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...same old story, with a variation, took place in Savannah, Ga. A white woman was attacked. Walter Lee, black, was arrested and the woman identified him positively as her assailant. He was imprisoned in the Chatham County jail in Savannah...
...Anna Hozer, of Muskegon, Mich., had eleven children. Several months ago she violated the Volstead Act, and was committed to the county jail. President Harding commuted her six months' sentence before its completion, because of the impending arrival of a twelfth Hozer. The twelfth Hozer arrived duly, and was christened Warren Harding. In celebration of the event Mrs. Hozer again violated the Volstead Act. Mrs. Hozer and Warren Harding Hozer went again to jail. She said that she hoped again for Executive clemency. After a few days she complained to the jail authorities of being ill. They allowed...
...verdict Garvey rose protesting violently. He took a parting shot as he was led away to jail: " The prosecutor has plotted against me. Maybe some day he will relent...
...King stood aghast, then regaining his composure, he replied curtly: " Well, others may lose their heads, too." He had Stambuliski thrust into jail, where he remained throughout...
...small hours before dawn on last Saturday morning the government of Bulgaria, quietly and without bloodshed, changed hands. The former Agrarian Ministry which had retired comfortably to bed on Friday night found itself lodged in jail by four of the next morning. Although Sofia is safely delivered over to the revolutionists Stanboulisky, the deposed premier, is still at large and has Fortified himself in Slavitsa. But the Agrarian party has been taken at a disadvantage. Aside from Stanboulisky, what capable leaders it has are either imprisoned or out of the country in diplomatic service, while its great rank and file...