Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor, wrote of Frank A. Munsey, publisher of The New York Herald:
" As the gentle reader seeks pure water, the eagle pure air, the miser pure gold, so Frank A. Munsey seeks purity in the news; and yet— on the front page of his admirable newspaper your eye meets these soul-searing statements:
TWO DIE IN BATTLE IN $15,000 HOLDUP AT DOOR OF STORE.
DYING DUELIST DROPS FOE; BYSTANDERS SAFE; BOOTLEG ROW.
TWO MEN DEAD, WOMAN SHOT IN JEALOUS ROW.
YOUTH ARRESTED, ADMITS SEEING KILLING OF EMMA DICKSON."
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