This is an early Alfred Hitchcock Silent movie. There is a serial killer on the loss in London. He kills every Tuesday and leaves a card "The Avenger." About this time a new lodger (Ivor Novello) asks for a room at a boarding house. The whole area is uptight as it seems the murders keep getting closer and closer to the boarding house. The landlady (Marie Ault) suspects the new lodger, and the police come to question him. In the meantime a young lady (June Tripp) at the house is falling for him. He is quite an improvement over another lodger who is always trying to hit on her, and even locked her up in handcuffs against her will. The police come back with a search warrant, and find a map of all the murders in the lodger's room, as well as a picture of one of the victims. The detective arrests him for murder. He claims his innocence and the young lady believes him and helps him escape. They meet up an he explains the victim was his sister and he has been trying to find the murderer. The murders have lead him to the boarding house as the most recent was very close and the murderer seems to be migrating. When the London peole discover him they believe he is the murderer and all chase him and in the end capture him. However the detective is able to intervene and lets the people know he has learned the murderer has already ben captured.
A bit hard to follow at times. They were trying to use news type for a scene but the picture didn't work so I couldn't read it. However the story is good, and shows how hard it is to judge others.
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