The Yeggman (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

The Yeggman (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

Davenport, a youthful member of a yegg gang, is a fugitive from justice with a price on his head. Exhausted and fainting from hunger, he enters a lonely railway station only to discover another poster facing him, detailing his being wanted...See moreDavenport, a youthful member of a yegg gang, is a fugitive from justice with a price on his head. Exhausted and fainting from hunger, he enters a lonely railway station only to discover another poster facing him, detailing his being wanted by the sheriff. He starts to leave, but drops from weakness. Belle Heddon, the telegraph operator, revives him with a glass of water and shares her lunch with him. When he is in good-enough condition to leave, he takes her outside and shows her the poster, asking her if she realizes that she has befriended a criminal with a price on his head. She is startled for a moment then holds out her hand; he takes it and leaves. At the gang's meeting-place he is told that a large amount of money for the mines will arrive at that same lonely station that afternoon and that they have planned to steal it when it arrives. Realizing that the girl that assisted him would he in danger of being killed he refuses to be a party to the crime. The leader of the gang fells him with a blow and they leave him there stunned. When he becomes conscious again his only thought is of the girl. He staggers away and to the railway track where a limited is taking on water. At gunpoint he forces the engineer and fireman to bring the train at full speed to the station. In the meantime the yeggmen have arrived at the station and are trying to break their way in. The girl is without gun protection and has barricaded all the means of entrance. As the yeggmen finally burst in the door she sees the train backing in and smashing the window of her little office with a chair she grabs the money box and jumps through to the platform. Davenport rushes to her as one of the yeggmen fires through the window, and the bullet intended for Belle lodges in his heart. In that way he pays with his life her service to him given just hours earlier. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Henry B. Walthall The Yeggman (as William Walthall) The Yeggman (as William Walthall) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Jane Fearnley The Telegraph Operator The Telegraph Operator See fewer	The Black Stork (1917)

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