JIM wrote: The way Spillane tells it, Daly's agent saw the
letter and instituted a plagiarism suit, and Daly canned her
because he hadn't gotten a fan letter in years and wasn't
about to sue the person who wrote it.
**************** That's a great story, Jim. Gave me a smile.
Daly was kind of a strange character, according to Frank
Gruber. I guess he had gone into the city to meet an editor
or something and he got lost and showed up on a lady's
doorstep asking if she knew where Daly lived. The woman
happened to be his neighbor and she looked at him strange and
noted that he was Daly, and he asked her if she would please
just answer the question. According to Gruber, Daly didn't
get out much. Another story is that he bought a big handgun
to get the feel of Race Williams and he got in trouble for
having it. I can't imagine why. Did you need a permit to
carry a handgun back then?
A lot of people question the quality of Daly's work, and this
leads to questions as to why Cap Shaw, with his high
standards, continued to accept Daly's stuff when he became
editor of Black Mask (in 1926?). From what I hear, Cap didn't
like his work but had to print it because the readers loved
it.
miker
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