Behind the Curtain

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Laura Bailey, who is maintained in luxury by wealthy George Belmont, fears she will lose him and consults Gregorious, a spiritualist, who tells her he foresees death and disaster. Soon after that she discovers that her young sister has eloped with Belmont's son. Belmont accuses her of having engineered the affair, fearing she would lose him, and offers to pay her $20,000 to take her sister away so he can annul the marriage, but she refuses. He goes for the money, anyway, and on his return is murdered. Laura is arrested, together with a thug found near the scene, and both are convicted. The district attorney, however, by staging a frame-up at a séance held by Gregorious, succeeds in proving their innocence and locating the guilty party, who confesses he murdered Belmont for the money.