Murder Incorporated #12
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis is an anthology containing at least two crime stories. "Proof That Crime Never Pays!" follows the release of Jonah Bushel, who was interrogated by the FBI about a farmhouse in Paradise belonging to Machine Gun Kelly's wife, Katherine; the Kellys are ultimately captured and given life sentences for kidnapping Bushel. "Murder, Incorporated" depicts the schemes of Red Louey and Pretty Boy, two criminals who plan to kill an officer and use the electric chair as cover; their plot unravels when Pretty Boy is hit by a train, and a woman named Myra helps arrange their escape before they are ultimately apprehended by police. A third story features Sleazy Wilson attempting to win back his girlfriend Lazia by joining a poker game and later stealing from a socks gang, but his crimes catch up with him and he is arrested by police.
Sheriff George Kelly of Lucher, Oklahoma, earns a reputation as a sharp-shooting lawman after stopping a bank robbery, but his life takes a turn when he’s drawn into a high-stakes prison escape involving a fugitive known as Machine-Gun Kelly. As the escaped convict evades capture, he plans a daring breakout with a fellow inmate, setting off a tense chase through the countryside and forcing the sheriff to confront a past that may be catching up to him.
"Pretty Boy Floyd" follows the early criminal career of Charles Arthur Floyd, known as "Pretty Boy," as he begins his life of crime with a department store robbery in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, alongside his accomplices John and Bob. After a tense confrontation with a store employee who threatens to expose them, Floyd coldly eliminates the man, marking the beginning of a violent spree that includes bank robberies, car thefts, and multiple killings, all while evading capture. The story captures his ruthless efficiency and growing notoriety before the F.B.I. and Ohio police finally corner him in a farmhouse.
Johnny "Socks" Lazia, a ruthless underworld boss, rises from a childhood of petty crime to rule Kansas City with violence and intimidation, using a fake respectability to hide his criminal empire. As he plans a major heist and faces growing threats from rivals and the police, his past and present collide in a web of betrayal and deception.
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Reprinted in March of Crime #3 (1951), Shocking Mystery Cases #57 (1954), Startling Terror Tales #8 (1954), All-Famous Police Cases #14 (1954)
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