These plays may have been based on cases with which Gardner was familiar, but no direct link to the case files in this collection is evident. A sixth play, Silent Justice, is described on its cover-page as a comedy in three acts. The three stories in the collection are based on true events, all of which involved the Pennsylvania State Police. In the Hamburg s Gangland Murder, Ralph Gardner is one of several investigating officers. The final series consists of four printed items which belonged to Gardner.
Biographical information is derived from the collection.
The material is arranged alphabetically by title. F2 Typescript playscript with added pages, notes for the announcer, and autograph revisions. Includes some autograph notes on one script. F7 Autograph script. F8 Typescript with author s name and address in ink on the first page.