When the headlines scream KIDNAPED, St. Louis has learned to wonder at once whether it will be the worthy Post-Dispatch or the noisy Star that ultimately takes credit for solving the case. Last January it was the Star's Reporter Harry Thompson Brundidge who brought about the capture of the kidnapers of 13-year-old Adolphus Busch Orthwein (TIME, Jan. 12). Last May it was the Post-Dispatch's ace, John T. Rogers, who returned the kidnaped Dr. Isaac Dee Kelley to his home (TIME, May 11). Last week it was Reporter...
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