Ben Stone married and had a daughter, but later divorced. His wife 
retained custody of their child. Stone worked as an assisstant 
district attorney under, first, Alfred Wentworth, and later Adam 
Schiff. He had a strong dislike for Deputy police commissioner 
Jefferson, who he believed to be corrupt. (He was later vindicated in 
this assessment.) Stone was Catholic and lived alone. One of his early 
cases involved prosecuting Philip Swann. During a case involving the 
Russian Mafia, Stone compelled a reluctant witness to testify; she was 
murdered by the Mafia soon after. Guilt-ridden, Stone quit the 
District Attorney's office. Several years later, he was traveling 
through Europe.