Word: policemen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principal defendant, supposed Communist, when it came his turn to speak, weaseled. Loudly had the Communist press hailed him as a hero. Faced with a possible sentence, Defendant Beal, 33, pale, broad, fleshy, in a low voice denied his Communist principles, did not advocate revolution, had no objection to policemen, however violent in line of duty. The defense counsel wanted no martyrs...
...record for ladies. Young John Straley of Paulding, Ohio, said to Umpire Clyde Crone what many sandlot players often long to say to umpires. With a quick fist Umpire Crone did what umpires often long to do to fresh players. Straley fell awkwardly, did not get up. Policemen escorted Crone from the field, held him in $5,000 bail for manslaughter. On Oct. 20, 1910, the Chicago Tribune published on its front page, surrounded by a heavy black margin, a brief obituary surmounted by an urn and supported by a wreath. Last week, by request of a Philadelphian, the Tribune...
...just love to watch fo'ward kicks, an field passes 'n' things...Oh is that wheah the Ahmy is sittin'?'...Sho' nuf'?...Ah'm so excited...Ah love the Ahmy...! When Ah was a little kid no biggah than that down home in Gawgia. Ah simply adoahed policemen, the way they went 'stridin' about in brass buttons, and stripes, and an H. Sebastian Gawd sorta air...Ah reckon that's why Ah fell so hard down at the Point...Did Ah fall?...Boy, the lines they shoot down theah would win any ole wah ovah night...Oooooah, did he drop...
...alcoholic psychosis as reported by Manhattan's assistant medical examiner, but of an overdose of chloral hydrate. At a private sanitarium, to which she had gone in haste for a neural treatment, she took off her coat, sat down on a bed, fell over dead. On her body policemen found, cared for some $300,000 worth of jewelry. Lying in state at Campbell's famed Funeral Parlors, few came to see her; many saw her recent cinema across the street. Born in Kansas City, Mo., her first part, aged seven, was "Puck" in a dancing school production...
...sign from the cornfield. Johnny, panic-stricken, threw down his rifle and plunged into a wood. With solemn faces the other boys went back to town. Not until midnight did they gather up enough courage to tell about the murder. Immediately Mrs. di Rocco with a posse of policemen set out to find her boy. All night they trampled the marshes and woods while up in a tree crouched Johnny. In the morning he came down to face his fate. The searchers had found a scarcecrow, its sawdust head pierced by a bullet, prostrate in the corn...