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Through the Berkshires again went the shudder of the Speer murder mystery. Out went a police alarm for Thomas Edwin Elder, who was arrested next day at his Alton farm. He waived extradition, was taken to Greenfield. His alibi was simple: he said he had spent all the night in question with his wife in a hotel in Keene, N. H., 30 miles from Greenfield. Nevertheless, he was charged with assault with intent to murder, and held in custody. Released when Vermont relatives raised his $10,000 bail, old Mr. Elder snorted that old Mr. Norton's story...
...never swallow the bitter pill of lost the control of the Mediterranean Sea, Hitler talk too often of the return of the German colonies, so John Bull do his best to discredit these two countries, so in case she prepare a war against them, she will have an alibi and blame Hitler and Mussolini to have provoked...
...miles into town for dinner because he finds his home "too lonely." He is almost 6 ft. tall, 170 lb., fond of practical jokes of which his fellow professionals frequently make him the victim. Accused of being dull in his love scenes, Ameche has given cinemagazines the following alibi: "Valentino was the impetuous type . . . then he would slow up and make the ladies chase him. Mrs. Ameche would not care for this type of lover...
...Gedeon hurled a glass of beer, making a news-picture of the week (see cut. p. 68). Police pulled him out of bed after three hours' sleep one morning, grilled him nonstop, with time out only to attend the funeral of the murdered women, for 33 hours. His alibi had obvious gaps. Although neighbors had heard screams the murder night, the dead women's Pekingese had not barked, must have known the strangler. Despite his wispy build and his age (54), the upholsterer had unusually powerful hands. The police questioned him on the sexy photographs and erotic books...
...Alibi...