6/1/2023 0 Comments The detective dog![]() ![]() ![]() Presently, he is overcome by the fumes of the gases with which the gang had filled his room. ![]() After a space, Harper begins struggling, desperately trying to fight off asphyxiation. Soon the cat leaves, and the window automatically closes air-tight. Harper scribbles a note, and ties it to the collar of the cat. On the sill of this window, the detective finds a cat. The only outlet is a small grated window near the ceiling of the room. He eventually finds himself in a room closed in by automatic doors. The clerk, however, is on his guard, and, knowing that he is under surveillance, encourages the detective to enter the den of the criminals. After close watching, he shadows the clerk to the den of the criminals. Lewis gets back to his office he calls in the services of Detective Harper, who, after a thorough investigation, finds a clue which leads him to suspect the clerk. I don’t know if this picture survives or not but here’s some of the synopsis published in Moving Picture News: Obviously, a heroic cat is much rarer in cinema than a heroic dog, so this makes things doubly intriguing. So, at one point in film history, there was a pair of pictures that featured a hapless detective being rescued by a pet. ![]()
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