Monday, Mar. 21, 1955
Red Hot Mama. In Memphis, Gertrude Dorman, 36, was fined $51 for smoking in her hotel bed and setting the bed on fire despite her explanation that "It was on fire when I got in bed."
Hideaway. In Salisbury, Md., Sheriff Jesse M. Pollitt revealed his embarrassed discovery that since Feb. 8, four of the prisoners lodged in the county jail had been breaking out almost nightly, robbing local business establishments and breaking back in again before morning.
This Old House. In Mexico City, 91-year-old Melania Maria Yosset accused 91-year-old Miguel Marine of setting fire to her boudoir in a jealous rage as a climax to the "torrid love affair" they had been carrying on.
Ivory Tower. In St. Joseph, Mo., after operating a barber college for 17 years and graduating some 500 barbers, Frank Berry, 74: was fined $10 for barbering without a license.
Champagne Taste. In Port Arthur, Ont., Farm Hand Apolinaris Lazdinas, 32, was jailed after he announced in a local restaurant that he could not pay a $4.25 check for the 42 raw eggs, four hot dogs and three hamburgers he had downed for a midnight snack.
Timber! In Paris, retired Policeman Ernest Carrere, 52, suing for divorce, charged that his wife had exposed him to serious injury by sawing part way through his wooden leg.
Two Can Play. In Cape Girardeau, Mo., arrested for running through a stop sign, Dr. Paul G. Wolff followed the police car to headquarters, paid a $7.50 fine, then swore out a complaint charging Sergeant Clifton Bess with speeding.
Old Sweet Song. In Leeds, England, convicted of being married four times and divorced only once, James William Love, 45, explained to the judge: "Life with my legal wife was a living hell."
Deficit Financing. In Valparaiso, Ind., sentenced to ten years for robbing a bank of $4,326, Edwin L. Fogle, 21, explained that he needed the money to make restitution for money he had stolen in a Milwaukee holdup.
Diet. In London, Judge Henry Grazebrook gave a divorce to Robert E. Want, 54, after Want explained that his wife had packed his lunchbox with mud sandwiches, filled his tea thermos with broken glass, dumped a pail of garbage on him.
Protective Custody. In Portland, Ore., the case of Margine Joyce Ham, accused of selling liquor after legal hours, was continued when the court learned that the arresting officer had drunk up the evidence.
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