After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired. The police arrive and pursue the man, now covered in soot. He jumps onto the roof below his, landing two dandies into a trough of paint.

• DirectorD.W. Griffith
• Release25 September 1908
• GenreComedy
• Duration0h 8m
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  4.0
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• Productions

  American Mutoscope & Biograph