By the Sun's Rays is a 1914 American short silent Western film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Lon Chaney and Murdock MacQuarrie.

[2] A still from the film exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of the villainous "Frank Lawlor".

He discovers that Lawler has been sneaking out of the office and using a mirror to signal the bandits to alert them to the arrival of the gold shipments.

With the town's men off in the woods, Lawler attempts to molest Dora in the mining office and she tries to hold him off until help arrives.

After the bandits are arrested, the posse returns to the office, and Murdock catches Lawler in the act of assaulting Dora.