Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps into a racing auto and takes off in pursuit. In the meantime, the freight's brakes fail, and the train breaks in two. Helen, on a road parallel to the tracks, leaps onto a flat car, runs forward, informs the train crew what has happened, and captures the crooks.
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Helen Holmes as Helen
J.P. McGowan as Warren - Railroad Employee
Leo D. Maloney as Norris - a Crook
Rex Downs as Wheeler - a Crook
United States 22 May 1915
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