 Assumed to be lost for many years, the film was rediscovered in 1968 as a paper print in the Library of Congress.Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who vanishes.