Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sunday school man." Lawyer Carpenter told the jury he was defending Gastonia. "where the dove of peace hovers around the vine-clad door and the kindly light of the autumn sun kisses the curly hair of happy children." Lawyer Carpenter called the mill-owners, his employers, "a holy gang, a God-serving gang." He recited a poem to Mother, shook hands with Communist Press Agent Liston Oak, sat down...
This sudden cessation of business activity was caused by a Federal investigation. Several weeks ago Samuel Reinstein, New York white slave racketeer, was murdered in Boston by a rival gang. A U. S. attorney, investigating the killing, disclosed that 50 murders in Massachusetts and neighboring states had been traced to white slave rings operating unmolested in Boston. Raids on the South End district were begun, primarily to trace the Reinstein killers...
...often wonder," he told a CRIMSON reporter last night, "why Harvard University doesn't take more of a hand in the matter, why it doesn't try to prevent that gang of low politicians from making this city the laughing stock of America: but," he added, after a contemplative pause, "I guess Harvard's got troubles enough of its own with its football team...
...Manhattan's Station WABC. In competition with the police, he set out to apprehend the thieves. Next evening, during his dark seance, Dr. Workman was murdered. Announcer Brokenchild's efforts at detection were misinterpreted; he nearly went to jail as a colleague of the insidious "Ghost Gang...
Wounded War veteran . . . broke . . . robs store . . . is sentenced to serve six to ten years in a Georgia chain gang . . . escapes . . . reforms . . . becomes successful Chicago magazine editor ... is forced to marry a woman 14 years his senior for fear she will betray him ... is betrayed by her because of jealousy over a younger, prettier woman...