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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...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 through." Jim Johnson, Mayor of Shelby, Mont.: "The Common Council, in session, voted unanimously to invite...

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

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