Mind Control

May, 1978

Mind ControlLater, the newspapers would describe the man as an eccentric, and so he probably was. But until he was arrested for panhandling in a Chicago bus terminal in early 1975, Robert Friedman had lived quietly for most of his life, supporting himself with jobs as a clerk-stenographer. What got him into trouble with the Chicago cops was the attaché case full of cash--nearly $25,000--that he was carrying when he was busted. The money was his own, savings that the frugal Friedman, a devout Jew...