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Some spectators divide their time between the Myerson and Steinberg courtrooms, hurrying from the ornate federal chambers to the scuffed and grimy criminal courtrooms two blocks away. "The Myerson trial is political comedy," says Robert Comeau, 71, a retired maintenance man. "This is a serious drama." Much of the fascination is with Steinberg, who seems to strike many observers in the public galleries as the personification of evil. He watches the proceedings intently, taking notes and exchanging points with his lawyers. Asks Creighton Pickering, 20, a photography student: "What ever possessed him?" Others come with thoughts of Lisa in mind...
...federal courthouses are clustered. Three legal proceedings under way there have drawn SRO crowds. One stars the 1945 Miss America, Bess Myerson, though she has been upstaged by the gabby daughter of a local judge, testifying for the prosecution. The second, unfolding as a sordid tragedy, centers on Joel Steinberg, a disbarred attorney accused of beating to death six-year-old Lisa, a child he had raised but never formally adopted. And, in a brief personal appearance, former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos swept into court swathed in silk...
...marvelous-looking!" exclaims Sam Margolis, 71, a retired school principal.) Others come because the courthouse scene has become a part of the New York itinerary. "We've already seen the Statue of Liberty, the Broadway plays and Radio City Music Hall," explains Audrey Fitzgerald, 58, a spectator at the Steinberg trial. "We love the judge," adds her friend Carole Sanders, 48. "He keeps it moving...
...covered windows, the children were kept in rooms strewn with sleeping bags but no beds. There was only one working toilet, no refrigerator, and the only food was some tomatoes and a head of lettuce. The youngsters were malnourished, and most had bruises, welts and wounds. "It was Lisa Steinberg times 50," said Bart Wilson, a manager of the Oregon children's services division, alluding to the six-year-old New York City girl beaten to death last year...
...have different interpretations of Russian history but we can work through those," said Steinberg...