The Bum and the Bomb (1912)
Si Haskins, a farmer, receives word that a case he is interested in is up for trial. Si sets off for the Metropolis. He goes to Central Park. He falls asleep on a bench and a park bum, passing by, steals his bag. Si wakes up and gives him chase, but fails to catch him. The bum had been reading in an old newspaper an account of the sending of a bomb to Judge Rosalsky. In the bag the bum found the address of Si's attorney and to him he showed the bag and intimated a deadly bomb was contained therein. The lawyer put money into the bum's hand and pushed him out of his office. The attorney then saw that the bum had left the "bomb" behind him. The lawyer phoned to the police and pretty soon a policeman was on hand and carried away the "bomb." At the station, the captain called around him his force and they went to McGowan's Point in Central Park. Here they were about to explode the "bomb" by flinging their clubs at it when along came Si, spied his bag, and in spite of the yells of the cops, picked it up and flew. Back at the lawyer's office the latter was congratulating himself on his safe delivery from the fate impending over Judge Rosalsky when who walked in but Si and his bag. The lawyer yelled and mounted his desk. Si went away, believing his case had been settled out of court though his attorney had an odd way of winding it up. Si made his way to Central Park again and suddenly came to the bum counting over his spoils. Si quickly seized him and carried him triumphantly to the station. In walked the farmer gripping the bum by the collar and the "bomb" by the grip. The officers hurled themselves through the windows. The bum escaped. Si, however, overtook the bum and gave him a sound drubbing.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
