Word: expressman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dallas. Robert Lynch, Negro, wanted for the murder of an expressman whose body he cut up with a pocket knife, whose truck he stole...
...expressman named Joseph Blackman was found murdered in sleep, his head hacked. A bloody hatchet lay near the house...
...Jury. The three grocers, steamfitter, repair man, auto salesman, two clerks, merchant, expressman, broker and railroad agent who sat in judgment on Oilman Sinclair stayed out of the courtroom less than two hours. After they had said "not guilty" and been dismissed they told incredulous newsgatherers...
...knowledge of the Oil Scandals. He excused only those talesmen who said they had formed a firm opinion as to Sinclair's guilt or innocence. The twelve that were sworn were three grocers, a steamfitter, a repair man, an auto salesman, two clerks, a merchant, an expressman, a broker, a railroad agent-all men. Though few of them knew it, all these men had been investigated and watched by Sinclair detectives before being sworn as his jury. While they were being picked, Sinclair, surrounded by his lawyers, ticked off their names on the sleuths' report and scrutinized their...
...Trial. The jury which hopes either to convict or to clear Messrs. Fall and Doheny before Christmas is composed of typically average U. S. citizens-a steamfitter, an artist, a cigar store clerk, an expressman, etc. Most of them, when asked if they knew anything about the oil scandal, said, "Yes, we have noticed it in the headlines, but never looked into it deeply enough to form any definite opinions...