A gang of scheming burglars connive and scheme. One of the thieves comes across an announcement in one of the dailies to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck have temporarily closed their home to spend a fortnight at Atlantic City. The burglars decide to rob the place. Three of the thieves go to the office of the chief of police. One is equipped with a moving picture camera and another with a tripod. They represent themselves as moving picture men, produce fake credentials and bluff the chief into giving them a license to operate and take all the pictures they desire. They select the Starbuck home. One burglar places the camera in front of the house, another climbs to the porch and then opens the window with the aid of a Jimmy. The place from top to bottom is ransacked and with their booty safely piled up the robbers depart in their automobiles under police escort. Of course, the police soon ascertain how they have been tricked. The burglars are soon caught and dealt with according to law.
—Moving Picture World synopsis