Published by Washington Detective Agency, Washington, DC, 1940
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A group of manilla file folders containing Correspondence, Agents' Notes and Photographs for a number of cases (primarily investigations of infidelity, parental fitness, etc. ) compiled by Frederick G. Pence, principal of the Washington Detective Agency in Washington, D.C. There are ten file folders covering cases from 1930 to 1954. Some cases have simply a few pages of records, some are several items; comprising about 90 pages plus seventeen photographs (most 8" X 10", a few smaller). Clients names include: Stella Wohlfarth, Clara Coker, Meadows Case, Richard Reedy, Irene Moran, Loraine Daniels, Palmer Case, Walter Payton, Eugene Snyder, Stanley Brown, Sells/Winthrop Case, Sydney A. Merriam, Helen Stottlemyer, Douglas Perlick, Louise P. Carwithen French (Mrs. Ward M. French Jr.), Hampton Tolson, Karlsson Case, Tucker Case, Joseph Nunnally Sr. and a letter from Universal Detective Agency of Los Angeles to Frederick Pence of Washington Detective Agency regarding an unnamed client. Official name and address of the Agency -- Frederick G. Pence / Washington Detective Agency / 1034 National Press Building / 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. / Phone: National 9440.