Charles vows to have Judge Joseph Gray disbarred. After talking with Harrison Tuttleson, the accountant who had worked for Herman Unsler, the crime boss, Charles discovered that Judge Gray was on the crime boss’s payroll. Judge Joseph Gray and former California Attorney General Joe Monroe are both convicted of high crimes and sentenced to Alcatraz. Judge Gray convinces the warden to allow him to represent a prisoner who was wrongfully accused and sentenced. Two soldiers escort Judge Gray and the prisoner to the San Francisco courthouse for a hearing. They never make it. Judge Gray kills both soldiers and escapes, which sets off a nationwide manhunt that Charles takes part in when he finds out the man is coming to Atlanta to kill him. While in Florida, Charles is threatened with paying $5 million, or all of his workers and buildings will be destroyed. Charles wires for help from the U.S. Marshals and the U.S. Army. Charles steps in, helps save a platoon of soldiers, and captures the notorious Carlos Brannigan.