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...sustained; the cast soon slipped back into the well-worn groove The Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutitsy and Kolomna, who for many years has been rendering to commissars the things that are God's, described how Simon Legree (the Americans) behave in Korea. Impressive in a black robe and white headdress, the Metropolitan told his hearers that U.S. soldiers had killed from 200,000 to 400,000 Korean civilians. He even told how they did it: "They force wet leathers on their victims. These jackets get tight when they dry, and cause people incredible pain. [There are] mass executions, crucifixions...
...Nevada court, the estate of the late Novelist Lloyd C. (The Robe) Douglas was estimated...
...good works, sold nearly 700,000 copies its first year. After a second bestseller (Forgive Us Our Trespasses), Douglas left the pulpit, concentrated on his "nationwide parish of novel readers," who deluged him with letters of thanks for the comfort they found in his eleven novels, including The Robe, The Big Fisherman. He was always frankly "more concerned with healing bruised spirits than winning the applause of critics"-who deplored his cliches, called his people puppets, his action melodrama. Novelist Douglas was even inclined to agree: "The characters are tiresomely decent, and everything turns out happily...
...Conway, S.C. policeman named James Daniel Johnston-who had just pulled his Klan robe on over his uniform before joining the mob-was hit in the back by a stray bullet. His fellow Kluxers hurriedly abandoned him, dumped Charlie out at the side of a road and vanished...
...announced that Charlie had been arrested and was being held in some undisclosed place, but cleared him of any blame for the shooting. Then he arrested Grand Dragon Hamilton, charged him with inciting a riot, and confiscated his robe and a 16-ft. bull whip...