The Vindication of John (1911)
Pressing creditors and large losses at the gaming table are greatly depressing to Harold Brown, the bank clerk, but none pay any attention to his troubled mien. The great new bank vault had been newly installed and its combination was known only to John, who copies it in ink, blots it, and gives it to the treasurer. Harold notes the blotting of the written combination. At the opportune moment he secretes it, and arriving in his room, easily reads it by holding it before the mirror. That night the safe is opened and a large sum is extracted. The combination, presumable known to none but the treasurer and John, the poor boy is suspected, apprehended and confined in jail to await trial. His mother, believing in John's innocence, accomplishes his escape in a novel manner, and he is soon on his way westward to await proof of his honesty. With the flight of time he becomes a valuable ranch hand and the favorite of all, including Helen, the daughter of Rancher Case. He is about to tell the willing and eager girl of his love, when he suddenly realizes his position as a fugitive from justice. He dare not ask this girl to share his name. Harold Brown, the actual looter of the bank's cash, pays his debts, and resigning his position, boards a train for the west to spend the surplus in having a good time. He rapidly sinks to the lowest strata of existence in the barrooms, and from one of which he is bodily ejected. Staggering along, sick and drunken, he is overcome and is discovered by a returning body of cowpunchers of Case, lying in the road. Some gallop off for a doctor while others carry him to a deserted shack. John arrives from the ranch with the doctor and is surprised to find his old desk-mate in such wretched shape. Bending over the form, he is thrilled with happiness at the stricken man's confession. Then comes the removal of stigma to his name with the necessary explanations to all interested and to that little girl, who, smiling through her tears, looks up into the face of her vindicated lover, John.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
