Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1933

Jigsaw

Cincinnati police stopped Charles D. Evans. Indianapolis contractor, because he was driving with 1932 license plates, found in the back seat the body of his divorced wife, cut into 14 pieces. Butcher Evans whipped out a razor, cut his throat. Soon Cincinnati newsboys were crying: "All about de Jigsaw Moider!"

Boy

In Cruz Alta, Argentina, Ricardo Pignon, 5, his head filled with tales of kidnappers, heard a tax collector demand money from his grandfather, shot the collector dead.

Rescuer

Entering a Boston courtroom 15 minutes before the trial, Attorney David A. Rose volunteered...

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