Word: burglar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...died, Constable Edgar mumbled a name. Scotland Yard went into high gear: it cancelled all leaves, issued extraordinary (and temporary) permission for sleuths to carry guns. Four days later, the Yard's men tracked down suspected Burglar Donald George Thomas in a boardinghouse, arrested him for the murder of Constable Edgar...
...occupants of the plundered room, Thayer 39, revealed that the lone burglar had overlooked a $200 bathrobe, a $100 silver cigarette case, and a bottle of sherry, Peter J. Shumons '51, Lewis N. Travia '51, and James H. Wright '51 said the door of their room had been left unlocked...
Maverides, part owner of a night-club, has had numerous previous brushes with the law. In 1936 he was given three prison sentences totaling from six to ten years on charges of auto larceny receiving stolen goods, breaking and entering to commit larceny carrying a revolver, and carrying burglar's tools...
Crime in the Afternoon. In Venice, Calif., a burglar intent on robbing the home of Mrs. George Blackmer: 1) tied up Mrs. Blackmer and two visiting ladies, 2) answered the doorbell and bound Neighbor Kenneth Thompson, 3) untied one of the ladies to quiet a squalling baby, 4) answered the doorbell and tied up a salesman, 5) walked out, muttering...
...insists that musicians get the lower berths when traveling with dramatic troupes. He hates the greens on golf courses, and when playing, simply skips them. He is eternally suspicious of lawyers. He believes "they can steal without getting put in jail" and habitually greets them with the cry of "Burglar!" He is against John L. Lewis, amateurs of all kinds, and the custom of eating lunch. He is convinced that the legislative process was conceived for only one purpose-grilling Petrillo like a frankfurter. When annoyed by an opponent, he screams: "Tell him he's nuts-he oughta...