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...President Sanchez Cerro walked out of the church with a great red stain on his vest. "I require no assistance," said the President, "but rush Colonel Rodriguez to a hospital." The Colonel, chief of the President's Military Household had (it then became known) received in his right thigh a second shot fired by Youth Melgar while the President was drawing his pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Shots in Church | 3/14/1932 | See Source »

...amateur golf champion. On the eve of his final match in the Dixie Amateur, he attended Miami's Embassy Club, a gambling casino. While some local policemen were enjoying a light supper in the kitchen, bandits entered the casino for a holdup. Golfer Perkins was shot in the left thigh. The bandit leader was killed, several other persons wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Father's Foundations | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...Tommy Goodwin, of Monroe, N. Y.: the Dixie Amateur Golf Tournament, at Miami; by default. His opponent in the final, Thomas Philip Perkins, British Amateur Champion in 1928, was prevented from playing by a bullet in the thigh, received when six thugs entered Miami's Embassy Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Mar. 7, 1932 | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...Helmar Club, opened fire. The man ducked out of range, fled. Instead of reaching him, the spattering bullets cut down a knot of children. Young, red-headed Frank Scalesi ducked behind his lemonade stand just as a slug smashed his pitcher. Michael Vengalli, 5, was struck in the thigh, the bullet penetrating the base of his spine. He died that night. His brother Salvatore, 7, was knocked sprawling by five bullets in his body. Michael Bevilacqua, a baby of 3, lay nearby in his carriage. Four slugs tore into his pillow, two caught him in the back. Samuel Divino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Most Damnably Outrageous | 8/10/1931 | See Source »

...Ludwig Halversan Lee was convicted of a double murder, was electrocuted in 1928. First clue found was a woman's thigh in Prospect Place, Brooklyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 6, 1931 | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

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