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Butts Casey, Crook (1916)
Short | Short, Crime, Drama

Butts Casey, Crook (1916)

Short | Short, Crime, Drama

Butts Casey, crook, is summoned to the police station and questioned by Chief of Police Curren about a robbery that took place the night before in which a watchman was stabbed. Third degree methods are used with the knife that had been ...See moreButts Casey, crook, is summoned to the police station and questioned by Chief of Police Curren about a robbery that took place the night before in which a watchman was stabbed. Third degree methods are used with the knife that had been found on the scene. Butts rises and calmly says, "Curren, you haven't anything on me, and never will. So long." And Butts walks out unmolested. Then a new element comes into the life of Butts, Ruth West, stenographer in a factory office, and her crippled mother, move into the tenement flat adjoining Butts' room. Butts rescues Ruth from the attentions of a gang of young toughs, and they become acquainted. Harry Allen, Ruth's sweetheart, who is employed by the factory where she works, has been ordered out on the road for a month's trip. Therefore. Butts knows nothing of Harry, and Ruth is silent on the subject because she never dreams that Butts is falling In love with her. Butts, however, is hard hit. He puts away his burglar tools and gets a job on a construction gang. Chief Curren is amazed when he learns that Butts has gone to work. Meanwhile, in another city, Harry has fallen into the hands of Bert and Olga Lang, card sharpers. When Harry finally quits the game, Lang holds his I.O.U. for $2,000. At a holiday picnic Butts tells Ruth of his love. The girl is surprised. She tells him that she is engaged to Harry. Butts takes the blow like a man, promising always to be Ruth's friend, and resolving to himself to continue on the straight path. Harry returns, trailed by the Langs and the fatal I.O.U. Harry's worried manager seems coldness to Ruth. One day Butts finds her crying after she had seen Harry had spoken to Olga. Butts starts an investigation and trails Olga. In a cheap café Butts overhears Olga telling Lang that Harry will, "get the money from the office tonight and meet us here." Butts, alarmed, fearful for Harry, hurries from the café. Harry, threatened by the Langs, who say they will tell the factory boss about the I.O.U., has finally, in desperation, gone to the office to rifle the manager's desk, knowing that there is money in one of the drawers. Butts gets his revolver and tools and hurries to the office, where he finds Harry breaking open the drawer. For the sake of the girl, Butts saves Harry from actual theft and so arranges the trial that it points plainly to Butts Casey as the intruder. Then Butts takes up the I.O.U. with his own money and gives it to Harry and Ruth as a wedding present, making Harry promise that he will not transgress again. Butts, again brought before Chief Curren, acknowledges he is caught this time. As Butts is led to jail, the chief puzzles over the strange case, of which he has seen only the outward signs. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Frank Mayo Butts Casey Butts Casey See fewer	Souls for Sale (1923)
Lillian West Actress Actress See fewer	Girls' Dormitory (1936)

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