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...Roseville Methodist Church in Newark, N.J. Mrs. Amelia Carr was a constant ray of sunshine. Almost daily her liveried chauffeur took her to visit the sick in the parish. She was a generous contributor to charity. When her 71-year-old husband took ill, she prayed at his bedside, devotedly nursed him back to health...
William Wachenfeld, the county prosecutor, was naturally incredulous when a neighbor came to him with a complaint against 66-year-old Mrs. Carr. The neighbor accused Mrs. Carr of swindling her out of $4,700. A skeptical detective went out to investigate...
...evidence he turned up made him less skeptical. Mrs. Carr was held while her fingerprints were sent to FBI headquarters in Washington. FBI reported that pious Mrs. Carr had a record dating back to 1891. She had done time in at least three prisons for big & little swindles. Shortly before she had married unsuspecting Mr. Carr, five years ago, she had been released from Washington State's Walla Walla. Six States were still looking for her. Some of her aliases: Mildred Marie Boniface, Mildred Sidebottom, Mabel Heavens...
...driver's seat now sits squat, swarthy Robert Sidney Maestri, Mayor of New Orleans. Grandson of an Italian immigrant, Maestri is one of the richest men in Louisiana. His father made a fortune selling furniture to the love-for-sale ladies in the cribs of the Vieux Carré. When the cribs were raided, old man Maestri repossessed the furniture, sold it over & over. Bob Maestri put his inheritance in real estate...
Governor Ralph Carr of Colorado started bicycling to the office to condition himself for possible auto-sacrifice.. He ordered cycles for the State's tax agents...