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PAGE 38

JAIL

NINE WORE HARDHITTING CASen/STo#/es of thieves, ARSONISTS AND ORGANIZE? HOOPLUMSf— A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE TO LAW ANP ORDER.

FOR HIM

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By the time he was twenty one, pan el paul morgan was arizoi

NA S

PUBLIC

ENEMY NUMBER ONE, AND THE STATE'S CHAMPION JAIL BREAKER/

THREE TIMES HE HAD CLEVERLY BLASTED HIS WAY TO FREEDOM.'THIS IS THE STORY OF THE BRUTAL, COLD-BLOODED DANNY'S LAST JAIL-BREAK, AND '

OF THE STRANGE PROMISE HE EXACTED IN RETURN FOR SPARIN6 SIX LIVES/IT OPENS ON THE SIXTH FLOOR

OF IOW A'S MOST MODERN, BEST-

GUARDED

THE ONLY WAY OUT OF ILL SHOW HERE IS THROUGH YOU SOMETHEM STEEL DOORS THING DIFFERAND SIX FLOORS DOWN ENT IN JAIL BREAKS, BUB. ON A LOCKED ELEVATOR... YOU PLANNING I GOT BRAINS TO GROW WINGS AND, ... SEE? FLY OUT? BRAINS f

ANY CHANGE IN 1 DANIEL MO(?6AN H WOULD BE THE EIGHTH WONDER OFTHE WORLD BUT NO HARM LET MECHECK READ TO HImN TRYING. FROM THE GOOD ON YOUR RECORD.

FoR WEEKS DANNY WAS A MODEL PRISONER. THEN.ONE DAY HE HAD _ ASTRANGE VISITOR... MY B ROTHER .

PRISON..

isn't really bad. let me

EDWARD'S STORY WAS TRUE. .. DANNY'S KID BROTHER WAS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR, AND DANNY'S FIRST REACTION TO HtS VISITOR WAS FAR FROM CORDIAL...

EDWARD HAD REALLY SET OUT TO REFORM HIS BROTHER. ..BUT THE CUNNING DANNY, KNOWING

THAT THE

KID

HAD ALWAYS SECRETLY

HAD CONVE RTED EOWARO ^^FSWELlTkI D t WE'RE GONNA

ADMIRED HIM,

HOW AM DOING,

DANNY?

GO PLACES TOGETHER. GET A^rKTHAT PUNK'S ROD, AND WE'RE

However, edward had patience. .after a while, danny listened intently as he read, and they had long, serious conversations..

YOU LL NEVER GET AWAY WITH THIS M0R6AN

Authorities still haven't been able to figure out what strange quirk leo morgan to spare six lives in exchange for that strange promise? but later that day...

LATE AFTERNOON, EVERY ROAD LEADING

TO SAN FRANCISCO WAS SWARMING WITH POLICE CARS, AND ON A LONELY STRETCH OF ROUTE 115

With the death of

his

brother, all signs

of rebellion vanished from edward. I... I DON'T know what CAME OVER ME. PLEASE LET ME GO BACK TO MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHING / AGAIN... I DON'T WANT M1//ffl,

Naturally Edward's request wasn't granted, but the story isn't ended there. a troubled

man worries about

DO. SIX I..

a promise he

T KNOW WHAT ILL NOT FOR THAT PROMISE, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED. I. ..JUST HOPE IT'S A GIRL

I... I

DON IF

made

FRANCINE O'CONNOR WAS A THROWBACK TO THE CAVE WOMAN? HER LIFE WASN A SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS/ 5HE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AMD POSSESSED 1 FANTASTIC PHVSICAL STRENGTH WITH A CUNNING BRAIN' SHE DRENCHED THE PASES OF CRIME WITH THE BLOOP OF HER VICTIMS, UNTIL AN AROUSED SOCIETY / FINAL L/ TORE HER DOWN.'

FRANCINE O'CONNOR-

And her parents

did...

for

FRANCINE... H-HE'S NOT

awhtle. francine's strength easily

Y*YQU*¥£ _• KILLED HIM?T

MOVING... f

was abnormal, bringing a stigma on an impressionable girl. one night, when she was sixteen ...

ThE NEXT MORNING REPORTERS AND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE CAME TO SEE HER. HER NAME BECAME PUBLIC... HER LIFE A MESS...

HER NEIGHBORS, BOYFRIENDS, TOTAL STRANGERS LOOKED AT HER ANEW? HERE WAS A NOVELTY... A GIRL OF ENORMOUS STRENGTH. SOMETHING TO BE ENVIED, MOCKED, HATED.

And two years went

by... the small community ostracized her she was almost si x feet tall, and weighed POUNDS '.

FIRST THE O'CONNOR FAMILY WOULD NOT HEAR OF IT, BUT CONSTANT BICKERING FINALLY FORCED THEM TO YIELD...

Francine became the BIGGEST DRAW IN THE CARNIVAL AS THE YEARS PASSED BY. SHE GREW MORE BEAUTIFUL AND MORE STRONG..

...Then one day, she decided to face the outside world again...

