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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Putney street, arrested him. The state based its case against him solely on the murder of his wife. At the trial, instead of denying the murder, his attorneys enlarged upon his crimes. In the witness box Christie described the seven killings. Victim No. 1 was Austria-born Ruth Margaret Fuerst, met in a snack bar in 1943, brought home to No. 10 during his wife's absence. Said Christie, scratching his head and licking his lips: "Well, I strangled her. I seem to remember it ... I think I can say firmly that I did." Victim No. 2 was Muriel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In a Strange Country | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

Finger Writer. A ballpoint pen that fits over the index finger has been invented by R. L. Fuerst, a German refugee who fled from Hitler to Spain, then to China, then to the U.S. when the Communists started moving in. He will put it on sale in the spring, has already lined up orders for nearly 90,000. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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