Barton Stone took the rap for a crime he didn't commit and went to prison for twenty years. When he was freed, Baron confronted Steve "Chuck" Harrigan, now a political boss; Roger Watson "Slick" Hammond, stockbroker; and Lionel "Blackie" Black, real estate agent. He blamed them for his wife dying as he was in prison and told them that he would kill them one by one. He later killed some gangsters the same way.