The Great Diamond Robbery - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Herr Kraut, an enterprising butcher, learns that a bonus of fifty cents a head will be paid for the capture for every stray dog and its delivery to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Herr Kraut takes his trombone and ...See moreHerr Kraut, an enterprising butcher, learns that a bonus of fifty cents a head will be paid for the capture for every stray dog and its delivery to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Herr Kraut takes his trombone and blows it vigorously in front of his store, attracting every untethered "mute." Two French detectives, D'Abseen and Dr. Cyclop, become suspicious and conclude that Kraut is turning the dogs into sausages. Clementine, a theatrical lady, frequently sends her maid, Belinda, to Kraut's for sausages, and at the same time sends her little dog "Pinkie" with her. The two detectives watch her coming and going. Belinda secures a week's vacation and borrows her mistress's solitaire diamond ring and her little "Pinkie." After Belinda has gone, Clementine discovers the loss of her diamond and dog, advertising a reward of ten dollars for their return. The two detectives see the advertisement, call upon the actress and tell her they can recover her property. Immediately they repair to Kraut's factory, buy up all his sausages, feeling sure that her little dog must have swallowed the ring before Kraut converted him into frankfurters. In the meantime. Belinda meets her old sailor friend, Bill Buntline. He sees the ring and the dog; she tells him to whom they belong, and he immediately pulls a newspaper from his pocket and shows her the advertisement. He advises her to return to her mistress at once. They hasten back just as the two detectives are visiting the house with the sausage in which they think they have located the diamond. The colored butler enters the room and eats the sausage. They are horrified and tell the man he has not only eaten a diamond, but a "minced dog." The appearance of Belinda and her sweetheart with the ring and the dog soon explain matters. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less