Word: pistoleer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Edward of Wales, aboard the Duke of Westminster's yacht, drew his pistol and fired repeatedly at some white fish with long tails seen leaping in the Corsican moonlight. Said Equerry Major Sir John Aird, "The sounds of the shots must have made the Corsicans think someone was murdering His Highness...
...Cleveland, Angela Demoa, 18, bought a wedding ring, a trousseau, filled her car with gasoline, hired two armed thugs. They forced her bashful fiancé, Frank Genovese, from a theatre at pistol point with the whispered admonition: "We've got the heat on you," drove him 113 miles to Ripley, N. Y., where Angela Demoa married...
...With his pistol left at home, Muralist Rivera rebutted...
...Uncle Preston Shiveley when Wade Shiveley, one of Uncle Preston's worthless sons, was jailed for having murdered and robbed a gambler. Uncle Preston did not want to be bothered any longer with an offspring who had caused him only misery, persuaded Clay to slip Wade a defective pistol, on the assumption that Wade would try to escape with it and be killed. Clay was about 16, a resourceful boy with a "mean-spoken sassiness that kept people from being pleasant to him even when they wanted to." He risked his neck to get the pistol to Wade...
...mocked by a desperado who stole his gun and boots, salved his pride by plugging his tormentor between the eyes. For years he seemed to look into a gun barrel whenever he embarked on any peaceful venture. Once at a circus he accidentally bumped a roustabout who drew a pistol. Hardin, of course, killed him on the spot. When he fell in love a rival tried to take advantage of his sentimental state by robbing him. Hardin merely dropped his money to the floor, then killed the rival when he stooped over to pick it up. Not so deadly...