Word: prisons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Nearly two months ago, Charles R. Forbes, onetime Director of the Veterans' Bureau, entered Leavenworth Prison for conspiracy to defraud the Government in the Veterans' hospital scandal (TIME, March 29), which like the oil scandal spread its shadow over the Harding Administration. His fellow conspirator, John W. Thompson, likewise convicted, did not enter the prison because his lawyers represented that his health was poor. The Court ordered the lawyers to make a final argument in Chicago this week. Last week, however, Mr. Thompson, 64 and worried, died of a heart attack...
...Peers' Gallery of the House of Commons early in the week and heard George Buchanan (Laborite M. P.) remark pointedly: "I'm a Republican and I'd like to see the British throne abolished tomorrow!" Later two men were quietly arrested, convicted and sent to prison for having in their possession subversive literature which contained the statement: "The smiling Prince, it is understood, will be called out on strike by the Amalgamated Society of Foundation Stone Layers...
...Abbott said: "I have nothing but praise for the keepers and officials of the Regina Coeli Prison. True, after the first half day's solitary confinement I was placed with common criminals. Among my companions was one man awaiting trial for stealing quantities of cheese. Another was accused of murdering a man who had attempted to attack his daughter. But this is part of the country's system...
Methodist Episcopal. The bishops convene in semi-annual conference only as an administrative body and to hear reports. This time they heard that Bishop Anton Bast of Denmark could not join them because pardon or reprieve from his prison was refused (TIME, March 29) ; that reports of Mexi can religious persecution were false; that England lags in restricting liquor sales in India. The conference was calm...
...fair Marguerite, restored him to youth. There were the same choral festivities with students, soldiers, peasants and burghers, the same stout Valentine, who dies in the attempt to avenge his sister's honor. Marguerite spun her stint, disported herself with jewels and flowers, repulsed Faust, then yielded. The prison scene was the same?a repentant maiden condemned for infanticide, the tortured offender dragged relentlessly away by Mephistopheles, and Marguerite carried away high into the sky by white, white angels...