Word: lootings
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...Basilica, visited the sacristy (treasury for sacred ornaments), left with valuables-an antique ring, a pectoral cross, a gilded chalice ornamented with pearls, a gold chalice and, among other things, a gold service for the mass presented by Cardinal Merry del Val. Two days later, robbers and loot were apprehended together...
...were put into box cars and told that within a few hours the train would start for Peking. Instead of that, they were taken out, a dozen at a time, searched, and if loot was found on them, they were marched to the stone bridge in the centre of the town and shot...
...considerable loot was taken by the perpetrator of the thefts in Westmorley. In one entry he aggregated about $100 in money and a gold watch. It is believed by the victims that the man entered the building between 3 and 4 o'clock, going through the rooms that were open and searching whatever clothing was left about...
...Thin Ice. The crook world has a woman's pure love showered on it again. This cinema unfolds the manner in which an artful dodger, Tom Moore by name, has his seedy character disinfected by artless Edith Roberts. To regain some lost bank loot through her, a gang of robbers plant Moore in her confidence as her long-lost brother-and romance becomes imperative. Still, it's much better than it sounds...
General Chang did not believe in looting; he became angry, wrote orders in enigmatic Chinese. Every man that was found with loot or confessed to looting was condemned...