The Poor Man, Homeless, Wants to Go to Prison (1908) watch online HD

Homeless and in need, a luckless mortal pleads with the officials to be sent to prison. Refused, he grows desperate and breaks a large plate window, but owing to the intervention of the ... See full summary

Homeless and in need, a luckless mortal pleads with the officials to be sent to prison. Refused, he grows desperate and breaks a large plate window, but owing to the intervention of the proprietor's wife, who has compassion upon him, he is not prosecuted. Again seeking arrest he becomes a public nuisance, but the officers judge him "harmless" and take no heed of his actions. Discouraged, he returns to his attic room and resolves to remain there until he is separated from his misery. A letter delivered to him contains a large sum of money, left him as an inheritance. Beside himself with joy, he rushes down the street and invites a number of acquaintances to have a drink with him. To these he imparts the good fortune that has befallen him, but the waiter, suspicious of the man, reports him to the police. The sight of the supply of funds on his person is deemed sufficient cause to warrant his arrest and he is incarcerated.