The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN


NOU have been CRYING out for a
Il corking good mystery novel FOR
some time. and ! am wild TO tell
YOU that ! AT last have found such
novel
Am going 70 give YOU the name
OF this one right AT the start II
is Gentlemen Of Crime It's au-
thor is Arthur GaSk an Australian
surgeon who is famous both as a
novelist as well as a physician
The MaCauIav Company of New
York is the publisher and II sells
for 81 Now I VIII try to tell you
just enough about the story so as
10 work up your appetite
Picture this opening situation
Eight men. all masked. meet in a
secret room in a castle in England
occupied by a wealthy American,
Ephraim Smith Four of these men
are the clevereSt criminals that
Paris and London ever have pro-
duced The other four are famous
detectives
That certainly was strange
gathering The reason was a
troublesome one. Smith. the mil
honaire had been blackmailed out
OF several fortunes and all through
the story he is a rich man IN spite
Of The terrific drain on his purse by
hidden enemies
The blackmailerS collected the
money in person Never the same
ones. Before smith started to pay
up ne attempted to eyade payment
but the sinister hand of the black
mailers destroyed his fine racing
stables then exploded bomb near
a window Of the dining room OF the
castle Death and destruction was
the answer Of the gang when Smith
refused
Smith finally started to pay mp
when the lives OF his wife and
daughter were in danger So with
the greatest secrecy. Smith sum
moned four great detectives and
four Of the Cleverest criminals Of
Europe 10 aid him in discovering the
clever and resourceful blackmailefs
A T this meeting following Smith s
IA explanation OF the meeting. he
asked the men 10 unmaSk All did
but one man And the man wearing
the mask was murdered, thirty min
utes after the meeting broke up. All
had agreed to work in their own
way for certain sums Of money TO
aid and protect Smith
So YOU see that the author starts
spilling blood at the very beginning
OF his story And when Gask spills
blood he spills II. whole bodys full.
Gentlemen Of Crime" has been
Cleverly and even brilliantly writ
ten. Every character. and there are
many of them have been fully
sketched and developed by he au-
thor in his 3l7-page novel
Action follows action because the
enemy" starts killing of in clever
ways certain members Of Smiths
The author has worked up a ire
mendouSlv fascinating climax Yes.
its bloody and fun Of fights Meio-
drams2 Yes a mile thick. but
powerful theater Of reading.
II took me two nights 10 read this
one and both nights l had the
creeps when I Went 70 bed That
Na ~ ali
Right nov Gentlemen of Crime
Is my favoriIe mystery novel Hope
YOU Will agree with me because I
am asking YOU 10 read this one if
you have an appetite for such read
ms
Two new books for children have
tIst been published and nc demand
for them is so heavy that The pub
fishers. Blue Ribbon Books Inc 44S
Fourth avenue. New York City. are
four weeks behind in orders Already
$4,000 copies have been marketed
and another 10000 edition is being
rushed of the press. The books are
"Pop-Up Mickey Mouse and Pop
Up Minnie Mouse. These books are
made by hand with Pop-Up figures
that rise out Of the pages as the
books are opened They supplied
the motif for Walt DiSney's latest
colored Silly symphony. Old King
Cole"
Yes Booth Harrington has Just
had published a new novel Il IS
presenting Lily Mars and is pub
nshed by Doubleday Doran and
sells for $3.50 L IS a story Of an
actress and a great genius.