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Word: burglars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Evanston, Ill., John Hunton was awakened in his bedroom by a burglar who said, "Keep still or I'll blow your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

Tired, John Hunton slept while the burglar ransacked his room. Two hours later, he woke up, reported the robbery to the police, promised to provide further details in the morning when he had had more sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...opinion a public opinion which approves of prizefighting, including the knockout blow, cannot logically condemn flogging. Men and women who flock to an exhibition between the 'Game Chick' and the 'Battling Brown,'* would gladly see 'Burglar Bill' punished by the 'Wandsworth Walloper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Wandsworth Walloper | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

...Manhattan, Dr. Nicholas Partos, chain-store druggist, wealthy manufacturer of chocolate-coated pills, awoke and found a burglar prowling through his Fifth Avenue mansion. The burglar hit Dr. Partos on the head with a piece of iron pipe. Dr. Partos tore off the burglar's mask, chased him downstairs, bashed him repeatedly on the head with his fist. Allowing the burglar to run out of the house, Dr. Partos returned upstairs to reassure Mrs. Partos who observed the burglar fleeing into Central Park. In his haste he had left his coat, hat and shoes in the house, was running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jan. 27, 1930 | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

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