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There
was
considerable
bickering
just
at
this
point
between
Steger
and
Shannon
,
for
the
former
was
very
anxious
to
make
it
appear
that
Stener
was
lying
out
of
the
whole
cloth
about
this
.
Steger
got
in
his
objection
at
this
point
,
and
created
a
considerable
diversion
from
the
main
theme
,
because
Stener
kept
saying
he
"
thought
"
or
he
"
believed
.
"
"
Object
!
"
shouted
Steger
,
repeatedly
.
"
I
move
that
that
be
stricken
from
the
record
as
incompetent
,
irrelevant
,
and
immaterial
.
The
witness
is
not
allowed
to
say
what
he
thinks
,
and
the
prosecution
knows
it
very
well
.
"
"
Your
honor
,
"
insisted
Shannon
,
"
I
am
doing
the
best
I
can
to
have
the
witness
tell
a
plain
,
straightforward
story
,
and
I
think
that
it
is
obvious
that
he
is
doing
so
.
"
"
Object
!
"
reiterated
Steger
,
vociferously
.
"
Your
honor
,
I
insist
that
the
district
attorney
has
no
right
to
prejudice
the
minds
of
the
jury
by
flattering
estimates
of
the
sincerity
of
the
witness
.
What
he
thinks
of
the
witness
and
his
sincerity
is
of
no
importance
in
this
case
.
I
must
ask
that
your
honor
caution
him
plainly
in
this
matter
.
"
"
Objection
sustained
,
"
declared
Judge
Payderson
,
"
the
prosecution
will
please
be
more
explicit
"
;
and
Shannon
went
on
with
his
case
.
Stener
's
testimony
,
in
one
respect
,
was
most
important
,
for
it
made
plain
what
Cowperwood
did
not
want
brought
out
--
namely
,
that
he
and
Stener
had
had
a
dispute
before
this
;
that
Stener
had
distinctly
told
Cowperwood
that
he
would
not
loan
him
any
more
money
;
that
Cowperwood
had
told
Stener
,
on
the
day
before
he
secured
this
check
,
and
again
on
that
very
day
,
that
he
was
in
a
very
desperate
situation
financially
,
and
that
if
he
were
not
assisted
to
the
extent
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
he
would
fail
,
and
that
then
both
he
and
Stener
would
be
ruined
.
On
the
morning
of
this
day
,
according
to
Stener
,
he
had
sent
Cowperwood
a
letter
ordering
him
to
cease
purchasing
city
loan
certificates
for
the
sinking-fund
.
It
was
after
their
conversation
on
the
same
afternoon
that
Cowperwood
surreptitiously
secured
the
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
from
Albert
Stires
without
his
(
Stener
's
)
knowledge
;
and
it
was
subsequent
to
this
latter
again
that
Stener
,
sending
Albert
to
demand
the
return
of
the
check
,
was
refused
,
though
the
next
day
at
five
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
Cowperwood
made
an
assignment
.
And
the
certificates
for
which
the
check
had
been
purloined
were
not
in
the
sinking-fund
as
they
should
have
been
.
This
was
dark
testimony
for
Cowperwood
.
If
any
one
imagines
that
all
this
was
done
without
many
vehement
objections
and
exceptions
made
and
taken
by
Steger
,
and
subsequently
when
he
was
cross-examining
Stener
,
by
Shannon
,
he
errs
greatly
.
At
times
the
chamber
was
coruscating
with
these
two
gentlemen
's
bitter
wrangles
,
and
his
honor
was
compelled
to
hammer
his
desk
with
his
gavel
,
and
to
threaten
both
with
contempt
of
court
,
in
order
to
bring
them
to
a
sense
of
order
.
Indeed
while
Payderson
was
highly
incensed
,
the
jury
was
amused
and
interested
.
"
You
gentlemen
will
have
to
stop
this
,
or
I
tell
you
now
that
you
will
both
be
heavily
fined
.
This
is
a
court
of
law
,
not
a
bar-room
.
Mr.
Steger
,
I
expect
you
to
apologize
to
me
and
your
colleague
at
once
.
Mr.
Shannon
,
I
must
ask
that
you
use
less
aggressive
methods
.
Your
manner
is
offensive
to
me
.
It
is
not
becoming
to
a
court
of
law
.
I
will
not
caution
either
of
you
again
.
"
Both
lawyers
apologized
as
lawyers
do
on
such
occasions
,
but
it
really
made
but
little
difference
.
Their
individual
attitudes
and
moods
continued
about
as
before
.
"
What
did
he
say
to
you
,
"
asked
Shannon
of
Stener
,
after
one
of
these
troublesome
interruptions
,
"
on
that
occasion
,
October
9th
last
,
when
he
came
to
you
and
demanded
the
loan
of
an
additional
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
?
Give
his
words
as
near
as
you
can
remember
--
exactly
,
if
possible
.
"
