Trooper 44

Jack, stalwart trooper 44, is in love with Ruth Moreland, the daughter of a member of a band of outlaws headed by Ian Sanford, a desperado, who has long terrorized the hills. A farmer is held up, robbed and left for dead by the gang. Jack is assigned to the case by Captain Adams, of Troop A, and is told in the curt language of the famous mounted state troopers of Pennsylvania, "Go and get your man." To Jack's consternation the clew he obtains appears to lead to the Moreland home. At almost the same time a bank watchman is murdered, and Jack is also assigned to this mystery. The first thing he discovers is a lock of blonde hair clutched in the dead man's hand. Jack, steeled by his sense of duty, is compelled to arrest the girl he loves on a charge of complicity, if not of actual participation in the murder. Ruth is allowed out of prison on bail furnished by Arnold Davis, the proprietor of a roadhouse of unsavory reputation, which is the headquarters of Sanford's gang. Davis attacks Ruth and is in return assailed by Sandy, a member of Sanford's gang. Following a fight, Sandy rides for aid. Sixty state troopers ride to round up the entire band, fight enormous odds, and finally arrest every man and woman in "The Coal Pit" tavern. Later, before her burning cabin, Ruth is vindicated by...but see the photoplay to realize just what a startling climax of dramatic power this situation leads up to.