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...inspector frowned, apologized, searched, discovered...
...Messrs. Ziegfeld and Wagner had not arisen for the day. Neither had the Replogles. When the Customs inspector came through, Mr. Ziegfeld said yes, he had no alcoholics. The Replogles said no, they had none either. Dr. Wagner, however, spoke up and admitted he had some whiskey left in a bottle. The "Roamer's" porter confessed he had a bottle of beer...
Opportunity beckoned from England, and he sailed to become General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway (1914-22) and Inspector General of Transportation (1919-22) with rank of Major-General...
...Yard for questioning. Promptly the recommended modifications were ordered introduced at Scotland Yard by special fiat of the Home Secretary, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks (Arch-Conservative). The minority report, signed by a Laborite, flayed Scotland Yard for administering an indefensible and scandalous Third Degree, accused police inspectors of collusion and prevarication, and expressed the opinion that Inspector Collins, who grilled Miss Savidge, had deliberately twisted her replies in a misleading manner for purposes of police record. . . . A most unfortunate impression was created when a Laborite asked "Does corruption exist at Scotland Yard?" and Sir William Joynson-Hicks triumphantly...
...friend and supporter of Governor Smith's, a State Senator. The defense was an alibi, that the defendant was not in Georgia after February, 1926. Governor Smith started to gather up the papers on the case as though satisfied with the alibi. The U. S. Postal Inspector who had arrested Saunders, passed a letter to the Governor. The latter eyed it, eyed Saunders sharply, swore him, assured him that perjury was as serious in New York as swindling in Georgia, showed him the letter...