Pinero shook his head sadly. “I am very sorry for you, my dear Luke. You
will die before tomorrow.”
“SCIENCE MEET ENDS IN RIOT”
“SAVANTS SAPS SAYS SEER”
“DEATH PUNCHES TIMECLOCK”
“SCRIBE DIES PER DOC’S DOPE”
“HOAX’ CLAIMS SCIENCE HEAD”
“… within twenty minutes of Pinero’s strange prediction, Timons was struck
by a falling sign while walking down Broadway toward the offices of the Daily Herald
where he was employed.
“Doctor Pinero declined to comment but confirmed the story that he had
predicted Timons’ death by means of his so-called chronovitameter. Chief of Police
Roy…”
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infallible scientific methods.
No Hocus-Pocus. No “Spirit” Messages.
$10,000 Bond posted in forfeit to back
our predictions. Circular on request.
SANDS of TIME, Inc.
Majestic Bldg., Suite 700
(adv.)
– Legal Notice
To whom it may concern, greetings; I, John Cabot Winthrop III, of the firm
Winthrop, Winthrop, Ditmars & Winthrop, Attorneys-at-Law, do affirm that Hugo Pinero
of this city did hand to me ten thousand dollars in lawful money of the United
States, and instruct me to place it in escrow with a chartered bank of my selection
with escrow instructions as follows:.
The entire bond shall be forfeit, and shall forthwith be paid to the first
client of Hugo Pinero and/or Sands of Time, Inc. who shall exceed his life tenure as
predicted by Hugo Pinero by one per centurn, or to the estate of the first client
who shall fail of such predicted tenure in a like amount, whichever occurs first in
point of time.
I do further affirm that I have this day placed this bond in escrow with the
above related instructions with the Equitable-First National Bank of this city.
Subscribed–and sworn,
John Cabot Winthrop Ill
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2nd day of April, 1951.
Albert M. Swanson
Notary Public in and for this county and state
My commission expires June 17, 1951.
“Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Radio Audience, let’s go to Press! Flash! Hugo
Pinero, The Miracle Man from Nowhere, has made his thousandth death prediction
without a claimant for the reward he posted for anyone who catches him failing to
call the turn. With thirteen of his clients already dead it is mathematically
certain that – he has a private line to the main office of the Old Man with the
Scythe. That is one piece of news I don’t want to know before it happens. Your
Coast-to-Coast Correspondent will not be a client of Prophet Pinero. . .”
The judge’s watery baritone cut through the stale air of the courtroom.
“Please, Mr. Weeds, let us return to our muttons. This court granted your prayer for
a temporary restraining order, and now you ask that it be made permanent. In
rebuttal, Mr. Pinero claims that you have presented no cause and asks that the
injunction be lifted, and that I order your client to cease from attempts to
interfere with what Pinero describes as a simple – lawful business. As you are not
addressing a jury, please omit the rhetoric and tell me in plain language why I
should not grant his prayer.”
Mr. Weeds jerked his chin nervously, making his flabby Grey dewlap drag
across his high stiff collar, and resumed:
“May it please the honorable court, I represent the public-”
“Just a moment. I thought you were appearing for Amalgamated Life
Insurance.”
“I am, Your Honor, in a formal sense. In a wider sense I represent several
other major assurance, fiduciary, and financial institutions; their stockholders,
and policy holders, who constitute a majority of the citizenry. In addition we feel
that we protect the interests of the entire population; unorganized, inarticulate,
and otherwise unprotected.”
“I thought that I represented the public,” observed the judge dryly. “I am
afraid I must regard you as appearing for your client-of-record. But continue; what
is your thesis?”
The elderly barrister attempted to swallow his Adam’s apple, then began
again. “Your Honor, we contend that there are two separate reasons why this
injunction should be made permanent, and, further, that each reason is sufficient