Word: knifings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sees it, the soft green leaf may well be a nettle in disguise, and danger lurks on all sides. It is hard to trust people-"If they slap me on the back, maybe the next time they slap me they'll have a knife." On the other hand, so few people are really grateful to him: "It's not that I need credit. But somewhere along the line the dog should be patted on the head." If some neighborhood toughs honk their horns outside his house to annoy him, he speaks of being "hounded by degenerates...
Ultimate Weapon. In Palm Springs, Calif., after Georgia Mae Love hit her husband on the nose with a claw hammer, stabbed him in the arm with a steak knife, and tried to ram his truck with her Hillman Minx, police booked her for disturbing the peace, discovered a three-foot bullwhip in her brassiere...
...throat to meet it, and stitched them together. At the lower end, this piece of gut was joined to the stomach. The small bowel was joined to the remainder of the large bowel. Tommy's revamped digestive tract worked fine. His one problem: learning to use a knife, fork and spoon...
Poor-Rumped Relatives. Every Harris relative proved a flack's bonanza. There was Roy's father, "Big Henry'' Harris, a 237-lb., 47-year-old bear who has been called "the best fist, knee, knife and heel fighter in the territory." Big Henry raised his two sons, Roy and Tobe, as fighters, roamed saloons for daring comers, now tells Roy to whip Patterson "or I'll whup...
...when Bob lifted it to his lips, he hit him in the head with an automobile wrench. Bob staggered, but he fought back and pulled the other fellow down on top of him for protection against the other two men. He reached into his pocket, pulled out his knife, then reached clear around the fellow's neck-and whoosh-cut his head off, so it was hanging only by a strip of skin." Uncle Bob went scot free when a jury found he had knifed in self-defense...