Action for Men, May 1960 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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

By CARL EVANS @ SHORTLY AFTER 4 P.M. on February 18, 1949, a fairly young man and an older woman stood talking in the front office of a storehouse on Leopold Road in Crawley, a drab town midway between London and the famous seaside resort of Brighton. The man, pleasant- faced and exceptionally well-dressed, pointed to a table on which were piled some chemically treated papers and a drinking glass. “Take a look at those papers,” he said. “See if they'll do.” The woman went to the table, her back turned to her companion. As she fingered the papers, he reached into the top drawer of a nearby desk and took out an Enfield .36 revolver. Coming up behind her, he put the gun to her head and fired once. As she fell, her murderer held out his hands to catch the body and ease it back onto the table, where the legs dangled lifelessly. Then, with swift, sure movements, he put down the revolver, pulled a penknife from his pocket, and, with his free hand, seized the woman’s PLEASE TURN PAGE ss comicbooks.com