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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 6, 1943 | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 6, 1943 | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 26, 1943 | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 8, 1943 | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 5, 1942 | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

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