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Show 11 "A FLAW IN THE f EVIDENCE" I "A Flaw in the Evidence," a Than-I Than-I ' houser production in two parts, sched-li sched-li uled for release through the Mutual on Friday, September 22, is a con-I con-I vincing detective story of unusual I plot, In "which a detective who thinks I he is clever finds himself outwitted I by an old man. I At the time of a robbery he is I sent by headquarters to investigate I the case. These are the facts of the I thievery as he reports them to his I superiors. I "The victim of the robbery is a I wealthy society matron. The job must I have been done by the butler and the nurse-maid. The girl was on the grounds with the baby. She pretended pretend-ed an attempt was made to kidnap the child. Her cries brought every one from the houBe. As the butler had planned, he was sent back to telephone tele-phone for the police. He was alone in the house, sneaked into the mother's moth-er's boudoir and stole the jewels which she had left scattered about when I she ran out in response to the maid's ! cries. I found Bome of the loot under the mattress in the butler's room and have placed him and the maid under , arrest." i However satisfactory this report . may be to headquarters, it does not " satisfy the old father of the robbed woman. He may not be a detective, but he knows something about human nature and ho reasons this way. "I noticed that the baby didn't have any use for that detective," he says to himself. "But ho does love his nurse and the butler. Babies and dogs can tell more about people than grown ups. I saw the detective try to kiss the nurse the other day, but the butler put him off the grounds. Therefore, he doesn't like the butler. "The only evidence against the butler but-ler Is that he was alono in the house and this detective says ho found Borne of the jewelry in his room. The detective de-tective was alone In the house a long time, too. He made us stay out on the lawn while he hunted around for clues." Thinking this, he goes to work to "get the goods'' on the detective. He goes to the secret service man's rooms one night, and gets him to boasting about his great sleuthing. At a given time, tho police light a fire, per the instructions of the old man, outside the window. Thinking the house Is on fire, the detective runs to a picture on the wall. The old man gives a signal. The police come In and find behind the picture which the detective seems to be guarding, the jewels and a lot of other loot. The double crossing detective goes to jail, while the nursemaid and butler are released and sent back home. |
