The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921)

Directors

Oscar Micheaux

Cast

Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault

The story

The body of Myrtle Gunsaulus, a young African-American girl, is discovered in the basement of a New York City factory. Arthur Gilpin, the African-American janitor who discovered the body, is arrested and charged with her murder. Arthur's sister Ida May (Evelyn Preer) contacts her former boyfriend, the attorney Sidney Wyeth (Lawrence Chenault), to defend Gilpin in court.

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