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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR voice describes police and press handling confessions from Abe Ruef and allies. Creaky dialogue hints at interrogation tactics and nerves tested as authorities break down the San Francisco boss’s defense amid a broader criminal network.
The interviewed detective William J. Burns discusses methods to elicit confessions, rejects third degree torture, and cites cases like Ruef and Heiderman to illustrate his technique of patient, strategic questioning, daily contact, and staged pressure. He notes training aides and rivals who adopted his tactics, and reflects on incentives and risks in high-profile investigations.
A vivid portrait of Grand Central and Pennsylvania Station crowds. Travelers bustle from dawn to night amid guides, information booths, mothers with children, and a chorus of questions about trains and timetables. A humorous, humane slice of station life.
A fragment discusses the fictional origins of Little Jack Horner from a Bodleian Library chap book. It recounts Jack as a Glastonbury abbey steward who served a royal pie hiding manor deeds and, upon lifting the crust, kept the Wells manor deeds for himself while claiming the King had given them.
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