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...soon as the body was identified, police called at Professor Ivantsov's apartment. The door had been opened with the Professor's own latchkey. Sheets were hung over the windows. His expensive fur coat and 1,000 rubles ($500) were gone. His clothes, his books, his bric-a-brac, every article of value had been gathered together and tied up in neat little flat packages. Moscow detectives inspected the room, retired to cogitate, emerged with a theory. Said the spokesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Laundrymen's Revenge? | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

...Willesden, England. Magistrate Lloyd Williams upheld the right of a father to take away the latchkey of a daughter who stayed out after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Ring | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...Latchkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Ring | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Edward of Wales: "Lord Riddell's News of the World printed an account of how I broke into my home at St. James' Palace a few nights ago after having forgotten my latchkey. Finding an open window, I requested a 'Bobby' to give me a 'leg up.' This he did. But no sooner had I got inside than I leapt out again−or I had invaded the room of one of the sleeping female servants. . . Eventually I climbed to the roof of a one-story wing of the palace, smashed a skylight, dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Jun. 18, 1923 | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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