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Michael Joseph Curley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore, recovering from pneumonia in a Baltimore hospital, was disturbed and annoyed by the description of a most lamentable event. A henchman had opened the Archbishop's safe to ascertain the presence of the gold chalice, inset with jewels, which the Catholics of Baltimore had given to the late Cardinal Gibbons on the 50th anniversary of his ordination (1918), also, the presence of the diamond-studded handle to another chalice, the gold cross of Archbishop Curley's chain, his watch, and $90 in currency. These things were not, as they should...
...only claim to renown, it would seem is that he was henchman for the notorious "Tom" Johnson and was a "Yes Man" in the weakest Cabinet that ever sat in Washington...
Tremont "The King's Henchman"--8.15 o'clock--Straight from the Metropolitan...
...Henchman A. Rodney Baxter was reported to have cried: "See that your wives, daughters, sweethearts and bartenders get out and vote for him [John W. Smith]." Henchman Baxter later denied having said "bartenders...
...Henchman Edward H. Kennedy Jr. was reported to have cried: "It has been estimated that there are 15,000 blind pigs in Detroit. I think that is about correct. Each one of those pigs has at least ten regular customers. If the owners will get after those ten customers that alone will mean 150,000 votes for Johnny Smith-enough to put him over...