Word: murderings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dollfuss, at the head of the regular army and his private Heimwehr, ruled by decree. But in the last year the Austrians have twice turned to revolution and murder in an effort to express opinions which they were not permitted to express by ballot. Their peaceful opposition outlawed, their active revolt was suppressed by machine guns and the gallows...
Papal State. Since the Austrian Chancellor had been a model of piety to all his country, seeking God's guidance in prayer before every important decision, the Supreme Pontiff was quick to say a special mass for Engelbert Dollfuss, denounced his "unspeakable murder" and telegraphed Austrian President Miklas...
...discarded mistress (Dorothy Burgess), tries unsuccessfully to prevent her from shooting herself, departs without noticing that he has left his glove on the floor. The hat, the glove and the overcoat on which his mistress expires are introduced as evidence when the artist (John Beal) is tried for her murder. His attorney is the husband of the lady who owns the beret. He has undertaken the case at the request of his wife who has promised to discontinue her affair with the defendant...
...year-old aunt of Amarendra told what she had seen and heard of the murder. The stepbrothers, she said, were co-heirs to a large estate. But Benoyendra was envious and impatient for the heritage. He insured Amarendra's life for $20,000, stipulating that in case of death the insurance company was not to look into its manner or cause. Immediately thereafter intrigue mounted rapidly. Benoyendra set Drs. Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyee and Dhar to "ransacking all India" for a subtle poison with which to kill Amarendra. The conspirators acquired a store of tetanus germs. Benoyendra smeared the tetanus germs...
Brahmin women with diamonds in their noses and caste marks on their brows hastened decorously into Calcutta's criminal court last week. Their tawny husbands and friends, in Indian pantaloons or European trousers, packed along the walls. There they heard the public prosecutor declare that the murder of rich Amarendra by his stepbrother Benoyendra Pande and three doctors was "an unparalleled act of diabolic ingenuity...