Word: patrolling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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R.J.S. McDonald SL, the first witness, testified that he had seen a tall student whom he believed to be Ferguson being beaten despite the remonstrances of the crowd. J.M. Galanis '29 described the start of the disturbance and the arrival of the patrol wagons, saying that the police leaned out of the wagon, and grinned when they were given a cheer...
...Oliver D. Ferguson of Paducah, Ky., appeared to have fought for Harvard with the most brilliance. He had kicked one policeman in the stomach, another in the chin. Not until a police club gashed his forehead could he be thrust into the patrol wagon. Policemen described him as "very strong...
...Officer Gohane broke his club in two pieces. Officer Prior drew his pistol when the mob cried, "Get the damn cop!" Clubbing began soon after the students tried to tip over a patrol wagon. Besides ice and eggs, bottles, both pint and quart sizes, were hurled. Some of the students were suspected of having drunk intoxicants from some of the bottles...
...Birger, the two gangs which have for ten months terrorized the district in and around Williamson County, Ill.-"Bloody Williamson," ill-famed for Herrin killings-are leaderless. Birger himself captained one gang; now he plays pinochle with himself in a jail cell at Benton, Ill., while eight armed deputies patrol the corridors. The other faction, led by the three Shelton brothers, also "mourns leaders' absence," for recently, Carl, Earl and Bernie Shelton entered Leavenworth Penitentiary, began 25-year sentences for robbing U.S. mails in Collinsville, Ill., on Jan. 27, 1925. Perhaps there may be a lull in Williamson County...
...Shaw '28, walking home in company with Arthur Clement on Holyoke Street, was overtaken by a crowded patrol wagon on the way to the station. Although neither Shaw nor Clement offered any resistance, they were both thrown into the wagon, Shaw after receiving a blow on, the head that necessitated several stitches, Benjamin Dorman '29, half a block down the street received the same treatment, and did not recover complete consciousness for several hours...