Word: razorman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taken her to Boston for a four-day "platonic" sojourn at the Statler Hotel. Not long thereafter Detective Krone approached Mr. Stampleman, arranged for $5,000 to persuade Miss Conboy not to sue Mr. Stampleman for doping and assaulting her. "I'd have gladly paid $10,000," snapped Razorman Stampleman. "That affidavit of hers was just plain murder." The extortion case suddenly collapsed as a mistrial when the prosecution mentioned to the jury a previous indictment of Krone & Ross for similarly extorting $12,900 from Alfred Emanuel Smith Jr. after he had spent a night in a Manhattan hotel...
Fortnight ago what every razorman had been expecting occurred. AutoStrop filed suit against Gillette for patent infringement, asked I) that Gillette discontinue manufacture of its new blade & razor; 2) that Gillette turn over to AutoStrop all profits earned from the new blade & razor; 3) that Gillette pay damages to AutoStrop for loss of AutoStrop sales caused by Gillette's blade & razor. Gillette had been awaiting the suit. In March a statement to shareholders said, in part: "We are not only prepared for any legal controversy but we invite it." As in the case of the Youngstown-Bethlehem steel merger...
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