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Among those at San Quentin who had felt the full impact of the Keyes prosecution were bad-tempered Norman Selby ("Kid McCoy"), in for the murder of Mrs. Theresa Mors; Leo Pat Kelle, convicted of killing Mrs. Myrtle Mellus; Herbert Wilson, train robber; Clara Phillips, who slew Alberta Meadows viciously with a hammer...
...keepers unlocked the door of Robber Spiers' cell. Still cringing he took a few steps between his guards, then with a sudden scream of terror, sprang away, vaulted over the pipe railing of the cell gallery, and plunged down three stories to crash, a sodden neck-broken corpse at the very feet of the assembled Justices of the Peace...
Jolted by the suicide of Robber Spiers, London papers gathered reactions from famed Britons. Said George Bernard Shaw: "Every judge imposing a sentence with flogging ought to have two or three doses himself to bring him to understanding...
...Author. Karel Capek, 40, dark, slender, wiry, hesitating in manner but incisive of speech, is chiefly known in the U. S. as a playwright (The World We Live In written in collaboration with his brother Josef). He has written other plays (R. U. R., The Robber, The Makropoulos Affair), novels (Krakatit, The Absolute at Large). In Prague, his home town, he is known as a student of philosophy, principally American (William James, John Dewey), play manager and producer. Onetime Art Director of the National Art Theatre of Prague, he is now manager of the Vinohradsky Art Theatre, where he produces...
...insurance policy (adopted also by other surety companies) provides against losses through kidnaping robberies. Robber-kidnapers go to the home of the bank cashier, or other official, compel him to accompany them to the bank, to open the safe for them when the time-lock runs out. By the payment of a small extra premium, banks and businesses can protect themselves from such kidnap losses. National Surety Co. also wrote last week a suicide policy, said to be the first of its kind. A manufacturer (unspecified) wished to borrow $25,000 from his bank. As the business depended largely upon...