Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Quentin prison in California, Harry Garbutt of Chicago sat in the death cell awaiting the noose which was scheduled to end his life that morning for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy Lee Hunn in Pasadena in September...
...Garvey to the British West Indies on expiration of his prison term, because he was convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude within five years of his arrival in the U.S. Mr. Garvey therefore applied for clemency and permission to stay 90 days in the U.S. before being deported. The President does not however consider applications for clemency until at least one-third of a prisoner's sentence has been served...
...Torres was brought from the military prison where he was confined, and was told by Lieut. Col. Fredico Zenteno that he was condemned to suffer death, and would be executed at once. On taking his pedigree, Torres said, with serenity and calmness, that he was a native of Saltillo, 37 year of age, unmarried and a farmer by occupation...
What of the immediate future? Would there be radical changes in the relations of State and Church? Would the Pope come out from prison? Would he consent to be once more an Italian as well as a world power? "It is all conversations," replied the Cardinal. "He [Mussolini] does us an amiable favor from time to time but nothing is changed. I see no prospect of a change. Papal Rome is adamant." In a last attempt to strike a spark of Italian patriotism, the reporter asked about the proposed revivification of the Roman Empire. The Cardinal chuckled: "Oh, you like...
...publish The Sphinx, a poetic catalog of "amours frequent and fine," dedicated to one Marcel Schwob. He had played and acted many variations upon his epigram, "Industry is the root of all ugliness." The next year, 1895, he was to be branded publicly and sent to prison for perverted practices...