Word: pistoling
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...Fighting; lying; drunkeness; tumultuous and indecent noises; and going on roof of old Harvard or cutting lead from same." The penalty was ten shillings for "Profane cursing an swearing; playing cards or dice; neglecting analysis of scripture; walking or other disturbances on the Sabbath; and firing gun or pistol in Yard...
...West Royal Avenue house, the cops found four small TNT bombs, three hand grenades and a .45 pistol. From a house near by they hauled a former congressman who admitted that he had just been talking to Sánchez Arango. When police asked him about what, the man replied, "Baseball...
...over the border into Tanganyika Territory. Last week one of Tom's ebony tribesmen had seen something moving among his coffee trees and, thinking it was a mere lion, he had charged it with his spear. Instead of a lion, a lion-man sprang out and pointed a pistol at the charging Chagga. The pistol misfired, and the Chagga's spear drove through a Mau Mau terrorist, whose hair was plastered with red clay into the shape of a lion's mane...
Rent Control. In York, Pa., Landlord Pietro Pennine and his wife Josephine wound up in jail after Tenant Randal Marvel complained they had collected his $11 rent by covering him with a pistol, then taking the money from his wallet...
...Talker. In Portland, Ore., Donald Blank held up Service Station Attendant Hugo Nelson, lost his pistol in a scuffle, was arrested while he tried to talk Nelson into giving it back...