January 3, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

Herman Landon, “The Picaroon Handcuffed  [Part 1 of 4; Martin Dale (The Picaroon)]

Ernest M. Poate, “Murder Scars”  [Part 3 of 3]  

Johnston McCulley, “Sneaky’s Christmas Pearls”

Charlotte Dockstader, “Christmas Under Cove”

John Foland, “A Man in Her Stocking”    

Donald Van Riper, “Holiday Pickings”

Alfred I. Tooke, “The Dagger of Hop See”