Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There's no use, of course, in trying to solve the crime before Charlie does; the reels are stacked against you. But just the same we predict that you will be making all sorts of fantastic guesses. For the picture absorbs you in spite of yourself. You'll probably even play so completely into Mr. Chan's hands as to reproach him when he's merely being clever...
When those Dunster Funsters attempt to arrange an evening of amusement there is no telling what will happen. This mysterious note which found its way to the Crime is more or less self-explanatory. Whether or not the river was actually swum on that cold Friday night is a question left for future researchers. At any rate, there were signs of cracked ice along the partially frozen Charles Saturday morning...
...great saving of time and money would result in criminal trials. Clever, unscrupulous lawyers would find it hard to build up a case when the suspect himself pointed out all details of the crime...
Such talk was sweet music to the mayors which made other subjects sound dull and tuneless. Attorney General Cummings talked about crime control and the mayors made a tour through J. Edgar Hoover's Bureau of Investigation. Experts spoke to them on traffic safety, noise abatement, fire prevention. Senator Wagner urged them to support low-cost Government housing. One evening was given over to the problem of "busting the Gas Trust." But the conference really got back to business and excitement when it got back to the subject of relief and Government money...
...private life, Mrs. Elisha Cook Sr., mother of capable Juvenile Elisha Cook Jr. (Ah, Wilderness!, Crime Marches...