Word: symes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Samuel Augustus Syme...
Samuel Augustus Syme...
Died. John Syme, 73, indefatigable one-man crusade against British officialdom; in London. As a police inspector in 1909, he refused to book two men arrested for "unlawfully knocking and ringing" at their own door. Fired, he first besought, then threatened badgered Home Secretary Winston Churchill, was finally jailed for threatening the King & Queen. After 43 jail terms, he became a minor left-wing hero, won a $360 annual pension in reparation from Commons in 1931, continued to orate and smash windows until the noise of war drowned...