THE TENTH MAN. Gold Bar Murders

Paperback. This is the story of a Singapore gold merchant and his two employees: they sold gold to the Vietnamese. They were robbed in Singapore of 120 gold bars intended for Saigon. The plotters knew they had to silence them forever, to prevent them seeking vengeance. Ten men were involved in the robbery and were responsible for the cold-blooded murder of three innocent men. Nine of them were found guilty and seven were hanged, two escaped the gallows because of their extreme youth. To save his own neck, The Tenth Man told all. He was a close friend of the chief plotter. He betrayed him, not for gold, but for his own life. The police detained him under a law introduced to keep suspected secret society gangsters in jail indefinitely without trial. In due course The Tenth Man will be released. He will then have to live with his conscience, for not only did he betray his friend, he also took part in murdering three men. Illus. 139pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Very, very lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers. Rare.