The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
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Clara Hawthorne
Prentice Tiller
Ramon Mordant
Stephen Pitt (as Wedgewood Nowell)
Rosario (as E.A. Warren)
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Police headquarters has been plagued by a series of robberies, culminating in the theft of a priceless necklace smuggled from Europe. The detectives are on the track of a gang led by master thief Ramon Mordant and his accomplice known as "the Face" because of his twisted and hideous countenance.
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1917-09-17
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