to be the |
|subject of the investigation of that |
|corporation today before Franklin Ferris |
|of St. Louis, referee, in the Custom |
|House.--_New York Evening Post._ |

The summary may be presented in as formal a way as the _that_-clause
beginning which we used in reports of speeches:

| That the Adams' Express Company's |
|business in New England in 1909 yielded a |
|profit representing 45 per cent. on the |
|investment, including real estate and, |
|excepting real estate, a net income of |
|more than 83 per cent., came out in the |
|course of the hearing before the |
|Interstate Commerce Commission, |
|etc.--_New York Evening Post._ |

=4. Direct Quotation Beginning.=--A direct quotation of some striking
statement made by the judge, by a lawyer, by a witness, or by any one
connected with the trial may be used at the beginning of the lead. Here
is a lead beginning with a quotation from the title of a case:

| "Captain Dick and Captain Lewis, |
|Indians, for and on behalf of the Yokayo |
|tribe of Indians, vs. F. C. Albertson, T. |
|J. Weldon, as administrator of the estate |
|of Charley, Indian, deceased, Minnehaha, |
|Ollagoola, Hiawatha, Wanahana, |
|Pocahontas, etc." |
| |
| So runs the title of as unusual a case |
|as jurists, etc.--_San Francisco |
|Examiner._ |

=5. Human Interest Beginning.=--The human interest beginning is a more
or less free beginning which may be used in the reporting of rather
insignificant cases which are of value only for the human interest in
them. The beginning is capable of almost any treatment so long as it
brings out the humor, beauty, or pathos of the situation. Sometimes the
story begins with a rather striking summary of the unusual things that
came out in the testimony, as in this case:

| How suddenly and how radically a woman |
|can exercise her inalienable prerogative |
|and change her mind is shown in the |