Word: hamer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Deeply sympathized with Godfearing, humdrum Conservative Hamer Russell M. P. who fainted dead away last week when his sprightly son John received a five-year jail sentence for "attempted murder"; in abetting the attempted suicide of an expectant mother and abetting on two other occasions illegal operations. Said Expectant-Mother Carol Leadbeater: "I still love John and want to marry him. He did not throw me into the River Trent! No such thing...
...Frank Hamer is 6 ft. 2 in., weighs 200 lb. and is reputed to be one of the best bagatelle players in the U. S. He wears a big black hat and his trousers outside his boot tops, speaks little and that little in a slow, courteous drawl. In Texas his marksmanship and speed on the draw are famed. His favorite revolver he calls "Betty" and some 60 badmen have died at his hand. For 27 years before November 1932, he was a Texas ranger. "When they elected a woman governor for the second time," he explained, "I quit...
Heimer for Hamer...
...full "don't shoot" story: a newshawk heard two women talking, who thought they had heard some one else talking about a telegram from Governor Moody telling Capt. Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers to protect Negro George Hughes, but not to fire on the would-be lynchers. The court of inquiry "is convinced that this report was instigated by a person in Sherman for the purpose of stirring up the mob." The court blamed the newshawk for lack of diligence in verifying the rumor, which Associated Press and other agencies circulated widely. TIME'S story clearly stated...
Late next day, Governor Moody denied having told Capt. Hamer to hold his fire. He proclaimed martial law, sent more militiamen, restored order. He was interviewed on the telephone from 5,000 mi. away by a London Daily Mail reporter who exclaimed: "Well, well! Is this a common occurrence in Texas? . . . thanks and cheerio...