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The Mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

When Samuel J. Smithers, a detective of the American Customs Service, asked for the assistance of Scotland Yard in solving the mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds, Superintendent Narkom assigned Cleek to the job. For some time past the ...See moreWhen Samuel J. Smithers, a detective of the American Customs Service, asked for the assistance of Scotland Yard in solving the mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds, Superintendent Narkom assigned Cleek to the job. For some time past the American Customs Service had been bothered by diamond smuggling. Suspicion pointed in the strongest possible manner to a jeweler named Rosenstein. But though Rosenstein had been stopped and searched several times upon his arrival in New York, no trace of incriminating evidence had been found upon him. At the time of Smithers' visit to Scotland Yard it was suspected that Rosenstein was in possession of a valuable lot of diamonds, lately stolen in Amsterdam. Cleek promised to accompany Smithers across the ocean in the same boat with Rosenstein. But when the boat sailed, the indignant Smithers was unable to discover Cleek anywhere aboard. For his own peculiar reasons, Cleek had disguised himself as an old Hebrew. He kept his identity a secret from everybody aboard, including the American detective. On the way across the Atlantic, Cleek struck up a friendship with Rosenstein, and visited him in his stateroom several times. On one of these visits, he made a remarkable discovery. When the ship arrived in New York, Smithers had Rosenstein arrested and searched without result. But when the same ship started on her return voyage to Europe, Smithers was astonished to receive a message from Cleek, whom he, of course, supposed to be in England. The solution of the mystery was quite simple. Rosenstein had concealed the diamonds in a secret compartment in his stateroom. He left them there when he landed in New York, only taking the precaution to engage the same stateroom for his return trip. His plan was to take the diamonds from their hiding place and give them to his wife when she came to see him off. Cleek, who had discovered the secret compartment in Rosenstein's stateroom, detained Mrs. Rosenstein aboard the ship until they reached Fire Island, where, in accordance with Cleek's directions, the revenue officers were waiting for the two smugglers in a cutter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Ben F. Wilson Detective Hamilton Cleek (as Ben Wilson) Detective Hamilton Cleek (as Ben Wilson) See fewer	The Power God (1925)
Robert Brower Police Superintenent Narkhom Police Superintenent Narkhom See fewer	The Little Minister (1921)
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