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Indeed
,
at
this
very
time
and
for
some
days
past
now
,
Messrs.
Mollenhauer
,
Butler
,
and
Simpson
were
,
and
had
been
,
considering
with
Mr.
Pettie
,
the
district
attorney
,
just
what
could
be
done
about
Cowperwood
,
if
anything
,
and
in
order
to
further
emphasize
the
blame
in
that
direction
,
and
just
what
defense
,
if
any
,
could
be
made
for
Stener
.
Butler
,
of
course
,
was
strong
for
Cowperwood
's
prosecution
.
Pettie
did
not
see
that
any
defense
could
be
made
for
Stener
,
since
various
records
of
street-car
stocks
purchased
for
him
were
spread
upon
Cowperwood
's
books
;
but
for
Cowperwood
--
"
Let
me
see
,
"
he
said
.
They
were
speculating
,
first
of
all
,
as
to
whether
it
might
not
be
good
policy
to
arrest
Cowperwood
,
and
if
necessary
try
him
,
since
his
mere
arrest
would
seem
to
the
general
public
,
at
least
,
positive
proof
of
his
greater
guilt
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
virtuous
indignation
of
the
administration
,
and
in
consequence
might
tend
to
divert
attention
from
the
evil
nature
of
the
party
until
after
election
.
So
finally
,
on
the
afternoon
of
October
26
,
1871
,
Edward
Strobik
,
president
of
the
common
council
of
Philadelphia
,
appeared
before
the
mayor
,
as
finally
ordered
by
Mollenhauer
,
and
charged
by
affidavit
that
Frank
A
Cowperwood
,
as
broker
,
employed
by
the
treasurer
to
sell
the
bonds
of
the
city
,
had
committed
embezzlement
and
larceny
as
bailee
.
It
did
not
matter
that
he
charged
George
W.
Stener
with
embezzlement
at
the
same
time
.
Cowperwood
was
the
scapegoat
they
were
after
.
The
contrasting
pictures
presented
by
Cowperwood
and
Stener
at
this
time
are
well
worth
a
moment
's
consideration
.
Stener
's
face
was
grayish-white
,
his
lips
blue
.
Cowperwood
,
despite
various
solemn
thoughts
concerning
a
possible
period
of
incarceration
which
this
hue
and
cry
now
suggested
,
and
what
that
meant
to
his
parents
,
his
wife
and
children
,
his
business
associates
,
and
his
friends
,
was
as
calm
and
collected
as
one
might
assume
his
great
mental
resources
would
permit
him
to
be
.
During
all
this
whirl
of
disaster
he
had
never
once
lost
his
head
or
his
courage
.
That
thing
conscience
,
which
obsesses
and
rides
some
people
to
destruction
,
did
not
trouble
him
at
all
.
He
had
no
consciousness
of
what
is
currently
known
as
sin
.
There
were
just
two
faces
to
the
shield
of
life
from
the
point
of
view
of
his
peculiar
mind-strength
and
weakness
.
Right
and
wrong
?
He
did
not
know
about
those
.
They
were
bound
up
in
metaphysical
abstrusities
about
which
he
did
not
care
to
bother
.
Good
and
evil
?
Those
were
toys
of
clerics
,
by
which
they
made
money
.
And
as
for
social
favor
or
social
ostracism
which
,
on
occasion
,
so
quickly
followed
upon
the
heels
of
disaster
of
any
kind
,
well
,
what
was
social
ostracism
?
Had
either
he
or
his
parents
been
of
the
best
society
as
yet
?
And
since
not
,
and
despite
this
present
mix-up
,
might
not
the
future
hold
social
restoration
and
position
for
him
?
It
might
.
Morality
and
immorality
?
He
never
considered
them
.
But
strength
and
weakness
--
oh
,
yes
!
If
you
had
strength
you
could
protect
yourself
always
and
be
something
.
If
you
were
weak
--
pass
quickly
to
the
rear
and
get
out
of
the
range
of
the
guns
.
He
was
strong
,
and
he
knew
it
,
and
somehow
he
always
believed
in
his
star
.
Something
--
he
could
not
say
what
--
it
was
the
only
metaphysics
he
bothered
about
--
was
doing
something
for
him
.
