the park. Kate and Dundee meet and when Kate taunts him he challenges her to stop theorizing and do something. Over Clark’s protests she joins the manhunt. At the risk of her life, she encounters Ronnie, questions him, realizes that he’s the murderer, and persuades him to surrender. Everything is moving smoothly when Dundee and Clark arrive on the scene. But Ronnie suspects Kate of laying a trap for him and tries to escape. Dundee shoots him down. Kate is heartbroken to see her near success ruined. Ronnie Brewster is lying dead at her feet just as his mother arrives to take him home.
