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Convicted for Murder (1916)
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Convicted for Murder (1916)

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Elliott Reynolds, handling politics for the "Call," receives an assignment from Bob Kingdon, Elliott's closest friend and the city editor, to investigate charges of graft against the city administration. Inasmuch as Gordon Helm, the father...See moreElliott Reynolds, handling politics for the "Call," receives an assignment from Bob Kingdon, Elliott's closest friend and the city editor, to investigate charges of graft against the city administration. Inasmuch as Gordon Helm, the father of Louise. Elliott's fiancée, is the power behind the political machine, Elliott anticipates trouble, but accepts the assignment as a matter of duty. In order to play fair with Helm, Elliott warns him of the purpose of the "Call." Helm, believing that Elliott is notifying him in a roundabout way of his determination not to press the investigation too closely, makes light of the warning and tells Elliott to go as far as he likes. This results in certain charges being brought home to Helm and proof furnished to the district attorney. Helm's right-hand man, Donovon, learns that the exposé is to be made immediately by the "Call" and gives Helm an advance copy of the story. Elliott begs Bob to hold the story until he has seen Helm and has explained his position fully. Bob does so, and asks only that Elliott phone him immediately after his interview with Helm, so that the story may go through at once. The interview between Helm and Elliott results in a violent quarrel. Elliott and Louise, who has taken his side, leave the house, when Elliott remembers his promise to Bob, and returns to call him up. A few moments after he has left Louise, she and the old family butler are startled by a shot and rush into the house to find Elliott in Helm's library standing over his dead body. The butler having overheard the quarrel, accuses Elliott of the crime and he is arrested. At the trial the butler's testimony with that of Donovon, only too glad to see Elliott out of the way, ends in Elliott's conviction. Louise is prostrated, and Bob's efforts to aid Elliott are vain. Upon the morning of the date upon which sentence is to be passed, the butler at work in the library, trips and catches hold of the portieres, pulling one of them down. He picks it up and finds a note behind it. The note is from Helm written immediately after Elliott's departure and explains that a phone call from Donovon has convinced him that exposure is inevitable, as a result, he has taken the only way to save Louise the disgrace of being the daughter of a convicted felon. The butler goes through a struggle, but word that Louise is in a critical condition, determines him. He hastens to the court, arriving just as sentence is about to be passed, and gives the message to the judge. Bob grasps the situation and explains the possible chain of events leading up to Helm's death. His story of the phone message from Donovon, Helm's decision suicide and the falling of the message behind the curtain when Helm clutched the table cover after shooting himself, is accepted by the and prosecution. Elliott is cleared and returns to Louise. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Coxen Elliott Reynolds (as Ed Coxen) Elliott Reynolds (as Ed Coxen) See fewer	The Bells (1918)
Lizette Thorne Louise Helm Louise Helm See fewer	A Dream or Two Ago (1916)
George Field Bob Kingdon Bob Kingdon See fewer	Blood and Sand (1922)
Charles Newton Gordon Helm Gordon Helm See fewer	The Warning (II) (1915)
Jack Farrell Pete Donovan Pete Donovan See fewer	Kiss Me Good Night (1914)
Harvey Clark The Butler The Butler See fewer	Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)