- Harrison Craig, secret service agent, is on the look-out for a noted diplomatic criminal known as H. I. J. Craig goes to the Marbourgh Hotel, registers as H. I. J. and goes to room 309. The Countess goes to the room and delivers some valuable papers. H. I. J. arrives, sends for the Countess and she realizes she has delivered the papers to the wrong man. Craig takes the Countess into a taxi and drives her to Fort McPherson where she is compelled to remain. Craig has taken a card from her purse reading, "The Door with the Iron Ring." He goes to a cellar, pulls the iron ring and a bell resounds. H. I. J. pulls the door open and Craig falls into the cellar. There is a fight in which Craig finally overpowers H. I. J. and takes him prisoner.—Motography, November 3, 1917
- Craig, the secret agent, has just time to knock the knife from the hands of his assailant. The stranger succeeds in rushing from the room, leaving a black mask. The State Department is concerned over the disappearance of important defense plans and the information that the most dangerous diplomatic criminal in Europe has landed in this country. He is known as H.I.J. Craig is told that the plans were last seen in the possession of Senator Lake. H.I.J. receives a note from the Countess saying if he will register at the Marborourgh Hotel a package will be delivered to his room. Craig registers as H.I.J. and goes to room 309. He learns that the Countess Irma Hardenbergh has the papers. The Countess is with Senator Lake and his wife. The Countess comes and gives Craig the plans. Then Craig orders the valet to detain a man who will soon come to the room, and joins Senator Lake before the Countess arrives. Showing the Senator his card, Craig tells the Senator that he will leave the plans under his napkin. H.I.J. sends a note to the Countess telling her to come to room 318. The Countess soon learns her mistake. H.I.J. enters Craig's room. The valet holds H.I.J. up, but he stabs the valet and escapes as Craig enters the room. Craig insists that the Countess accompany him on a short ride. They stop at Fort McPherson, where she is interned. Craig has extracted a card from the Countess' purse and now reads on it, "The Door With the Iron Ring." He finds his way to the cellar, where H.I.J. is waiting, pulls the iron ring and a bell resounds. Craig has ordered his men to come to the cellar in twenty minutes. H.I.J. pulls the door open and Craig falls into the cellar. H.I.J. covers him with his revolver and demands the plans; he is furious when he learns that Craig did not bring them. As H.I.J. leans on a table with the gun in his hand, Craig quickly pulls the table apart and H.I.J.'s hand and arm drop into the opening and are held there when Craig jams the sides together. Craig's men now arrive and take H.I.J. prisoner.
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