Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
About Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
At a mining camp in Cripple Creek, a tramp knocks at a cabin on Bennett Avenue. The woman feeds him. He demands money, she refuses, and he kills her. He hides when her daughter comes, then runs. The husband finds the body, and neighbors bring bloodhounds. The dogs take the scent from a hat he left. They run him through the woods. A mob throws a rope over a tree limb and hangs him while guns fire in the air. The last shot is the hounds and their handler.
Cast & crew
More about Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
Harry Buckwalter directed it for William Selig. Kleine Optical distributed it. It was released in April 1904 and filmed in Cripple Creek, where the story is set. Wikipedia gives 4 minutes and 12 scenes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
A 1904 Selig crime picture filmed in the Cripple Creek gold camp.
Making
Buckwalter shot the chase and the hanging in the Cripple Creek district for Selig.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The cabin is on Bennett Avenue.
- The scent comes from the tramp's hat.
- The hanging is staged, and the mob fires into the air.
- The film is 12 scenes in a little over four minutes.
Scenes
- The woman refuses money and is killed.
- The hounds take the hat, and the mob hangs the tramp.