Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...room in the Bail Eireann (Irish Lower House) President William Cosgrave signed an order for the release from prison of Eamon de Valera, obdurate chief of recalcitrant Irish Republicans. Many more release orders were signed...
...latter part of 1918, the arrest of ex-Premier Radoslavoff and 13 of his Cabinet Ministers was ordered. Radoslavov and one Minister escaped to Berlin, the remaining twelve were arrested and thrown into prison...
...Suffern, N. Y., Clara McKeath-on, 21, was sentenced to eight years in Auburn Prison for shooting and killing Lawrence Hawkshaw, 15, her opponent in a crap game...
...chicken, ice cream. Among the diners, besides Bishop Manning and several judges, were "The Millionaire Kid," "Sam the Scratcher," "Hotel Bill," "Little Gyp" and their friends. They are members of the Marshall Stillman Movement-all of them bad men and bad women who, in spite of having gone to prison, have decided to go straight. They presented the Bishop with $100, every dime of which had been collected from people whose Vater-land had once been the Underworld...
...everyone had to stop to draw breath. Officials began to call the roll. Everyone waited for the L's and the T's with breath bated and hearts palpitating. The Communists yowled whenever a Communist failed to answer his name, which usually meant that he was in prison; when the name of Prince von Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor, was called, they replied with: "Woe unto you who are his grandson!" Then came the L's and with them "Ludy's" name. The Communists shouted so loud that they almost frightened themselves-a Herculean effort...