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    American Detective [v5 #4, September 1936] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Howard Williamson) []
    Details supplied by John Locke & Richard Newsome.
    • 4 · An American Detective: Thomas E. Dewey · [uncredited] · bg
    • 6 · “Big Shot” Luciano · Fletcher Pratt · ar; featuring New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. “Lucky” Luciano, convicted June 1936.
    • 18 · The Bloody Black Legion · Edwin V. Burkholder · ts; featuring Inspector John I. Navarre. May 1936 vigilante killing of Charles A. Poole, Detroit.
    • 26 · The “Excitement” Murder of Ruth Shaw · Lt. E. A. Hedman; as told to Jesse Theodore Simmons · ts; the March 1936 murder of Ruth Shaw, Salt Lake City.
    • 36 · Slayer in the Sanctuary · Paul Maurice · ts; featuring Deputy Chief of Detectives Walter Storms, Chicago.
    • 46 · Death in the Subway · George Allan Moffatt · ts; featuring Deputy Inspector Francis J. Kear. May 1936 Edgar L. Eckert “phantom strangler” murder, New York City.
    • 56 · The Tragedy at Lobster Lodge · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts; featuring Sheriff Arthur R. Greenleaf. Dolda Brewer murder, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, April 1936.
    • 64 · Illinois’ Web of Lies Case · William Doyle · ts; featuring Sheriff Delos Blanchard. May 1936 murder of Bessie Tallmadge, Rockford IL.
    • 72 · What Ever Happened to Jim the Penman? · Lum Smith · ts
    • 74 · I Killed the Man I Baptized · Margie Harris & Rev. Edgar Eskridge · ts; the May 1935 shotgun killing of Police Chief Ed O’Reilly, Orange TX.
    • 82 · Veil of Mystery—The Enigma of the Chained Body · Edward A. Dieckmann · ts; the March 1935 death of Carl George Frey, San Diego.
    • 90 · The Tracker of Ahtanum Creek · Deputy W. C. Calhoun; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · ts; from Yakima County, WA.


    American Detective [v5 #6, November 1936] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, s/b, cover by Delos Palmer) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective: Lt. Blake Mason, Sheriff’s Office, San Diego, Calif. · [uncredited] · ar
    • 6 · North Carolina’s Uninvited Guest · Edwin V. Burkholder · ts; featuring Detectives Thomas Martin and John Quinn of New York City.
    • 16 · I Am a Murder Man · Detective Sgt. L. M. Hilton; as told to Jack De Witt · ar; from the Ogden, Utah P.D.
    • 22 · A Racket in Bondage · Fletcher Pratt · ts; featuring Detective Capt. John Leahy, New York.
    • 30 · Death Comes in the Window · Leonidas F. Daniell, Jr. · ts; featuring Sheriff Jess Samples. April 1936 murder of Marlie Childs by Reable Childs and Terrance Bramlett, Center, Texas.
    • 37 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 38 · You Lie! · Horace Heffern · ts; featuring Lt. Ray Fisher and Sgt. Harry Sutherlin of the Indiana State Police.
    • 46 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 48 · The Hoodoo of Brokenstraw Airport · Ernest Martin · ts; featuring Corporal Joseph Schmidt, Pennsylvania State Police. Metro Seminuk murder, March 1936, Youngsville, Pa.
    • 56 · To the Bitter End · George Allan Moffatt · ts; featuring Detective Capt. Charles H. Burns, Baltimore.
    • 65 · Curiousities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · ms
    • 66 · Trailing San Diego’s Black Gorilla · Edward A. Dieckmann · ts
    • 74 · What Ever Happened to Clara Phillips? · Lum Smith · ts
    • 76 · Toy Gun Terror · Mirin McLean · ts; featuring Sgt. William Cox, Chicago, Auto Theft Bureau.
    • 82 · The Case of the Casual Killer · Paul Hathaway; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · ts; chief of police, North Manchester, Indiana.
    • 90 · Cavalcade of Courage · [uncredited] · cl
    • 95 · Ohio’s Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde Mystery · Wilton Gray · ts; featuring Sheriff Tom Pask, Fremont, Ohio.


