The Availing Prayer (1914)

William Rock assistant cashier in a business concern has a sick daughter The doctor urges that she be taken immediately to another climate and Rock unable to get an advance on his pay is desperate He has been in the habit of taking the deposits to the bank every Saturday and then going direct from the bank home He determines that week to steal the money On Saturday Rock is followed on the street by a couple of crooks He goes into a telephone booth to phone his daughter May and her fiancé a young physician that they can start south with the younger sister at once Taking the money out of the bank satchel he stuffs it in his inside vest pocket and leaves with the empty bag in his hand He goes down an alleyway to get rid of the satchel but is assaulted by the gunmen and the bag taken from him