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The Triumph of Right (1912)
Character: Mexican Luke - a Criminal
A drama in which a man buys a horse in order to get medicine for his wife, but is then arrested because he is riding a stolen horse.
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How States Are Made (1912)
Character: Bill Slick - a Roving Vagabond
Twenty or twenty-five years ago, when the unoccupied government lands were released for settlement, everyone who registered their names was given a fair and free chance to secure one of the sections of land, which was apportioned off in sections. The settlers were drawn up in a long line at a certain distance from the lands opened up, some of them on horseback and others in vehicles of all descriptions. At the firing of a cannon, everybody made a rush for the land. Harvey Mattson and his wife Annie, with their child, emigrate form Missouri in a prairie schooner. On their way they hear of the opening up of the Cherokee Strip. They hasten there and Harvey pitches camp, preparatory to entering his name. Their child is taken sick. Harvey goes for the doctor, and during his absence. Bill Slick, a good-looking ruffian, tries to force his attentions upon Annie. She repulses him. Harvey and the doctor arrive, and he "settles" Bill without ceremony. The ruffian, enraged, leaves.
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A Wasted Sacrifice (1912)
Character: Jack Martin - Gambler
A short Western. When his child dies, Dick is at wit’s end. He begins to drink, and shoots someone dead. As the sheriff is chasing him, Dick comes across a dead Indian woman with her child. He cares for the child, and warns the sheriff. When they find him, the child has already died, and they take him away.
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The Fatherhood of Buck McGee (1912)
Character: Buck
A gruff prospector with a distaste for women and children suddenly finds, when his mining partner dies in an accident, himself responsible for the man's orphaned daughter.
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The Better Man (1912)
Character: Miguel Gomez
With a fondness for gambling, Jim Saunders is given to neglecting his wife and child. One night during his absence at the saloon, Miguel Gomez, a Mexican outlaw, for whom $1,000 reward is offered, enters Jim's home and demands food of Mrs. Saunders.
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The Craven (1912)
Character: Harvey Fiske
A short western about a cowardly sheriff who leaves it up to his wife to catch a murderer, and then takes the credit himself.
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A Girl of the West (1912)
Character: Scarfaced Bill - the Rustler
A Western drama in which a gang steals John’s horse and then kidnaps Polly when she tries to warn the new buyer.
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The Greater Love (1912)
Character: The Kansas Kid
A romantic Western in which a notorious criminal who is in love with the fiancée of the sheriff digs his own sentence by reuniting the sheriff, whom he has wounded, with the girl.
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At the End of the Trail (1912)
Character: Manuel Lopez - a Horse Thief
A short Western about the tragic romance between a sheriff and the daughter of a horse thief.
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