In the opening sequence Jim shoots Artie! Escaping, he is declared a wanted man, and goes to Gordon's funeral...where Artie in disguise is acting as the minister. It's a ploy to allow West to track down the mysterious disappearance of nineteen other wanted men. Jim is spotted and runs, taking refuge in a carriage where he is gassed, taken to a mysterious underground base, and put on trial. Upon being found guilty, the jury (made up of the other missing criminals) roundly congratulates him. While Gordon follows the trail of the carriage, Jim meets with the leader, a masked man known as ""Skull."" Only three men can go on the next assignment: to kill the President and the other head politicians of the U.S. There is an ""elimination"" (literally) and Jim manages to stay alive. It turns out Skull is Senator Fenlow, who plans to take over the government when those above him are killed. After Jim is exposed and the guys escape, they thwart the killers, get to Fenlow, and trick him into confessin