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Justice Traps the Guilty #62 (1948)
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# Justice Traps the Guilty #62 (May 1954) The main story, "King of the Beggars," follows Duke Martin, a fugitive who hides in a hobo camp and uses his acrobatic talents to become the leader of a beggar racket. A police officer confronts the gang at a city dump, declaring their operation finished. The story depicts Duke's rise among the homeless and his eventual pursuit by authorities as his criminal enterprise is dismantled. A secondary story teases readers with a setup involving Chuck and Tommy, where Tommy reveals his involvement in a numbers racket with Pete Tolman, setting up conflict over control of their operation and threatening betrayal.