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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dressed entirely in white and wearing a corsage bouquet of violets and orchids, Mrs. Coolidge accompanied the President to 11 o'clock Easter service at the First Congregational Church. With them were John Coolidge and Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Stearns. Curious throngs almost blocked their way at the church door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Apr. 12, 1926 | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

Harvard Yard was startled late yesterday afternoon by a daring hold-up in Matthew's Hall. Yard cops and passers-by in this vicinity were attracted by yells from a third story window in the South Entry of Matthews to "watch that door and catch him as he comes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daring Yegg Holds Up Matthews Hall Student at Point of Gun--Yard Cops in Frantic Search for Elusive Gunman | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

...seized him by the arm with the injunction to "put em up." At the point of a revolver Atherton backed into the room where his two companions sat. Offering to shoot the first one who moved, the intruder, who was a stocky foreigner of swarthy aspect, sidled toward the door and fled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daring Yegg Holds Up Matthews Hall Student at Point of Gun--Yard Cops in Frantic Search for Elusive Gunman | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

...Clapp '28, Atherton's roommate, rushed to the window and called to a near-by Yard cop to watch the door. Several Yard cops and students arrived on the scene immediately, but no sign of the third story man could be seen. Further search also proved to be fruitless and at a late hour last night the bandit was still at large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daring Yegg Holds Up Matthews Hall Student at Point of Gun--Yard Cops in Frantic Search for Elusive Gunman | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

Since there is no possibility of escape from this entry except through the front door, which was watched from the moment the intruder left Room 43, it is feared that he may still be lurking somewhere in the interior of Matthews Hall. Several rooms which are occupied by students who were away last night have not yet been entered. The janitor had gone home at the time of the hold-up and no pass keys could be secured. The belief that the fugitive ducked into some unlocked room and snapped the lock after him was still rife among many...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daring Yegg Holds Up Matthews Hall Student at Point of Gun--Yard Cops in Frantic Search for Elusive Gunman | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

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