Sensational Police Cases #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue features "The Diamond of Death," a story in which criminals Irene and Glen flee across state lines after committing robbery, driving through the night toward St. Louis while being pursued by police. After a violent car chase and confrontation, the fugitives are apprehended. The narrative follows their capture and the involvement of international intrigue, as references to "El Kara" and England suggest the case extends beyond domestic crime, culminating in their arrest as law enforcement closes in on their criminal operation.
At Arkansas's Tucker Prison Farm, a brutal place where violent convicts toil under guard, four trustees—prisoners granted special privileges—orchestrate a daring escape that threatens everything the guards thought they controlled. When the break turns bloody, pursuit and betrayal collide in a tense standoff that tests whether anyone can be trusted behind bars. This hard-hitting crime story captures the raw desperation of life on a prison farm in 1954.
James Williams, a career criminal granted trustee status in prison, seizes the opportunity to orchestrate a violent escape alongside three other convicts, setting off a desperate manhunt across Arkansas. As police close in and the fugitives turn to robbery and murder to survive on the run, the story barrels toward a reckoning neither side can escape. Based on true events, this hard-boiled crime tale captures the brutal reality of a criminal's final days of freedom.
Irene Schroeder, a restless hash-house waitress, convinces her reluctant boyfriend Glen Dague to turn to armed robbery, and the two embark on a desperate three-week spree across the country that leaves a trail of violence in its wake. As police close in from multiple states, Irene's ruthlessness drives them deeper into crime, but their luck runs out when they finally face the full force of the law. This true crime tale follows the rise and fall of a woman determined to escape poverty by any means—and the deadly price of that ambition.
Michael Strong, a private eye, gets entangled with a beautiful Oriental princess and a priceless gem called the Mayo Diamond—but the stone is the object of worship for a deadly cult dedicated to "El Kara," and zealous assassins will stop at nothing to reclaim it. As Strong escorts the princess and gem toward a London museum, murders pile up and suspicion falls in unexpected places, forcing the detective to uncover who's really behind the bloodshed before he becomes the cult's next victim.
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