Word: allain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they listed him as a boy of "superior intelligence." Knifey had a flair for mechanics. A home for wayward boys took charge of him, put him on a farm near Momence, 40 miles south of Chicago. There Knifey broke into the home of a neighbor, eccentric old Farmer Henry Allain, who was always pottering about with inventions. So they sent Knifey to St. Charles reform school for boys. A year ago he was paroled for good behavior...
...last week 19-year-old Knifey Sawicki ran amuck. He turned up in Momence, walked out to Henry Allain's farm. He found the 72-year-old farmer working in a field. Knifey shot him dead, hid the body behind a pump. "He got me sent to St. Charles," said Knifey. "Put the finger on me, the stinking squealer...