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"
I
do
n't
think
you
had
better
go
into
all
that
now
,
Mr.
Steger
,
"
he
said
,
wearily
,
after
allowing
him
to
proceed
a
reasonable
distance
.
"
I
am
familiar
with
the
custom
of
the
city
,
and
the
indictment
as
here
made
does
not
concern
the
custom
of
the
city
.
Your
argument
is
with
the
jury
,
not
with
me
.
I
could
n't
enter
into
that
now
.
You
may
renew
your
motion
at
the
close
of
the
defendants
'
case
.
Motion
denied
.
"
District
--
Attorney
Shannon
,
who
had
been
listening
attentively
,
sat
down
.
Steger
,
seeing
there
was
no
chance
to
soften
the
judge
's
mind
by
any
subtlety
of
argument
,
returned
to
Cowperwood
,
who
smiled
at
the
result
.
"
We
'll
just
have
to
take
our
chances
with
the
jury
,
"
he
announced
.
"
I
was
sure
of
it
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
Steger
then
approached
the
jury
,
and
,
having
outlined
the
case
briefly
from
his
angle
of
observation
,
continued
by
telling
them
what
he
was
sure
the
evidence
would
show
from
his
point
of
view
.
"
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
gentlemen
,
there
is
no
essential
difference
in
the
evidence
which
the
prosecution
can
present
and
that
which
we
,
the
defense
,
can
present
.
We
are
not
going
to
dispute
that
Mr.
Cowperwood
received
a
check
from
Mr.
Stener
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
,
or
that
he
failed
to
put
the
certificate
of
city
loan
which
that
sum
of
money
represented
,
and
to
which
he
was
entitled
in
payment
as
agent
,
in
the
sinking-fund
,
as
the
prosecution
now
claims
he
should
have
done
;
but
we
are
going
to
claim
and
prove
also
beyond
the
shadow
of
a
reasonable
doubt
that
he
had
a
right
,
as
the
agent
of
the
city
,
doing
business
with
the
city
through
its
treasury
department
for
four
years
,
to
withhold
,
under
an
agreement
which
he
had
with
the
city
treasurer
,
all
payments
of
money
and
all
deposits
of
certificates
in
the
sinking-fund
until
the
first
day
of
each
succeeding
month
--
the
first
month
following
any
given
transaction
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
we
can
and
will
bring
many
traders
and
bankers
who
have
had
dealings
with
the
city
treasury
in
the
past
in
just
this
way
to
prove
this
.
The
prosecution
is
going
to
ask
you
to
believe
that
Mr.
Cowperwood
knew
at
the
time
he
received
this
check
that
he
was
going
to
fail
;
that
he
did
not
buy
the
certificates
,
as
he
claimed
,
with
the
view
of
placing
them
in
the
sinking-fund
;
and
that
,
knowing
he
was
going
to
fail
,
and
that
he
could
not
subsequently
deposit
them
,
he
deliberately
went
to
Mr.
Albert
Stires
,
Mr.
Stener
's
secretary
,
told
him
that
he
had
purchased
such
certificates
,
and
on
the
strength
of
a
falsehood
,
implied
if
not
actually
spoken
,
secured
the
check
,
and
walked
away
.
"
Now
,
gentlemen
,
I
am
not
going
to
enter
into
a
long-winded
discussion
of
these
points
at
this
time
,
since
the
testimony
is
going
to
show
very
rapidly
what
the
facts
are
.
We
have
a
number
of
witnesses
here
,
and
we
are
all
anxious
to
have
them
heard
.
What
I
am
going
to
ask
you
to
remember
is
that
there
is
not
one
scintilla
of
testimony
outside
of
that
which
may
possibly
be
given
by
Mr.
George
W.
Stener
,
which
will
show
either
that
Mr.
Cowperwood
knew
,
at
the
time
he
called
on
the
city
treasurer
,
that
he
was
going
to
fail
,
or
that
he
had
not
purchased
the
certificates
in
question
,
or
that
he
had
not
the
right
to
withhold
them
from
the
sinking-fund
as
long
as
he
pleased
up
to
the
first
of
the
month
,
the
time
he
invariably
struck
a
balance
with
the
city
.
Mr.
Stener
,
the
ex-city
treasurer
,
may
possibly
testify
one
way
.
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
on
his
own
behalf
,
will
testify
another
.
It
will
then
be
for
you
gentlemen
to
decide
between
them
,
to
decide
which
one
you
prefer
to
believe
--
Mr.
George
W.
Stener
,
the
ex-city
treasurer
,
the
former
commercial
associate
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
who
,
after
years
and
years
of
profit
,
solely
because
of
conditions
of
financial
stress
,
fire
,
and
panic
,
preferred
to
turn
on
his
one-time
associate
from
whose
labors
he
had
reaped
so
much
profit
,
or
Mr.
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
,
the
well-known
banker
and
financier
,
who
did
his
best
to
weather
the
storm
alone
,
who
fulfilled
to
the
letter
every
agreement
he
ever
had
with
the
city
,
who
has
even
until
this
hour
been
busy
trying
to
remedy
the
unfair
financial
difficulties
forced
upon
him
by
fire
and
panic
,
and
who
only
yesterday
made
an
offer
to
the
city
that
,
if
he
were
allowed
to
continue
in
uninterrupted
control
of
his
affairs
he
would
gladly
repay
as
quickly
as
possible
every
dollar
of
his
indebtedness
(
which
is
really
not
all
his
)
,
including
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
under
discussion
between
him
and
Mr.
Stener
and
the
city
,
and
so
prove
by
his
works
,
not
talk
,
that
there
was
no
basis
for
this
unfair
suspicion
of
his
motives
.
As
you
perhaps
surmise
,
the
city
has
not
chosen
to
accept
his
offer
,
and
I
shall
try
and
tell
you
why
later
,
gentlemen
.
For
the
present
we
will
proceed
with
the
testimony
,
and
for
the
defense
all
I
ask
is
that
you
give
very
close
attention
to
all
that
is
testified
to
here
to-day
.
Listen
very
carefully
to
Mr.
W.
C.
Davison
when
he
is
put
on
the
stand
.
Listen
equally
carefully
to
Mr.
Cowperwood
when
we
call
him
to
testify
.
Follow
the
other
testimony
closely
,
and
then
you
will
be
able
to
judge
for
yourselves
.
See
if
you
can
distinguish
a
just
motive
for
this
prosecution
.
I
ca
n't
.
I
am
very
much
obliged
to
you
for
listening
to
me
,
gentlemen
,
so
attentively
.
"
He
then
put
on
Arthur
Rivers
,
who
had
acted
for
Cowperwood
on
'
change
as
special
agent
during
the
panic
,
to
testify
to
the
large
quantities
of
city
loan
he
had
purchased
to
stay
the
market
;
and
then
after
him
,
Cowperwood
's
brothers
,
Edward
and
Joseph
,
who
testified
to
instructions
received
from
Rivers
as
to
buying
and
selling
city
loan
on
that
occasion
--
principally
buying
.
