nt a chance to
die down. For the public is proverbially unable to fix its attention
for long on one object, continually demanding the distraction that our
newspapers make it their business to supply. Fortunately, a murder was
committed in one of our suburbs, creating a mystery that filled the
"extras" for some weeks, and this was opportunely followed by the
embezzlement of a considerable sum by the cashier of one of our state
banks. Public interest was divided between baseball and the tracking of
this criminal to New Zealand.

Our resentment was directed, not so much against Commissioner Greenhalge
as against Krebs. It is curious how keen is the instinct of men like
Grierson, Dickinson, Tallant and Scherer for the really dangerous
opponent. Who the deuce was this man Krebs? Well, I could supply them
with some information: they doubtless recalled the Galligan, case; and
Miller Gorse, who forgot nothing, also remembered his opposition in the
legislature to House Bill 709. He had continued to be the obscure legal
champion of "oppressed" labour, but how he had managed to keep body and
soul together I knew not. I had encountered him occasionally in court
corridors or on the street; he did not seem to change much; nor did he
appear in our brief and perfunctory conversations to bear any resentment
against me for the part I had taken in the Galligan affair. I avoided
him when it was possible.... I had to admit that he had done a
remarkably good piece of work in collecting Greenhalge's evidence, and
how the erring city officials were to be rescued became a matter of
serious concern. Gregory, the district attorney, was in an abject funk;
in any case a mediocre lawyer, after the indictment he was no help at
all. I had to do all the work, and after we had selected the particular
"Railroad" judge before whom the case was to be tried, I talked it
over with him. His name was Notting, he understood perfectly what was
required of him, and that he was for the moment the chief bulwark on
which depended the logical interests of capital and sane government for
their defence; also, his re-election was at stake. It was indicated
to newspapers (such as the Mail and State) showing a desire to keep
up public interest in the affair that their advertising matter might
decrease; Mr. Sherrill's great department store, for instance, did not
approve of this sort of agitation. Certain stationers, booksellers
and other business men had got "cold feet,"