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Justice Traps the Guilty #91
This anthology issue contains several crime stories presented as factual cases. "Pin Holes" follows detectives tracking Art Short, an ex-convict who robbed hitchhiker Bill Glasser of $600; fingerprint evidence and Glasser's memory of Short's habit of punching pin holes in money lead to Short's capture and confession. "Hit and Run" explains forensic techniques used to solve hit-and-run cases through paint analysis and light-spectrum photography. "False Report" details how Bill R. Rollins of Burbank, California confesses to filing a false stolen car report after police discover his vehicle at an accident scene, revealing he had actually crashed it into another car with friends and lied to avoid damages. The issue also includes a separate story involving John Martin, a man working undercover for authorities against a spy named Exeter, as detectives use correspondence and letters to track and apprehend the enemy agent.