"It’s Always Seemed to Me That Every Crime Carries with It Its Own Punishment."

"Punishment Deferred."

By James Donald (?-?).

First appearance: Secret Agent 'X', February 1934.

Short short short story (2 pages).

Online at The Pulpgen Archive (HERE).

   "If you sent him to jail now, everybody would say, ‘Good riddance to a scoundrel!’"

WHAT happens at the Midland County Bank adds a new dimension to that old saying about needing a thief to catch a thief . . .

Principal characters:

~ Jasper Carlton, Vincent Stagg, and Donald Woods.

Resource:

- Whoever "James Donald" was, he left no trail behind him.

The bottom line:

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