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...Prince Who Was a Thief (Universal-International) is the kind of frothy, nonalcoholic, Arabian-nights cocktail that Hollywood has shaken up a thousand and one times. Brusque handclaps still bring on the harem dancing girls; Tangier bristles with flashing scimitars, wicked potentates, skulking cutpurses, rococo palaces and phrases...
Back in civilian life, the Pinkertons prospered. Every kind of criminal, from Western train robber to international jewel thief, fell before them. In 1886, they solved a New Orleans murder case in which the main clue was an obscure African poison injected from a hollow needle into the leg of a pretty girl. In the '20s, they caught a bigamist who gave as his reason for burning his second wife the indisputable fact that "it is hard for a man to support two wives...
...there was no further attempt to catch the thief by adopting President Jordan's proposal. He asked that each student write down the serial numbers on her bills and turn them in if her money was stolen. The Cambridge police dismissed this plan last Wednesday night. They stated that keeping track of the serial numbers is useless because local merchants never check the numbers on their cash receipts...
Besides cleaning B entry the thief or thieves robbed rooms in C and I entries. The cooperates entered the dark end suites and managed to make off with their loot without waking anybody. In some cases they rifled bedrooms where students were sleeping...
Invitation. In Fort Worth, a thief easily made off with $235 from the "Easy Get It Grocery...