Word: crimes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chicago, met a subcommittee of the National Crime Commission. It examined an exhibit of gunman's gear. The ablest speaker present was Newton D. Baker, War-time Secretary of War. Said...
...interesting effort to curb crime in New York was made not long ago with the passage of the Beaumes law providing life sentences for hardened offenders. The principle of the law was called into question by some jurists at the time of its adoption, and there was the natural doubt as to whether the law would accomplish its purpose. The latest development is a rather humorous one. A sudden increase in violent crime in the city of Washington along with a pronounced decrease in New York has led the authorities to the conclusion that New York gangs are taking...
...when the crook population of the city was reported to have emigrated to new hunting grounds to escape. It may be, however, that the present instance will have more far reaching effects than the former one. If it is seen that the Beaumes law is a force against crime, those cities who find themselves laden with the dregs of New York will be forced to take similar measures for self-preservation. The present disorder in Washington may be a blessing in disguise for that city...
...Dear Crime, although the guillible Mr. Braden may not have caught on, I am surprised that you apparently did not see that a few of the lads from Nassau were just having a bit of fun with him. The Harvard Crimson from its former high estate seems to have fallen. Sic Transit O. Chatfield Taylor, Yale...
...witch) is one who by commerce with the Devil has a full intention of attaining his own ends." Never mind the magic, what did the witches and sorcerers indisputably do? Their deeds fill this bulky volume?with a bedlam of blasphemy, with a scourge of poisoning, kidnaping and organized crime that swept Europe, with an orgy of self indulgence that reduced the witch and the sorcerer themselves, in some cases, to pitiable lunacy...