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That was quickly done, and once again, like crafty Odysseus, foxy Samouel Insullos sailed the wine-dark ocean past the isles of Greece. The end of adventure was not yet. The Maiotis' wheezy engines broke down outside the harbor and took many hours to repair. Then she ran into a heavy storm, was forced to take shelter in the lee of an island. Never a good sailor, Samuel Insull tossed sickishly about on his little freighter reeking of stale oil and garlic and whimpered that shiploads of U. S. pirates were lying in wait to kidnap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Popp & Xeros' Client | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...Athens white-haired Samouel Insullos has become enormously popular. Few Hellenes put their savings in Middle West Utilities. They know Fugitive Insull only as a pleasant old gentleman apparently persecuted by minions of the City of Chicago-an old gentleman who is still not too impecunious to set Greek justice in motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Fascinated Bankers | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

...legation let it be known that no further effort to extradite Mr. Insull will be made. As long as he remains in Greece, Samouel Insullos is a free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Fascinated Bankers | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

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