Word: chauffeur
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...automobile was procured and seven men jumped into it. One was the chauffeur. Two were Assistant Attorneys General of Rhode Island. Two were Police Inspectors of Providence. The remaining two were the witnesses. The automobile rolled over the State line into Massachusetts. It went to Rutland where it was hoped to arrest "Toots" Murray, who was reported to be acting as a guard to protect the Republican Senators from being kidnapped. Mr. Murray was not found, but suddenly in the dark watches of the night the Officers of the Massachusetts law descended upon the Officers of the Rhode Island...
...pistol points to drive faster than the wind from the pursuing policemen. To all who attempted to stop them they leveled their pistols. Finally, the chase ended. Two patrolmen crowded the fleeing car onto the sidewalk. The patrolmen threatened to shoot. The murderers surrendered. They were Frank Rassi, taxicab chauffeur, and James Hughes, onetime pugilist. Their motive in killing Brennan was obscure; it was thought that it had something to do with bootlegging. "Bill" Brennan, aged 31, became famed when he stood up to Jack Dempsey at Madison Square Garden for 12 rounds in 1920, a feat which he repeated...
...business, you are, though you know it not all of you business women. When you took a taxi to come here, you automatically made a contract with the taxi company, or if in your own car, your contract for your chauffeur's wages was already made The wages of your servants are an index of wage scales. You leave one shop to go to another because you think they have not treated you fairly; they have not delivered the right quality of stuff, or have quoted different prices to different customers. We are, you see, all of us closely tied...
...letters are salvaged from waste baskets, and he who can patch them most cleverly wins the prize. Sprang, the butler, who is a devout Methodist and a bachelor, makes no secret of his disapproval of the goings on "upstairs." In this he has the unqualified support of Craig, the chauffeur. Meanwhile Louis Le Tour, the captain's man, enlivens the scene by making love to all the pretty servants of the opposite...
...Italia and President of the Press Association, was about to enter his villa on the outskirts of Rome. Masked robbers followed him, stabbed him, beat him with steel gloves, relieved him of 1,300 lire and his gold presentation medals. Soon afterwards came the Senator's chauffeur upon the scene. He fired his revolver; the robbers fled. The Carabinieri arrested two suspects, Senator Bergamini was removed to a hospital...