Crime Smashers #5

This anthology issue features multiple crime-solving stories. "Girl Friday: The Hidden Murder" follows a hotel detective and room clerk investigating the death of a maid at the prestigious Hotel Rexalton, where a woman's body is discovered hanging. A separate story depicts Sergeant Poole and reporter Hale investigating the murder of Miss Morrison, whose body is found with a man crawling out a window, and involves suspects including a man in a pin-stripe suit and suspicions of poisoning. The issue also presents a tale involving Dan Turner, Sally the Sleuth, and Ray Hale as featured characters in crime-fighting narratives where law enforcement works to apprehend criminals and solve murders.