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...beds in Clarksville, Pa., the local prosecutor knew the case was too big to handle, so Sprague was asked to take charge. By that time, the FBI had captured one gunman, Claude Vealey. He led the FBI to four others: Aubran Martin, a baby-faced hoodlum; Paul Gilly, a burglar; his wife Annette, and Silous Huddleston, Annette's father. Vealey had confessed, but his story was not enough to take all of the culprits to trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Tiger | 7/17/1972 | See Source »

...employees of the First National Bank of Eastern Pennsylvania report to the Dallas Village branch for work Monday morning in old clothes. The most disquieting aspect of South Main St., the hardest hit commercial area of town, was a ragged by persistent burglar alarm in the Bell Furniture Store which someone had accidently touched off in reopening the building. The alarm, which ran off its own power supply, always seemed about to die, but rang on in loud starts throughout the day. The crews of employees cleaning out shops along the street ignored the sound, however, just as they ignored...

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

...many, informing is a onetime thing. On the other hand, the champion informant in the San Francisco area is responsible for an estimated 2,000 arrests a year, mostly in narcotics cases; a retired burglar, he now earns $700 a month from the police. Not surprisingly, money is a common motive for informers. In 1775, somewhat the worse for his fabled years of womanizing, Casanova replenished his purse by hiring out to the Venetian Inquisitors; he provided them with political tidbits as well as a list of the major works of pornography and blasphemy to be found in the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Informers Under Fire | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...experience. One typical ex-Marine whose service record helped him land a job in the police department explained that his reason for becoming a cop was "to get those hippies and niggers." Another who learned "staging"-which involves occupying enemy buildings-has put his skills to use as a burglar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Violent Veterans | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...spent more than half an hour with Mr. Burke talking about these very facts. At that time (before we were in the media) he spoke candidly of Aerospace's role in developing foliage penetration radar's for the Army, and also discussed Aerospace's attempt at conversion--making burglar alarms. Yesterday we received an informal--but reliable--confirmation in talking with Aerospace workers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REAL WAR | 12/7/1971 | See Source »

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