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Weights and Measures (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

Weights and Measures (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

John M. Truxton, City Attorney, has gathered evidence to prosecute the men higher up. The newspaper publishes a warning of what is to happen at the next session of the grand jury. Mayor Dave Harris, the political boss, reads the account. ...See moreJohn M. Truxton, City Attorney, has gathered evidence to prosecute the men higher up. The newspaper publishes a warning of what is to happen at the next session of the grand jury. Mayor Dave Harris, the political boss, reads the account. He immediately goes to Truxton's office to find out whether the story is true. Upon being assured that it is, he tries to stop Truxton from presenting his evidence, first by bribery and then by threats. Truxton refuses all offers and finally kicks Harris out of his office. Kitty Donely, through certain circumstances, is in the power of the mayor. She is approached and told to get something on Truxton. Kitty refuses at first. The mayor tells her to get Truxton and he will give her five thousand dollars, and if she doesn't he will surely get her. Kitty agrees and discovers the next day that Truxton is in the habit of going almost every day for a motor trip and stopping for a drink of water at an old farm house. The next day she persuades the old farmer to take her in as a summer boarder, changing her finery for a simple gingham dress, she meets Truxton as he comes and Truxton falls in love with her and proposes marriage to Kitty. She then discovers that she loves him. Truxton by accident overhears some of her conversation. Fighting a battle with himself, he decides that Kitty is worth more than anything else. He calls on her again that night. Kitty, going for his cigarette case, discovers a letter written by Truxton to his mother which he has forgotten to mail. Kitty thinks it is to his wife. In revenge for what she thinks is his perfidy, she pulls the badger game on him. Truxton, thinking she has fallen for the mayor's offer of bribery, is more hurt than frightened. The next day the papers come out with scare heads, announcing the arrest and release on bond of the City Attorney, charged with a statutory offense. The mayor sends Kitty her promised check. She drops both the letter she has taken from Truxton and the check, into the library table drawer. Truxton gets a letter from his mother, asking why he does not write. Truxton, thinking matters over, decides to unravel things and that night enters the mayor's home with the aid of a jimmy, searching for evidence. He finds the mayor's checkbook and on one of the stubs, "K.D. - $5,000." Putting two and two together, he enters Kitty's apartment in the same way he did the mayor's. He finds his missing letter and a check for five thousand dollars, signed by the mayor. Kitty appears upon the scene. Explanations and forgiveness follow. A month later the scales are balanced. The mayor is indicted through evidence furnished by Truxton, and Truxton and Kitty drink once more in happiness at the old well. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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J. Warren Kerrigan John M. Truxton - City Attorney John M. Truxton - City Attorney See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Vera Sisson Kitty Donely Kitty Donely See fewer	The Married Virgin (1918)
George Periolat Mayor Dave Harris Mayor Dave Harris See fewer	The Red Lily (1924)

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