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  • The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912)
  • Short | Short, Western
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The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912)
Short | Short, Western
A private banker, J.C. Rodgers, is going out of business and, knowing that his cashier, Chester Byron, is anxious to go west and that the bank out west in which he is interested, is in need of a new assistant cashier, he secures the ...See moreA private banker, J.C. Rodgers, is going out of business and, knowing that his cashier, Chester Byron, is anxious to go west and that the bank out west in which he is interested, is in need of a new assistant cashier, he secures the position for him. So Chester Byron, with a letter of introduction to the president of the bank, starts out. A notice of Byron's appointment as assistant cashier, and the day that he is expected to arrive in the western town, is printed in a local paper and it is brought to the attention of Allen Hayden, who resides in a neighboring town. With the aid of two Mexicans, Joe and Pete, Hayden decides to meet Byron before he arrives, by boarding the train a couple of stations below. He does this, giving Byron the following note: "This will introduce to you Mr. Clay Randall, our confidential clerk, who will meet you en route regarding a private business transaction," with the signature of the president of the bank attached to it. On the strength of this note, Byron alights at the next station with Hayden and accompanies him to Hayden's house. Here Byron is offered wine. The wine has been drugged and as soon as Byron becomes unconscious, Hayden quickly appropriates the other's letter of introduction, etc., and leaves Byron in Pete's charge. Hayden goes to the bank, representing himself as Byron and is soon, on account of his previous record, placed in full charge whenever the cashier is out. Finding the coast clear one afternoon, he closed the safe door without setting the time lock, so that, later, when he returned to the bank, "to do some extra work," as he told the watchman, it was an easy matter to open the door, take the currency in the safe and lock the door without exciting suspicion. Byron had, in the meantime, been kept a prisoner by the Mexicans. Upon the night that Hayden decided upon robbing the bank, he sent Joe the following note: "Everything arranged for tonight. Have Pete with horses at Dell's corner 9 o'clock. Don't fail. Big haul. Will wait for you below Eagle Rock, Brush Canyon. Signal." It was Joe's open delight that excited Byron to strike for liberty that very night. Something was afoot, he felt sure. Pretending to be ill, he staggered from his bed to the floor and no sooner did Joe bend down to his aid, than Byron jumped, and, taking the other wholly by surprise, obtained possession of Joe's revolver and marched him outside, where, fortunately, he found the coast clear. As they reached the moonlit road, an automobile came along. Quickly Byron explained the situation to the driver and soon Byron and his captive were speeding toward the sheriff's office. Here the sheriff decides that Joe should be taken to Eagle Rock to act as a decoy. Accordingly the sheriff, his posse, Byron and Joe set out on horseback, and some distance from the rendezvous drew rein and Joe was commanded to give his signal, which was promptly answered by Hayden. Then, while the posse circled around, Joe was forced to advance, on foot, to where Hayden was waiting, so that almost before his suspicions were aroused, the sheriff and his men had closed in upon the bank robber and his accomplice. Hayden and the Mexicans were taken into custody by the sheriff, while Byron entered upon his career as assistant cashier. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated May 15, 1912
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May 15, 1912 (United States)

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