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Famous Crimes #8
Famous Crimes #8 This issue contains multiple crime stories from police files. One story depicts a counterfeiting and forgery scheme involving a clerk named Jacques and a man named Blackburn, who altered stamps and deeds to defraud the government. Blackburn was convicted and executed for the crime, serving as a cautionary tale about the consequences of fraud. Another story follows detectives pursuing a criminal through city streets and into an Oriental District dive, where they attempt to apprehend their suspect in a tense confrontation involving crowds and narrow escapes.