A Czech boy Szolda (nickname "Soldier") overhears some men speaking in Czech plotting an assassination of a cripple. Distraught and unbelieved, he persuades his only friend Wilcott to accompany him, late at night, to the execution site.
The two boys break in and hide as the henchmen and later, cripple arrive. They overhear an argument and the cripple is shot. They manage to escape and call the police but a further surprise awaits them that will change their lives forever