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ISAAC S. LONDON Editor Post-Dispatch Rockingham...
...hinterland editors seemed less excited than in Manhattan. In St. Louis. Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch, conceding that the Morgan tax deductions were "of a totally different sort" from those of Banker Mitchell, found "grave injustice" in the tax laws. To the Denver Post Morgan and Insull were of a stripe. William Allen White compared Morgan tactics to "a thimblerigging game." Of letting friends in on the ground floor of stock prices, said the Baltimore Sun, "Taking the practice as a whole, it is bad." The reticent Kansas City Star found nothing in the story to warrant deviation from...
Through a "reputable professional man," the vigilant St. Louis Post-Dispatch got hold of a letter which indicated that Tax Reviewer Throop had taken bribes to scale down assessments for certain East St. Louis manufacturers. Docile Mr. Throop, while denying the authenticity of the letter, consented at once to accompany a reporter to Springfield, where he resigned his office and confessed all to the Attorney General. Only the case of the local Elks' Club, whose tax assessment was lowered from $5,000 to $200, was made public. Investigation of others was promptly instituted...
Into the complicated life of Hunter Wright now intruded the Press. Covering the lion hunt for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was its energetic crime-news reporter, Alvin Goldstein, 1925 Pulitzer Prizewinner (for helping solve the Leopold & Loeb crime). The Post-Dispatch's up-&-coming rival, the Star-&-Times, had engaged United Press Correspondent Leland Chesley. Their rivalry became a feud when Reporter Goldstein claimed exclusive rights to take pictures and Hunter Wright supported his claim. The rival newshawks chartered separate boats...
...Then I signalled the boat. We decided to take the lions with us. . . . We headed north, away from Commerce, and put in at Thebes, Ill. From there I telephoned the story. . . . Three hours later we returned to Commerce with the lions. The Post-Dispatch and the A. P. were scooped by three editions...