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  • The Adventure of the Smelling Salts (1912)
  • Short | Short, Crime, Drama
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The Adventure of the Smelling Salts (1912)
Short | Short, Crime, Drama
It is discovered that a large amount of diamonds are being brought into this country by a clever smuggler. The case is assigned to Lambert Chase, the detective, who employs a female assistant. Nellie Croy is suspected of the crime. Lambert...See moreIt is discovered that a large amount of diamonds are being brought into this country by a clever smuggler. The case is assigned to Lambert Chase, the detective, who employs a female assistant. Nellie Croy is suspected of the crime. Lambert Chase and his assistant trail her to a steamship ticket office, where they learn that she has secured passage to America. Immediately Chase reserves a stateroom adjoining Nellie's for his assistant, and another one for himself. Chase bores a hole through the partition between his assistant's and the smuggler's cabin, so that her every action can be carefully watched. He arranges with the captain of the boat to reverse the engines and give an alarm that there is possible danger. Chase's assistant is instructed to watch what Nellie seizes in her excitement, supposing that she will try to save that which she considers most valuable. She grabs a bottle of smelling salts and rushes from the cabin. This locates where she has concealed the diamonds. To fasten the crime upon her, Chase instructs his assistant when they land, during the examination of the luggage, on the other side, to faint and he will borrow the bottle of smelling salts from Nellie Croy. This plan is carried out, and he lets the bottle fall onto the floor. It breaks and the diamonds are exposed and the smuggler arrested. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Oct 1, 1912
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Oct 1, 1912 (United States)

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