Word: zahler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Zahler car approached, its gears whining softly, rain coursing down the windshield. At the bandit cry of "Halt!" Mrs. Zahler, nimble-fingered, tore off her jewels and slipped them under the seat...
Convivial weekend. Mr. Rosen-thai was in Mexico City on a business trip with his son-in-law, Joseph Ruff, Manhattan exporter. One Jack J. Zahler, rich candy manufacturer, vice president x)f the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City, invited them to accompany him to the convivial week-end resort of Cuernavaca, a three-hour motor ride from Mexico City. With them, in Mr. Zahler's motor, rode Mrs. Zahler, young, petite, personable, wearing what she afterwards declared to be $8,000 worth of jewels...
...bandit leader, a slim dark-skinned Mexican Indian, approached with drawn revolver, shrilled: "Climb down! Get out into the road!" Soon deft bandit fingers caressed the fat wallets of Mr. Ruff and Mr. Zahler, found a check book and some small change on Mr. Rosenthal. Louts, the bandits searched intensively without finding Mrs. Zahler's jewels...
...valuables, what more do you want!" cried Mr. Zahler, "At least let me give Mr. Rosenthal his overcoat...