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...book which explained the theory of evolution and which the State had not recalled. Chemist Rappelyea was sure the law, if taken to court, could be reduced to an absurdity, pitched into oblivion. Teacher Scopes guessed it could, too. A bargain was struck: Chemist Rappelyea would swear out a warrant against his friend for violating the anti-evolution law and thus force a test of the question. Arm in arm they left the drugstore with a plan which was, in a few weeks, to develop into one of the most amazing trials in U. S. history (TIME...
...Salle Street and the Loop breathed more easily. But fear and suspicion grew rampant in outlying districts. Armored cars rushed from the big Loop banks, carried millions of dollars to little banks where unexpected runs had started. But not all the outlying banks were in a condition to warrant saving. In one crack the twelve banks of the John Bain chain went down, affecting laborers and commuting clerks in such Southside districts as Stony Island, Auburn Park, Englewood and Chicago Lawn. Although onetime Scot and onetime Plumber Bain said depositors would receive 100%, the alarm spread...
...have found that . . . the admitted and uncontroverted facts alone warrant the impeachment of Governor Henry Hollis Horton and, pursuant to the orders of this House ... we are engaged in the preparation of articles of impeachment...
...Factor was in Court to hear the royal warrant read, to sneer at 250 pages of depositions made by swindled Britons at Guildhall and forwarded from London...
...Chicago last week Illinois lawyers representing the British Crown produced a royal warrant for the arrest of John ("Jake the Barber") Factor, alleged swindler of some $5,000,000 from numerous Britons including Edward of Wales (TIME...