The Clutch of Conscience
Directed by Fred E. WrightPete, the bad man of a little mining town, sees Joe Fanwood at work in the latter's gold mine. A swift blow from a revolver butt and Joe is dragged into the shrubbery and relieved of his gold. Pete rides back to a gambling house, where he invests the ill-gotten gold. A fight ensues and Pete kills one of the gamblers. He makes his escape, but is soon pursued by the sheriff and his posse. When they are pressing him hard he enters a cottage, startling the woman of the house. By means of a locket he discovers that the woman is his sister whom he has not seen in years. She tells him that her husband is Joe Fanwood. She hides her brother from the sheriff and after the posse has gone Pete, too, departs. He goes to the spot where he left Fanwood to find him slowly regaining consciousness. He gives him back the gold he had stolen and a locket to give to Mrs. Fanwood. There are stirring scenes in this film and the action does not lag, not even for a moment.
