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...famed Reichstag arson case, Prussian Premier Göring, through whose official residence the fire bugs apparently entered, screamed in open court: "I am not afraid of you, you rascal! You have reason to fear that I'll catch you when you're out of prison! You dirty rascal! You dirty rascal !" This scene Elmer Rice has put into a play (TIME, Sept...
...Haskell Bonn, 22, son of a St. Paul refrigerator manufacturer, was snatched in June 1932. He was returned alive within a week after his father paid $12,000 ransom. Last February Federal agents put Gangster Verne Sankey into a South Dakota prison where he killed himself after confessing to kidnapping not only young Bohn but Charles Boettcher II, Denver broker (TIME...
Died. Asa Keyes, 57, besmirched one-time District Attorney of Los Angeles County; of a paralytic stroke; in Beverly Hills. Slashing and ruthless in court, he sent some 5,000 bombers, Bluebeards, hammer murderesses and other felons to prison before he himself was convicted for bribery in connection with the bankruptcy of Julian Petroleum...
...reporter followed the sheriff through several halls and doorways, and was finally ushered into a light, clean room which required two looks to identify it as a prison cell-room. Yes, there were the cells, with their brick walls, small beds, and bare tables; but the celling was high, the room light, and the floors were brightly but tastefully painted...
...time of day or night. Instruments were neatly arranged under glass, ready for immediate use. Perhaps Mr. Robart was comparing these rooms to the torture chambers of a medieval bastille when he made his statement, for it is hard to find a closer comparison for other parts of the prison...