Dane: The Christmas Tree Murders

“Sergeant Cass Harty of the homicide squad figures that it wasn’t entirely family feeling that caused old Lincoln Gaylord to ask him to Christmas dinner. Of course, he was a distant relative, but he was also a member of the police force, and Linc obviously wanted to use him as an official fixer in the labor picket trouble Gaylord was having. As a result Cass found himself chief witness, investigating officer, and storm center of the murder case which blew up right before his eyes . . .” (Burlington, VT, Daily News , 1938) Additional First published in 1938