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...American each morning. Typical of Hearst smartness and enterprise was the casting of characters for the trial. Presiding judge was no obscure radio performer, but U. S. Senator Robert Ferdinand Wagner, good friend of Publisher Hearst and a onetime supreme court justice in New York State. Prosecutor was Ferdinand Pecora, onetime chief assistant district attorney in Manhattan, a name well known to readers of Manhattan crime news. Chief counsel for defense was George Gordon Battle, noted Manhattan lawyer, attorney for the New York Stock Exchange. Other parts were taken by professionals, notably including Rosamond (The Miracle) Pinchot Gaston, socialite niece...