Detective Story Magazine, October 5, 1916

This issue of Detective Story Magazine contains one novelette and two serials. "Black Star's Subterfuge" by John Mack Stone (Johnson McCulley) is the featured work. The two serials are "The Yellow Claw" by Sax Rohmer and "Snarled Identities" by Douglas Grey. Five short stories are included: "Not of a Kind" by Ladd Plumley, "A Rustic Rival," "The Captive Soul" by Sergeant Ryan, "H. Ellis Davis," and "Tales of the Chemists' Club—Every Man Has His Price" by Howard Fielding, plus "Suggestion" by I. M. Hanbury. The Yellow Claw excerpt shows novelist Henry Leroux interrupted late at night by a mysterious woman in fur who arrives terrified, claiming to be pursued. She collapses after briefly attempting to write a message on his desk. The miscellaneous section includes factual crime content: articles on unusual criminal cases, fingerprint evidence, counterfeiting schemes, and editorial commentary.