Detective Fiction Weekly. Vol. 139, No. 6, September 14, 1940

Notes

1

The Case of The Deadly Clown will be brought out in book form by G. P. Putnam’s Sons under the title of The Headiest Lady. Publication date will be some time this month.

2

The Footprints on the Ceiling — G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1939.

3

Millie-Christine (1851–1912) were really two Negro girls, Siamese twins of the ordinary Chang and Eng type, whose manager always spoke of them and often advertised them as one girl with two heads. They were given musical instruction, one girl singing alto, the other soprano; and their vocal duets and performances upon musical instruments were, from all accounts, quite creditable. They also appeared in sideshows with Adam Forepaugh’s, Coup’s, Batcheller & Doris’, Barnum’s, and other circuses, as well as making a European tour.

4

Boy who waters the elephants. Anything young is a punk.

5

Concert: The extra show after the main performance — once a musical program, now usually a Wild West exhibition. Also called the after-show.

6

Slough: Take down. Pronounced to rhyme with bough.

7

While all names used are fictitious to avoid embarrassing any of the principals who may still be alive, the facts offered here are all true, having been gleaned from court records.

8

The basis of many appeals to higher courts lies in these “Exceptions” introduced into the record by the defense attorney when he believes the court is in error on some point of law.