| Synopsis: Drama/Crime
Corporal Jack Black known as Trooper 44 of the Pennsylvania Mounted State Police is in
love with Ruth Morland the daughter of a member of the Sanford outlaw gang. Following the
robbery of the Coal Corp. Bank in which the watchman is slain. Jack finds clues that
implicate Ruth and is compelled to place the girl under arrest. Barney one of the members
of the Sanford gang turns states evidence. The Trooper and Corporal Rescue Ruth. George
Soule Spencer played Trooper 44 and June Day played Ruth Moreland. Capt. Lynn Adams who
served as a Superintendent and also as the Commissioner of the Motor Police, played a part
in the movie as himself. Directed by Roy Gahris. |
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| Historical footnote: This
photograph is from a motion picture called "Trooper 44" that was produced about
the Pennsylvania State Police by EIS Picture Corporation in 1917. |
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