Word: downs
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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In Jersey City, N. J., John Turkess, 26, wrote a goodbye note to his wife, left $49.40 for funeral expenses, stuffed the door and window cracks of his room, turned several gas jets wide open and lay down to die. As the fumes became stronger he decided to light a...
It may seem queer now, but in the old days men fought on horseback. James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart was one of the best of them. When the Civil War began he was 27, a regular U. S. cavalry officer, six years out of West Point. When a Yankee trooper...
Texas has Strap Buckner, who found nobody could stand up to his fist. He enjoyed knocking people down, finally got a bit beyond himself and took on the Devil. After that encounter all he could say was: "Skin for skin, skin for skin."
Says he: 70% of all convictions are obtained by forced confessions. Mildest method: protracted questioning, sometimes going on continuously for over 24 hours, keeping the prisoner awake, thirsty, hungry. Usual method: beating the prisoner about the head and neck with lengths of rubber hose (which leave no bruises). If that...
From August he learned many useful facts, many ornamental dodges. August had been everywhere, done everything and everybody; but when he was in a tight place was apt to confess himself a miserable and not quite bright sinner. From failure and success he made equally quick recoveries. Edevart and he...