Word: murderings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think the article under TIME'S "Crime of the Week" May 22 [murder of Old Man Ridley] one of the most excellent pieces of writing I ever read...
...defense." ruled Judge Wrard, "in presenting a case would be merely . . . shadowboxing. . . . There is no evidence here," said he, turning to the jury, "that a murder was committed. There is not even a corpus delicti. I therefore advise you to return a verdict of acquittal." In two minutes the jury...
...number of reasons could have entered the President's decision to call for a suspension in Hawaii's home-rule law. The threat of a mainland Governor might be enough to keep the island Democratic machine under control. In 1931-32 the Massie rape & murder case gave the insular government a black eye, revealed an unwholesome connection between local politics, local justice and local race feeling. Aware of the strategic importance of the islands, high Army & Navy officers have long demanded civilian rule stronger and better than resident Governors have been able to supply. Of late Big Business...
Normal School and meets a new friend, Jallez. Gurau dines with Sammecaud, one of the oil barons, who tries to persuade him not to deliver his speech. Quinette finds out more & more about the murderer Leheudry. He gets himself so involved in Leheudry's affairs that finally murder is the only...
...Reporter Hill 1912 was the golden year of newsstories. He covered the Herman Rosenthal case, his "favorite"' murder of all time; saw the S. S. Carpathia steam into New York harbor with Titanic survivors; covered the three-cornered presidential campaign. He has covered every major political campaign since then (except 1924). His return to reporting last week was with a dazzling flash: he got photographed with his first big interviewee, John P. Morgan...