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May 1924 issue
cover art by Henry C. Murphy
~ Ray(mond King) Cummings, “T. McGuirk – Burglary Adjuster”, ‘9th of 14 McGuirk stories, billed as “the quaintest character in the Underworld” & honest, more of less’, 9th of 15 stories in BM
~ Francis James, “The Art Killer”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman, 14th of 20 appearances in BM
~ John Joseph, “Jazz Water – By Special Delivery”, “Advertised as ‘the romance of hooch’”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Murray Leinster (pseud. of Will F. Jenkins), “Third Man’s It”, 'payroll bandits', and 6th of 7 stories under this name
~ H.C. Raynor, “The Horror of McCandless Bend”, ‘billed as “a mystery of three generations”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ William Rollins, Jr., “Footsteps of the Dead”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette’, sequel to “The Ring of the Hand of the Dead”(April 1, 1924 issue), 7th of 23 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Double Stroke”, 29th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 30th of 49 total articles in BM
~ Joe Taylor, “Tell It to Toots”, 11th of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, ‘fictionalized experiences of a bandit – by an ex-bandit’, 12th of 13th appearances in BM
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