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Albert
Stires
that
he
had
recently
bought
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
city
loan
for
the
city
sinking-fund
,
for
which
he
had
not
been
paid
;
asked
that
the
amount
be
credited
on
the
city
's
books
to
him
,
and
that
he
be
given
a
check
,
which
was
his
due
,
and
walked
out
.
Anything
very
remarkable
about
that
,
gentlemen
?
Anything
very
strange
?
Has
it
been
testified
here
to-day
that
Mr.
Cowperwood
was
not
the
agent
of
the
city
for
the
transaction
of
just
such
business
as
he
said
on
that
occasion
that
he
had
transacted
?
Did
any
one
say
here
on
the
witness-stand
that
he
had
not
bought
city
loan
as
he
said
he
had
?
"
Why
is
it
then
that
Mr.
Stener
charges
Mr.
Cowperwood
with
larcenously
securing
and
feloniously
disposing
of
a
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
certificates
which
he
had
a
right
to
buy
,
and
which
it
has
not
been
contested
here
that
he
did
buy
?
The
reason
lies
just
here
--
listen
--
just
here
.
At
the
time
my
client
asked
for
the
check
and
took
it
away
with
him
and
deposited
it
in
his
own
bank
to
his
own
account
,
he
failed
,
so
the
prosecution
insists
,
to
put
the
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
certificates
for
which
he
had
received
the
check
,
in
the
sinking-fund
;
and
having
failed
to
do
that
,
and
being
compelled
by
the
pressure
of
financial
events
the
same
day
to
suspend
payment
generally
,
he
thereby
,
according
to
the
prosecution
and
the
anxious
leaders
of
the
Republican
party
in
the
city
,
became
an
embezzler
,
a
thief
,
a
this
or
that
--
anything
you
please
so
long
as
you
find
a
substitute
for
George
W.
Stener
and
the
indifferent
leaders
of
the
Republican
party
in
the
eyes
of
the
people
.
"
And
here
Mr.
Steger
proceeded
boldly
and
defiantly
to
outline
the
entire
political
situation
as
it
had
manifested
itself
in
connection
with
the
Chicago
fire
,
the
subsequent
panic
and
its
political
consequences
,
and
to
picture
Cowperwood
as
the
unjustly
maligned
agent
,
who
before
the
fire
was
valuable
and
honorable
enough
to
suit
any
of
the
political
leaders
of
Philadelphia
,
but
afterward
,
and
when
political
defeat
threatened
,
was
picked
upon
as
the
most
available
scapegoat
anywhere
within
reach
.
And
it
took
him
a
half
hour
to
do
that
.
And
afterward
but
only
after
he
had
pointed
to
Stener
as
the
true
henchman
and
stalking
horse
,
who
had
,
in
turn
,
been
used
by
political
forces
above
him
to
accomplish
certain
financial
results
,
which
they
were
not
willing
to
have
ascribed
to
themselves
,
he
continued
with
:
"
But
now
,
in
the
light
of
all
this
,
only
see
how
ridiculous
all
this
is
!
How
silly
!
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
had
always
been
the
agent
of
the
city
in
these
matters
for
years
and
years
.
He
worked
under
certain
rules
which
he
and
Mr.
Stener
had
agreed
upon
in
the
first
place
,
and
which
obviously
came
from
others
,
who
were
above
Mr.
Stener
,
since
they
were
hold-over
customs
and
rules
from
administrations
,
which
had
been
long
before
Mr.
Stener
ever
appeared
on
the
scene
as
city
treasurer
.
One
of
them
was
that
he
could
carry
all
transactions
over
until
the
first
of
the
month
following
before
he
struck
a
balance
.
That
is
,
he
need
not
pay
any
money
over
for
anything
to
the
city
treasurer
,
need
not
send
him
any
checks
or
deposit
any
money
or
certificates
in
the
sinking-fund
until
the
first
of
the
month
because
--
now
listen
to
this
carefully
,
gentlemen
;
it
is
important
--
because
his
transactions
in
connection
with
city
loan
and
everything
else
that
he
dealt
in
for
the
city
treasurer
were
so
numerous
,
so
swift
,
so
uncalculated
beforehand
,
that
he
had
to
have
a
loose
,
easy
system
of
this
kind
in
order
to
do
his
work
properly
--
to
do
business
at
all
.
Otherwise
he
could
not
very
well
have
worked
to
the
best
advantage
for
Mr.
Stener
,
or
for
any
one
else
.
It
would
have
meant
too
much
bookkeeping
for
him
--
too
much
for
the
city
treasurer
.
Mr.
Stener
has
testified
to
that
in
the
early
part
of
his
story
.
Albert
Stires
has
indicated
that
that
was
his
understanding
of
it
.
Well
,
then
what
?
Why
,
just
this
.
Would
any
jury
suppose
,
would
any
sane
business
man
believe
that
if
such
were
the
case
Mr.
Cowperwood
would
be
running
personally
with
all
these
items
of
deposit
,
to
the
different
banks
or
the
sinking-fund
or
the
city
treasurer
's
office
,
or
would
be
saying
to
his
head
bookkeeper
,
'
Here
,
Stapley
,
here
is
a
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
.
See
that
the
certificates
of
loan
which
this
represents
are
put
in
the
sinking-fund
to-day
'
?
And
why
not
?
What
a
ridiculous
supposition
any
other
supposition
is
!
As
a
matter
of
course
and
as
had
always
been
the
case
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
had
a
system
.
When
the
time
came
,
this
check
and
these
certificates
would
be
automatically
taken
care
of
.
He
handed
his
bookkeeper
the
check
and
forgot
all
about
it
.
Would
you
imagine
a
banker
with
a
vast
business
of
this
kind
doing
anything
else
?
"
Mr.
Steger
paused
for
breath
and
inquiry
,
and
then
,
having
satisfied
himself
that
his
point
had
been
sufficiently
made
,
he
continued
:
"
Of
course
the
answer
is
that
he
knew
he
was
going
to
fail
.
Well
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
's
reply
is
that
he
did
n't
know
anything
of
the
sort
.
He
has
personally
testified
here
that
it
was
only
at
the
last
moment
before
it
actually
happened
that
he
either
thought
or
knew
of
such
an
occurrence
.
Why
,
then
,
this
alleged
refusal
to
let
him
have
the
check
to
which
he
was
legally
entitled
?
I
think
I
know
.
I
think
I
can
give
a
reason
if
you
will
hear
me
out
.
"
