Word: swag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Swagger. In Manhattan, Pickpocket David Hauser appeared in court wearing what he called a loot suit-loose at the waist, tight at the cuffs, for the transportation of swag...
Suitcaseful. In Philadelphia, the thief who stole Gladys Ferber's suitcase may or may not have been happy about the swag in it: two strip-tease dresses, a string of beads, three feathers, a sarong, a net brassiere, a rhinestone G-string, and a purple Cellophane shirt...
Tympani. In Denver, burglars who stole 20 phonograph records from Dr. Neal Bishop's car may or may not have been happy about the swag-all were recordings of the peculiar beats of diseased hearts...
Candy From Babies. In Pittsburgh, as Patrolman Jim Harvey crossed a sidewalk trap door he felt it start to rise, stepped aside, beheld two men ascending in state with $840 in swag, promptly nabbed them. In Oklahoma City, Autoist Russell B. Smith, stopped by two would-be robbers, scared them off by barking at his dashboard receiving set: "Calling all cars, reporting robbery at 37th and Classen...
Cops & Robbers. In Manhattan, tired burglar went to sleep in Central Park with his swag, woke to find it gone complained to a cop, got arrested for burglary. In Indianapolis, a burglar got out of a building by calling out boldly: "Hey let me out of here!" The watchman obliged. In Kansas City, a young man who stole a truck explained to police that he had to, because the tires he had stolen a few minutes before were too heavy to carry. In Topeka, somebody stole all the buttons off Frank Coffman's closetful of clothes. In Seattle, William...