The Press: Fame

In the Chicago Tribune appeared a minor item. Nathan F. Leopold Sr., Chicago, was married to Mrs. Daisy K. Hahn, Los Angeles.

One Chicagoan, ignorant, hurried up to another, brandishing his paper. He pointed at the item with an angry finger.

"Cheated!" he snarled.

"How," asked the other.

"Dirty cheats, editors. ME, constant reader. ME, the public. I want to be thrilled, tickled with tragedy. They rob me; steal the stuff my emotions eat for breakfast. Do you know who that is—Nathan S. Leopold Sr.?"

"Father of Boy Fiend, Nathan S. Leopold Jr."

"Sure....

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