5/10
A two reel quickie Universal Western and early Lon Chaney
9 October 2000
Mine boss Seymour Hastings (John Davis) suspects an inside accomplice when gold shipments keep getting stolen, so he sends east for help and is sent detective Murdock MacQuarrie (John Murdock). The detective sets out before the next shipment with a posse and finds that mine clerk Lon Chaney (Frank Lawler) is using a mirror to signal the bandits that shipments have left the mine.

Of interest mainly as an early work of Lon Chaney and of Tod Browning (director), seemingly the first surviving picture that both worked on. Some of the acting style that Lon Chaney became famous for are already evident.
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