Crime and Punishment #44
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Crime and Punishment #44 This issue contains two crime stories. "Crime and Punishment" depicts a tunnel worker named Herb Crawley who discovers a rock blocking his path and becomes obsessed with freeing himself from the underground prison; he eventually dies in his cell, paralyzed and unable to move, while guards discover his body too late. "Death Was His Only Witness" follows Art Rockwell, a man investigated after police discover a body in Central Park with a crushed skull; when a second body surfaces months later with identical injuries, Rockwell becomes the prime suspect and is ultimately caught when witnesses place him at multiple crime scenes, with a race-track tip being the crucial clue to his identity.
Herbert Frawley, a solitary prisoner at Stockton Penitentiary, spends years secretly digging a tunnel to escape, driven by a deep distrust of others after a failed partnership led to betrayal. As he nears completion, a sudden sentence extension threatens to trap him for life—forcing him to confront whether his relentless isolation has brought him closer to freedom or deeper into his own prison.
Arthur Knight, a bank official, tries to manipulate a robbery plan with criminals, but when the bank examiner uncovers his embezzlement, the criminals force him to go through with the heist—only to turn on him when the getaway goes awry. As the robbers flee through a remote area, a hidden danger from a storm-washed bridge threatens their escape, and the consequences of Knight’s deception begin to unfold.
Art Rockwell and Pete Holst share a room in a brownstone boarding house in 1946, where Pete borrows Art’s clothes and a tiepin to impress a woman named Alice. After a violent confrontation with Alice’s fiancé, Marty Burke, Pete confesses to Art that he killed both men in a rage, then flees, leaving Art to grapple with the truth and the stolen money.
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