SHE LEFT, CHANGED HER NAME, ANO TOOK A CLERICAL POSITION. BUT HER STRENGTH COULDN'T BE HIDDEN FOR

LONG ...J—

CRANDALL GOTJ FROM NOW ON SMACKED BY KJT'tt DO THE THE NEW FISH.' BOSSINGf

But

within six months, francine was ruling the inmates with HER IRON FISTS... j

SHE WAS COMPLETELY COOPERATIVE AND OBEDIENT WITH THE PRISON OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, AND SOON BECAME A TRUSTY IN THE FILE ROOM. ELLIS, EVELYN... ARMED ROBBER* El. KINS, ROBERTA... ASSAULT) ELSWORTH, DOROTHY. MURDER... *^ALL RIGHT,

O'CONNOR. THAT'S ENOUGH CATALOGUING

FOR TODAY.''

YEAR.. TWO. ..PASSED. FRANCINE BECAME A HARDENED VETERAN OF THE PRISON, AND SMART ENOUGH TO THINK OF A DARINO PLAN OF ESCAPE...

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SO THE "WEAKER SEX" CAME INTO THE FOLD, AND FRANCINE O'CONNOR BECAME EMPRESS OF CRIME.

DROP IT, FRANCINE YOU DON'T HAVE

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LATER

SAW

O'CONNOR AND CO. STILL ON

TOP? BUT SOMETHING WAS DESTINED TO GIVE.

ALL

FRANCINE WAS WELL-PREPARED FOR SUCH AN EMERGENCY. SHE RACED THROUGH A SEWER OUTLET TO HER GET-AWAY CAR. BUT FATE HAD ANOTHER PLAN..

RIGHT...

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FRANCINE O'CONNOR WAS RE-SENTENCED AND EXECUTED THREE MONTHS LATER.' THUS ENDED ONE OF THE STRANGEST CRIME CAREERS ON RECORD... ANOTHER THRILLING ACCOUNT FROM THE FILES OF... CM/ArtB

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store

Street.

Ravelon dealer

Street

recalled

hard-

having

sold a quantity of the wire to a

heavy-set, excited man with

sanitation man whistled

walked

around the shores of the lake,

dealing

of refuse and drift-

wood. Then he stopped whistfling and his eyes clouded in

annoyance.

wooden

lay on the sandy It

was too

bartel

lake shore.

would have

taskâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; he.

his

make two

trips,

now! Grumbling, he kicked

Then he

gasped in horror, because the water-soaked cask apart

been the

reveal part of a

killed

human female torso! Terrified, the old man hurried away to

the

girl

police

the

body.

led him only to a blank wall.

hardware man knew

All the

had

again,"

said. But

the

Harmon

Los Angeles police

meager evidence

crudely.

The

girl

es-

sift

acquaint-

killed her."

Harmon agreed. weeks were

Inspector

The

rwo

questioning

Detective-Sergeant

before

wait a

his

nexi.

sented

itself.

lovely

young

full

friends

break

that

the

wire

leading

Josephine

22-year-old

from her

"I've been wondering when

you'd come

"I'm glad

for it's

me," he

of Josephine, and

superintendaot

building

parlour

blood

rugs,

and

led to a

trail

closet

which

said.

over." He ad-

mitted

the

questioning,

tives he smiled.

And this time, when Harmon showed a search warrant to

er's serial, and that the wire

apartment

for

Hollywood apartment.

had been sold by them

unnecessary. Kelly was drunk, and when he saw the detec-

and was shown into Josephine Dumas' apartment, he struck pay dirt! Blood spotted the

the

him

pre-

Los Angeles region disclosed number was the deal-

but questioning proved to be

Neighbors of a voice student

Dumas was missing

with

one

week

notified the police department

had been wrapped around the barrel to keep the corpse enclosed was stamped with a

that the

Finally,

Josephine had been semeeting Charlie Kelly,

were

take

He had

the ordinary-looking wire which

serial number.

Dumas.

Charles Kelly when he came home. They were prepared to

the

William Jameson noticed that

A check

list

young groundkeeper at the music school she attended. That night police officers

barrel into

had been stuffed was

manufacturer

we have

the

have

their

a type commonly used for many purposes. Bur the sharp of

the

to identify.

that

cretly

bit

That

eyes

identity

ances who might possibly have

that

police had was the lower part

which

now

the girlsquestioned volunteered

The body had been

of the corpse.

the

ine

force

the case.

amining minutely every disposal.

dissected

places, so that the

in different

spent

and his staff of crime experts sat up late that night, exthe

Probably he hid

different sections of the body

shopkeeper

Harmon turned away,

discouraged.

"The

lead.

body would be hard

through

could identify him in a minute if I ever catch sight of

him

the lake.

tablished,

vital

dismembered her body," he said. "We've been unable to find anything else

He had never seen or since.

Jameson

Detective a

Therefore,

excited.

killed her?

Again

customer was that he been bushy-browed and

his

un-

and fellow students of Joseph-

Inspector Daniel

was troubled by

Who had

murderer

officer felt,

to girl

remained

answered.

had

might be a good lead! But

question

supplied

fetch the police.

the

big

had

days before

five

discovery

This,

coroner

that

him before

the barrel with his foot.

fell

estimated

large to carry while

completed

the

pointed

had been identified. But one

interested;

dressing

gory

Everything

the fact that the murdered

bushy eyebrows, on the week. Harmon- felt

thick,

The

softly to himself as he

contained

gown.

