Word: jails
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...went out to my father's ranch . . . and got some rope for the hanging. Then I went all over the town in my flivver roadster and passed out the word: 'We're going to have a lynching at the jail at 11 o'clock tonight.' . . . Mostly I went to the speakeasies and rounded up the gang there. That is why so many of the mob were drunk...
...Inside the jail] the deputies pleaded with us not to take the prisoners. . . . One fellow dropped down on his knees at once in the aisle, and all the rest of us fellows of the gang all knelt in silent prayer. Then the prayer was broken up when a drunk guy in the gang yelled 'Amen, Brother...
...Berlin last week the Government promulgated, to take effect Jan. 2, 1934, "the strictest law in the world against cruelty to animals" according to the Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment. For "willful cruelty" to an animal the punishment will be two years in jail. Domestic animals may not be simply abandoned, nor may dogs be trained to chase cats, foxes or other animals. Dogs' and horses' tails cannot be bobbed. Bull-necked Prussian Premier Hermann Wilhelm Göring, leading spirit in the Nazi be-kind-to-animals crusade, was again drawn last week by German cartoonists...
...Mary's secretary Rizzio on suspicion of adultery, thus unwittingly giving a spurious confirmation to the lie Elizabeth has spread about her kinswoman. The Lords then murder Darnley, shift the blame to Bothwell when he marries Mary. They defeat Mary and Bothwell in battle. Mary escapes from their jail into Elizabeth's jail and her tragedy waits only on the headsman's sword. Author Anderson entirely whitewashes Mary and Bothwell for the murder of Darnley...
...wanting "a mother for my children," is captivated by a giggling siren. The Mclntyres give an ice cream and punch party at which both brother and sister find sex arduous. As "something outstanding" to attract his siren's attention, Junior pushes over a traffic cop, goes to jail. Though this experiment is unsuccessful, a new dog and girl console him. Meanwhile his sister, faring better, develops a working compromise between being a pal and a flirt...