Harlem's African-American populace is being cheated by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small contributions will secure parcels of property in Africa. When nyc police Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson research O'Malley's scam, so they know that the money is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. Nevertheless, lots of the others, O'Malley, and the police are scrambling as soon as the money goes lost.