Rand on Hickman: "The first thing that impresses me about the case is the ferocious rage of a whole society against one man. No matter what the man did, there is always something loathsome in the 'virtuous' indignation and mass-hatred of the 'majority.'... It is repulsive to see all these beings with worse sins and crimes in their own lives, virtuously condemning a criminal..."
Worse sins than Hickman?
Rand thought Hickman was a "Superman".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickman