Desc: The Warden's Crime: John Halling, a prison warden, stands in the dock of the crowded court, charged with the crime against the State. The counsel for the defense asks the judge to let the accused tell his own story. The court scene fades away, and we see John Halling kneeling beside his little girl, who is seriously ill, and this is how he tells his story. "I had no more money left out of my month's salary to buy medicine for my little girl, but my friend and neighbor, Engine Driver Bueller, gave me one dollar out of a dollar and fifty cents, which was all he had. To my dismay the chemist informed me that the medicine was one dollar and fifty cents, and I only had one dollar, but Bueller cheerfully gave me his last cent, and I vowed that I would one day repay his great kindness." The Judge then asks for the convict Bueller to be brought into the court, and he is asked to tell his story, after the time when he gave Halling his last cent. The court scene again dies away, and Bueller tells his story. "I gave Halling the last cent I had, and then I went on duty. On my official instructions I was told to pull up at the junction where the single line commences and to wait the passing of an express. The thought of my neighbor's sick child was in my mind, and I forgot my instructions and dashed headlong into the express. By a miracle I escaped practically unhurt. For three days and nights I wandered about half dazed, but at last I gave myself up. I was sentenced to imprisonment for life, but owing to my good conduct my sentence has been reduced, and 1 am to be released tomorrow." Here we see Bueller placed under the charge of John Halling, the warden. One day Halling's daughter informs him that Mrs. Bueller is seriously ill, and when he goes to see her, she cries pitifully for her husband, and the warden tells the convict that his wife is dying. Bueller, mad with anguish, begs the warden to secretly set him free for a few hours to see his wife. The convict reminds him of his promise when he gave him his last cent to buy the medicine for his sick child. At last the warden consents, and the men change clothes. The warden tells the convict to be sure to return before 9 o'clock before the final inspection or it would mean ruination for the warden. The convict dashes off and spends with his wife the last few minutes before she dies. Stunned by the terrible shock he falls across his wife's bed, and when he looks up he finds that it is ten minutes to nine, and it would take him twenty minutes to get back to the prison. He tears madly along the road, over the level crossing, and escapes death by a miracle from a passing express, and when he arrives in the prison cell, the guard of inspection is already there, and John Halling says, "You are one minute too late!" The court scene now comes into prominence again, and the jury retires to consider their verdict. The foreman enters the court, and to the great satisfaction of all present he announces the prisoner "Not Guilty," and so ends the sensational trial of John Halling, prisoner of war, who aided a prisoner to escape in order to comfort his wife in the last minutes of her life.