10-Story Detective Magazine Cover — page 53: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

~ Wacks’ Museum Great Mystery Novelette By Norman A. Daniels CHAPTER I MURDER IN STONE HE watchman of the Post Pri- vate Museum was an old man, but a careful and conscientious man. His duty was to check the va- rious rooms of this large museum, make duty calls which were regis- tered at a. private detective agency, and see to it that all doors and win- dows were securely bolted. Pro, - ee - - - . fi —5 ey, ne Sal ae ee ee SS ee There was a reason for this. The museum was something of a hobby —named after Willard Post and maintained by four of his colleagues. All were wealthy and all possessed a gruesome desire to learn as much as possible of ancient relies con- cerned with torture and death. Some of the relics housed in this museum were priceless. The watchman, whose name was John Gorman, had worked there for re comicbooks:com —