The ware

the drunken killing

showed the

where he had hidden the rest of the corpse in an old quarry. authorities

State

him

psychiatrists

insane,

and he

ruled is

now

confined in a California State Hospital

for

the Mentally

III.

t/V THE Utl&etmxLD THEPE APE PEW CUSTOMS WEIPDEK TWW THE HICKNA/HIMe OP ITS MOST IHEAMOUS MEMBERS. THOUSH THE OPDIHAPY CITIZEM MAY IAUSH AT SUCH CXJEEP MAMES, THE POLICE OPFICER FPEQUEHTLY PlHDS THEM HELPFUL IH noAOXINS Oomi HIS /HAH. LOU 5AWTO IS A BOOD EXAMPLE— HIS iVICAC/VAME SPOUSHT HIM lYPETQ/EOHESS AHo DEATH/

CLEARLY DISLIKED HIM, AND THE HEIGHBORHOOD BOYS

mis father had LOU DECIDED HE WOULD PREY ON pieo and his brother SOCIETY INSTEAD OF ADAPTING HIMhap married, loo be- SELF TO IT. ON JULY 19, 1928, HIS CRIMINAL CAREER STARTED/ came more with-

MADE FUN OF

DRAWN.

P&tmPS LOU TO

DID HAVE CAUSE BITTER. HIS FA THE/?

HIM.,,

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Ano

7HE MUftDEI? BUSINESS WAS 600D— SOMEONE WAS ALWAYS WANTING SOMEONE ELSE TO BE ELIMINATED. LOO SAt/ATTO HAP HOW FOUND HIS CALUH&-- WAT OF tffRED MURDEGBR !

Two YEARS OF HIRED

Hm A

KILLING

BROUGHT

REFUTATION IN THE UNOERWORLD.

NOW SPEclALIZEO ONLY IN BIS Murders, he eiyen set uf an OFFICE /

V/NCE DAN/EL S"

DEATH

IT WAS JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER DAHIELS DEATH THAT SAVATTO DECIDED IT WOULD BE A eooD IDEA IF HE LEFT TOW//.,.

ST/R^ED HORN£T'$

NEST /N THE UNDERV/ORLD,

AND

A V/C/OUS

WAR WAS DECLARED

&10A//K

SULLIVAN AND W/S MOB...

CAU ONLY MAKE IT OUT THE SACK WAY,,. I SOTTA MOVE FAST. ,. MY FOOT...UNHH.' NOT FAST EN0U6H....'

'IF I

AwD

WHE/V THE SMOKE HAD CLEARED, L/MRY LOU CAVATTO LAY AV A ROOL OF HIS OtW &ORE--OHE DEAD MURDERER— BETRAYED BY //IS OW// SREED FOR BLOOD MONEY BETRAYED BY THE THIHS THAT HAD EARNED HIM HIS H/CK//A/AE--H/S fiOOA?

—

TWISTSD, FOOT.'

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TALES OF CHILLING TERROR

March, 1937.. outs ide loom is, Illinois, leech MCCOY MEETS WITH A GANG LEADER... SHE'S ALL RIGHT, MCCOY, I GOT A JOB FOR YOU. BUT I AIN'T TALKIN* LOUIE.'' DOES ALL MY DRIVING..- BABY, IN FRONT OF NO DAME/ MEET LOUIE GASSO.'

YOU WANT ME T WANT REVENGE ON TWO GUYS.' THEY BOTH GOT NICE TO .SET A TORCH HOUSES, AND THAT'S WHERE TO THOSE YOU COME IN... FOR FIVE / HOUSES? I'M GRAND.' y —"A. YOUR MAN.' i

The next

day the police ive investigation...

launched an intens-

After hours of poring over pictures of criminals.

Police put the area around gasso's joint under surveillance. three days later, mccoy " COMES TO GET THE $5,000.. q K Ay'." s"lSTE~R GET OUT? QUIT |

BLASTIN' THj

I'LL BET THEY STOLE

TfLETS RIDE N AND TELL THE SHERIFFfHE'LL HAVE A RECORD OF THE LICENSE PLATE?

HALF HOUR LATER ON CLEMENT ROAD AS THE THREE PLOD BACK TO THEIR CAR WITH SAS™. DON'T SLOW DOWN, JOE GO RIGHT BY EM .'

Three quar ters of THE ROAD.

a mile further up

WHAT A SPOT J TURN THE CAR SO THAT IT FACES FOR AN AMBUSH. THEM, JOE, THEN TURN OUT E STOLEN CAR THE LIGHTS. STAY BEHIND S ABOUT TWO THE WHEEL, AN' WHEN YOU HUNDRED YARDS SEE 'EM COMING, TURN

GET INTO THE DITCHES ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THEY GET HERE WAIT FOR MY SIGNAL. NO SHOOTIN' UNLESS ABSOLUTELY

Suddenly the glare of headlights ILLUMINATES THE DARK ROAD...

So ENDED THE MURDEROUS CAREER OF LEACH McCOY. HIS PALS WERE GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES, AND ONE MORE VICTORY WAS CHALKED UP FOR JUSTICE IN THE WAR AGAINST CRIME... -THE ENO-

Gypsy thief, embezzling clerk, dance hall girl, gun toting gang lookout, dope pusher, corrupt ward assistant, underworld queen—the career of this thrill crazed murderess seems incredible but these were only a few of the nefarious activities in which she engaged f like all criminals juanita perez had her all mapped out for her--a life that would lead her straight to the peni tentiaryand eventually to — death? f

life

,JUAMITA1

VOUE

AEE ©ONE.' BETTER SIVE UP NOW

By the time she was seventeen, juanita had become an accomplished petty thief...t

SO, J U ANITA PEREZ JOURNIEO TO NEW ORLEANS, WHERE HER ILL-GOTTEN GAINS SOON VANISHED IN RIOTOUS LIVING...

