Betty Buttin and the Bad Man
Directed by Edmund LawrenceAfter reading her brother's dime novel, Betty starts a career of crime by raiding the jam closet. The imprint of her hands on the doors of the house and barn are subsequently mistaken for those of Gory Pete, a bad man who has broken out of jail. Gory Pete steals a pie from the cook, Norah, who summons Murphy, a police officer. He hears blood-curdling cries coming from the barn; in terror, he summons other officers. They break into the barn, where they find Betty brandishing a rusty horse-pistol at her doll. Meanwhile, in another part of the town, Gory Pete is captured by the smallest officer on the force.
