By Whose Hand? (1915)
Officer Cornwall, hearing a shot, rushes into the house from whence the sound had come and discovers Melville lying wounded on the floor. The policeman helps the man to a chair. Investigating, Cornwall discovers a girl hiding behind a screen. The girl begs for mercy and then tells her story. Her name is Violet and she first met Melville two months ago. Fascinated by his attentions, the girl met him secretly. Violet believed all that Melville told her and when he urged her to elope, she consented. Then came disillusionment. Although the man had promised to make her his wife, he abandoned her the day after the elopement. Violet, discovering his residence, entered the that evening. Angered by Melville's proffer of money, she seized the revolver lying on his table. The man engaged her in a struggle, in the course of which the weapon was accidentally discharged. Violet's story makes a profound impression upon the soft-hearted officer. He is about to let her go when an old man breaks out of the closet and denounces both Violet and Melville. The newcomer is Miller and he informs Cornwall that the two are crooks. According to Miller, they had entered the room through the window. While Melville engaged him in a struggle. Violet covered him with a revolver. In her excitement, the girl pressed the trigger and accidentally shot her pal. Terrified, she leaped forward, struck the old man with the butt of the revolver and then dragged him into the closet. Taken aback, Violet and Melville confess their guilt. With a sigh of relief, Cornwall picks up the phone and calls up headquarters.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Hamilton Smith | Director |
| Hamilton Smith | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harland B. Moore | |
| Marguerite Courtot | |
| Richard Purdon | |
| Robert Vaughn |
