Word: hoaxes
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...gadfly in the ear of Washington's officialdom, demanding and pleading for a new trial. He got a break. The prosecutor received two anonymous letters from a man who said that he, and not Williams, was guilty. Assistant Corporation Counsel Clark F. King denounced the letters as a hoax and the work of a crackpot, but on the strength of them, Williams' lawyers got a new hearing for him. But still Defendant Williams' troubles multiplied. Prosecutor King produced a police handwriting expert who solemnly testified that Williams' 18-year-old daughter Evangeline had written the letters...
...spread the adventure across Page Two (Asahi's top spot for "sensational" news). Not so impressed were Kobe's police. They went over the story again & again with Police Reporter Nagaoka, each time noting discrepancies. Finally, Nagaoka broke down and confessed: the whole story was a hoax...
...pledge cards to sign. After the first seven students had signed, somebody bothered to read the pledge. "In the event of war with any foreign nation," said the card, "I will support or adhere to the government of such foreign nation." College officials blinked and blanched. Was it a hoax or a howler...
...Horrifying Hoax." These were reasonable objections by responsible men. Less responsible Republicans leaped in to the assault. Indiana's William Jenner jauntily took the floor and let loose a raging, spluttering diatribe...
...This is] a staggering swindle, a horrifying hoax" he cried. ". . . General Marshall is not only willing, he is eager to play the role of a front man for traitors . . . Marshall is a living...