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Young mechanic Walter Johnson has invented an automobile attachment that will revolutionize the trade. Williams, for whom he works, desires to purchase it, but his superintendent Slawery prevails upon him to allow the idea to be stolen, ...See moreYoung mechanic Walter Johnson has invented an automobile attachment that will revolutionize the trade. Williams, for whom he works, desires to purchase it, but his superintendent Slawery prevails upon him to allow the idea to be stolen, then discharge Johnson. Slawery has so enmeshed himself in Williams' affairs that the latter can hardly call his soul his own. Williams' daughter is in love with Johnson and overhears the plot to steal the invention and on Slawery's exit, upbraids her father for listening to such a scheme. She sees Johnson and tells him of the plot. Johnson is discharged the next day, and Slawery hires a sailor, Admanson, to steal the blueprints of the invention. Admanson then starts to blackmail Slawery. telling him that he will reveal all if he is not well paid. Slawery defies him, so Admanson tries to regain the blueprints from Williams' house. Williams hears someone breaking into his library and confronts Admanson, and in the subsequent struggle Williams is killed. Johnson has been meeting Grace clandestinely, and Slawery accuses him of the crime. A strong circumstantial case is made against him, as he had been seen leaving the house at the time of the murder. Grace's physician uncle secures a piece of the glass that Admanson broke from the window to open it. In doing this he cut his hand and a microscopic examination that the doctor makes shows that the blood adhering to the pane is from a man suffering from Kala Azur, an incurable Asian disease. The doctor, believing in Johnson's innocence, advertises that he has a sure cure for the dread malady. Admanson answers the ad, and the doctor charges him with the crime, and on being taken to the district attorney, he confesses all. Johnson is released and Grace welcomes him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less