Robert Wilcox

The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man.

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is then blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it. He loses his chance for parole, and gets blamed for the murder of a guard.