Billy Byrne is a mucker, a low class American born in Chicago\'s ghetto.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres..
Two of the hobos attempt to murder the newcomer for the loot, who shoots at one and flees.
Escaping, the thief later encounters a group of hobos and is taken for one of them, the Oskaloosa Kid.
In the home of Jonas Prim, president of an Oakdale bank, a thief makes off with a servant\'s clothing and valuables belonging to Prim\'s daughter Abigail.
The Oakdale Affair features the Return of The MUCKER sidekick, Bridge.
Awaiting the verdict, he reads that Barbara and Mallory are about to marry.
However, he soon realizes that the system is more interested in finding someone guilty than in finding the guilty party.
His time with Barbara imbued him with faith in the law and justice.
In The Return of a MUCKER Billy goes back to his old Chicago haunts intending to clear his name.
He protects her from the jungle for weeks and they fall in love.
After a terrible storm, the ship is damaged and Billy rescues Barbara.
The ship\'s secret mission is to hijack a millionaire\'s daughter, Barbara Harding, for ransom.
When falsely accused of murder, Billy flees to San Francisco and is shanghaied aboard a ship.
He has a deep hatred for wealthy society.
He chooses a life of robbery and violence, disrespecting those who work for a living.
He is not chivalrous nor kind, and has only meager ethics, never giving evidence against a friend or leaving someone behind.
He grows up a thief and a mugger.
Billy Byrne is a mucker, a low class American born in Chicago\'s ghetto
