Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Not accurate! Not true to history!" boomed Dr. Sthamer, protesting the British-made cinema drama Dawn, depicting the life of Edith Cavell and shortly to be released. At such words Britons bristled. What was not accurate? Did any German, even the Ambassador, dare to question such authentic, stirring sequences as...
Considerable discussion was raised over the arguments propounded by Sheehan. He stated that when one compares the number of criminals executed with the striking number of murders it would seem that the death penaly is not successful as a deterrent to murderers, Quong resorted to several comparisons of the United...
Thanks chiefly to the dramatic nature of the trial and execution not long ago of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, the question of capital punishment has come up again. Much opinion has been aired, editorially and otherwise, and conclusions have been varied. From lively descriptions of ghostly apparitions in the...
A gift of $100,000 from a graduate known only as "Alumnus Aquaticus" is the first definite step toward an immediate start on the construction of a swimming pool primarily for undergraduates, it was announced yesterday by the H. A. A. Tentative plans call for the erection of a large...
On Friday, the thirteenth of this month, an unfortunate couple were put to death by electrocution. This fact alone, one would think, ought to satisfy the individual who is interested in the dispensation of justice, for, after all, this is really the only significant feature of the case. But this...