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The Outlaw Express Synopsis

When one of its prize operators is killed by stagecoach robbers, Wells Fargo and Co. details Miles Wayburn to Cougar Pass to investigate. En route, he meets Ann Townsend on the coach and learns that she is the daughter of a sheriff who is suspected of being the bandit leader. Wayburn also learns that many of the local citizens share his suspicions of the sheriff, but when he receives a warning to leave town he deduces that the note was written by Larson, the express company agent. Wayburn finds himself accused and pursued by vigilantes, but he captures the robbers and proves the agent's guilt.

The Key to Power Synopsis

Bruce Wendell, the son of West Virginia coal mine owner James Wendell, graduates from West Point and prepares to lead a fighting unit to the front during World War I. As his father lies dying, however, he convinces Bruce to remain at home and guard the mine. Bruce's fiancée Ann Blair assumes that he is a coward and breaks off their engagement, but her brother Bobbie remains Bruce's loyal friend. Meyer, a German agent, persuades railroad president Parrish to refuse to transport Wendell's coal, but when Bruce adamantly refuses to close the mine, the spy's men decide to blow it up. While Ann is being abducted by Meyer, Bobbie is buried in an explosion at the mine. Bruce rescues Bobbie and then sends a plea to Lieutenant Parrish to rescue Ann. Meyer and his gang are captured and Ann renews her vow of love to Bruce.