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Roseburg turned his pistol on himself. Germano sent a second bullet into Roseburg's head, then shot himself. Duver shot Germano again, put the muzzle of his pistol into his mouth, pulled the trigger. The hostage guards threw open the doors...
...fight against death, the intense will to live, in so-called lower animals, is impressive. Under the pantry sink is a small piece of board, and on it, a trigger with cheese attached, and a strong spring that brings down violently a piece of wire running crosswise of the mousetrap...
...Lingle. "leg man" (newsgatherer but not writer) for the Chicago Tribune, a newspaper man with racketeering side interests. Just after he bought a newspaper and entered the tunnel, some one in the human current moved up behind him, stuck a sawed-off revolver behind his head and pulled the trigger. As the shot barked through the crowded tunnel and people screamed. Lingle pitched forward to the pavement, newspaper still clutched under his arm, cigar in teeth, instantly dead...
...Hair-trigger nerves. A dark toothbrush mustache. Youth. The gift of gab. Ambition. A decent War record. IDEAS: how to shrug the burden of War debts off one's country's shoulder; how to recapture prosperity; how to become GREAT...
...Ardmore, Okla., Mrs. A. J. Hardy was driving home with her husband from a hunting trip. A dog in the car pawed at the trigger of a shotgun. Mrs. Hardy was shot dead...