The Stolen Diamond - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

After toiling for many years, an old miner finds a very large diamond. His daughter's sweetheart and many other friends attend the celebration of his success when the diamond is handed around for inspection. The sight of so much wealth ...See moreAfter toiling for many years, an old miner finds a very large diamond. His daughter's sweetheart and many other friends attend the celebration of his success when the diamond is handed around for inspection. The sight of so much wealth overcomes one of the party, who returns at dead of night, steals the diamond, takes it into the hills, and buries it at the foot of a tree which he marks, in order to recognize it again. The old miner's daughter has given her sweetheart a scarf early that day. While embracing her the sweetheart drops it. It is snatched up by the diamond stealer, who places it near the cabinet, from which he extracted the valuable jewel. Consequently when he accuses the sweetheart of the theft, everybody, with the exception of his mistress, are forced to believe it. An old sheriff makes an examination of the cabin and finds another clue in the shape of a knife, which is known to belong to the accuser. It is easy for the innocent man to keep a level countenance, but when his knife is discovered, the guilt shows itself upon the thief's face. He is finally driven at the point of a revolver, to acknowledge hi« crime, and lead the sheriff to the spot where he has hidden the diamond. The same is restored .to its rightful owner, who, as a compensation, gives his daughter in marriage to the lover who has been wrongfully accused. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less