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...Ivan Manghikian, self-styled "American shoemaker" arrived at Paris recently from Moscow with a testimonial reading as follows: "General Antremick is proud to attest that Executioner Manghikian, attached to the Russian Armies, has to my knowledge rendered justice 364 times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Farm | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

...Paris Ivan Manghikian married. One night last week he fell a-brooding. At last he unpacked his heavy executioner's sword, sev ered his wife's neck with one deft blow while she slept. Arrested, Ex-Executioner Manghikian said: "There are 365 days in the year, but I had cut off only 364 heads. Now at last the number is complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Farm | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

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