# Leon Gonsalez — The Four Just Men character guide

> Leon Gonsalez in The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Gonsalez, Señor Gonsalez

**First appearance:** 0000-i-thery-s-trade

## Snapshot

Light-eyed, restless-handed, and theatrically excitable, the Four Just Men's chemist and showman, forever justifying the one killing he regrets.

## Who they are

Gonsalez is the quartet's volatile artist—his hands never still, his speech tumbling out in breathless self-defense whenever the conversation turns to the Barcelona bomb he reluctantly enabled. He argues for clean, almost courteous methods of execution, demonstrating on an imaginary oppressor how a petition might be presented with the right hand and the knife with the left. His theatrical flair and guilty conscience make him the most human and unpredictable of the Four Just Men, and his chemistry and disguises are the practical engine behind their most audacious plans.

## Relationships

### [George Manfred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/george_manfred)

_friendship_

Manfred and Gonsalez are fellow members of the Four Just Men, collaborating closely on their plans.

### [Miguel Thery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/miguel_thery)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Thery are comrades in the Four Just Men, working together with mutual trust.

### [Poiccart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/poiccart)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Poiccart are allies within the Four Just Men, sharing a strong camaraderie.

### [Miguel Thery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/miguel_thery)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Thery are comrades in the Four Just Men, working together with mutual trust.

### [George Manfred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/george_manfred)

_friendship_

Manfred and Gonsalez are fellow members of the Four Just Men, collaborating closely on their plans.

### [George Manfred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/george_manfred)

_friendship_

Manfred and Gonsalez are fellow members of the Four Just Men, collaborating closely on their plans.

### [Poiccart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/poiccart)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Poiccart are allies within the Four Just Men, sharing a strong camaraderie.

### [Miguel Thery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/characters/miguel_thery)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Thery are comrades in the Four Just Men, working together with mutual trust.

## In the story

### [I: Thery's Trade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/i-thery-s-trade)

Restless, nervous member; recalls a bombing incident in Madrid.

### [A Newspaper Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/ii-a-newspaper-story)

Implied as one of the three men with Manfred in Madrid, described as 'pleasantly amused'.

### [The Faithful Commons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/iii-the-faithful-commons)

Arrives at the Star Music Hall at half-past eight, the third of the Four Just Men.

### [One Thousand Pounds Reward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/iv-one-thousand-pounds-reward)

One of the Four Just Men; referenced as part of the wanted group but not appearing in the chapter.

### [Preparations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/v-preparations)

Reads a small red book, wears gold-rimmed spectacles, and keeps watch over Thery during walks, inventing lies to satisfy his curiosity.

### [VI: The Outrage at the Megaphone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/vi-the-outrage-at-the-megaphone)

Found waiting in a restaurant, calmly reports that Thery has made his escape, revealing his role in monitoring the situation.

### [VII: The Clues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/vii-the-clues)

Watches Thery with keen, inquisitive eyes; presses Manfred's arm in a gesture of support after Manfred's emotional outburst.

### [The Cupidity of Marks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/x-the-cupidity-of-marks)

Joins Manfred on the roof, expresses concern about the case, and listens to Poiccart's report.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_just_men_se/chapters/xiii-conclusion)

One of the Four Just Men; deliberately left a clue for the police at Carnaby Street.

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