Asa

DANCE- HALL HOSTESS JUANITA MET THE SOCIETY... AMONG THEM WAS ED

DREGS CF

REILLY, A LOCAL HOOD.

MAYBE

WILL.^I

JuANITA'S MAYBE MEANT YES' THE VIGNON GANG-A VICIOUS GROUP OF CUTTHROATS, INITIATEDHERIN TYPICAL STYLE... j EVEN J

INFLUENCE SPREADS UGLY TENTACLES OF OPUSr TEMPTING, ING, MURDERING NEW VIA THE NIGHTMARISH OF DOPE ... :

The syndicate promoted HER 'SHE WAS FEARED AND HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY THE UNDERWORLD FOR HER BRAINS AND HER RUTHLESS CRUELTY?

BY POLICE IN A CRACK-DOWN OFFICIALS, THE SYNDICATE WAS

BUT

BROKEN rSO JANE POLLARD WENT TO THE SEASHORE FOR HER"HEALTh7

BUT TONY ARROLA, SECOND

IN COMMAND OF THE SYNDICATE, TOOK OVER THE CITY'S RACKETS SOON AFTER WARDS-- AND WITH HIM WAS --MISS POLLARD?

Amid dissension, juanita quickly proved her criminal genius. huge betting and dope syndicates were set up. she bought corrupt government officials. her gangs infiltrated into the sports rackets...

She entereo high society and had herself publicized as a "good citizen"she donated to charities for needy organ izations

Among the guests was i.r.

moody, a law enforce-

ment officer from new orleans. it was pure chance that he recognized juanita perezâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; but in her apartment the next day...

ANDON SEPTEMBER 950, JUANITA PEREZ WAITED FOR THE SENTENCE THAT WAS TO DOOM HER FOREVER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT f-THUS ENDING THE CAREER OF THE GYPSY KILLER-

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with you

PICKPOCKET, PETTY THIEF, HOODLUM, HE BEGAN LIFE AS PLAIN

LAST CHANCE. WAX IE

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YEAH? TRY AN TAKE ME YOU DUMB BULLS

IRVING WEXLER....BUT

UNDER HIS NEW NAME, "WAXIE" CORDON ROSE LIKE AN EVIL COMET TO BECOME KINS OF THE MEW YORK UNDERWORLD? THERE SEEMED NO LIMIT TO HIS GREEDY AMBITIONS, UNTIL HE, TOO LIKE CHICAGO'S AL CAPONERAN AFOUL OF THE SAME

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TEAM OF STRAISHTSHOOTIMS T-MEMf

In CHICAGO, the federal judge had just FINISHED SENTENCING CAPONE, THE GANG LORD WHO LAUGHED AT THE LAW? OUTSIDE.. HOW ABOUT A STATEMENT FOR/ RIGHT.' TELL MY PAPER? WHAT ARE YOU f^YOUR READERS T-MEN GOING AFTER NEXT, j WE'RE LEAVING FOR THE NEW YORK MOB? /NEW YORK, TONIGHT' .

Rule of the new york underworld was divided between MOB BATON'S, DUTCH SCHULTZ AND WAXIE GORDON. EACH MADE MILLIONS IN BOOTLEG BEER.EACH RULED LIKE A AND NO ONE KNEW WHO WAS BIGGER ... KILL- CRAZY CZAR

ITS BAD.JOE. BAD.' DUTCH VERSUS WAXIE. THE MOB BOYS ARE GETTIN' JUMPY? IT CAN'T KEEP ON THIS WAY? THERE'S MORE THAN BEER BREWIN IN THE RACKETS. TROUBLE'S 1

BREWIN'

Trouble was

BffStr/A/ffS sud-

denly 1TCAME TO A HEAD.

WHAT

..?

HI-

POUR

INTO

JACKERS? DUTCH! WAXIE'S WEASELS. SCHULTZ'S MOB? /THIS IS ONE LOAD STEP ON IT* A XIE WON'T SELL

ZIGZAG? THEY'RE FIGURING TO

CUT/

WATCH THEM FA L

LIN" BARRELS.

NOW GIVE

*ER

THE

PASS

&iliwnm

FTER THE T-MEN LEAVE YOU PUT ON A GREAT ACT.WAXIE.BUT THOSE SAME FEDS JUST PUT CAPONE AWAYf HE .DIDN'T SIGN NOTHIN',

NEITHER

WE GOTTA,

OOOF-

That

night,

the hoboken BREWERY'S GARAGE...

THIS MAKES FORTY GOOD WORK BOYS? THIS TRUCKS WE 'JACKED /OUGHT TO TEACH SCHULTZ TODAY.WAXIE. TO STAY HOME IN THE BRONX. 1

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D STANCE f CHICAGO? I'LL SHOW THAT RAT? I'LL BR NG IN A HUNDRED CHI TORPEDOS' TWO HUNDRED' I'LL WIPE WAXIE GORDON DOWN TO

And when the news reached

GET ME LONG

SCHULTZ.J WHAT ? EASY, DUTCH' YOU MUST BE OUT OF SSOMEBODY HAD TO TELL YOUR MIND? WHAT OU' (CHOKE) DO YA MEAN COM1N' YOU'RE STRANIN HERE, TELUN' GLING ME ME STUFF LIK .

