The foreman of the Ironton Steel Company department has been found murdered and near him lay a knife which belonged to one of his under-workmen. So upon this circumstantial evidence, Harvey... See full summary
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The foreman of the Ironton Steel Company department has been found murdered and near him lay a knife which belonged to one of his under-workmen. So upon this circumstantial evidence, Harvey Davis, the workman, was arrested and indicted for murder. On the night of the murder, Davis' little son, Harvey, Jr., had come to the saloon where both his father and the foreman were together drinking, and begged his daddy to come home to supper. While there, the youngster had noticed a peculiar-visaged man borrow his papa's knife and not return it. The little tot tried to tell this detail to the coroner and the lawyers, but they somehow refused to listen as the stranger could not be found. The youngster's story was taken as just a bit of childish romancing. The little codger listens as the lawyer tells his mother that there is practically no hope of securing an acquittal. Again Harvey, Jr., intercedes with the story of the strange man with the awful face and the lawyer laughs and his mother tells...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Lamar Johnstone | - | The Accused Father |
 | Barbara Tennant | - | The Mother |
 | Clara Horton | - | The Child |
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