Word: murders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...frightened little group was the so-called "Aventine Opposition," which absented itself from the Chamber (TIME, July 7, 1924, et seq.) as a protest against the atrocious murder of the millionaire Socialist Deputy Matteotti (TIME, June...
...handed with loot from the train " confessed" ?to exactly what was not stated? and were instantly shot. The only hint at a definite explanation of the bandits' acts was that they thought General Ferreira, Military Commandant of the state of Jalisco, was on the train and wished to murder...
Shortly afterwards all the citizens of Zikliev were arraigned before a Soviet judge, on charges of murder, and defended by priest Kosheliev: "We have done no sin! Jesus, the Lord Himself, chastised sinners in the Temple with a knout. I encouraged my flock to follow His example...
...well-to-do middle class, men and women from 17 to 70," declared on the other hand, that the Abbé had not only joined the cult and participated in its rites of flagellation, but had aspired to supersede Mme. Mesmin, and had accordingly instigated a young girl to murder her on Christmas night. The girl failed in this alleged attempt, but early in the week Mme. Mesmin's loyal adherents set out for Bombon, "to discipline the Abbé des Noyers...
...Deems Taylor, jazz-appreciating classicist ? the story of circus day in a one-cylinder town. The other story went deeper, or bravely tried to. It was by rhapsodic George Gershwin, to whom jazz comes as readily as a new suit to a chamelon. It was of a murder in a Harlem speakeasy: love, passion, hate and a dark gal gone wrong. Its dramatic hinges creaked; it was sung and nearly drowned out. For both scores one Ferdie Grofe did the instrumentation and was highly praised. Of rotund Paul Whiteman's third sortie into the precincts of "respectable" music (this...