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Declared Oswald F. Schuette, executive secretary of Radio Protective Association (composed of independents) : ". . . The end of the reign of terror ... !" Said Bertram James Grigsby, of Grigsby-Grunow Co. (Majestic Radio): "Extremely gratified. . . ." Press headlines proclaimed: ADMINISTRATION STARTS TRUST-BUSTING CAMPAIGN! But prompt was Attorney General William DeWitt Mitchell to deny that there was "occasion for any such campaign." Indeed, the Government's petition in the Radio suit stated: "The defendants . have earnestly contended that they are doing nothing more than . . . authorized...
Screams of terror were silenced by the concussion. Followed the tinkling crash of an immense chandelier. Casino attendants rushed in to count the dead, succor the wounded. By what amounted to a miracle nobody had been so much as scratched. In a half-hour the demolished table had been carted out, the chandelier swept up, and croupiers were again crying "Mesdames, Messieurs, faites vos jeux...
...Gruesome details" withheld by the Eagle from its readers, sent by the A. P. to all member-papers, included the following: "The field resembled a field of battle. . . . Groans and feeble cries came from the lips of the victims . . . shrieks of terror from men who were working over them came from the ground. Seared and blackened faces bespoke the futility of pondering over men who were already dead . . . dying men cried for the last rites of the Church...
Green with terror the culprit wailed: "I acted in good faith! I ordered all the women in my cooperative to cut off their hair and I sold it at a good price and I turned over every kopeck to the Government. That was the only way I could show a profit! Could I help it if the women were angry...
...keepers unlocked the door of Robber Spiers' cell. Still cringing he took a few steps between his guards, then with a sudden scream of terror, sprang away, vaulted over the pipe railing of the cell gallery, and plunged down three stories to crash, a sodden neck-broken corpse at the very feet of the assembled Justices of the Peace...