Underworld #3
An anthology of crime stories featuring multiple tales of criminal activity and justice. The visible stories include "The Bronx Boys," involving a kidnapping case that reaches the district attorney's office; "The Widow of Death," which depicts Belle marrying Peter Guinness and later killing him through a staged accident to collect insurance money, leading to a coroner's inquest that exposes her crimes; and "Gambler's Showdown," a Jim Quaker Western story about a gunslinger confronting lawlessness in Grand Prairie and being asked to become the town's sheriff.
Ma Wilkins climbs from hardscrabble streets to become one of the underworld's most powerful fences, moving stolen goods and building a criminal empire with ruthless efficiency. When her daughter Helen comes of age, Ma showers her with the fruits of her illicit success—only to find that family loyalty may be the one thing money can't buy. A tale of ambition, betrayal, and the price of a life lived outside the law.
Belle Guiness earns her sinister reputation as a calculating predator who uses matrimonial advertisements to lure wealthy men to her farm in La Porte, Indiana, where she methodically murders them for their money and buries the bodies in a hidden cemetery behind her house. When a hired hand named Ray discovers the gruesome truth about her operation, he finds himself caught between exposing the "Widow of Death" and becoming her next victim. This tale of one of history's most notorious criminals shows how Belle's murderous schemes escalate from early cruelty to an industrial-scale killing operation that claims over two dozen lives.
Insurance investigator Tom Dugan suspects fraud when a string of accident claims lands on his desk, and his hunch leads him into the shadowy operations of the Accident Club—a criminal enterprise manufacturing bogus injury cases for quick payouts. As Dugan digs deeper into one suspicious claim, he must outmaneuver the gang's corrupt doctor and crooked lawyer before they cash in on their scheme.
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Reprinted in Extinct #2 (1992)
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