# The Council of Justice — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Council of Justice by Edgar Wallace.

- [I: The Red Hundred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/i-the-red-hundred.md): The chapter introduces the Four Just Men, a vigilante council that executes justice outside the law, and contrasts them with the Red Hundred, an anarchist organization holding its first international congress in London. 
- [The Fourth Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/ii-the-fourth-man.md): After the shooting at Phoenix Hall, Superintendent Falmouth orchestrates a meticulous identification process to catch the perpetrators. George Manfred and Poiccart manage to escape with the help of a mysterious young man
- [III: Jessen, Alias Long](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/iii-jessen-alias-long.md): Charles Garret, a reporter for the Megaphone, initially refuses a dangerous assignment to contact the Four Just Men but later independently seeks out his informant, Mr. Jessen (alias Long), in Presley Street. Jessen runs
- [IV: The Red Bean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/iv-the-red-bean.md): The Inner Council of the Red Hundred meets in Greek Street, London, with members including Starque, François, Hollom, Mirtisky, Grabe, and Lauder Bartholomew. Bartholomew, a disgraced former British officer, has risen qu
- [The Council of Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/v-the-council-of-justice.md): Lauder Bartholomew, seeking to escape the Red Hundred, plans to flee to Uganda but is intercepted by the Four Just Men. They coerce him into becoming their informant against the Red Hundred, revealing his past betrayal f

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- [Princess Revolutionary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/vi-princess-revolutionary.md)
- [VII: The Government and Mr. Jessen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/vii-the-government-and-mr-jessen.md)
- [An Incident in the Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/viii-an-incident-in-the-fight.md)
- [IX: The Four vs. the Hundred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/ix-the-four-vs-the-hundred.md)
- [X: The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/x-the-trial.md)
- [XI: Manfred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xi-manfred.md)
- [In Wandsworth Jail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xii-in-wandsworth-jail.md)
- [XIII: The “Rational Faithers”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xiii-the-rational-faithers.md)
- [At the Old Bailey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xiv-at-the-old-bailey.md)
- [XV: Chelmsford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xv-chelmsford.md)
- [The Execution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xvi-the-execution.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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