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The Hidden Clue (1914)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

The Hidden Clue (1914)

Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

Perkins and Company, appraisers and gem cutters, receive from J. Lang, a diamond importer, seven large uncut rubies and a letter asking for appraisal of same. While Perkins is examining the rubies, Budd Manners, a crook, enters and tries ...See morePerkins and Company, appraisers and gem cutters, receive from J. Lang, a diamond importer, seven large uncut rubies and a letter asking for appraisal of same. While Perkins is examining the rubies, Budd Manners, a crook, enters and tries to dispose of some small gems. His avarice is aroused as he sees the rubies and he decides to steal them. That night Ashley, Perkins' foreman, is working alone in the office. He hears Budd and other crooks breaking in and 'phones to the police. Then, thinking the police might not arrive in time, he hides the gems in a jar on the desk, then hastily writes the following figures as a clue to where he had secreted the gems: "No. 99c 8: /@4 9: %$3c." He puts up a desperate fight as the crooks enter, but they kill him and search in vain for the jewels. They hear the police coming and run off empty handed. Next morning Perkins puts the case in the hands of private detectives. Dick Henshaw and May Preston, the detectives, try hard to solve the mystery and are about to give up in despair when Mary discovers the figures and punctuation marks that Ashley wrote, correspond with certain letters on the keyboard of the typewriter. She writes the letters instead of the figures and gets the key to the mystery. They now understand that the figures read: "Look in Jar on Desk." They go to the office to recover the gems. Budd and his pals, knowing that the gems must still be in the office, return to find them and are captured by the two detectives. The detectives get a big reward for the capture of the murderers of Ashley and the recovery of the gems. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Thomas R. Mills Perkins Perkins See fewer	It's Love I'm After (1937)
Paul Scardon Budd Manners Budd Manners See fewer	Partners of the Night (1920)
Harry Spingler Tom Ashley Tom Ashley See fewer	From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
Anna Laughlin Mary Preston Mary Preston See fewer	Northern Lights (1914)