The Sheriff's Captive (1911) Online
Dan Hawkins, a rancher of Skull Valley, Arizona, going to the post-office for his mail, recognizes a man standing near, pulls his gun, shoots the man down and rides hastily away. The loitering cowpunchers hasten with news of the tragedy to the home of Fred Weller, the sheriff, who bidding his mother good-bye, saddles his broncho, and is off on the trail of the assassin. Nell, Hawkins' daughter, awaits her father's return, and greets him joyfully. He is much depressed, and thrusting a note into her hand, bids her good-bye and rides away. Nell reads the note: "My Dear Daughter--Fifteen years ago your mother ran away with another man. Today I killed him. I have made provision for your future. I am leaving this country. Good-bye. Your Father." The sheriff reaches Hawkins' cabin and encounters Nell, who denies knowledge of the whereabouts of her father. Weller, however, discovers the hoof-prints of Hawkins' horse, and starts on the trail. The next evening, by aid of his field glasses, he ...
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 | J. Warren Kerrigan | - | Fred Weller |
 | Pauline Bush | - | Nell Hawkins |
 | Jack Richardson | - | Dan Hawkins |