The Cop Who Wouldn't Lie [Illustrated]

Detective Tales, December 1939
THE COP WHO WOULDN’T LIE
A Poignant Short Short Story
by Ralph Berard

When Captain Bill Calahan and I took the killer to see his dying mother, the old lady we loved, I knew she’d ask that dreaded question. And I knew Bill couldn’t lie!

When that dying woman asked about her son, what could Captain Calahan say? Slug Dugan was a murderer!

1600 Words

Detective Tales, December 1939
HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK UNDERWORLD
A Detective Tales Feature
500 Words

This edition includes all of the original illustrations for both the story and the feature plus the cover and a few interesting ads, including one for Norvell Page's "The Red Eye of Rin-Po-Che" in Dime Mystery Magazine.