HIT MR WILKIE
DRUNK'S APOLOGY USED FROZEN EGGS A Chicago man who said he had been drinking beer and did not know what lie was doing admitted in the Police Court that he struck Wendell L. Willkie on the head with one of two frozen eggs he threw at the candidate. "I apologise from the bottom of my heart/' Charles Mulrain told the judge. When Mulrain said he had been drinking, Captain T. J. Duffy, the arresting officer, said he doubted even a former third baseball player could throw so accurate if intoxicatenl . The presidential candidate arid his wife were struck by missiles at the La Salle Street Station on their return to their special train after Mr Willine's speech at the Chicago Stadium. One object, variously reported to have been an apple or a frozen egg, hit the candidate near the left temple. At least one egg soiled Mrs Willkie's dress.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 250, 16 December 1940, Page 7
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152HIT MR WILKIE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 250, 16 December 1940, Page 7
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