Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery (1915)

First episode in the Lady Baffles and Detective Duck onereel comedy series The city is being terrorized by a mysterious female Raffles At last in desperation the chief of police sends for his friend the famous sleuth Detective Duck While these two are sitting in conference Raffles in her search for loot enters the home of Mrs Gotta Millun Raffles eyes sparkle as she takes in with delight the rich Oriental knickknacks and furnishings Mrs Millun is a connoisseur Raffles hides under a table when Mrs Millun comes in Mrs Millun has just received a gift from her brother in faroff India It is a jewel case containing eight beautiful and rare pearls as large as hen eggs In a note accompanying them her brother explains that the jewels were part of the loot of the Britishers when they raided Oski Wow Wow and that they were taken from a famous Indian Princess who had sworn eternal vengeance on all who thereafter possessed them