Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1915 — The Exploits of Elaine SYNOPSIS. [ARTICLE]

The Exploits of Elaine

SYNOPSIS.

A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama

By ARTHUR B. REEVE

The Well-Known Nooelirt and the Cnator of the ’ 'Craig Kennedy' ' Stories

Preseated hi Collaboration With the Patbe Players and the Eclectic Film Company Copyright, HK tbe at>r Com P >n y All Foreign Rights Reserved

Th* New York police are mystified by a •ertes of murders of prominent men. The principal clue to the murderer is the warntn® letter which Is sent the victims, signed with a “clutching hand.” The latest victim of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Dodge, the Insurance president? His daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy. the famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Kennedy accomplishes., is told by his friend Jameson, a newspaper man. Elaine Is kidnaped by the Clutching Hand, but is rescued by Kennedy, who has discovered her whereabouts through using third degree methods on one of the crooks.