Answer: Judson Webb died by drinking a bottle of whiskey that contained two tablets of rat poison.
Explanation: Ruthless is an exceptional story written by William de Mille. Judson Webb is one of the main characters of this story. The author elaborates on how Judson kills himself after he leaves his camp in the mountains. The main theme of this story is that any act of revenge has its devastating drawbacks. One can not shake this feeling off and sooner or later gets punished for their wrong doings. Judson is shown to be very evil and his wife fears him.
Since the 'inciting incident' is the one which starts all the problems in a literary work, the answer is B, 'establishment of the central conflict followed by the conflict increasing and a climax'.
