Casanova and Butler in the Dock                       29

"We'd like to use them if Mr Sumner tries to get a grand jury
indictment," they said. "Well," said the judge, "you can't have them
back. Why do you suppose I asked for Broun's opinion.^"
"Because," ventured the lawyers, "he's a sound critic, brilliant
journalist and man of common sense." The judge smiled. "Not at
all. My son is an autograph collector, and he wanted Broun's
autograph."

Judge Gottlieb's son's collection notwithstanding, Broun's
Casanova letter is present and accounted for in the papers from the
curious case of Sumner v. Simon & Schuster.