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Crime and Punishment #46 (1952)

Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 1952 · 36 pages

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Contains 4 stories
The Vicious Vampire Racket
9 pp · crime

Private detective Lloyd takes on a brutal extortion scheme at the docks when dock workers approach him with evidence that foreman Jack Boyle is bleeding them dry with kickback demands—and silencing anyone who resists. As Lloyd digs deeper into the "vampire racket" run by the shadowy higher-ups of the Ship Service Syndicate Company, he finds himself facing down Boyle's enforcers and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the waterfront. Determined to expose the whole operation, Lloyd pushes forward despite warnings, threats, and pressure to drop the case.

The Deadly Quartet
4.67 pp · crime

When a series of robberies mystifies the Bontowne police in spring 1947, Lieutenant Floyd Wells spots something the criminals missed: the perpetrators couldn't have been in two places at once, which means there's a gang working in coordinated teams. As Wells closes in on the Deadly Quartet, the robbers grow desperate and violent, unaware that their own carelessness is tightening the noose around them. This true crime tale follows the brilliant detective work that would ultimately force the killers to answer for their crimes.

Ten Million Witnesses
6.67 pp · crime

A television script writer seeks help from a cop friend to overcome writer's block, and the lieutenant offers him an unsolved case—the Hawthorn Brothers warehouse robbery and murder—as inspiration. When the writer's dramatized version airs on television, the real criminals recognize themselves in the story, setting off a chain of events that brings them dangerously close to exposure. What started as a desperate creative plea becomes the unexpected thread that may finally unravel a four-month-old crime.

King of the Laundry Racket
4 pp · crime

In December 1930, a protection racket run by Johnny Danish preys on laundry shop owners until they decide to fight back—but Danish's response turns brutal. When a rival racketeer moves to protect his own territory, the conflict escalates into a deadly confrontation at the Silver Bowl that forces law enforcement to act. This true crime tale shows how organized crime's grip on a community ultimately collapses under its own violence.

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