Officer 666

Barton Wood Currie (1877-1962) was sent by The New York World to Labrador in 1909 to meet Peary on his return from his last polar expedition. Currie, along with Augustin McHugh wrote Officer 666, which follows Travers Gladwin, only son of a wealthy businessman, who learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house. He borrows a police uniform from a friend and confronts the burglar by posing as a police officer. The burglar, in turn, tries to pass himself off as Travers Gladwin.