Word: son-in-law
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...with the proposition that one James E. McDonald be appointed prosecuting attorney of Marion County. This office was vacant because Mr. McCray had just been indicted in the criminal courts for a financial felony, and Prose- cuting Attorney Williams P. Evans had resigned, being Mr. McCray's son-in-law. 2) That Ed Jackson offered the indicted Governor $10,000 cash and a guarantee that he would not be convicted for his felony, in return for Mr. McDonald's appointment. 3) That Mr. McCray refused Mr. Jackson, his cash and his immunity, appointing instead to the vacant post...
...Marie broke down completely, and sobbed aloud, swooned. She recovered at last, sufficiently to lay upon the grave a wreath of lilies, which she had picked herself, and a large pillow of white roses sent from Paris by Prince Carol. Near her there stood during the ceremony her son-in-law, King Alexander of Jugoslavia, her brother-in-law, Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen, and the deposed King George II of Greece. Airplanes dropped flowers, and the earth trembled slightly at a long farewell salute of 101 guns...
Died. Payne Whitney, 52, sports-man-financier; younger (by three years) brother of Harry Payne Whitney; son of the late Secretary of the Navy (1885-89) William Collins Whitney; son-in-law of the late Secretary of State (1898-1905) John Hay; from a heart attack, while playing tennis; at Manhasset, N. Y. In 1924 he paid the third largest income tax in the U. S., John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Henry Ford surpassing...
...Manhattan, at teeming Seventh Ave. & 49th St., the sedan of E. Parmalee Prentiss, son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, plunged toward the curb, mounted the sidewalk, sent theatre crowds screaming and scurrying. Cause: Chauffeur James Reading dead of heart failure...
...goes reluctantly from this see, which Orator-Bishop Phillips Brooks (1835-93) directed before him, which he has directed since 1893. Charles Lewis Slattery, his bishop coadjutor since 1922, his son-in-law since 1923, who has been active head the past two years, now automatically becomes titular head as well. Bishop Lawrence, by this resignation, relinquishes none of his prerogatives in Protestant Episcopal Church councils. Nor will he yet give up his educational leadership at Harvard University, Wellesley College, St. Mark's and Groton Schools for Boys...