Word: killer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...police doctors found no conclusive evidence of criminal assault of either mother or daughter. The killer had left no easy clues. There were no obvious motives. The murdered people had no known common enemies. What perfected the story for the newspapers was that the girl had posed, nude and otherwise, hundreds of times for commercial studios. As a picture story it was a Roman holiday...
Even as McCracken was dying, the parents of the killer, publishers of the weekly Plaindealer & Modoc County Times, issued their newspaper with this lead story: "As we go to press the tragic news is brought to us that our son Harry French has shot Claude L. McCracken, editor of the Modoc Mail. McCracken is seriously hurt. We ask you, our readers, to pray for us all in this hour of tragedy. Please pray for us that the injured man recovers. We apologize for the uncompleted parts in our paper. Our strength and heart in our work is gone tonight...
Doctors will have a better chance of seeing early cancer while its curable. It is a hard tast requiring patience-trench warfare with a vengeance against a ruthless killer. No quarter need be given or asked...
...final unveiling of the real killer and the unravelling of the mystery is handled in a capable fashion by a series of flashbacks, synchronised with Attorney Cortez's explanation. As mystery stories go, it is first rate...
JUAN BELMONTE: KILLER OF BULLS- As told to Manuel Chaves Nogales-Doubleday, Doran ($3.50). Interesting autobiography, with good photographs of Spain's No. 1 modern bullfighter; engaging documentation on the thesis that bullfighting is nearer symphonies than prize fights...