16 January 1915 Thriller 12 mins
Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the thieves escape on a hand car. With her feet still bound by wire, Helen endeavors to pursue on foot, but stumbles and falls across the rails of the track of an oncoming train.
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Helen Holmes as Helen
Leo D. Maloney as Thompson - Construction Foreman
George A. Williams as Wilkens - the Paymaster
M.J. Murchison as Nashman - the Baggagemaster
United States 16 January 1915
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