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and so on through nearly a column. Ah! you see! They "are believed by the police" to be responsible, accessories before and after the fact, guilty—anything you please. That little journalistic trick, "believed by the police," blocks any successful attempt to make the "Tribune" prove its falsehood. The paper releases itself from all responsibility by putting its own words in the mouth of someone else.
Continuing, this same story says:
Business agents of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union appeared at the job two days ago and are said to have threatened the non-union men from Philadelphia.
You'll notice that they "are 'said' to have threatened" non-union men. Again:
"You fellows had better go back to Philadelphia," the business agents are reported to have said.
Please notice that this whole story is built on these tricky phrases, word deceptions, distortions of English.
