Word: riot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teams appeared to be evenly matched for the first half, which closed with the score of 5 to 0, but in the second frame the University ruggers ran riot, piling up 14 points to their opponent's 3. T. N. Lawler 21, and R. H. Watt '32 played well, together amassing 16 points...
...drove out of the garage and, speedily, into a parked car owned by one Fred Stoetzer; offered to fight about 50 men who gathered around the accident; offered to fight Stoetzer, followed him into lis home, wiped greasy hands and face on his coat; causing three separate riot reports to the police department. Said the judge: "Mr. Lotus, I believe you are the perfect drunk driver. You have left nothng undone...
...Valencia, other students expressed similar Republican ardor by smashing windows, throwing desks, chairs, bookcases out of the university windows, then swarming through the streets throwing stones, firing shots at the police. Civil guards, flourishing sabres above their varnished hats, stopped the riot with a clattering cavalry charge...
...Orleans, one midnight last week, a crowd of 200 Negro longshoremen, disgruntled at a wage reduction of 15? an hour, swarmed out of a meeting hall to the waterfront to wait for strikebreakers on their way to work. Harbor police saw the sullen crowd approaching, sent in a riot call. Major clash occurred at the base of the Liberty Monument, which stands near the river in memory of the men of New Orleans who died for the overthrow of Carpet Bag rule.* As the dawn came up, police charged the blackamoors, some of whom withdrew, firing revolvers. Most...
Died. Harry M. Kaiser, 71, strict warden of Clinton state prison, abode of New York State's 1,800 most vicious criminals; at Plattsburg, N. Y.; of paralysis caused by overwork. His wards rioted last July, and ever since have threatened new riot...