Word: policeman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were already murderers, one of them was only 19, three of them were Mexicans) talked feverishly together. Why not be free? Part of it was easy-they had a crowbar and several pairs of scissors. Deputy Warden Peter N. Klein resisted them. Convict Duchowski, who had killed a Chicago policeman, broke the Warden's skull with the crowbar; others stabbed him with their scissors. One thing remained. They must help Nathan F. Leopold Jr., the boy who killed for a thrill, escape with them. "His old man has lots of cash," they said, "he will...
...morning, as he promenaded the Eternal City, it occurred to Lord Lloyd that he would call on Signer Mussolini. "Where," he inquired of a Fascist policeman, "is the villa of your Duce...
Entering the hotel she walked unconcernedly to her favorite table, ordered tea. Since many of the guests were discourteous enough to stare, Mme. Tiv raised her lorgnette and swept them with a reproving glance. Soon a policeman entered, stripped off his overcoat, clothed Mme. Tiv in it and escorted her protesting to a police station. There she was examined by an alienist who pronounced her entirely sane...
Moirrarty's Ask a policeman...
...Chicago, one George Wilson, arrested for public nuisancing, declared he was not drunk. "Prove it," said the Judge. Wilson asked him for a penny, borrowed a match from the policeman, tried twice to balance penny on match. Twice he failed. The third time, miraculously, the penny stayed on the match for thirty seconds. "Discharged," said the Judge. The penny clattered to the floor...