Famous Crimes #51
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains two crime stories from police files. "The T-Men" follows federal agents tracking down a drug combine operating through street vendors, culminating in the arrest of members including Rhuel Erdon, who receives a twenty-year sentence on June 13, 1939. The second story depicts the Dickson family's involvement in a stolen car operation and kidnapping scheme, which ends when they are caught by authorities and apprehended during an attempted escape on a boat.
Bennie Dickson, a former high school teacher’s son, turns to crime after being denied money by his father, beginning a spree of robberies that escalates when he trains his wife, Stella Mae Irwin, into a skilled partner. Together, the couple stages a meticulously planned bank heist in Brookings, South Dakota, using her sharpshooting prowess to maintain control while Bennie attempts to bypass the vault’s time-lock. As they prepare to escape, tension mounts when the bank’s hidden alarm is triggered—setting off a chain of events that could end their criminal partnership.
Frankie "Angles" Marlowe, a cunning operator who thrives on exploiting every possible angle, takes an interest in young boxer Bell Thomason, seeing in him a chance to manipulate the fight circuit for profit. As Marlowe pressures Bell to throw a match and take a dive, the boxer resists, setting off a tense confrontation that threatens to end in violence.
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