Within an Ace (1914)

On shipboard, Edwin Forrester, a middle-aged Scotchman, makes the acquaintance of Tom Munroe, a confidence man. Forrester discloses the fact that he is going to visit his ranch in western America, also that he has but one relative, a niece, Ethel, in England." Munroe's greed aroused, he determines to kill Forrester, then gain possession of his property