The reading room
Crime Must Pay the Penalty #3
The issue contains multiple crime stories presented as true cases. One story depicts Johnny Lazia, a Kansas City gangster who typified rottenness and ruthlessness, ruling the city's underworld until law enforcement action brought him to justice. Another narrative follows a criminal's scheme involving a train robbery and the subsequent pursuit and capture of the perpetrators. A third story recounts the crimes of Peace, a historical criminal figure who committed over a hundred robberies and twenty murders in 1877, ultimately meeting his end when his curiosity leads him to a fatal encounter. The final visible story concerns a kidnapping case involving criminals pursued by authorities across state lines, ending in a dramatic crash.