Word: getaways
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...pleased was the late John Dillinger with the speed and quick getaway of his Ford car that before his death he wrote two testimonial letters to Henry Ford. Said Ford last week: "In one of the letters Dillinger told me he was coming to see me sometime. ... I would like to have seen...
...inmates. The Federals rushed forward. Three strangers, driving away in a car, failed to stop on command. Federal guns blazed. One man fell dead, two wounded, but none of them was Dillinger. From Little Bohemia came a machine gun volley and, behind it. Dillinger & gang made their getaway through a back window. Later one Federal agent crossed their trail and was shot dead. After that the north woods swallowed them...
...much more than his share of the work, again & again saved them from foundering by skillful seamanship. When they landed at the island of Tofoa to replenish their water and food, the natives soon saw they were helpless and attacked. Only one of their men was lost in the getaway. Thereafter, from fear of savages, they gave many an inviting island a wide berth. As starvation knuckled down on them, mutinous voices muttered, but Bligh always silenced them, kept on. Cannibalism was never even suggested but when they were lucky enough to knock down an inquisitive sea bird, the weakest...
...types of schemes to make his escape. Remember, the Golden Gate does not always see the beautiful sunset but is enveloped in a heavy fog a great number of days during the year. A prisoner with enough "guts'' could on one of these foggy nights plan his getaway, swim a short distance to a confederate in a boat and disappear under the blanket of fog, until he is caught again. Just because a man is a criminal does not signify he is a nitwit. They have just as much brains as the B.H.'s [Big Heads...
...Chrysler's cars have been specially honored by thieves because they have speed and a quick getaway-useful not only to the thief but to the thief's gangdom customers. One ''mob'' is reported to have standardized on Plymouths for the current year...