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Crime Does Not Pay #88
Crime Does Not Pay #88 is an anthology issue containing multiple crime stories. "On the Level" by C.H. Moore recounts several criminal cases, including Lester Broderick arrested for spying on show girls with a telescope, Blake Smyth arrested for his involvement in a five-million-dollar auto parts racket, and Mike Allen arrested for driving without a license. "How They Were Trapped!" details multiple criminals caught through clever detective work, including swindlers Tom Morris and Scoop Collins caught via photographs, Joe Dunken trapped by a blood-detection trick that revealed his guilt in a murder, Lou Heinz captured after cutting his hands while breaking into a doctor's home, Phil Wood caught after leaving a café where he committed murder, and a hit-and-run driver trapped by broken glass from his vehicle. "Broadway Nightmare" recounts Detective Clayton Boyd's confrontation with a man named Joe Hamilton who wanted to blow up New York City.