Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-23
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SYNOPSIS

Stanley Hargreaye, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den Of the gang
of brilliant thieves known as the Black
Hundred. lives the life of a recuse for
meets Braine, leader of the Black Hundred.
Knowing Braine will try to get him. he
escapes from his own home by balloon.
Before escaping he writes a letter TO the
girls school, where eighteen years before
he mysteriously left the doorstep his
baby daughter. Florence Gray. That day
Hargreave also draws one million dollars
from the bank, but 1t is reported that this
dropped into the sea when the balloon he
escaped in was punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga. Braines companion, visits
her and claims to be relative. Two bogus
detectives call but their plot is folled by
Norton. newspaper man.
BY bribing the captain of the Orient
Norton lays trap for Braine and his gang,
tain and she easily falls into the reporter 8
snare. The plan. proves abortiye, through
into the hands of the police.
After falling in their first attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money but she escapes, again foil
Norton and the countess call on Florence
the next day once more safe at home. The
ton of flooring, and from 9 cavity takes
box. Pursued by members of the Black
Hundred, he PUSHES to the water front and
succeeds In dropping the box into the sea.
Countess Olga, scheming to break the en-
gagement existing between Florence Har-
greave and Norton. invites them both to
her apartments and pretends to faint in the
reporters arms. Florence appears IN the
doorway Just at the planned moment and
as a result gives Norton back his ring.
Accomplices of Braine succeed In kidnap-
ping Florence while she is shopping and
less later informing him that the girl had
leaped into the sea and been drowned
Florence Is picked up in dazed condition
by party Of fishermen The Black Hundred
locate her and Braine, disguised as her
father, succeeds In taking her back to sea
with him. Florence sets fire to the boat and
is rescued by ship on which Norton has
been shanghaied.
Norton and Florence. safely ashore and
with no longer any misunderstanding be-
tween them take the train for home. The
train is wrecked and the Black Hundred
carry the. injured Florence to deserted
hut. Norton who tries to rescue her, is
tied to the railroad tracks. Florence saves
him and finally Jones comes to the rescue
of both.
Concealed above the rendezvous of the
Black Hundred man learns of the recovery
from the of the box of Jewels by a
sailor and Of its subsequent return to the
bottom of the sea, and he quickly commune
Gates the fact to Jones. A duplicate box
Is planted and later secured by the band.
but before its contents are examined the
box mysteriously disappears.
Owing to the falling Oft of contributions
to the parent organization In Russia an
agent arrives and assumes the leadership
Of the American branch of the Black Hun
dred. Through the connivance OF the
countess the new mead Is thoroughly nu-
inflated. Brane pursues his own plans
pending restoration to power.
A sailing vessel going to the Bahamas,
in weighing anchor, picks up the box which
the Margreave butler had thrown into the
bay. member of the crew sees the treas
ure box hanging to fluke of the anchor.
He takes 1t off and conceals It, waiting for
a chance to pry It open when he reached
the Bahamas
The box finds its way to the Black Hun
dreds headquarters In New York, whence
1t Is retaken by the Hargreave butler and
Jim Norton the reporter.
A effort is made by the conspirators
to abduct Hargreave's daughter, but the plan
is foiled by Countess Olga's mistake.
The conspirators now decide to have the
members of the Hargreave household ar
rested by means of counterfeit money
planted In the house.