SMEAR'

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THATS what you think, hick' this ain't ST THIS IS THE BIG TOWN' BLAST HIM''

That same day RYWnwHF q GONE' ON THE LAM FROM .

he's PRACTICALLY EVERYTAKEN BODY' ALERT ALL IT ON ( LOCAL POLICE OFFITHE CIALS' we'll need

LAM'

HELP TO CATCH THAT SLIPPERY LITTLE RAT'

LOUIS,

Ten days

later...] vttentionJ waxie FEDERAL OFFICERS car 29' /used to CATSKILL MOUNTAIN SHER- < VACATION IFF REPORTS SUSPICIOUS J IN BETHEL' SPEED BOAT ACTIVE AT f THAT'S RIGHT MGHT ON WHITE LAKE * ) NEAR WHITE THIS MAY BE YOUR MAN f / LAKEfLET'S

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AND YOUR FRIENDS**. ERMAN PETERS ISXYMIE PINKUS WHO USED TO PICK POCKETS WITH YOU BEFORE YOU GOT TO BE A BIGSHOT, WAXIE? AND "JOSEPH BLOOM' IS GOOD OLD FLEA-BAG JOE'AARONT,

WANTED YORK.'

Bail for waxie cordon was set at $75,000, and on nov. 20,1933, the trial began-district attorney thomas e. dewey prosecuting? YOUR HONOR, I CHARGE IRVING WEXLER, ALIAS WAXIE GORDON, WITH CHEATING THE GOVERNMENT OF OVER ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES FOR 1930 AND I93I?WEXLER, TAKE THE STAND?

HERE IS THE POLICE RECORD FOR I9I0,WEXLER?PERHAPS YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY YOU BOTHERED TO PICK POCKETS FOR QUARTERS WHEN YOU HAD JlOO.OOO IN CASH? EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU CAN, WEXLER

NEW

KEEP

WAXIE ADMITTED HE HAD BEEN A SOMEWHAT WAYWARD CHILD, BUT HE'D PAID

IN 1916 HE CLAIMED HE HAD TURNED "HONEST; HIS TAXES, HE INSISTED-IN FACT HE E'D ALWAYS OVERPAID!

ALL

It TOOK THE JURY ONLY 40

Waxie served the time, less good

MINUTES TO FIND WAXIE GOR-

behavior and returned in 1941 claiming he was a changed man, an honest man ?

DON GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS, THAT DAY IN LATE 1933?

but.,

;

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SENTENCE YOU TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON, PLUS A $20,000 FINE, PLUS ALL COURT COSTS? TAKE THIS MAN AWAY? I

WAXIE GORDON

;

F.B.I.

I'M ARRESTING YOU FOR DIVERTING 30,000 POUNDS OF WARTIME SUGAR TO THE BLACKMARKET .'COME

ALONG?

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Thus ended the career of another mob baron who, like c a pone, "laughed at the law".' and although dutch schultz was number 3 on the t-men's list, a gangland assassin's bullet ended his career before the fearless treasury agents could bring him before judge and jury<_ f/w,_ 51

Something about

this case was puzzling and i felt the answer front of me. but until i found that answer, i could never the gang we police called...

was risht smash

NOW VOU KNOW. LIKE THIS ONE ENT. LIKE A LOT .

PETE AND t HANDLE HOLDUPS-BUT THIS HOLDUP WAS DIFFEROF OTHERS HAD BEEN LATELY.

SERGEANT CONROY, THEY

COULONT

HAVE GOTTEN FAR.' IF YOU WENT AFTER THEM "TU /WIGHT STILL CAl...: them

iATBR, AT THE POLICE LAB.

NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT

THE HANDKERCHIEF ITSELF, SERGEANT. BUT THE , LAUNDRY MARK SHOULD BE

A LEAD...

UNTIL NOW/ SERGEANT, LOOK AT THIS .'THESE PEOPLE TOLD US ONE OF THE GANG WAS

NOT THIS SANG, T~ /MISTER BLAKE/ *"~ THEY SPLIT UP AFTER EACH JOB. WHOEVER IS BOSSING THEM IS CLEVER

WEARING IT.' HE /WUST HAVE DROPPED IT.'

AFTER A

VISIT

TO A DOWNTOWN

LAUNDRY, WE TOOK ANOTHER

RIDE...

ACCORDING TO THE GIRL AT THE LAUNDRY, THAT HANDKERCHIEF CAME

FROM

HOUSE BUT— THE HOUSE HAS THE

THIS BOARDING

EVERYONE

SAME LAUNDRY NUMBER--THE LANDLADY SENDS ALL THE LAUNDRY OUT IN ONE BUNCH .

WELL, AT J AND WHOEVER LEAST WE < THAT SOME-

KNOW

someone IN

\ ONE IS—

THE

MOB UVES HER£,AND-

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doesnt

US.'

LOOK.'

