Word: murders
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indeed Means has been recently indicted for bribery and bootlegging. In 1917 he was indicted for the murder of Mrs. Maud A. King, a millionaire widow, who was shot after going automobiling with Means. He was acquitted. Two years later he produced a will of Mrs. King which was declared a forgery. According to his testimony, he has been employed by the German, British, Mexican and U. S. Governments, besides individuals. His employment with the German Government took place under Captain Boy-Ed and Ambassador von Bernstorff before the U. S. entered the War, and for it he is reputed...
...NEXT ROOM-A suave demonstration that murder can be committed in a very well-bred manner...
...Lady Killer. While the murder of a young lawyer is supposed to be perpetrated in this comedy, the real victim is the spectator. The Lady Killer is a preposterous compound of claptrap and labored humor, which seems to have been written solely with an eye to the cinema rights...
...bill to abolish capital punishment for murder in Great Britain was introduced into the House...
...Perhaps the greatest need of all is the improvement in the administration of the criminal law by certainty in its definition and celerity in its administration. ... I remember 30 years ago hearing a lecture by Andrew D. Whitet? on The Problem of Murder in the United States. Mr. White showed by statistics that there were probably 50,- 000 unconvicted murderers in the country. I do not know what the statistics show today, but I imagine that the problem is aggravated...