Stanislaus Hinchman is assigned to the notorious station 12 in Polishtown His job is to catch the criminal known as The Black Phantom The name comes from the black mask he wears With him is his friend and fellow officer Joe Fay The Phantom is peeking into windows and assaulting women on the street and stealing their purses At station 12 Stan and Joe meet policewoman Eva Shes flirty and one night she and Stan go across the street for a sandwich That night Stans wife Ruth gets an anonymous call about Stan and Eva He manages to explain the real deal Later on Ruth sees the Phantom peeking in her window Eva is used as a decoy to trap the man He takes the bait and is killed by an officer thats been keeping an eye on Eva Everyones happy Case closed Stan now works for a Detective who glad hands everyone but does little work It doesnt matter because hes well liked Stan does the paperwork The calm ends as a sixteen year old girl is killed in Polishtown Stans back at station 12 with Joe Joe is always joking and keeps trying to get something going with Eva Stan gets a hunch about the head of the police garage and investigates Is he the Black Phantom