Pest Control. In Taunton, Mass., 63-year-old Maryann Bettencourt routed three armed housebreakers by threatening them with an insecticide gun.
Salesman. In Seattle, Insurance Agent James Henderson finally succeeded in selling James Ladd a personal-liability policy, began to collect on it after being bitten next day by Ladd's dog.
Penmanship. In Walla Walla, Wash., a week after Francis Drake got a suspended sentence for petty larceny and a dollar in cash from benign Judge T. A. Paul, he turned up in court on a forgery charge, explained that he had used the court's dollar to buy a fountain pen for the job.
Extenuation. In...
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