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Assassin Petroff was taken to jail, Assassin Trojanoff, gravely wounded, went to Alexander Hospital. There last week his troubles seemed to be over. Two policemen guarded the end of the ward. Competent Sister Catherine Konstantinoff moved quietly among the beds. Late at night she paid a last visit to the ward. She bent over Christo Trojanoff, smoothed his pillow, patted his head, then pulled a pistol from under her apron and blew his brains...
...What's the use of taking me to the station," said the little man, swiftly changing tactics. "They'll only send me back to jail. I've got $60 here. Why not take that and forget...
...metropolitan excitements. He decides, on the flip of a coin, to marry her, takes her back to town with him. By the time the picture is over, hardboiled Babe Stewart is no longer a gambler. Reformed by his gay little librarian, he has voluntarily served three months in jail, is in a fair way to become-for him a step up in the world -a customer...
...crescent. Ramadan was almost upon Turkey when officials of the Department of Culture (which includes religion) screwed up their courage and told Dictator Kemal that he simply could not change the name of Turkey's god-at least not last week. Already several muezzins had been thrown into jail for announcing that they would continue to shout "Allah Akbar!" The populace was getting ugly, obviously sympathized with the Allah-shouters...
...business in Nashville last week when they learned that the U. S. Supreme Court had for the second time refused to review their appeal from a conviction of conspiracy to defraud a bank in Buncombe County, N. C. Free under bond, the Leas were ordered rounded up to serve jail sentences. Onetime U. S. Senator, close associate of brash Banker Rogers Clark Caldwell, Col. Lea tried to kidnap the Kaiser as a Christmas present for Woodrow Wilson...