American Detective [Vol. 1 No. 5, September 1934] ed. Hugh Layne (Artvision Publishing Company, Springfield, MA, s/b, 25¢, 96pp+, 8½″ x 11½″, cover by Arthur Ray McCowen) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome.
- 5 · American Detective Editorial: Shoot to Kill! · The Editor · ed
- 6 · The Perfect Crime (?) · Fletcher Pratt · tc; “The Tufverson-Poderjay Disappearance Case”.
- 14 · The Schoolroom Murder Case · Martin Merle · tc; “Detective Ellis Parker Captures Thomas Coumas” (1932 Olive Taylor murder, Stockton, CA).
- 18 · Shovers of the Queer · Dean S. Jennings · ar; “The Inside Story of How Counterfeiters Work”.
- 22 · Texas’ Great “If” Murder Mystery · County Sheriff T. A. Binford, (Harris, TX); as told to Margie Harris · tc; 1922 W. R. Sims murder.
- 25 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi; crime scene photos.
- 28 · The Case of the Four Horsemen and the Black Sedan · County Detective Lt. Joseph Cocozza, (Essex, NJ); as told to Adrian B. Lopez · tc; “New Jersey Detectives Trap a Killer” (1934 Julius Friedman murder, Bloomfield, NJ).
- 34 · Footprints in the Dust · Lum Smith · tc; “New York’s Tellstone Murder Case” (1934 Cleo Tellstone murder, Bloomingdale, NY).
- 36 · The Ship of Death · Wilton Gray · tc; “A Strange Murder Aboard the Schooner Kingsway” (1927 Lucille Battice murder).
- 42 · The Case of the Phantom Forgers · Charles H. Knowles · tc; “Florida’s Most Baffling Forgery Case”.
- 45 · Dragnet · [uncredited] · pi; true crime news photos.
- 50 · The Black-Hand Strikes · Luke S. May; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · tc; 1921 Harry Hallen murder, South Tacoma, WA, told by the chief of the Seattle Detective Force.
- 56 · I Escaped from Devil’s Island [Part 4 of 4] · Gilbert Cartier, (Convict No. 26185); as told to Jack De Witt · ts
- 58 · Calling All Cars · [uncredited] · ms; “Criminals at Large Wanted by Police”.
- 96 · Third Degree · The Readers · lc
- _ · [letter] · Grace McLaughlin · lt
- _ · [letter] · Jack J. Birgl · lt
- _ · [letter] · H. K. · lt
- _ · [letter] · L. E. Burkey · lt
- _ · [letter] · John E. Costello · lt
- _ · [letter] · Raymond Reddy · lt
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