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 1, June 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective · [uncredited] · bg; profile of Lawrence J. McManus, Assistant District Attorney, New York City.
    • 6 · Not So Deep as a Well · Paul T. Kifer · tc; featuring Police Captain Ralph Williams, Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
    • 18 · Symphony in Scarlet · Fletcher Pratt · tc; featuring Chief W. W. Akers, Iowa State Bureau of Criminal Investigation; about the February 9, 1937 murder of Mabel Rhodes, Iowa City, Iowa.
    • 26 · Traders in Tragedy · George Masters · tc
    • 36 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 38 · “Dillinger was a Piker” · Horace Heffern · tc
    • 46 · “Shotgun Wedding” · Deputy Sheriff Carl T. Larsen; as told to Phillip Hansen · tc
    • 54 · Bulldog Justice · Jack Heil · tc; featuring Police Captain Ora DeWeese, Marion, Ohio; about the murder of J. Frank Bennett, December 12 1931.
    • 63 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 64 · Murder at the Mill-Pond · Charles B. Ryan, Jr. · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff H. C. Peveler, Birmingham, Alabama.
    • 72 · Straight Shooter · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 78 · Painless Death · Anthony Sands · tc; featuring Commonwealth Attorney William Fife, Albemarle County, Virginia.
    • 87 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 88 · Soldier’s Secret · Chief of Police Harry L. Finch; as told to Jack De Witt · tc
    • 96 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 2, July 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • · Manhattan’s Murders in the Nude · Dennis McShane · tc
    • · Doping the Ponies · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Inspector A.L. Rathiel, Narcotics Bureau, Miami, Florida.
    • · The Tragedy of South Legion Drive · Ernest Martin · tc; featuring Detective Chief John J. Whalen, Buffalo, New York. Mary Ellen Babcock murder, February 6, 1937, Buffalo.
    • · Deluge of Death · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Detective Merideth K. Stewart, Indiana State Police.
    • · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • · The Case of the Ten Gallon Hats · Albert O. James · tc; featuring Sheriff Ace T. Campbell, Sanilac County, Michigan.
    • · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • · The Mystery of the Murdered Mystic · Mirin McLean · tc; featuring Sergeant Anton Hylsky, East St. Louis, Illinois, P.D. Murder of George Zellman, 76-year old Rosicrucian psychic healer, February 5, 1937, East St. Louis.
    • · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • · One Way Ride · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Chief of Detectives Henry B. Lockwood, Bergen County, NJ.
    • · Whatever Happened to Dale Winter? · Dugal O’Liam · tc; about Dale Winter, nightclub singer, who married Chicago gangster Big Jim Colosimo shortly before his 1920 murder.
    • · Snaring Spokane’s Swearing Slayers · Horace Heffern · tc; featuring Chief of Police Ira D. Martin, Spokane, WA.
    • · The Ghost of Kill Van Kull · Lawrence Reed · tc; featuring DA Thomas J. Walsh, Staten Island. Slaying of Mrs. Angelina Fedele, Port Richmond, NY, August 17, 1934.
    • · Harvest of Hate · Nels O. Hanson · tc; featuring Paul Gruber, Iowa Bureau of Investigation.
    • · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 4, September 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Wrecking the Reno Dope Ring · Jack DeWitt · tc; featuring Joyce McAllister, Santa Barbara, California, undercover agent.
    • 14 · Murder, Wholesale · Jack Swansen · tc; featuring Sheriff Walter Liskowitz, Waukegan County, Wisconsin.
    • 22 · Dream Street · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Detective Hyman Levine, Safe and Loft Squad, New York City.
    • 32 · The Easiest Way · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring the Portland, Oregon Police Department.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · “Vengeance Is Mine” · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring Captain John Murphy and Detective Warren Murphy of Philadelphia, Pa.
    • 51 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 52 · The Mystery of Evangeline Parish · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriff Charles Pocheu & Prosecutor F. H. Guillory, Evangeline Parish, LA.
    • 62 · Man-Hunter’s Memory · Lt. Tom Kelly; as told to James Owens · tc
    • 69 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 70 · The Tenderfoot of the Zuni Mountains · Dan Burrows · tc; featuring Chief of Police Kelsey Presley, Gallup, New Mexico.
    • 78 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 2: Louis Altierie · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 80 · In Line of Duty · Chief Special Agent Daniel O’Connell; as told to Bob McLean · tc
    • 87 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms
    • 88 · The Riddle of Tygh’s Ridge · Sheriff Harold Sexton; as told to Horace Heffern · tc


