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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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But the riot never reached full force. Yards cops arrived in time to put out a fire started with kerosene by one of the rioters (Sergeant Toomey pictured above).

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Old Rhineharts Never Die . . .' | 5/16/1951 | See Source »

When the bullet-riddled body of Philadelphia Policeman James T. Morrow was found in an empty lot back in 1936, his fellow officers set out to show the world that cop-killing never pays. First they exacted a confession from a suspect named Joseph Broderick. On second thought, they let...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Black & Shameful Page | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

This was handy, since Howard had just been killed by a detective and was in no shape to protest. But it was also difficult to prove. When the cops discovered that Howard's girl friend, a Mrs. Mary Morgan, was in a hospital, they hopefully put a watch outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Black & Shameful Page | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

Sheeler was a philosophical sort. He had grown up in an orphan asylum, had become a depression road-kid, and-before he found a job-a petty criminal. He served his time quietly, although his wife had obtained records which proved he had been at work in New York on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Black & Shameful Page | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

Post Mortem. In Hamden, Conn., cops arrested Edward Bratkewitz, 21, for sending a hearse to his girl friend's house after she refused to mend their broken romance.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 7, 1951 | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

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