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Shocking Mystery Cases #53
"Shocking Mystery Cases" #53 is an anthology containing at least two crime stories. The first story depicts the investigation of a new law passed to stop car thefts in Chicago, following the arrest of three boys involved in a car-theft racket. The second story, "Death Held the Whip," recounts the true crime case of jockey Rube Morgan, who is murdered by gamblers in 1943 after winning big at a racetrack; the killers leave him with a note and later attempt to use his knowledge of a fixed horse race for their own profit before he is killed.