Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of ''Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)'' and ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)'', reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the ''New York Times'' of November 16, 1959.