A young man, Abraham John Hoff, while on a mission, in the hills, for his mother, witnesses a plane crash in the adjacent hill by his small home town of Leavenworth, Washington and rushes to attempt to save any lives, that might be on board the small twin engine plane. Arriving at the crash sight he finds some of the crew is dead or near death and he attempts to find others that might be injured and in need of emergency assistance. The pilot, near death, informs A.J. of how many persons and canvas bags of money on board, and almost immediately succumbs to his injuries and dies. Rushing to beat darkness, Abraham finds the heavy bags and hauls the contents home to his mother. Ava Hoff, his mother, insists the money must be returned to the rightful owners. But who are the rightful owners?