Called Negro because of his dark skin, Boy was a stowaway in a ship going to Manila when he met some corrupt law enforcers who turned him inot a petty thief and informer. Forced to survive on his own, he willingly did all they asked him to do and grew up into a small time hood. Time came when he became expandable and faced with certain death from his former benefactors Boy Negro held a young girl hostage to call the public's attention to his plight.