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...erasing all traces of crime by transforming the corpses into "veal" pies, succulent, rich in gravy, spiced with hairs and buttons. Such is the mariner's fate−until the last scene where he unexpectedly returns, all in one piece, in time to witness the confounding of his malefactor by three of the latter's former apprentices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

During the two centuries and a half of the existence of Harvard College but one graduate has been executed as a malefactor and he was a victim of the witchcraft delusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/20/1893 | See Source »

...evil and turned their attention to the detection of the culprits. It is certainly a disagreeable fact, but it seems hardly possible that a stranger could secure access to the dressing rooms and lockers without attracting the attention of the attendants or students. The suspicion that the malefactor is no outsider must force itself upon us, and ought to arouse every student to be watchful and vigilant, that this disgrace may be removed by the prompt detection and punishment of the guilty parties. Already two students of Harvard have been found guilty of theft the present year, and there would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/22/1886 | See Source »

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