Word: jurney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sergeant-at-Arms Chesley Jurney beckoned to onetime Judge Ritter and his attorneys. It was all over. The two attorneys rose, started for the door. Mr. Ritter remained seated with arms folded, as if his disgrace glued him to his chair. Finally he half rose, and for a moment seemed about to collapse. Then, with an effort, he stood erect, marched out of the Senate Chamber with a firm step. Newshawks crowded around asking questions. With a look of anguish in his eyes he declared: "I have nothing to say. God, can't you see why I have nothing...
...Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!" cried the Senate's portly Sergeant at Arms Chesley W. Jurney. "All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment, while the Senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Halsted L. Ritter, United States district judge for the southern district of Florida...
...boys," urged Sergeant Jurney, assuming a new role, "there's no reason why you should involve Mr. Mclntyre and Mr. Robert in something that means nothing...
...conciliatory tone, took some newshawks downstairs for drinks. Afterwards he telephoned the news services asking them not to send out the story. Associated Press did suppress it. The others sent out abbreviated accounts by wire. Next morning not a word was printed in any Washington paper about what Sleuth Jurney and his party found on the eighth floor of the Shoreham Hotel. By afternoon, however, AP had had a change of heart, picked up the story from the version printed by the New York Post. At last Washington heard how Sergeant Jurney failed to find a 225-lb. needle...
...Hopson left that session one of Senator Black's servers thrust into his hands a subpena ordering him to appear instanter before the Senate Committee. The Senate Committee waited for him all afternoon but he did not appear. That night Sergeant Jurney made the search which ended so surprisingly at the Shoreham. Next day Representative O'Connor and Senator Black were again at swords' points, for it turned out that Mr. Hopson had a good excuse for not appearing before the Senate on the previous afternoon : the House Committee had had him testifying at a secret session. If the Senate...