The Night Hawks (1914) Online

The Night Hawks (1914) Online

Howard Varing, the district attorney, is waging a war on political crooks in his city, and is using every means possible to obtain evidence which will convict them. Wardell, the leader of the bunch, has read in the newspapers of Varing's intentions, and decides that the attorney be put out of the way at any cost. While conferring with two of his henchmen as to how he will accomplish this work. Stone enters. When Stone demands his money for a deal in which he was implicated, he is refused and thrown out bodily. He is thoroughly angered and swears revenge. Stone goes to Varing's office and tells all he knows about the underhand work of Warden's crowd, and that evening leads the way to the gang's rendezvous. They enter and a light ensues in which Murphy is killed. Wardell accuses Varing and has him put under arrest. Stone escapes, but is fatally wounded and manages to drag himself to the room of Kerns, where he writes a confession clearing Varing and accusing himself of the murder. Kerns...