“Frenna did a big business all day long. The murder was the one subject of conversation. Little parties were made up in his saloon – parties of twos and threes – to go over and have a look at the outside of the junk shop. Heise was the most important man the length and breadth of Polk Street; almost invariably he accompanied these parties, telling again and again of the part he had played in the affair.”

“Frenna did a big business all day long. The murder was the one subject of conversation. Little parties were made up in his saloon – parties of twos and threes – to go over and have a look at the outside of the junk shop. Heise was the most important man the length and breadth of Polk Street; almost invariably he accompanied these parties, telling again and again of the part he had played in the affair.”

— Frank Norris