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...case by a kidnaper who panicked, turned himself in, and blew the whistle on his confederates. John Irwin, 42, an off-and-on house painter with a record ranging from assault to disorderly conduct in four states, was racing south from Los Angeles in a Chevrolet station wagon purchased with $1,000 of the ransom money. As he drove, his fears that capture was inevitable and flight was foolish mounted to terror. In San Juan Capistrano, Irwin stopped, put in a frantic call to his younger brother James, 41, a school purchasing agent, at his home in Imperial Beach, only...
...dictutor, he had a strong sense of responsibility toward country and people. "Anybody can stage a revolution," he said after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1957. "The trick, once the revolution has been staged, is winning public approval." On doctor's orders, he went on the wagon, began housecleaning Thailand from top to bottom. He banned opium smoking, and when a rash of fires broke out in Bangkok's business district one winter, he ordered four Chinese merchants shot-a brutal but effective reminder that the annual custom of burning shops to collect insurance...
...foibles of white-collar America in his syndicated Hearst feature, "They'll Do It Every Time"; of a heart attack; in Pebble Beach, Calif. In Hatlo's mildly cynical humor, people typically said one thing while doing another-such as the lush who tumbled off the wagon on Jan. 2. And their names were in character: J. Pluvius Bigdome, president of Bilgewater Beverage; Tremblechin, his office stooge; and little Iodine, Tremblechin's daughter, who proved so antiseptic that she earned a strip...
Something for the Wife. Now some of the workers started to investigate the wagon at their leisure. Finding it stuffed with attractive trinkets, they began to fill their pockets. Some hid the loot in the rubble. Others, who had watched their comrades cache the goodies, stole into the rubble, removed what hidden jewels they could find, and carried them home. One man put $200,000 worth into a satchel and took it to his wife. Another gathered $15,000 worth, sped to his farm in Gettysburg, Pa., just a mile or so from Dwight Eisenhower's place, and buried...
...seven hours before the police found the station wagon, and it was many hours after that before they began investigating reports started by drunken demolition workers who had wandered into nearby bars to celebrate. After three days, the demolition site was aswarm with FBI agents and police, combing the debris for glitter. They pumped water out of the basement of the abandoned building, screening the water for baubles, while downstream, eager laborers panned for gold. They picked and they plucked and they poked. After persistent questioning, some of the demolition workers began talking, and five men were arrested. Nearly...