Word: norrisism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Until yesterday I was not shocked by your editorial treatment, but the shock of yesterday struck home like a blow from the hammer of Thor. I refer to your treatment of the recent sad incident in the life of Frank Norris in TIME, July 26 [RELIGION, p. 18], which I...
Onetime-Subscriber Riebe has been refunded his money. TIME, intending no jocosity, mentioned Genesis only in a phrase accurately describing the Reverend ("Killer") Norris. The phrase: ". . . hot war- whoops of a revivalist-Genesis-trumpeter."-ED. Sirs:
My compliments to the editor of RELIGION. The article on "Baptist Divine Norris" (TIME, July 26th) is clever, interesting, and essentially to the point.
"The public has overwhelmingly rendered its verdict of acquittal and exoneration," announced the attorney for the defense last week, which was six weeks before the trial. Of course he referred to Parson Norris, the Fort Worth Baptist who shot a man for remonstrating with him about attacks on his fellowtownsmen...
The district attorney, R. K. Hanger, announced that Dr. Norris, like any other Texas indictee; will receive acquittal, a minimum of two years for manslaughter, or the maximum of death in the electric chair, depending on how the twelve good Texas jurymen decide.