John R. Longo is a shrill, splenetic young New Jersey citizen who hates arrogant Boss Frank Hague to the point of doing something about it. He once served seven months in jail when he got too enthusiastic about collecting signatures of voters (some of them nonexistent) in a primary fight against Hague. Fortnight ago he was convicted again—in Hudson County, where Mayor Hague appoints the judges—this time for altering his voting record. The evidence, as presented in court, was all against him. But New Jersey's Hague-hating Governor Charles Edison cried: "Persecution . . . outrage!" Then Governor Edison set about to...
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