The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-29
THE PEOPLES

Dope will be the feature picture at
the Peoples Saturday.
Slim Rogers is the son of rich man
engaged I'm the importation manufac-
turer and distribution of drugs Slim
Is hard drinker, and through the use
OF hypodermic injection Of morphine,
| carelessly given by a lazy doctor he
becomes an addict. His father, John
Rogers, having no patience with his
lapses from grace discharges him.
Slim, very much discouraged, gets ter
ribly intoxicated and succeeds in near
ly wrecking his fathers dining room
before he Is overpowcred and hurried
to u sanatarium. on the way, he
escapes and he is lost track OF for a
year.
In the meantime, his sister, who is
married to Binkly. of the firm of Rog-
crs az Binkly, on the verge of nervous
prostration from too much society, in
nocently takes some tablets which n
kind friends" recommends, and be-
comes enslaved. She has some of her
brothers failings, and drink is among
some Of her society friends. she breaks
up the gathering by her behavior and
leaves her guests and seeks her room.
Slim meanwhile has become an out
cast. Captured by the police in a tene-
ment hall-wa with q cocaine flend,
from whom he is purchasing flake"
he is taken to the station. He tele-
phones his sister of his predicament
and she sends her maid with money to
bail him out. Slim returns with the
maid and making his way into his sis
ter's room, forces her with dire threats
and little gun to get money from the
safe in the library. A tense situation
is then presented of Slim making his
way down the stair case and Binkly
meets him In the hall. Slim gets away
with the money and Binkly is left with
the horrible knowledge that his wife
has aided thief. Mrs. Blnkly, the
next day, takes her child, a boy of
four years, and leaves the house.
Slim, a year later, in trying to see
his mother is intercepted by his faith
er, who, thinking burglar is in the
house, has a revolver in his hand. In
the scuffle Mr.. Rogers is shot, and Slim
captured.
Eight years later, Mrs. Binkly still
retaining her love for her boy, now
grown to a lad of thirteen, is in CHI
cago. She is picked up by the police
AMI warned by a magistrate that IL
she does not leave town she will be
tent to Bridewell She and her boy
return to New York.
Slim. who has served his term. goes
back to his old habits. Meeting his
sister among n lot of dope fends, he
craftily finds out where she lives and
goes to Binkly and asks him about the
the reward which Binkly has offered ut
the time of his wifes disappearance.
Binkly, gives him a few hundred on
account and he promises to return
and take Binkly with him. Binkly
awaits impatiently for Slim to return
and finally rings for a messenger, being
determined to put a detective on Sims
trail.
The messenger boy proves to be
Jim, his son. After u touching. scene
Jim and Binkly so in search of Mrs.
Hinkly.
Meanwhile Slim with some bad com
ls Mons. is celebrating in the back
1, ON of a cheap saloon. Two tough |
seeing him display "A roll of
money, determine to get it. They try
to hold him up i'm the alley outside the
wine loom and when he resists they |
shout HIM. He staggers to his feet and |
is seen coming into Websters Drug |
store, where his sister is begging for
some cooke" Sims passing has an |
awful effect on Mrs. Binkly and she |
gives up her tired life just as Binkly |
and the son enter. Binkly says, This |
Is your work." NO" says Webster, |
and he points an accusing finger at |
bottle of cocaine, bearing the title, |