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Derek Bentley gave up without a struggle when London cops in search of burglars cornered him one night last November on the warehouse roof of Messrs. Barlow & Parker, confectioners. Police took his knife and knuckle-duster from him, then turned their attention to his accomplice, a desperate 16-year-old named Christopher Craig...
...their first issue, Father Van Ackeren and his fellow editors at St. Mary's College in Kansas-all of them Jesuits-read articles in more than 100 Catholic and Protestant reviews, written in five languages. A sampler of their selections: Louvain's Professor Joseph Coppens discussing the knife-edge Roman Catholic distinction between literal and allegorical interpretations of the Bible; Father Clifford Howell, an English Jesuit, giving his suggestions on how laymen can better participate in the Mass; Historian Ernst W. Zeeden of the University of Freiburg reviewing current theological developments in Protestantism...
Perchance to Dream ... In Houston, Merrick Gillory, suing for divorce, charged that he couldn't sleep at night because his wife slept with a butcher knife under her pillow...
...town experienced an incomprehensible act of violence. Russell Simpson, a 19-year-old local ne'er-do-well, walked into Hathaway's market and lunch counter at closing time, pulled out a pistol and cried, "I want your money!" The 71-year-old grocer grabbed a butcher knife and hacked at the youth's face and arm. Simpson began shooting. His pistol fired, clicked twice, and fired again. The grocer fell dead. The bleeding youth ran home and was arrested almost immediately. That was last autumn...
...Gregory the Bandit's pals, Tommy Gleason, walked up to Mickey in front of a waterfront bar & grill. "They seemed to be on friendly terms, and it seemed like Gleason was going to pat him on the cheek, but he had a knife in his hand and he cut him in the throat. I was standing outside there. Bowers grabbed his throat and ran back inside the bar, and Gleason jumped in a cab and ran away." Bowers and some pals scrambled into a car and gave chase. "They lost him in traffic. They were looking for him high...