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The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. (They) take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits.
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[the maniac chase clip](http://<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaMqTsL6814)' >the maniac chase clip</a>maniac chase clip
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Made by Edwin Porter for the Edison Company this chase film doesn't really have much of a plot to speak of. A stereotypical lunatic - dressed as Napoleon to let the audience know he is completely bonkers - escapes from his cell after receiving a beating from three of his warders. The film, once the prisoner has escaped, consists of a number of scenes which, for the most part, show him being chased through woodland by the warders. The first chase scene is quite good. The positioning of the camera
