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The Alchemist of Seventh Avenue Ends in Tragedy
In a Seventh Avenue tenement a poor chemist William Blakelock toils at alchemy with his daughter Marian. The duo deceive him about gold production until a confrontation reveals the truth and ends with Marian revealing the ingot and the father dying from heartbreak. General Jim Lane delivers an ovation at Brownsville after a debate on homicide.
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