John Doe Murderer

New York: Gateway Books. Good. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn and a bit soiled, spine slightly turned, evidently a former rental library book but with all evidence removed (there are tape marks on both endpaper and the possible remnants of a label of some kind on the rear endpaper) except for a single "M" handwritten on the spine]. Mystery novel about a young man suffering from amnesia who's accused of murder. "But Johnny Doe refuses to accept the role of murderer -- and with the help of lovely Patricia Standish and Shorty, hobo extraordinary, he undertakes the job of extricating himself from a maze of murder and intrigue." (You had me at "hobo extraordinary.") .