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  • The Charles Street Mystery (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Charles Street Mystery (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Davidoff, an adventurer, and Kate Meredith, his clever associate, notice at an auction sale a valuable jeweled ornament which they wish to obtain possession of. The ornament is purchased by the Count and Countess Warden, and when the ...See moreDavidoff, an adventurer, and Kate Meredith, his clever associate, notice at an auction sale a valuable jeweled ornament which they wish to obtain possession of. The ornament is purchased by the Count and Countess Warden, and when the former presents his card to the auctioneer Davidoff notes the name and address. Then they devise a clever scheme by which to obtain the jewels. First Kate secures a position as nurse to the children of Detective Barker, hoping to thus divert suspicion from herself. Davidoff calls upon the countess, telling her that a friend of his has an ornament exactly similar to the one she purchased at the sale. and that he thinks the friend would sell it if the Countess desired it. Being a collector of valuable jewels, she was interested in the other ornament, and asked for the address of the owner, so Davidoff gives her Kate Meredith's address. He then tells the Countess he would like to see the ornament she purchased, and when she gets it he notes where she keeps it. Davidoff then hurries to inform Kate to be ready for the Countess' visit. They have rented a room in the house next door to Detective Barker's, securing a room on the same floor as Kate's room in the Barker house, and they have cut a secret passage between the two rooms, which they conceal by placing wardrobes in front of it. When the Countess calls upon Kate, the latter contrives to have her handle some needle-work, in which a needle has been concealed. The needle pierces the Countess' finger and she becomes unconscious, the needle having been in contact with a drug. Kate puts on the Countess' hat, veil and coat and rushes to the latter's home, Davidoff having told her where the jewels are kept. Fooled by her disguise, the servants think she is the Countess and admit her. She succeeds in stealing the jewels unobserved and returns to her room just before the Countess recovers. She sets the Countess' watch back one hour in order that the latter will not know how long she has been there. When the Countess arrives home she discovers that the jewels are missing, and notifies Detective Barker. The latter finds a single blonde hair in the Countess' watch and after she tells him of her visit to Kate's room he immediately goes there himself. He falls into the same trap which caught the Countess, sticking himself with the needle, and falls into a stupor. Kate comes through the secret passage and rolls him through a trap door. He rolls down a slanting roof but is caught by a small rail at the edge, preventing his falling to the ground. Upon recovering he makes his way back to the room and discovers the needle, and the secret connection between the two rooms. He then knows that the thief is the nurse, and he finds that she has already fled. He discovers that she is a confederate of the famous criminal, Davidoff, so he immediately sets out to find the latter. He traces them to an apartment just as they are leaving to flee the country. He captures them, but as he forces them to enter the elevator at the point of his revolver they prove too quick for him, starting the elevator suddenly, leaving the detective behind. The latter rushes down the steps, and not finding them at the bottom, thinks they have gotten away, so starts after them down the street. They, however, have hidden in the bottom of the car, and after the detective is out of sight get into a taxi and rush to the wharf just in time to catch a departing steamer. The detective sees them pass in a taxi and gives chase on a motorcycle that happens by. He arrives on the wharf too late to catch them but secures a motorboat, overtaking the steamer and surprises the fugitives, arresting them at last. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 30, 1914
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Nov 1914 (United States)

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