The Benevolent Order of Death — Grant Stockbridge

A strange hypnotic power of persuasion; the blind, deathless loyalty of innocent thousands; and a ruthless use of the hostage system — these were the weapons of Barnum Wright, leader of the Benevolent Order of Americans! Because of them, Richard Wentworth, alias the SPIDER, was handicapped at the very beginning of his battle to prove that the B.O.A. was a “front” for the most invulnerable band of murdering pirates ever to be organized!