CRIME: Crime-of-the-Week

Wealthy Mrs. Paul M. Browne of Darien, Conn., an expectant mother during the summer, had had no occasion to wear her diamond bracelet and earrings until one evening last fortnight. They were gone. Her insurance company called in Private Detective Noel Scaffa, diamond finder extraordinary.

After quizzing the Browne servants, last week Sleuth Scaffa bee-lined for Manhattan's Hotel Montclair. There he uncovered the thief and gave Mrs. Browne a nasty shock. The culprit was one of her best friends, Mrs. Whitney Endt, 28, wife of an insurance broker, future heiress to a...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!