The Fate of Number One

A reformed criminal is blackmailed when three girls are murdered.

The smashed corner of a trunk containing counterfeiting paraphernalia reveals to Helen that there is treachery afoot at Lone Point. Detectives...

Red Stanley's band has successfully robbed the express car and the members are making good their escape when they come upon Helen and her girl chum...

"Red" Byrd and his aides succeed in learning that a large treasure is being shipped on a certain freight car under special guard. They overpower the...

Chilton, a crooked dealer in antiques, decides on a daring scheme to recoup his finances by defrauding the railroad. A car-load of cheap furniture is...

A pair of crooks steal a valuable package, hold up the crew of a freight engine, and compel the engineer to aid their escape. Learning this, Helen...

Billy Warren, timekeeper on the construction job, arouses the enmity of Brent and Easton when he resents their bullying of the other men. Pay day...

The new superintendent's first order on taking the post eliminates the men whom he terms old, which costs "Pop" Bates his job as Helen's relief...

To prevent a three mile journey around the mountain the telegraph wires at the construction camp have been strung over the precipice from the station...

Through an accomplice the band of conspirators preying on railroads succeed in having the boxcar loaded with auto tires sidetracked at Lone Point...

The story is built around the rivalry of two railroads, and the record run that is to decide the awarding of large mail contracts.

Dick Benton is making a game attempt to start life all over again, after escaping from prison where he was confined for a crime he did not commit....