He was met and greeted by his defense attorney, Glen Robie (Ray Collins).Dick was transferred to an awaiting canoe, to paddle himself up to his family""s cabin-lodge.A nervous bystander, one of many who averted their gaze, remarked: "Poor dear man." He had supposedly "been through hell," though Robie thought: "To a man like that, two years in prison is worse than hell.The precursor to the western film genre was based on an 1896 story by Scott Marble.The film""s title was also the same as a popular contemporary stage melodrama.It was the most popular and commercially successful film of the pre-nickelodeon era, and established the notion that film could be a commercially-viable medium.You""ve got to, to find a good one.Back there, it""s pretty well cleaned out.But I found me a beauty.Worth 50 bucks any day.Just then the whole floor caved in under me.I guess maybe hey didn""t want me to have it...The Indian dead.They""re all around here.This is a tomb, mister, with mummies 400 years old.They used o bury them here with these jars alongside, you know, full of corn and wampum...I guess maybe they""ve been watchin"" me all the time I""ve been takin"" things outta here and got mad.Tatum maneuvered Herbie""s camera to get two photos of the trapped victim, holding up the urn - so that he could print he story in theAlbuquerqueSun-Bulletinpaper - a feature article that he had already begun to create in his mind.All the sets (both exterior and interior) were constructed to recede slightly in the distance, to produce further illusions of depth.