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...first attempt was a lion hunt on a nearby island in the Mississippi. He knew that there were lions on the island, because he had bought two from a circus and turned them loose there. A fearless Star-Times reporter, bent on spoiling the Post-Dispatch's exclusive story, went on a private safari which bagged the lions while Wright and his party were eating lunch. Three months later, Wright tried again. This time he bought a couple of "old, vicious" lions. They were so moth-eaten they refused to leave the camp site when let out of their...
...just as fearless in condemning Communist outrages. In 1945, the Archbishop wrote in a pastoral letter: "The enemies of the Catholic Church ... the followers of the materialistic communism . . . have in our Croatia exterminated with fire and sword priests and the more eminent of the faithful. . . . The number of dead priests is 243; 169 are in prison. We admit that some priests, blinded by national or party passion, sinned . . . in a way for which they must render account to lay courts. . . . We do not intend to defend the guilty...
...Good Government Club rallied around. There were mass meetings, hangings in effigy, furious speechmaking. A minor intramural row had turned into a major political fight. The biggest heroes in the city were handsome, hefty Patrolmen Frank Klich, Lucien Tessier, John Byrnes and John Gorman-now nicknamed the "Fearless Four...
...Mayor Healey announced that the suspension hearings were canceled, that the rookies would be restored to duty. But it was too late. An independent, veteran-backed ticket was gunning for the whole city administration in the fall elections. Last week, atop the bandwagon and not at all embarrassed, the Fearless Four had everything but their raise...
Cornered Cobra. It was wonderful the way Bill and later on the reporters talked about Bill's fearless, shameless, icy-eyed alter ego, George Murman. Bill had been about 13 when he met George. Right away, George had tried to get Bill (who had a police record of his own) to go out prowling fire escapes in the night...