Our story begins outside a Detroit factory. John Bomald had left for work just after 5:45 that morning, and was called back home to discover that his sister Miss Francis, who kept house for him and his son George had been murdered. Her body was discovered by her favorite brother, Charles, who had called in with his friend Joe to drop off some lamb chops. George, her nephew, worked the nightshift at a packing plant, but it seems he slept right through her murder...