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When Peter J. Curtis was sentenced to grey-walled Clinton Prison at Dannemora, N. Y. for robbery, he was a sign-painter. Instead of planning a jailbreak, Convict Curtis found his escape on canvas, painting in the barred funnel of light in his cell. Last year the warden gave him a studio to teach other convicts his idea of escape (TIME...
...Budapest, Andrew Klopatsko proposed to a wealthy peasant girl, was rejected, shot at her, then at himself, killed neither, went to jail. Released three years later he discovered she was married, set her house afire, went back to prison. Released two years later, he discovered she was a widow, proposed, married...
...work at reforestation, sent it to the President. ¶ Passed (299-to-29) a bill making it a crime to publish secret State documents deemed prejudicial to the safety or interest of the U. S.; sent it to the Senate. The measure, carrying a penalty of ten years in prison and $10,000 fine, was mysteriously rushed through at the request of the Administration, presumably to prevent publication by a onetime Government cryptographer of secret Wartime information. ¶ Passed (153-to-59) a Senate bill removing limitations on physicians' prescriptions for whiskey; sent it to the President...
...Chamlee who supplied Defendant Patterson with the horseshoe, at his request. The other defendants-Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Olin Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Robertson, Ozie Powell-thought rabbits' feet would "make them sleep easier." The two minors, Roy Wright (Andy's brother) and Eugene Williams, held in prison for two years as material witnesses, got rabbits' feet...
...victory outmodes many a sorry practice of the past decade. John Doctor need no longer risk prison by selling his prescription blanks to druggists. The amateur cellarer need no longer cut a pint of genuine, drugstore rye with alcohol, water and sherry to get a gallon of drink with a palatable rye flavor. The druggist may cast off his furtiveness, again function as a respectable businessman...