Word: slain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...march of Prohibition's progress tramps larger and muddier across the daily page after a dubious decade of noble experimenting. The Government loses millions of dollars in revenue, over a thousand souls are slain; corruption and license go hand in hand with illegal gain, all for the sake of an Ideal...
Story of Downey's Doctor: The slain man must have been standing when shot, suggesting that the speedboat was stopped when fired upon. He said that Downey had bled to death because the guardsmen had not called for help or administered first aid. While they loitered, city police summoned an ambulance and a fire truck, hoisted the inert 200-lb. Downey out of the launch...
...aftermath pertaining to the latest prohibition massacre when three rum-runners were slain with a minimum of warning by the Coast Guard defenders is proving almost as interesting as the incident itself, and certainly more humorous. The Treasury Department, although admitting it is not in complete possession of the facts, as candidly declares the Coast Guard is incapable of wrong-doing while engaged in the pursuitence duty. Assistant Secretary Low man yesterday was more astute or perhaps more bewildered, so far as silence may be taken as a criterion. It is merely a matter of choice...