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...Sacco went on a month's hunger strike. . . . Mrs. Louis Dembitz Brandeis, wife of the U. S. Supreme Court Justice, turned over her Dedham home to Mrs. Sacco so that she could be near her husband and cook for him while he was in the Dedham (Mass.) jail. Last week in a Dedham courtroom, there was a scene, wherein seven years of emotion simmered and boiled over. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts had finally and flatly rejected evidence for a new trial on the grounds that there had not been a "failure of justice." Judge Webster Thayer, clad...
...freedom for them. Breadmakers and taxi-drivers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and laborers in many another land went on protest strikes. Heavy guards were posted at the U. S. Department of State and at Judge Thayer's home. . . . And, meanwhile, the fish peddler and the shoemaker sat in jail, fumbling with martyrdom. They have two hopes: a technicality leading to the U. S. Supreme Court, a pardon by Governor Fuller...
...novice. Mr. Link grew indignant. So did Mr. Summers, petulant tutor. Mr. Link retorted sharply. Mr. Summers arose and shook Mr. Link by the neck in mock fury. Mr. Link collapsed, died two hours later of a ruptured blood vessel. Mr. Summers, pleading "a playful scuffle," was lodged in jail, alleged manslaughterer...
...Brunswick, N. J., one Preston Jenkins, Negro, jailed since February for stealing a $10 bicycle, pleaded guilty at his trial last week, was sentenced to one minute in jail. Mr. Jenkins spent his term packing his belongings...
Thomas M. Davis and Harry Davis, brothers and real estate brokers, had not spoken to each other for six years. Nor did they speak last week in the Atlantic City (N. J.) county jail, where they occupied adjoining cells. Thomas had voted when he was not a U. S. citizen; Harry had neglected to pay his wife's alimony...