Word: stole
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seattle, Al Lindberg stole some turkeys from his pal, Axel Quist. Axel Quist thumped Al Lindberg. Al Lindberg had Axel Quist haled into court. Ordered to pay a fine, Axel Quist said to Al Lindberg; "Say, old pal, lend me $25 to pay my fine, will you?" Al Lindberg then loaned Axel Quist...
...Shanghai, Dyung Kyong-Sung was discharged by his master for failing to wash behind his ears. Enraged, Dyung Kyong-Sung killed his master's dog, stole his clothes, was sent to prison for six months...
...Cambridge, Mass., James McArthur, eager to have a sister, stole small Vivian Mercer whom he found asleep outside a doctor's office. After being trundled about in her baby carriage, Vivian Mercer opened her crossed-eyes, stared at James McArthur. Disgusted, James McArthur abandoned Vivian Mercer in a backyard, where her mother found her, weeping...
Arthur Cutten, Chicago broker, employs detectives. Eight years ago nine men broke into his mansion at Downers Grove, Ill., bound his family, stowed him in a basement vault to smother, stole $20,000 worth of jewelry, $500 in cash, 25 cases of whiskey. Last week Mr. Cutten's detectives caught the eighth of his 1922 assailants, one Simon Rosenberg, the gangleader, in Cleveland. Gloated Mr. Cutten: "Number eight! When I get number nine, this one's brother, I'll be through with...
...Great Eleven lapsed after the imprisonment of May Otis Blackburn ("Heel of God"). From one Clifford Dabney it is claimed she stole $40,000, having promised to reveal universal secrets. Mr. Dabney declared that she told him he was the Christ but could not prove...