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Word: dictagraph (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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More recently, Mr. Burns has been engaged in the Ohio legislature bribery trials, when he introduced a new element into detective work by the use of the dictagraph. He is probably best known, however, through the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case. He was employed by the Manufacturers' Association to investigate this and the other recent out-rages which have occurred throughout the country. He has secured the confessions and conviction of the McNamara brothers, and within this month a score of labor leaders have been indicted on information which he has obtained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DETECTIVE BURNS IN UNION | 3/16/1912 | See Source »

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