The Limited's Peril (1915)

• 83%
• 1915
• Thriller
• J. Gunnis Davis
• Helen Holmes
• Robyn Adair
• Edward Roberts

Wharton, trailing Red Leary and his gang, learns that the men intend to wreck the Limited. Curley, a fireman, is implicated. The crooks become aware of Wharton's presence and attack him. Helen comes to the detective's rescue with a revolver and captures one of the men. Undaunted, the rest of the gang plant dynamite in a culvert. Adair comes upon them just as they are in the act. The crooks capture the detective, bind him, and then place their victim so near the dynamite that the explosion will kill him. One of the desperadoes tries to capture Helen, but the girl flees and attempts to cross the drawbridge a short distance away. The crook overtakes her and the two battle as the draw is raised. Falling, they roll down the incline. Helen's assailant is stunned and the girl gains her freedom. The draw is lowered and the girl rushes back to rescue Wharton. Red Leary's men have connected the detonating charge to a push button which is placed on the track. Thus the Limited in passing over this button will seal its own doom. Helen sees the apparatus just as the train approaches, and snatches it from the track in the nick of time. She frees Wharton and accompanied by him, goes back to where the button lies for the purpose of disconnecting it. They come too late; an accident causes the dynamite to explode. Caught by surprise, Red Leary and his men are killed.