- Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for "taking advantage" of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman in his newspaper. Shuman threatens to kill Warder, then leaves town. He returns several years later, and hatches a scheme to frame Tom and have him sent to prison. He succeeds, but Tom hatches his own plan to get his revenge.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- Tom Warder, a reporter, gets a story published exposing Isaac Shuman, a theatrical manager, who has insulted a young girl. Shuman flees town. Three years later he returns. Tom and Ruth Shipman, an actress, have since been married, and Tom has written a play which Ruth persuades Shuman's principal star is just the thing for her. When Shuman reads the play he copies the principal scenes, and returns the play, saying he cannot use it. Tom's play is accepted by another manager, but Shuman produces first. Tom's story of theft is disbelieved, and, eventually, through trickery and a free application of bribes, Shuman succeeds in getting Tom sent to the penitentiary. During Tom's enforced absence. Ruth, his wife, and the baby have a difficult time. Ruth tries to return to the stage, but Shuman's influence keeps her out of a job. In the end the baby dies, and Ruth tries to work in a laundry. Her strength fails her, and, feeling that her death is near, she writes Tom to come and see her. Tom is now a trusty, but he cannot get permission to leave the penitentiary even to see his dying wife. Hopeless, he breaks his parole and the guards give chase. In the woods he finds the body of a suicide with whom he changes clothes. Putting the body in his convict garb, he causes it to float down stream. The guards see this body, which they have shot at, go over the falls and give up the hunt. Meanwhile Tom reaches town only to find his wife is dead. He seeks Shuman and kills himself in a way that makes it appear that the theatrical manager murdered him. and the picture closes, showing Shuman in a cell with the electric chair before him.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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