Word: gunness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which his principal concern had been the comfort and convenience of the captive. Trouble between Seadlund and his less considerate accomplice apparently developed on this score. When Seadlund went to get gasoline for their car from a cache in the woods he turned around to see Gray pointing a gun at him. From this point the witness explained how the mercy kidnapping suddenly turned into a mercy killing...
...Ross grabbed his [Gray's] arm. . . . I . . . tried to get the gun. We struggled around . . . but I got my finger on the trigger and pulled it. . . . I knew Gray was hurt. He was calling to me to give him a gun so he could kill himself. Ross wasn't making a sound. . . . I went back to the car for some blankets. I put one under Gray. Then I tied two others around Ross. . . . I couldn't tell whether his skull was fractured...
...looked at Gray. There was no sign of life and he was bleeding from the mouth. I couldn't get him to talk to me. So I took the gun and turned my head and emptied it. I went back and looked at Ross again . . . and I thought he was dead. I shot...
Clustered miserably in the prisoner's dock day after day were four men who, according to the Crown, had been caught red-handed by Miss X. All were once-trusted employes at Woolwich, the chief British arsenal: Albert Williams, armament examiner; George Whomack, assistant foreman of the gun section; C. W. Munday, assistant chemist; and P. E. Glading, only a minor employe at Woolwich, but featured as an important Communist...
...Conduct Contrary. . . ." It has long been the custom of the New York Stock Exchange to require financial statements from all member-firms doing business with the public. Late in 1937, apparently eager to beat SEC to the gun, the Exchange extended this rule to firms such as Richard Whitney's which do business with brokers and banks. First report was due on Feb. 15. With his company virtually insolvent. Dick Whitney asked for an extension of time. This naturally piqued the Exchange's curiosity. When the Whitney report arrived, the Exchange scrutinized it carefully and immediately sent...