Show origin of common phrase me e owe ove the word catchpenny to a publisher of the name of Catch pin after i celebrated lebr abed murder trill trial in 1824 when the he assassin had been axe xe cu cutch bcd for the murder of weare this man lilt won urn the bright edca of bissu ing i bonni ballad entitled abie e are abie gln people jumped to the conclusion thit that the hie title nas eare alive again nna as it r sold old like wild fire to the extent ot of and a halt half million copies hence benc a Catch pin or catchpenny affair inie cinie c to si signify a hoax of that kind incidentally it may ma y be bc remarked remark cd thit that the ingenious Catch pin succeeded in ill catchin two an end d a halt million |