The Esterbrook Case
25/05/1915
Paul Sturgess is engaged to Grace Van Austin. At a party at their Newport home, Grace flirts with Howard Esterbrook leading to a fight between the two men. Later that night, a servant witnesses Paul, with a revolver entering Esterbrook's room. The servant follows, sees a hand emerging from a window curtain, stab Esterbrook then vanish mysteriously. Paul is arrested based on circumstantial evidence. Six months later, a woman known as "The Woman of Mystery" is shot during a raid while trying to assist the police. Moved by hearing about Paul's denied pardon and impending execution, the "Woman of Mystery" reveals information to the detective leading the raid. This revelation leads to a call to the Sing Sing Warden just in time to halt Paul's electrocution.
Movie Information
L. Rogers Lytton
as Howard Esterbrook
Julia Swayne Gordon
as Ann - A Woman of Mystery
Zena Keefe
as Grace Van Austin
Charles Kent
as J. Burgess Van Austin
Cissy Fitzgerald
as Helen Van Austin
Garry McGarry
as Paul Surgess - Ann's Son
Edward Elkas
as
Robert Gaillard
as
Betty Gray
as
Paul Kelly
as
Charles Michael Edwards
as
Frank Morris
as
George Stevens
as
