Word: rioted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Following a month of delays and postponements the appeal of the ten Harvard students convicted in the Harvard Square "riot" will be heard in the East Cambridge Superior Court immediately after the spring vacation. The exact day has not yet been set, but Stoughton Bell '98, counsel for the defense, announced yesterday after a conference with R. T. Rushnell '14, prosecuting attorney; that the first part of the week of April 24 would see the opening of the trial...
...week Chicago saw to a close what many named the filthiest, most nauseating political campaign in the city's history. Nearly 1,000,000 voters swarmed about the polls. Police squads in cars, armed with rifles and machine guns patrolled the streets; state militia stood ready to answer riot calls. It seemed probable that onetime Mayor William Hale Thompson, Republican, would again be elected Mayor; but followers of William E. Dever, Democrat, present mayor, were full of hope. Dr. John Dill Robertson, Independent, also...
While the Earl of Birkenhead was speaking, an Indian riot was actually in progress between Moslems and Hindus at Larkana, Upper India. Some 47 persons were injured in a bellicose dispute arising around an old Hindu woman and her three children alleged to have been mistreated by a Moslem...
...storm of applause which greeted the appearance of W. L. Wilson '27 last night as the red-headed Queen Elizabeth in the Hasty Pudding club's eighty first annual riot, seems to indicate a public demand to investigate further this question of color. The wise man will only look more devilish and confine his remarks to the cleverness, good looks, and ability of said Wilson, who is even better this year than in the past two years, which is as much as can be said for any actor. Arnie Horween was heard to mutter that if he only...
...trial of P. J. McLaughlin, 'carbarn' defendant who was convicted of second degree murder yesterday after 17 hours of deliberation by the jury, has held up the Harvard cases. A few days before the 'riot' trial is called, the men who have offered their testimony for the defense, will be notified by mail from the Dean's office of a meeting, for witnesses, at which a schedule will be arranged. Each man will have a fixed time to appear in Court...