 Kinchela and Duff fear the freedom of Robert foiling their plans, so they plot to kill him by having Kinchela come to Robert as a 'friend' and convince him of an escape plan, ultimately having the police intercept and shoot him due to their current inclination to result to "extreme measures".Conn interferes with their plans, bursting Robert out of prison and playing the red herring so the henchmen shoot him dead.However, he is not actually dead, but uses the faking of his death and following wake to assist in catching the culprits.