Word: burnses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 39, fishmonger, convicted of murder; by electrocution in Charlestown, Mass. (see p. 10). Died. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 53, naturalist, painter of birds; from burns and crushing in a grade crossing motor accident near Unadilla, N. Y.
Louisiana Bundles. "You have no right whatever to stop a person on the street and ask him what he has in a bundle, even though the contents of that bundle take the shape of a bottle. It might be a bottle of something other than liquor," said Judge Louis H...
In Manhattan, a scrawny little character scurried up Sixth Avenue, peering in a timid manner at elevated trains, passersby. On the lookout for anarchists about to bomb subway stations, Patrolman William Burns, wearing official trousers, civilian coat, as he returned to his 4 a. m. beat, gave chase. "Stop!" he...
Patrolmen Sheehan and Gillee took note. "An anarchist, maybe!" said Patrolman Gillee. On seeing a great lout, lumbering along the nearly deserted street, firing off a gun in crazy fashion they were convinced. Overtaking Patrolman Burns, they whacked his head with clubs, searched him for explosives, found his police shield...
Died. Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, 51, wife of the Anti-Saloon League counsel, from burns when an oil stove exploded in their summer cottage at Shelby, Mich. Mr. Candy, 81, her father, with her at the time, died from shock when he saw the flames envelop Mrs. Wheeler.