The Reporter on the Case (1914)
Reporter Jimmie was gloomy. There had been nothing doing in the way of news worth his while as a star writer, for a week, and he tarried a grouch. Nothing worthwhile appeared in the morning "extras," so after sticking around the office for a while, he decided to visit his old friend, Detective Barnes. Here he found that Dame Fortune had opened the door for him. In the meantime, Giles, heavy-jowled and villainous in appearance, and looking as if he owed the whole world a grudge, finished his prison term and came back home. He was broke. He decided to raise some money, so he prepared himself by lighting his lamp, loading his revolver and writing a note. The note he thrust under the door of Emery's house. The note warned Emery to come across with money, and if not, Giles would give the papers an interesting story and a convict photograph of him. Mrs. Emery found the note when she opened the door, and read it. Emery was sick abed, so his wife, guessing at once who had written the blackmailing note, went through the darkness to where Giles was stopping. Mrs. Emery carried a loaded pistol with her. Giles, in his pleasant way, took away her money, but declared that it was not sufficient. Then she gave him her jewelry. This nearly satisfied him, but he wanted her wedding ring also. Mrs. Emery would not part with her wedding ring without a struggle. A lively tussle for the ring followed. The policeman on the beat heard a shot. In the house he found Giles dead on the floor from a bullet wound. He telephoned to police headquarters of his discovery. Jimmie had just seated himself for a chat with Detective Barnes when the telephone message came. They visited the scene of the crime and found clues, among which were the initials on the jewelry, which led them to Mrs. Emery. Anticipating a visit from the police, the clever woman was prepared for them. She explained the jewelry saying that the house had been robbed the night before. Giles was a burglar by reputation, and the significance was unmistakable. But Mrs. Emery overlooked one thing, Jimmy found her wedding ring clutched in Giles' hand. He made Mrs. Emery confess her visit, although she denied the shooting. Detective Barnes insisted on arresting Mrs. Emery, but Jimmy begged for twenty-four hours' time in which to clear up the mystery. How he cleverly did this is unmistakably shown in the last scenes. An entirely new and fascinating situation is developed while Jimmie, as usual, triumphs.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Edward LeSaint | Director |
| William E. Wing | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Guy Oliver | |
| Eugenie Besserer | |
| Stella Razeto |
