Word: snorkey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Snorkey looked blissfully contented as the jury filed out. In a bright green suit ($135) and green-spotted tie he stood in the corridor and smiled. Also pleased with Judge Wilkerson's dispassionate charge were Counsel Ahern & Fink. A moment later Snorkey disappeared...
Verdict-At 10:50 p. m. the jury was ready, but Snorkey was nowhere to be seen. Lawyer Ahern rushed to a telephone. Fifteen minutes later in popped Snorkey, panting, sweating. He tossed a green coat & hat on the counsel table, mopped his fat head with a green handkerchief. In came the jury...
Judge Wilkerson looked puzzled. So did Messrs. Ahern & Fink. "Inconsistent," mumbled the prosecution. Snorkey grinned broadly...
Soon the meaning of the verdict became apparent. The jury had decided Snorkey feloniously "attempted to evade & defeat" the income tax in 1925, 1926, 1927, but in 1924 & 1928 he only "failed" to pay up. The jury apparently thought he had tried his best...
...Snorkey did not think Judge Wilkerson would give him the maximum penalty. He grinned in all directions around the courtroom, then got to his feet, hurried to an elevator, descended to the street, jumped into a waiting automobile and disappeared into the sprawling city whose thousands of illicit night haunts were his Empire...