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« IT SEEMED SIMPLE THE MAN WAS JOE DAVIS AND IN HIS ROOM IN THE BOARDING HOUSE WE FOUND PLENTY.

XDONT

HE'S LEVELUNS,

BELONG / FRANK. THAT WAS TO ANY \ HIS PAROLE /WOS.TM OFFICER. DAVIS SOI NO WAS AT WORK AT ] l

STRAISHr.'

THE TIME THAT LAST JOB WAS PULLED/ I'D SAY SOMEONE HERE PLANTED THAT SUN IN

^Sfo

HIS

ROOM

s^ 5 **'.

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SOMEONE / ONLY THERE WERE TEN PEOPLE THAT HOUSE, AND THEY WEREN'T

LIVING fM

TOO

COOPERATIVE.'

]

J Kra^lf

l5E

WONT ADD

UP.

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

THEY'VE SPOTTED ) YEAH / ONLY THIS TIME US/ THEY'RE v' THERE WON'T BE ANY TAKING OFF/ W^ CLEAN GETAWAY, 'CAUSE

CASE BOTHEREP ME AS IF I'D OVERLOOKEP SOMETHING. BUT IN THE MEANTIME I HAP EVERY SUPERMARKET IN TOWN STAKED OUT. .

ANP

PAN

PAID

OFF,

LOOKT.'

WE'RE STAYING RIGHT WITH THEM

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HEADQUARTERS

WAS RIGHT/ THE MOB PIP HIT ANOTHER MARKET..

JBf ?lfow—

AT THE END

TWO

we oar the mob. only— we oion't get the man we WERE AFTER EITHER THAT, OR HE WAS TOO SMART TO GO ALONG ON THIS SMALL FRY/ EVERY .'

ONE OF THEM JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP HOODLUMS. WHOEVER THE BOSS IS— HE .'

GOT

AWAY,'

JOB. IF HE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE BOARDING HOUSE HE KNOWS WE'RE WATCHING-

IT.'

WAS SIMPLE A .

COPS. THAT WAS ALL

I IN

KNOW

THE

— //KflMB-'

BLIND

TOOK

ALLEY—AND .

MAN WE WANT

IS LIVING

THAT BOARPING HOUSE/ BUT SOMEME— SOME-

(THING KEEPS BOTHERING

THING THAT DOESN'T FIT/ ONLY- WHAT*

TWO WEEKS, THREE, AND I WAS JUST ABOUT LICKED. BUT— IT'S A FUNNY THINS ABOUT BEINS RIS-HT. SOONER OR LATER, VOU KNOW

WHAT ?/ THAT WAS THE QUESTION .WE WENT BACK, WE SEARCHED AGAIN, WE ASKED QUESTIONS .

PETE, I'M JUST ABOUT LICKED. WE KNOW THAT ONE OP THOSE PEOPLE WAS THE HEAD OF THE MASQUERADE MOB.' BUT WHICH ONE? IF I COULD ONLV FISURE OUT WHAT KEEPS BOTHERINO '

AT THE POUCE ACADEMY THEY TEACH YOU TO THINK AND I HADNT BEEN THINKINS— BUT NOW T. WAS. PETE AND I DROVE DOWNTOWN/

ONLY VOURE NOT THAT PATIENT/ YOU JUST

YOU PLANTED VOIR SUN IN DAVIS' ROOM SO WE WOULDNT FIND IT ON WE SPOKE TO THE ONLY REAL AIMX filttOS KNOW YDUJ KNOW? ) A FAKE.' f

BORROWED HIS NAME, DIDNT VOU? SO THAT IF WE EVER CHECKED,

YOU

YOU'D HAVE A PERFECT AUBI

WJU'RE

TODAY/ WE

—

BUT WE ALSO FIGURED THAT YOU CAN COVER ONLY ONE OP US. AND THE OTHER CAN GET TO YOU— UKE THIS.'

"FIELDS" TRIED

but he never had a chance

THERE'S YOUR MISTAKE.' YOUR

THEY BOTHERED

SHOES.' FOR OUITE A WHILE, BUT I FINALLY WORKED THINGS OUT.'

YOU MADE A I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D GET ME— I NEVER MADE J MISTAKE, FIELDS-— A MISTAKE ^___^-Av A BAD ONE/ ^^, 1

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|:%^M^i THAT'S RIGHT. YOUR SHOES .'l SPOTTBD THE TRUTH THE FIRST DAY I WAS HERE, BUT IT DIDN'T REGISTER NOT UNTIL TODAY, WHEN MY PARTNER PUT HIS FEET UP OH .

A DESK AT HEADQUARTERS.

X HAD TO GRIN. EVEN PETE DIDNT GET THAT. BUT IT WAS FACT. I'D HAD THE ANSWER ALL ALONG, ONLY NOW, I

KNEW WHAT WAS — YOU HAD TO BE — — WHO CANT WALK MIGHT HAVE TWO IT

\ '

SHOES. BUT IP HE COULDN'T WALKTHOSE SHOES WOULD HARDLY BE WORN DOWN AT THE HEEL WOULD THEY ,

—

LYING, FIELDS

OR THREE

A MAN

PAIRS

caused

Archibald

commander

excitement

in the

Air

The plane was Cub,

spotless

a light Piper

and

trim

new coat of gleaming aluminum paint. The young man walked around

rowing

with a swagger, nar-

brown eyes as he shooed away some youngsters who were clustering around the aircraft. The young flyer had buzzed over the little Massachusetts town cold

his

the

Errikson, local Civil

Air patrol, to drive up in his car and stop to see what the

DEATH--

was was on

Nothing more was heard about the law-breaking airman eight days later. At the

until

small

field

aii

outside

about.

