- Professor Quince was sure he could restore life to the dead if he could get a current of electricity strong enough. The Warden was willing for him to try as the electric chair was to be idle that day. Prisoner No. 13 forces the porter of Prof. Quince's museum to change clothes with him. Before he could make his get-away, some one enters the place. He hides in the mummy case, which is carried away to the prison. Dumfounded he finds himself back in the chamber from which he had recently escaped. He decides to do the job himself. The near-sighted professor believes he is witnessing a miracle. Bill escapes, but is finally brought back to jail.—Motography, August 18, 1917
- Professor Quince tells the Warden of Happy Days Prison that he can restore life to the dead if he has a current of electricity strong enough. The Warden invites the professor to take his mummy from the museum and put it on the electric chair. It was Friday, the thirteenth, and Prisoner No. 13 was elected to be the guest of honor at his own execution. But he was superstitious, and determined to escape. This he did, and to avoid detection forced the porter of Prof. Quince's museum to change clothes with him. He is forced to take the porter's job because a policeman near precludes his chance of getting away. The professor's daughter, Mamie, attracts the prisoner hugely, but he has little time for her on account of his efforts to keep the disrobed porter concealed. While the Warden and the professor are discussing the matter, the prisoner, having disposed of the porter, comes back into the museum and discovers the Warden's presence. He tries to make his escape, but escape is cut off, and in desperation he hides in the mummy case, which, forthwith, is carried away by the Warden and the professor to the prison. When No. 13 feels himself set down he makes immediate plans to beat it. but is dumbfounded to discover himself back in the chamber from which he had so recently escaped. Realizing that fate is agin' him, he decides to do the job himself, and sitting in the electric chair starts to adjust the harness preliminary to his demise. The near-sighted professor believes he is witnessing a miracle. Bill escapes, is pursued and finally caught when the Warden hands him a pardon. No. 13 is overjoyed, but it is short-lived, for Camille arrives and has him again arrested for picking her purse, and back to jail he goes.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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