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The
practical
manner
in
which
the
situation
was
furthered
,
after
Cowperwood
and
Stener
were
formally
charged
may
be
quickly
noted
.
Steger
,
Cowperwood
's
lawyer
,
learned
privately
beforehand
that
Cowperwood
was
to
be
prosecuted
.
He
arranged
at
once
to
have
his
client
appear
before
any
warrant
could
be
served
,
and
to
forestall
the
newspaper
palaver
which
would
follow
it
if
he
had
to
be
searched
for
.
The
mayor
issued
a
warrant
for
Cowperwood
's
arrest
,
and
,
in
accordance
with
Steger
's
plan
,
Cowperwood
immediately
appeared
before
Borchardt
in
company
with
his
lawyer
and
gave
bail
in
twenty
thousand
dollars
(
W.
C.
Davison
,
president
of
the
Girard
National
Bank
,
being
his
surety
)
,
for
his
appearance
at
the
central
police
station
on
the
following
Saturday
for
a
hearing
.
Marcus
Oldslaw
,
a
lawyer
,
had
been
employed
by
Strobik
as
president
of
the
common
council
,
to
represent
him
in
prosecuting
the
case
for
the
city
.
The
mayor
looked
at
Cowperwood
curiously
,
for
he
,
being
comparatively
new
to
the
political
world
of
Philadelphia
,
was
not
so
familiar
with
him
as
others
were
;
and
Cowperwood
returned
the
look
pleasantly
enough
.
"
This
is
a
great
dumb
show
,
Mr.
Mayor
,
"
he
observed
once
to
Borchardt
,
quietly
,
and
the
latter
replied
,
with
a
smile
and
a
kindly
eye
,
that
as
far
as
he
was
concerned
,
it
was
a
form
of
procedure
which
was
absolutely
unavoidable
at
this
time
.
"
You
know
how
it
is
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
observed
.
The
latter
smiled
.
"
I
do
,
indeed
,
"
he
said
.
Later
there
followed
several
more
or
less
perfunctory
appearances
in
a
local
police
court
,
known
as
the
Central
Court
,
where
when
arraigned
he
pleaded
not
guilty
,
and
finally
his
appearance
before
the
November
grand
jury
,
where
,
owing
to
the
complicated
nature
of
the
charge
drawn
up
against
him
by
Pettie
,
he
thought
it
wise
to
appear
.
He
was
properly
indicted
by
the
latter
body
(
Shannon
,
the
newly
elected
district
attorney
,
making
a
demonstration
in
force
)
,
and
his
trial
ordered
for
December
5th
before
a
certain
Judge
Payderson
in
Part
I
of
Quarter
Sessions
,
which
was
the
local
branch
of
the
State
courts
dealing
with
crimes
of
this
character
.
His
indictment
did
not
occur
,
however
,
before
the
coming
and
going
of
the
much-mooted
fall
election
,
which
resulted
,
thanks
to
the
clever
political
manipulations
of
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
(
ballot-box
stuffing
and
personal
violence
at
the
polls
not
barred
)
,
in
another
victory
,
by
,
however
,
a
greatly
reduced
majority
.
The
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
,
in
spite
of
a
resounding
defeat
at
the
polls
,
which
could
not
have
happened
except
by
fraud
,
continued
to
fire
courageously
away
at
those
whom
it
considered
to
be
the
chief
malefactors
.
Aileen
Butler
,
during
all
this
time
,
was
following
the
trend
of
Cowperwood
's
outward
vicissitudes
as
heralded
by
the
newspapers
and
the
local
gossip
with
as
much
interest
and
bias
and
enthusiasm
for
him
as
her
powerful
physical
and
affectional
nature
would
permit
.
She
was
no
great
reasoner
where
affection
entered
in
,
but
shrewd
enough
without
it
;
and
,
although
she
saw
him
often
and
he
told
her
much
--
as
much
as
his
natural
caution
would
permit
--
she
yet
gathered
from
the
newspapers
and
private
conversation
,
at
her
own
family
's
table
and
elsewhere
,
that
,
as
bad
as
they
said
he
was
,
he
was
not
as
bad
as
he
might
be
.
One
item
only
,
clipped
from
the
Philadelphia
Public
Ledger
soon
after
Cowperwood
had
been
publicly
accused
of
embezzlement
,
comforted
and
consoled
her
.
She
cut
it
out
and
carried
it
in
her
bosom
;
for
,
somehow
,
it
seemed
to
show
that
her
adored
Frank
was
far
more
sinned
against
than
sinning
.
It
was
a
part
of
one
of
those
very
numerous
pronunciamientos
or
reports
issued
by
the
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
,
and
it
ran
:
"
The
aspects
of
the
case
are
graver
than
have
yet
been
allowed
to
reach
the
public
.
Five
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
the
deficiency
arises
not
from
city
bonds
sold
and
not
accounted
for
,
but
from
loans
made
by
the
treasurer
to
his
broker
.
The
committee
is
also
informed
,
on
what
it
believes
to
be
good
authority
,
that
the
loans
sold
by
the
broker
were
accounted
for
in
the
monthly
settlements
at
the
lowest
prices
current
during
the
month
,
and
that
the
difference
between
this
rate
and
that
actually
realized
was
divided
between
the
treasurer
and
the
broker
,
thus
making
it
to
the
interest
of
both
parties
to
'
bear
'
the
market
at
some
time
during
the
month
,
so
as
to
obtain
a
low
quotation
for
settlement
.
Nevertheless
,
the
committee
can
only
regard
the
prosecution
instituted
against
the
broker
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
as
an
effort
to
divert
public
attention
from
more
guilty
parties
while
those
concerned
may
be
able
to
'
fix
'
matters
to
suit
themselves
.
"
"
There
,
"
thought
Aileen
,
when
she
read
it
,
"
there
you
have
it
.
"
These
politicians
--
her
father
among
them
as
she
gathered
after
his
conversation
with
her
--
were
trying
to
put
the
blame
of
their
own
evil
deeds
on
her
Frank
.
He
was
not
nearly
as
bad
as
he
was
painted
.
The
report
said
so
.
She
gloated
over
the
words
"
an
effort
to
divert
public
attention
from
more
guilty
parties
.
"
That
was
just
what
her
Frank
had
been
telling
her
in
those
happy
,
private
hours
when
they
had
been
together
recently
in
one
place
and
another
,
particularly
the
new
rendezvous
in
South
Sixth
Street
which
he
had
established
,
since
the
old
one
had
to
be
abandoned
.
He
had
stroked
her
rich
hair
,
caressed
her
body
,
and
told
her
it
was
all
a
prearranged
political
scheme
to
cast
the
blame
as
much
as
possible
on
him
and
make
it
as
light
as
possible
for
Stener
and
the
party
generally
.
He
would
come
out
of
it
all
right
,
he
said
,
but
he
cautioned
her
not
to
talk
.
He
did
not
deny
his
long
and
profitable
relations
with
Stener
.
He
told
her
exactly
how
it
was
.
She
understood
,
or
thought
she
did
.
Anyhow
,
her
Frank
was
telling
her
,
and
that
was
enough
.
