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| Justice Wargrave in 1987 Russian adaptation |
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| The "death" of Justice Wargrave
Description:
He is a retired judge that was given the nickname "The Hanging Judge" because of the fact that he handed out death penalties like candy on Halloween. He's an old man with a lot of knowledge and intelligence.
Accused of:
During the gramophone session, he's accused of convicting an innocent man by the name of Edward Seton. Wargrave acts calm and collected and naturally with all the knowledge he has about criminals he soon becomes the leader of the group. He tells all the characters that " We Are dealing with a deranged psychopath." And pinpoints them to several discrete clues about the mysterious island.
Death by:
Soon after the gramophone stops playing, he decides that they are dealing with an unknown person hence the name U.N. Owen. Everyone seems to agree and as a result follow his lead. In the end, he dies by a gunshot wound while dressed up as a Courtroom judge(hence the nursery rhyme below).
"Five little Soldier Boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four."
Wargrave's Confession:
Wargrave's letter reveals that he and Armstrong set up his death so he could secretly investigate who the killer is. After convincing everyone he had died, Wargrave met up with Armstrong and pushed him off a cliff. Eventually, Wargrave returns and poses as a dead body that was laid to rest earlier. Then he proceeds to assassinate those left(Blore,Lombard,and Claythorne) and finally after Claythorne hangs herself he kicks away the chair underneath her and uses a complicated wire contraption to kill himself(to make it look like as if someone else committed the murder). In the end, Wargrave's letter in a bottle is found by several fisherman who turn it in into the police and the case is finally solved.
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| The complicated contraption Wargrave uses to shoot himself with. |