Your Husband's Past

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A couple of crooks are plying their trade in a theatre where a governor and his daughter are among the spectators. One of the pair of crooks succeeds in robbing the governor's daughter of her necklace while the other steals back the jewels from his pal and returns them to the owner, thereby affecting an introduction to the charming young lady. The crook works fast, is invited to the governor's mansion and eventually obtains consent to marriage. In the meantime a detective recognizes the crook who has passed himself off as a titled gentleman, and endeavors to expose him. The detective is foiled in his first attempt and the crook, his pal and the governor's daughter prepare for an elopement. Many situations arise during the elopement and the crook's past continues to haunt him with several detectives playing the part of the ghost. He is finally run to cover.