The Sketch with the Thumb Print - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Mr. Harry Furniss, the famous English cartoonist, and his daughter are visiting New York in search of various American types. While passing a Fifth Avenue jewelry store the daughter calls his attention to a rough-looking man who stands ...See moreMr. Harry Furniss, the famous English cartoonist, and his daughter are visiting New York in search of various American types. While passing a Fifth Avenue jewelry store the daughter calls his attention to a rough-looking man who stands gazing at the diamonds displayed in the window. As the artist finishes the sketch his daughter accidentally drops a sketch of herself; the rough-looking man picks it up and in handing it to the girl, leaves his dirty thumb print upon it. Later the artist leaves the sketch hook on a park bench. The reporter, wandering in the park and discouraged at lack of news, reads a heading in a newspaper of a great diamond robbery and wishes he were lucky enough to locate the criminal. He finds the sketch book, sees the name and address of the owner on the inside and returns it to him. He asks for a sketch in return and selects the one of the daughter upon which is the dirty thumb print. In glancing over a newspaper which he has been reading, the artist recognizes the name of the Jeweler who was robbed as the one in front of whose store he sketched the rough character. He tells the reporter of the incident and shows him a sketch of the man and also shows him the man's thumb print. The reporter's news gathering propensity immediately begins to assert itself and he proceeds to the Rogue's Gallery to find out who the original of the sketch is. Later, in looking over the scene of the crime, he finds the thumb print on a bit of broken glass in the jeweler's smashed window. He learns of the haunts frequented by the man be suspects and by some clever detective work secures another print of his thumb. The three prints prove conclusive evidence and the criminal is arrested. The reporter gives his paper the scoop, which reinstates him to the favor of the city editor and the closing scene shows him in high favor with the artist's pretty daughter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less