The sudden death of the Harlem Chronicle's puzzle creator, Victor Stone, has left the newspaper and its readers in shock. Stone, a respected bookstore owner by day and a popular crossword puzzle designer by night, was found dead in his apartment last week.

NEW YORK, June 8, 1925—Victor Stone, our beloved puzzle creator, was a man of immense talent and profound complexity. Stone, 55, was found deceased yesterday at his desk in his Edgecombe Avenue apartment. He was 55.