A sardonic news editor gets promoted to the title of Assistant City Editor. On the first day at his new office, located near the local news' city room, a fidgety man named Henry Mergenthwirker arrives. Henry warns the editor that a murder will happen that afternoon. A secretary in the Bronx named Hazel Johnson is going to be killed with a hammer. The editor initially believes it is a joke but thinks Henry looks convincingly scared. He asks Henry how he knows about the murder, and Henry says that his two "lobblies" named Henry and Japheth told him, and gestures towards the office door. He laments that only a few people can see them. The editor angrily tells Henry to scram and dismisses his warning. He heads to the city room and questions three workers there about Henry, but they don't know who he is. Suddenly, the boss calls for them to head to the Bronx because there has been a hammer killing.   The editor feels bothered by the murder because he does not understand Henry's connection to it. He looks up his last name, Mergenthwirker, in the telephone book and city directory unsuccessfully. After a week with no updates, he lets the case go. One night at a bar, he sees Henry drinking beer. He notices empty spots on each side of Henry with beer glasses. Henry sees the editor and amiably invites him for a drink. When the editor pulls out the nearby chair, Henry exclaims that he was close to sitting on one of his lobblies, so the editor sits across from him instead. The editor asks Henry how he knew about the murder, and Henry explains that his lobblies tell him details about future events. He says that, for example, the Second National Bank will be robbed that Tuesday at 3:30 PM by four men. Henry asks the editor to call the bartender because Japheth wants another beer, and the editor shockingly notices that the glass is suddenly empty. The editor asks Henry what lobblies even are, but Henry explains using strange terms, such as that they enjoy "pwidgeting and rikking trilks." The editor, confused and exhausted, tells Henry to drop by his office again with the lobblies.   On the expected day of the robbery, the editor plants two news workers and a cameraman, who triumphantly obtain a complete pictorial account of the robbery. Henry arrives at the office that afternoon. The editor remarks to Henry about how he can be rich with the help of his lobblies, especially if they know the results of lotteries, races, and games. Henry excitingly says he never considered doing so, and invites the editor for a drink to discuss it. On the way to the bar, Henry notices his lobblies lagging behind the pedestrians on the crosswalk. He dashes to the middle of the street to push them out of danger and is hit in an instant. The editor pushes through the gathering crowd to see Henry's broken body on the street. Henry looks around the crowd and becomes relieved when he sees his lobblies are safe. The editor reassures him that an ambulance is on the way, and when Henry expresses worry that he will die, the editor tells him that he will take care of the lobblies if needed. Henry thanks the editor as he slowly closes his eyes.