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The Death Warrant (1914)
Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

The Death Warrant (1914)

Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

Some years ago Joseph Baxter and Franklin Cross were in business together, but a dispute arose over a deal that was put through by Baxter which separated the two men in business and made enemies of the once friends. Cross had a son George ...See moreSome years ago Joseph Baxter and Franklin Cross were in business together, but a dispute arose over a deal that was put through by Baxter which separated the two men in business and made enemies of the once friends. Cross had a son George who was brought up from childhood with Baxter's daughter, Helen. They not only grew up as playmates, but also as sweethearts, and when the dispute arose between their fathers, who lived next door to each other, they still continued to meet each other at the hedge separating the two houses. It so happens one day that George, a little bolder than usual, enters the yard of his sweetheart's home, and is sitting on the terrace conversing with her when her father appears and runs him off of his grounds. When George arrives at his own home, his father upbraids him for being engaged to Helen. The old man is so persistent in his insults to Helen that George becomes angry. The old man is about to strike George, when George seizes a war club from among the curios hanging on the walls, and is about to protect himself, when his lather falls to the table from heart failure, striking his head and causing instant death. Baxter, who has come over to settle the dispute once and for all, overhears George and his father quarreling. Looking through the library window he sees the elder Cross drop dead, but at the trial which takes place later when George is accused of his father's murder, Baxter simply says that he overheard the two men quarreling, that is all. George is found guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted in ninety days. Shortly before the execution is to take place Baxter suffers from a serious attack of sickness, which the doctors tell him will mean death in a week's time. His conscience begins to prick him over the testimony that he had given at George's trial. He therefore rushes Helen to the executioner to stop it, while he hurries to the governor and is successful in obtaining an appeal for reprieve. Two days later George is pardoned by the governor and goes with Helen to her father's home, where they find that Joseph Baxter has passed away peacefully and with a clear conscience. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
George Routh Joseph Baxter Joseph Baxter See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Velma Whitman Helen Baxter Helen Baxter See fewer	Some Boy (1917)
Webster Campbell George Cross George Cross See fewer	The Single Track (1921)
Melvin Mayo Franklin Cross Franklin Cross See fewer	Love Is Law (1916)

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