In this picture we see how the artists engaged to pose for the pictures make the scene so realistic that they get themselves into all kinds of trouble in the city where people are not familiar with their mode of doing things. The first picture shows the camera set to take a picture of a tragic hold-up. The manager gets the people in position, and when they are ready, a woman and girl are seen walking along the street, when three men spring out from behind a wall, and, after stabbing them, go through their pockets, relieving them of all their valuables. When the performance is finished they all start away to the next place to pose for another picture. A young boy sees the performance, and mistakes it for a real hold-up, and rushes off, spreading the terrible news through the town, and summoning the police. A large crowd starts to the scene of the great tragedy, and when they arrive, they find no one there. They rush off in pursuit of the artists and soon overtake them. After a desperate struggle they are carried off to jail, followed by the excited crowd. Although they make an effort to explain the situation to the magistrate, he refuses to listen, and so they are ignominiously thrown into a cell. When the manager of the moving picture show hears of the trouble, he hastens to the assistance of his artists. Arriving at the station house, he succeeds in explaining matters to the satisfaction of those in authority, and the prisoners are released. The next picture shows a real hold-up, and when the police are notified, they believe it is still the moving picture men at work, so quietly walk to the scene where the robbers have a man bound and gagged, and after putting the crowd to rout engage in conversation with the astonished highwaymen. They then go back to the station house, while the robbers go on their way, congratulating themselves that they have the protection of the police.