Unfortunately, there weren’t enough LiveJournalers in my immediate area to have a Meetup, and it didn’t seem worth it to travel down to New York City for a LiveJournalers Meetup.
[W]e were informed of a Frank physician who had been rewarded for his professional services by the present of a house, valued at five thousand dollars. […] The original proprietor appeared, and was received with great courtesy by the doctor, who prescribed immediately for some chronic disease of which the Armenian complained. The sum of $500 was put into his hands with great formality by the pseudo patient, and he stopped the grateful doctor's thanks immediately, by informing thim that this sum was not a fee, but an equivalent for the original purchase-money of his house, which he civilly requested him to evacuate as soon as possible.
The district attorney said, No comment, when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that the culprit might be a flight risk.