Silver Point, Connecticut, Joe

Errikson his way to a nearby pond, intending to do

Sumner was talking with his

some

Herman Kramer, when a stranger walked up to them and asked Sumner to take him up

all

But when the

fishing.

plane nosÂŤ'd down once more to discharge its passenger and

friend and flying-school partner

take on another, Errikson 's eyes opened wide in surprise.

for a lesson.

He pulled

was ready and

pocket

out of little

his

card

series of numbers on

inside with

and

it,

swore softly to himself. The numbers on the card checked exactly

with

Their ship, a new biplane, waiting. Sumner and the stranger got in and went aloft. Sumner was an old hand at aviation instruction.

Back

the

Kramer

field,

the registration

began

numbers on the plane's wing! This was a plane which three

hours

had

partner had

not returned.

a citizen of Dutton

days earlier had been stolen

notified

the

authotities,

was unaware that an airplane was in the vicinity. Then he

from a private field near Port-

ing that

land,

crashed

perhaps Sumner had somewhere and was

off

until not

had bounced his light craft to a landing in one of the meadows on the outskirts of town.

Now

take

"I'll

the sheriff

anyone here up

the

gate.

One

for a dollar.

was with

resentment as he was booked in the Dutton jail ho use on

who came

people

investi-

amusement

knot of excited towns-

little

turned

and three deputies. The plane thief readily gave himself up and admitted his crime. He gave his name as Raymond Forman, showing no sign of

he looked with a sort

of secretive

Maine! Errikson hurried in his car. Then he re-

dollar gives

theft charges.

you a long, long ride. Whaddya sayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; who's goin' up?"

up with a crumpled dollar

bill.

a superior

the

quiet

was

split

As earth

the

trim

ship

left

the

and buzzed off through

sun-drenched

air,

fate

afternoon

small

But even as

When the

the field

rolled to-

pilot got out

and later

slowly

started

Five min-

the police

Inside the plane, of his

body But by the next morning Dut-

small cabin and the

by the shattering cough of the warming-up aircraft.

astounded to see the hunted ship drop onto his field and taxi toward the hangar from which he observed

setvice the plane.

have a chance to go up." He and the young boy climbed

New England

that

was

arrived

and arrested Raymond Forman.

said.

"I've got all day. You'll all

into

Late

outside of Glens Falls, N. Y.,

utes

easy," he

general

alarm was spread, along with

fuel,

his

fear-

and asked whether he could buy some gas, the airfield owner agreed to sell him the

manner.

"Take

help.

rhree

and

ward him he was calling the

Then another boy stepped forward And then a man The aviator laughed in

proprieter

police.

jeans and came

into his

need

passed

a description of the ship.

it.

Hesitantly a 'teen-aged boy

dug

when

worry

ton police wete in no

mood

remember his good manners, For during the night Forman had of

sawed through the bars his cell window and es-

caped!

the back

head blown off, was the Joseph Sumner!"

before,

Forman made no

fuss. But this time he did not get away. On August 11, 1946,

he was sentenced

life im-

prisonment.

He again!

will neither fly nor kill

NOT SO FAST. BEFORE I PAY YOU.I WANT TO MAKE SURE (T CAN BE PASSED WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE f LET'S GO OUT AND TRY TO SPEND

Once blanchard had been frightened away, the rest was EASY, f

Meanwhile the wheels of the law were turning when the bills passed by red reached the bank.tmfy were spotted as part of the hold-up loot... ngtectives questioned the clerk... WE HAD ONLY TWO j HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS ALL WEEK... ONE OF THEM WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A RED -HEADED MAN'

habit traps a killer The loud bark of bis dog brought Jack Thompson to the door of the bungalow he owned. It was night and all via dark at that late hour. Unwilling to awaken his wife

and children by

electric light, Jack light

switching on the

had removed a flash-

from a desk drawer on his

way

"What's the matter with that dog," he muttered under his breath as he unfastened the latch of the screen door, pushed

the.

door open, and stepped outside. A flick of thumb brought the flashlight into his

illuminating

the back yard,

where

Thompson had chained the dog before retiring for the night.

A gun

shot rang out, then another and

Thompson slumped to the ground. He never learned what made his dog howl. The flash of his hand torch had finally

third.

turned him into a perfect target for a killer then unknown.

The

blast of gunfire brought the terrified

and trembling Mrs. Thompson out of her slumbers. She hastened to the scene of her husband's sudden demise. Moments later, neighbors responded to her silence-

The summoned

piercing

cries.

assemble little

first

doctor,

these

who

lost

time before announcing his findings.

"Thompson died

instantly, "he declared.

"Three shots pierced vital parts of his body â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one, his neck, severing the jugular vein; another entered his left temple, and the third lodged above the right ear. There is scant doubt any of these shots could have been fatal."

The

local

coroner

confirmed

the

doctor's statement.

