The Perfect Crime #31

The issue contains two main stories. "The Perfect Crime" depicts criminals celebrating after robbing a numbers operation run by someone named Louie. "Time Works With the Law" follows a scheme where a man named Shorty hires Albie to commit murder; Albie agrees but plans to betray Shorty by faking his own death, collecting insurance, and then blackmailing Shorty with the threat of exposure. The final story, presented as factual text, explains the "Spanish Prisoner" con—a centuries-old swindle where con artists lure victims with promises of gems or money hidden by a prisoner, using elaborate romantic and financial hooks to extract thousands of dollars from the mark, with variations of this scheme still being perpetrated against Americans crossing into Mexico.