The Melburn Confession (1913)
Godfrey Melburn quarrels over his wife's extravagance and reprimands her for it. That night a burglar enters their home and kills Mrs. Melburn. Melburn is arrested for the murder of his wife. Melburn's father, an aristocratic gentleman, tells his daughter, Mabel, that if his son is guilty he will disinherit Godfrey's baby son in favor of his cousin. The cousin, a shrewd lad in his twenties, calls on Godfrey in his cell at the county jail. Godfrey gives him a statement declaring that he, Godfrey, is innocent of the charge against him. Desiring the inheritance, the cousin forges the confession and gives if to Mabel. The reporters call at her home. Mabel substitutes the confession for a plain piece of paper. Reading an imaginary confession or statement to the reporters, and, becoming aware that they are suspicious of what she is reading, she throws it into the grate. She leaves the room and the reporters depart. One, a young girl, thinking she has been misled by the loyal sister, returns, and is met by the cousin, who gives her the forged confession. At this point the sister returns and pleads with the reporter for the return of the false document. The reporter, with a heart of a loving mother, seeing Godfrey Melburn's infant son, destroys the paper. Mabel is then notified that her brother has been found guilty of murder and will be electrocuted at midnight. The electric chair is put in preparation. Five minutes to twelve, Steve Hicks, the burglar-murderer confesses his guilt to a judge of the night court. The judge immediately telephones the death chamber, and Godfrey Melburn is set free. He returns to his home, where he is met by his loyal sister and infant son. Godfrey falls weakly into his sister's outstretched arms and thanks God for his narrow escape.
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