There was, however, the question of who had killed Jack Thompson - who, and why? This proved a problem that perplexed Chief of Police Wilson and his associates for a time

The And

but not for long.

solution

so.

often aver

Study

the

was simple; astonishingly

deed

been

wood between

scene of

after the dastardly

suddenly

perpetrated,

over, picked up a bit of

forefinger and thumb, ex-

closely and pondered a moment

Then he stooped again, repeating bis previous actions, but this time pickor two.

ing up more short wooden sticks than he had the first time. These he transferred from the -fingers of his right hand to the palm of his left hand before speaking.

"Boys," he exclaimed. "I might have something here. Match sticks, chewed up and broken. Could it be that Thompson's dropped them?"

killer

was

stilt just

a shot in the dark

mere guess. Perhaps the matches offered a clue. Then again, perhaps they meant nothing. They could have been tossed aside by anybody, not alone the wanted killer.

That persons without criminal intent also chew on and break match sticks, Chief Wilson was well aware. He didn't put too much faith in the slivers of wood as an aid to the solution of this crime; he just hoped they would serve some useful purpose.

Then, too, he was troubled aa to the

No motive had yet nor had one suggested

reason for the killing.

been

advanced,

Was it a case of ordinary robbery exploding into murder so that the would-be itself.

thief could escape detection? Was it an â&#x20AC;&#x201D; retaliation for some harm Thompson might have done to another? The questions Chief Wilson asked him-

act of revenge

self set him to thinking.

But robbery was ruled out when an investigation

revealed

owned

little

house.

He worked

not

much

settled.

"Habits Trap Killers."

they main-

scanning the

some hours

He bent

frowned.

session

that

Wilson,

had

revealed what experts in crime

the habits of killers and you'll

themselves,

killers

Chief

the crime

amined

investigate the howls of the hound.

play,

find tain.

Jack

Thompson

of real value, outside of his

hard for a small salary,

which remained weekly the

after

As for revenge, chat,

too,

his pos-

bills

were

seemed a rather

Thompson, a poll of

his leave. Detective Walker could hardly

neighbors brought to light, had been well liked. None knew of a single enemy of the

wait for the former to get out of sight be-

farfetched

motive.

phoning Chief Wilson." "Chief," he stated. "Get over

fore

man; all had a kind word for him. Nor could anybody advance a reason of slain

something to show you." About 15 minutes elapsed before Chief Wilson arrived. As he entered, Detective Walker greeted him with a stretched out

Perhaps it was a case of mistaken identity, mused Chief Wilson as he returned to the Thompson bungalow after making the rounds in search of possible

hand.

"Look here," he

As he closed

the

heaped

door, his

talking,"

was commonly believed. "Snow," said Wilson after some introductory remarks, "I wonder if you have any idea who might have killed Thompson. I

But

brought

re-

while

we were

"Didn't do

the

few weeks, matters and Detective Walker

They presented it And an indictment was

case.

air tight

Tom Snow went on

trial for the

murder

The motive: Thompson had threatened Snow with a beating if he repeated in try\

ing to force his attentions on the attractive

Mrs. Thompson. -

Somehow, either because of her grief because she feared it would bring s name Thompson had failed to relate important evidence to the police at

to her, Mrs.

ferred ro the interview in a conversation

this

the time of her husband's death. But she spoke freely during the trial.

a reply made by Snow which had not quite

Walker thought Snow could stand further A glance through a window

Brought to light, too, was the fact that a shotgun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "for some

Snow had borrowed

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the very day Jack Thompson was shot. This proved to

questioning.

hunting," he had said

revealed to him that Tom Snow was still in front of the house. Walker opened the door and beckoned to him. The latter responded.

be the death weapon. But none of this overwhelming evidence

"Snow,*' said the detective.

mind coming over

to the station

"Do you house

for

You knew Jack Thompson so well, you may be able to give us more information about him than anyone else.

a few moments?

Won't take long."

Snow accompanied Detective Walker

the Iatter*s office.

They talked and smoked for a halfThe discussion finished, Snow took

hour.

in.

with Detective Walker, commenting about

satisfied him.

of Jack Thompson.

home,

had an

to the grand jury.

him?" "Not a person in the world," replied Snow. "Jack was one of my best friends. If anybody bad anything against him, I didn't know it." "Thanks," said Chief Wilson, the

vinced of Snow's sincerity. Entering the Thompson

this

explained.

jelled. Chief Wilson

understand you and he were good friends.

kill

questioning seemingly ended. Yet the Chief of Police was not ton-

did

Walter

much smoking, but look at all the match sticks he chewed and twisted up." The plot was thickening. But still there was not enough evidence for an indictment, much less a conviction. too

Do you know anyone who had reason

and chewed match

broken

"Tom Snow

Thompson home who ap*

peared somewhat more curious than the others. Inquiry revealed this man to be Tom Snow, a firm friend of the deceased.

Or so

with

sticks.

attention fell on one person in the gather-

ing before the

said quietly, extend-

ing in the Chief's direction an ash tray

Returning to his destination, he switched off the ignition and stepped out

clues.

of his car.

to the

station house as soon as you can. I've got

any sort why harm should have come to bim in the fashion it did.

could have been produced if not for the suspicion aroused by the finding of chewed

and broken matches, a clue discovered by Chief Wilson and pursued by Detective Walker, both of whom were aware of the value of habit study in crime detection. In this case, it led to a verdict of guilty

of murder in the first degree for Tom Snow, who was sentenced to the full penalty of the law.

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