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Word: robber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philadelphia police filmed and recorded confessions of several others besides Robber Roller. Most notable was that of William E. Peters, who before camera and microphone told how he murdered Leona Fischbeck. At his trial his cinema confession will also be used against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Confession by Cinema | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Christmas Eve, 1927, Marshall Ratliff disguised himself as Santa Claus and, with three companions, robbed a bank at Cisco, Tex., killed two policemen. Captured and condemned to death, Robber Ratliff was returned to the county jail at Eastland, Tex., to undergo a sanity test. Eastlanders grumbled at the law's delay. Feigning paralysis, Ratliff last week snatched a gun from Jailor Tom Jones, killed him, but failed to escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: String Him Up | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Denver. Ray Stevenson, 36, 6 ft., 165 lb., thin brown hair, two bullet scars on right shoulder, wanted for bank robberies at Denver and at Englewood. Reward: $1,500. Warning: "Desperate bank robber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Badly Wanted' | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Hoping that you will know the difference between a "Striker" and a "Dog Robber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 10, 1929 | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

...time a photograph of the festive scene appeared in Tokyo's English news paper, The Trans-Pacific. Read the caption: "Life in the Central Police Station always assumes a jolly air following any outstanding piece of robber-nabbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Proud Policemen | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

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