Word: prisoned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Albert Nathaniel Chaperau (né Shapiro) was a poor boy, and had to make his own way in the world. His way led him from Poland to Philadelphia, Manhattan, London, Paris, Brussels, Australia, Hollywood. It frequently brought him into contact with police and prison keepers, and last week it led him into U. S. District Judge William Bondy's Manhattan courtroom. There three indictments were read to blond, buttery Albert Chaperau. Having heard himself charged with conspiracy, smuggling, faking a passport and fraudulently claiming U. S. citizenship, imperturbed Mr. Chaperau observed: "My past is not a phonograph record...
...indicted along with Comedian George Burns (sidekick of Gracie Allen) for smuggling $4,885 worth of diamond bracelets and a ring. To make matters worse, jolly George Burns admitted making payments to Chaperau, pleaded guilty to nine counts, laid himself open to a maximum sentence of 18 years in prison and a $45,000 fine...
Burns, one of the highest paid radio stars in the country, flew here from Hollywood as soon as he learned of the charges and immediately entered his plea. The maximum penalty is 18 years in prison and $45,000 fine...
Truster Groves and friends faced a possible 72 years each in prison on the 15 counts of the indictment...
Accompanied by the strains of a convict swing band, the Harvard debating team utterly vanquished the "Baddies" of the Norfolk Prison Colony last night within their 'opponents' walls...