The Black Gang · Concept
Vigilante Justice
The Black Gang operates outside the law, using terrorism and kidnapping to combat perceived threats, reflecting a belief that official institutions are inadequate.
The Black Gang operates outside the law, using terrorism and kidnapping to combat perceived threats, reflecting a belief that official institutions are inadequate.
The masked leader takes the law into his own hands, flogging criminals and capturing them, bypassing the police.
The mysterious perpetrator takes the law into his own hands, capturing criminals and leaving them for the police to find, as seen in the note left for McIver.
Drummond takes the law into his own hands, punishing Latter for his crimes without involving the police.
The Black Gang's manifesto and actions are presented as a form of extra-legal justice, with the public debating whether it is a hoax or a real threat.
Characters
Chapters
- I: In Which Things Happen Near Barking Creek
- In Which Scotland Yard Sits Up and Takes Notice
- In Which Charles Latter, M.P., Goes Mad
- VI: In Which an Effusion Is Sent to the Newspapers
- In Which a Bomb Bursts at Unpleasantly Close Quarters
- In Which the Bag of Nuts Is Found by Accident
- X: In Which Hugh Drummond Makes a Discovery
- XI: In Which Hugh Drummond and the Reverend Theodosius Longmoor Take Lunch Together