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 6, November 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Romeo of the Mounted · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Deputy Chief Inspector John J. Lyon, New York City.
    • 14 · Trapping Traxler · Frank Edward Bronaugh · tc; about the capture of escaped convict Pete Traxler, July 1937 in Boswell, Oklahoma.
    • 22 · Devil in Disguise · K. Kellen O’Neal · tc; featuring Sheriff Russell Wilkes of Monroe County, Missouri. Maybelle Kelly murder, Paris, Missouri, July 1937.
    • 30 · Mob Murder · Jack Wentworth · tc; set in Houston, Texas.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · Trustie’s Holiday · George Williamson · tc; featuring the Police Department of Cleveland, Ohio.
    • 52 · The Sweepstakes Murder · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Detectives Arthur Leininger & Albert Gerlinger of New Orleans.
    • 59 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 60 · The Fires of Madness · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 66 · Give My Regards to Steger · Jack Heil · tc; featuring Chief of Police Charles B. Steger, Sharon, Pennsylvania.
    • 73 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 74 · Clues · Leslie Lawson · ar; first in a series.
    • 76 · Lilies of the Alley · Blaine Porter · tc; featuring Captain of Police Joseph Goldberg, Chicago.
    • 84 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 4: Klondike O’Donnell · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 86 · Harvest of Death · Nels O. Hanson · tc; featuring Sheriff Helmer Myre, Freeborn County, Minnesota.
    • 96 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 3, February 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Soldier of Justice · Edward S. Sullivan · tc
    • 13 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 14 · Alcatraz—The Rock of Despair [Part 2 of 4] · “A Graduate” · mm; “The Mutiny That Failed”.
    • 22 · Crushout · Stephen Manners · tc
    • 28 · Hangman’s Holiday · Detective Sergeant Theodore F. Vollten; as told to Alfred Brandon · tc; from Montgomery County, Maryland.
    • 37 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 38 · A Problem in Parricide · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriff Lee Allen and Deputy Sheriff Jim McCoy of Austin, Texas.
    • 46 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 48 · Evidence Remains · Eloise Cooper Mackey · tc; featuring Sheriff T. J. Smith of Cannon County and Attorney Hoyt Bryson of Woodbury, Tennessee.
    • 54 · Manhattan Cocktail · David Lindsay · tc; featuring Detective Thomas Cox of New York City.
    • 62 · Clues V: The Duplicate Clue · Leslie Lawson · tc
    • 64 · Behind the 8 Ball · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring the Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon police.
    • 69 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms
    • 70 · Obituary in Oil · Mirin D. McLean · tc; featuring Sheriff Hayes Bale of Lawrence County, Illinois.
    • 78 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 7: Al Capone · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 80 · Condemned to the Guillotine · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Supervising Agent John W. Roberts. U.S. Customs, and Detective Edward Fitzgerald of New York.
    • 91 · The Mob of the Mysterious Blonde · Jack De Witt · tc; featuring Texas and Louisiana State Police.


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 4, March 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, 96pp+, 8½″ x 11½″ s/b) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Killers, Incorporated · Fletcher Pratt · tc; featuring Inspector Jules Poignant of the Paris Sûreté.
    • 14 · Marked for Murder · Stephen Manners · tc; murder of police sergeant Timothy Murphy in Greenwich Village, September 14, 1931.
    • 24 · Alcatraz—The Rock of Despair [Part 3 of 4] · “A Graduate” · mm; “‘Scarface Al’ Capone, Model But Most Hated Prisoner”.
    • 32 · Philadelphia’s Sex Mad Slayer · Bruno Albright · tc; featuring District Attorney Fred B. Smillie, Montgomery County, Pa.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · The Royal Killer of Waikiki · Fred Fulton · tc; featuring the Police of Honolulu, Hawaii.
    • 48 · The Castle of Medical Horrors · Louis N. Burkhardt · tc; featuring Policewoman Kate O’Connor of San Francisco. Abortionist Dr. Max Hickok, convicted of murder in death of patient Elizabeth Sowers.
    • 55 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 56 · The Clue of the Tilted Mirror · Walden Snell · tc; featuring the Virginia State Police.
    • 64 · A Strange Type of Murder · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring Detectives Daniel J. O’Mahoney and John Gaynor of Philadelphia, Pa.
    • 72 · Clues VI: A Greasy Cap · Leslie Lawson · tc
    • 74 · Texas’ Party Girls · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff James McBee of Tarrant County, Texas.
    • 81 · Secret Sin · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Sheriff Pat McCarthy, Skagit County, Washington.
    • 87 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms
    • 88 · Well of Loneliness · Bernard L. Petty · tc; featuring Sheriff Antone B. Prince, St. George, Utah. Killing of rancher Spencer Malan, March 1935.
    • 96 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl


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