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Rich Long Islanders became jittery as the "summer phantom," a daring jewel robber who has baffled police for two years, renewed operations with his usual success. In Mineola Mrs. Clarence Mackay, the onetime Operasinger Anna Case (see col. 2), hid her jewels in the closet, foiled the burglar by leaving exposed an empty case which she found pried open next morning. In Mill Neck, while Mrs. George Bullock entertained guests on her lawn, the thief sneaked upstairs, pocketed $20,000 in gems. Same evening he crept into the palatial home of William Robertson Coe, two miles away at Locust Valley...
...Donat the ghost both of an amorous turn, poor Jean has a tough time telling which is the real Glourie. Pallette, the grocery magnate, setting his stronghold, complete with ghost, in a tropical grove with gondolas in the moat, will send you back for a look at your "Robber Barons" to see how old J. P. used to buy up Italy at a gulp. The ticker-tape welcome of the ghost to Broadway almost persuaded us that Roosevelt is a dream, and Charlie Mitchell reigns in his stead...
...October 1851, a certain Hubbs of Downieville was riding through the forests of the California gold country. Though he had some $400 in gold dust in his charge, Expressman Hubbs was unarmed. Presently, at the base of a large yellow pine, he dismounted to relieve himself. Suddenly a robber jumped from behind the tree, pinioned his arms, made off with the gold. Astonished, terrified, tangled in suspenders, Expressman Hubbs let him go without resistance...
...with the virility and strength the White Race once showed in bursting into China, and establishing itself with special superior status in the "treaty ports." Not only does Editor Woodhead take many illustrious Chinese to task, but he relates a wealth of anecdotes. Of the humble Chinese family whose robber son was being strangled slowly by the local executioner, Imperialist Woodhead snorts...
...There's a robber in the House-or maybe in the Senate." Publisher Will Rogers Jr. gave Patricia Ziegfeld, whose late father started the late cowboy humorist to fame in the Follies, a job as cub reporter on his Beverly Hills (Calif.) Citizen. Miami Beach lifeguards spied a porpoise-like swimmer going down for the second time, hauled safely ashore Massachusetts' Senator David Ignatius Walsh, 63. Chirped a radio announcer at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington: "I also see among other distinguished guests Mr. Jesse James of the RFC." Said RFChairman Jesse Holman Jones: "I have...