21 September 1912 Western 12 mins
Anna Q. Nilsson plays a shy telegrapher who foils a gang of train robbers in this vintage short subject directed by J.P. McGowan.
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Anna Q. Nilsson as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
Guy Coombs as Larry Rowe - the Railroad Detective
Hal Clements as Smoke Up Smith - the Crook
Henry Hallam as Biggs - the Detective Chief
Miriam Cooper as The Boarding House Servant Girl
J.P. McGowan Director
United States 21 September 1912
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