John Halling, a prison warden, stands in the dock of the crowded court, charged with the crime against the State. The counsel for the defense asks the judge to let the accused tell his own ... See full summary
The Warden's Crime (1914) Online
John Halling, a prison warden, stands in the dock of the crowded court, charged with the crime against the State. The counsel for the defense asks the judge to let the accused tell his own story. The court scene fades away, and we see John Halling kneeling beside his little girl, who is seriously ill, and this is how he tells his story. "I had no more money left out of my month's salary to buy medicine for my little girl, but my friend and neighbor, Engine Driver Bueller, gave me one dollar out of a dollar and fifty cents, which was all he had. To my dismay the chemist informed me that the medicine was one dollar and fifty cents, and I only had one dollar, but Bueller cheerfully gave me his last cent, and I vowed that I would one day repay his great kindness." The Judge then asks for the convict Bueller to be brought into the court, and he is asked to tell his story, after the time when he gave Halling his last cent. The court scene again dies away, and Bueller tells his story. "I ...
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