It
had
always
helped
him
.
It
made
things
come
out
right
at
times
.
It
put
excellent
opportunities
in
his
way
.
Why
had
he
been
given
so
fine
a
mind
?
Why
always
favored
financially
,
personally
?
He
had
not
deserved
it
--
earned
it
.
Accident
,
perhaps
,
but
somehow
the
thought
that
he
would
always
be
protected
--
these
intuitions
,
the
"
hunches
"
to
act
which
he
frequently
had
--
could
not
be
so
easily
explained
.
Life
was
a
dark
,
insoluble
mystery
,
but
whatever
it
was
,
strength
and
weakness
were
its
two
constituents
.
Strength
would
win
--
weakness
lose
.
He
must
rely
on
swiftness
of
thought
,
accuracy
,
his
judgment
,
and
on
nothing
else
.
He
was
really
a
brilliant
picture
of
courage
and
energy
--
moving
about
briskly
in
a
jaunty
,
dapper
way
,
his
mustaches
curled
,
his
clothes
pressed
,
his
nails
manicured
,
his
face
clean-shaven
and
tinted
with
health
.
In
the
meantime
,
Cowperwood
had
gone
personally
to
Skelton
C.
Wheat
and
tried
to
explain
his
side
of
the
situation
,
alleging
that
he
had
done
no
differently
from
many
others
before
him
,
but
Wheat
was
dubious
.
He
did
not
see
how
it
was
that
the
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
certificates
were
not
in
the
sinking-fund
.
Cowperwood
's
explanation
of
custom
did
not
avail
.
Nevertheless
,
Mr.
Wheat
saw
that
others
in
politics
had
been
profiting
quite
as
much
as
Cowperwood
in
other
ways
and
he
advised
Cowperwood
to
turn
state
's
evidence
.
This
,
however
,
he
promptly
refused
to
do
--
he
was
no
"
squealer
,
"
and
indicated
as
much
to
Mr.
Wheat
,
who
only
smiled
wryly
.
Butler
,
Sr.
,
was
delighted
(
concerned
though
he
was
about
party
success
at
the
polls
)
,
for
now
he
had
this
villain
in
the
toils
and
he
would
have
a
fine
time
getting
out
of
this
.
The
incoming
district
attorney
to
succeed
David
Pettie
if
the
Republican
party
won
would
be
,
as
was
now
planned
,
an
appointee
of
Butler
's
--
a
young
Irishman
who
had
done
considerable
legal
work
for
him
--
one
Dennis
Shannon
.
The
other
two
party
leaders
had
already
promised
Butler
that
.
Shannon
was
a
smart
,
athletic
,
good-looking
fellow
,
all
of
five
feet
ten
inches
in
height
,
sandy-haired
,
pink-cheeked
,
blue-eyed
,
considerable
of
an
orator
and
a
fine
legal
fighter
.
He
was
very
proud
to
be
in
the
old
man
's
favor
--
to
be
promised
a
place
on
the
ticket
by
him
--
and
would
,
he
said
,
if
elected
,
do
his
bidding
to
the
best
of
his
knowledge
and
ability
.
There
was
only
one
fly
in
the
ointment
,
so
far
as
some
of
the
politicians
were
concerned
,
and
that
was
that
if
Cowperwood
were
convicted
,
Stener
must
needs
be
also
.
There
was
no
escape
in
so
far
as
any
one
could
see
for
the
city
treasurer
.
If
Cowperwood
was
guilty
of
securing
by
trickery
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
the
city
money
,
Stener
was
guilty
of
securing
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
The
prison
term
for
this
was
five
years
.
He
might
plead
not
guilty
,
and
by
submitting
as
evidence
that
what
he
did
was
due
to
custom
save
himself
from
the
odious
necessity
of
pleading
guilty
;
but
he
would
be
convicted
nevertheless
.
No
jury
could
get
by
the
fact
in
regard
to
him
.
In
spite
of
public
opinion
,
when
it
came
to
a
trial
there
might
be
considerable
doubt
in
Cowperwood
's
case
.
There
was
none
in
Stener
's
.
