Word: killers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Awakened in the night, Gangster Diamond was arrested on a charge of assault, taken to jail at Catskill. With feelings akin to those of Badman James Nannery (see p. 16) and of far-famed Killer Fred Burke* who was captured by country detectives after eluding the police of many a big city (TIME, April 6), Gangster Diamond protested, "They're crazy. These guys are crazy...
...Last week Killer Burke at St. Joseph, Mich, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman in December...
Sirs: Your article "Worst Man" concerning "Killer" Burke (TIME, April 6) differs much from the facts as they have been made known to the people of this community by local editors and told by the men who took part in the capture...
...altar where stood stout Mother Catherine, adorned by a white headdress and a starched apron with the word MOTHER embroidered in red across its bib. On a side table was a huge brown bottle of warm castor oil, which she had blessed, and a bowl of quartered lemons, "taste-killers." To each one with the "miseries," a saint gave a full tumbler of the tepid oil and a "taste-killer." Away each would prance, blubbering oil and lemon juice, shouting "bress sweet Jesus." Occasionally Mother Catherine conducted "Epsom Salts Sundays...
Maintaining a passive silence, Killer Burke gave no clue as to his activities during the past 18 months, refused to disclose his trail from St. Joe, Mich, to St. Joe, Mo. But his automobile was purchased last fortnight in Chicago from a salesroom next door to Ralph ("Bottles") Capone's Cotton Club...