Two convicts, who make their escape from jail, take advantage of a masquerade ball which is in progress. They steal a couple of masques, and enter the ball room as masqueraders. For the first time in some months they are enjoying ...See moreTwo convicts, who make their escape from jail, take advantage of a masquerade ball which is in progress. They steal a couple of masques, and enter the ball room as masqueraders. For the first time in some months they are enjoying themselves to the strains of sweet music on a ballroom floor. They induce two gentlemen, who are masquerading as policemen, to exchange clothes with them. They make their "getaway" at an early hour in the morning in their police uniforms. They breakfast on bread and milk, which they get from the early merchants. In the meantime the guards are on the track of the convicts, and mistake the two gentlemen wearing the convict clothes home. Here a lively chase follows. While the prison guards are chasing the supposed convicts, another crowd is chasing the real convicts, whom they think are police, and wondering why policemen got frightened at burglars and ran away. The whole affair comes to a lively finish when the two crowds meet. The guards are rewarded for their chase by catching the right men. Written by
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