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This two-reel subject holds interest very steadily throughout the greater part of the picture. Too much is made of the pursuit of the handcar on which the escaped convict and kidnapper of the warden's daughter is trying to get away from his pursuers. It is overdone. The fleeing prisoner must have jumped his handcar over the two dead handcars standing on the same track, as revealed in the flash showing the warden's automobile. It is hardly probable also, that a man turning state's evidence in an unsuccessful burglary would still be in prison five years after the commission of the crime, especially as a trusty. It was forcing a situation to put in as warden of the prison and over the convicted cashier the man who won a wife by reason of his rival's downfall. In the print seen the warden's wife twice descended the stairs from the room where the whistle rope was. It appeared like a retake overlooked. The prison scenes are exciting, and are well put on. E.H. Calvert was strong as the convicted cashier, although inclined to overact in one or two scenes. Ruth Stonehouse played well in the role of the wife of the warden. - The Moving Picture World, October 11, 1913