Word: glickstein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...HYMAN N. GLICKSTEIN...
Offers of aid came from many directions. One Meyer Glickstein, lawyer, offered his services free on behalf of the Curb Market, immediately announced that the legal aspects of the case hinged entirely on whether a picture market would contribute to the "utility, ornament, or pleasure of the people." Richard Dudensing offered to hang works of unemployed artists free in his gallery of modern art. So did several restaurants, hat shops, delicatessens. Chairman Porter politely declined these offers, explained that the artists were looking for a chance to sell their works directly to the public. Heeding the wave of public interest...
Peter Dombkiewicz stood in the prisoner's box of a Buffalo court. Within arm's reach of the box stood David Glickstein, jeweler, who accused the defendant of stealing $9,000 of his merchandise. Suddenly Prisoner Dombkiewicz flipped out a surgeon's scalpel, leaned out of his box, slit the Glickstein throat. Said he vengefully: "That's how I treat squealers." On the bench Judge Alonzo G. Hinkley was outraged. Glickstein, not seriously injured, had his throat bandaged at a hospital, returned to court in time to hear the Buffalo jury say: "Guilty...