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"
What
nonsense
!
Why
did
n't
he
know
?
The
books
were
there
,
open
to
him
.
Mr.
Stires
told
him
the
first
thing
the
next
morning
.
Mr.
Cowperwood
thought
nothing
of
it
,
for
he
was
entitled
to
it
,
and
could
collect
it
in
any
court
of
law
having
jurisdiction
in
such
cases
,
failure
or
no
failure
.
It
is
silly
for
Mr.
Stener
to
say
he
would
have
stopped
payment
.
Such
a
claim
was
probably
an
after-thought
of
the
next
morning
after
he
had
talked
with
his
friends
,
the
politicians
,
and
was
all
a
part
,
a
trick
,
a
trap
,
to
provide
the
Republican
party
with
a
scapegoat
at
this
time
.
Nothing
more
and
nothing
less
;
and
you
may
be
sure
no
one
knew
it
better
than
the
people
who
were
most
anxious
to
see
Mr.
Cowperwood
convicted
.
"
Steger
paused
and
looked
significantly
at
Shannon
.
"
Gentlemen
of
the
jury
[
he
finally
concluded
,
quietly
and
earnestly
]
,
you
are
going
to
find
,
when
you
think
it
over
in
the
jury-room
this
evening
,
that
this
charge
of
larceny
and
larceny
as
bailee
,
and
embezzlement
of
a
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
,
which
are
contained
in
this
indictment
,
and
which
represent
nothing
more
than
the
eager
effort
of
the
district
attorney
to
word
this
one
act
in
such
a
way
that
it
will
look
like
a
crime
,
represents
nothing
more
than
the
excited
imagination
of
a
lot
of
political
refugees
who
are
anxious
to
protect
their
own
skirts
at
the
expense
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
and
who
care
for
nothing
--
honor
,
fair
play
,
or
anything
else
,
so
long
as
they
are
let
off
scot-free
.
They
do
n't
want
the
Republicans
of
Pennsylvania
to
think
too
ill
of
the
Republican
party
management
and
control
in
this
city
.
They
want
to
protect
George
W.
Stener
as
much
as
possible
and
to
make
a
political
scapegoat
of
my
client
.
It
ca
n't
be
done
,
and
it
wo
n't
be
done
.
As
honorable
,
intelligent
men
you
wo
n't
permit
it
to
be
done
.
And
I
think
with
that
thought
I
can
safely
leave
you
.
"
Steger
suddenly
turned
from
the
jury-box
and
walked
to
his
seat
beside
Cowperwood
,
while
Shannon
arose
,
calm
,
forceful
,
vigorous
,
much
younger
.
As
between
man
and
man
,
Shannon
was
not
particularly
opposed
to
the
case
Steger
had
made
out
for
Cowperwood
,
nor
was
he
opposed
to
Cowperwood
's
having
made
money
as
he
did
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
Shannon
actually
thought
that
if
he
had
been
in
Cowperwood
's
position
he
would
have
done
exactly
the
same
thing
.
However
,
he
was
the
newly
elected
district
attorney
.
He
had
a
record
to
make
;
and
,
besides
,
the
political
powers
who
were
above
him
were
satisfied
that
Cowperwood
ought
to
be
convicted
for
the
looks
of
the
thing
.
Therefore
he
laid
his
hands
firmly
on
the
rail
at
first
,
looked
the
jurors
steadily
in
the
eyes
for
a
time
,
and
,
having
framed
a
few
thoughts
in
his
mind
began
:
"
Now
,
gentlemen
of
the
jury
,
it
seems
to
me
that
if
we
all
pay
strict
attention
to
what
has
transpired
here
to-day
,
we
will
have
no
difficulty
in
reaching
a
conclusion
;
and
it
will
be
a
very
satisfactory
one
,
if
we
all
try
to
interpret
the
facts
correctly
.
This
defendant
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
comes
into
this
court
to-day
charged
,
as
I
have
stated
to
you
before
,
with
larceny
,
with
larceny
as
bailee
,
with
embezzlement
,
and
with
embezzlement
of
a
specific
check
--
namely
,
one
dated
October
9
,
1871
,
drawn
to
the
order
of
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
&
Company
for
the
sum
of
sixty
thousand
dollars
by
the
secretary
of
the
city
treasurer
for
the
city
treasurer
,
and
by
him
signed
,
as
he
had
a
perfect
right
to
sign
it
,
and
delivered
to
the
said
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
,
who
claims
that
he
was
not
only
properly
solvent
at
the
time
,
but
had
previously
purchased
certificates
of
city
loan
to
the
value
of
sixty
thousand
dollars
,
and
had
at
that
time
or
would
shortly
thereafter
,
as
was
his
custom
,
deposit
them
to
the
credit
of
the
city
in
the
city
sinking-fund
,
and
thus
close
what
would
ordinarily
be
an
ordinary
transaction
--
namely
,
that
of
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
&
Company
as
bankers
and
brokers
for
the
city
buying
city
loan
for
the
city
,
depositing
it
in
the
sinking-fund
,
and
being
promptly
and
properly
reimbursed
.
Now
,
gentlemen
,
what
are
the
actual
facts
in
this
case
?
Was
the
said
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
&
Company
--
there
is
no
company
,
as
you
well
know
,
as
you
have
heard
testified
here
to-day
,
only
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
--
was
the
said
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
a
fit
person
to
receive
the
check
at
this
time
in
the
manner
he
received
it
--
that
is
,
was
he
authorized
agent
of
the
city
at
the
time
,
or
was
he
not
?
Was
he
solvent
?
Did
he
actually
himself
think
he
was
going
to
fail
,
and
was
this
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
a
last
thin
straw
which
he
was
grabbing
at
to
save
his
financial
life
regardless
of
what
it
involved
legally
,
morally
,
or
otherwise
;
or
had
he
actually
purchased
certificates
of
city
loan
to
the
amount
he
said
he
had
in
the
way
he
said
he
had
,
at
the
time
he
said
he
had
,
and
was
he
merely
collecting
his
honest
due
?
Did
he
intend
to
deposit
these
certificates
of
loans
in
the
city
sinking-fund
,
as
he
said
he
would
--
as
it
was
understood
naturally
and
normally
that
he
would
--
or
did
he
not
?
Were
his
relations
with
the
city
treasurer
as
broker
and
agent
the
same
as
they
had
always
been
on
the
day
that
he
secured
this
particular
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
,
or
were
they
not
?
Had
they
been
terminated
by
a
conversation
fifteen
minutes
before
or
two
days
before
or
two
weeks
before
--
it
makes
no
difference
when
,
so
long
as
they
had
been
properly
terminated
--
or
had
they
not
?
A
business
man
has
a
right
to
abrogate
an
agreement
at
any
time
where
there
is
no
specific
form
of
contract
and
no
fixed
period
of
operation
entered
into
--
as
you
all
must
know
.
You
must
not
forget
that
in
considering
the
evidence
in
this
case
.
Did
George
W.
Stener
,
knowing
or
suspecting
that
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
was
in
a
tight
place
financially
,
unable
to
fulfill
any
longer
properly
and
honestly
the
duties
supposedly
devolving
on
him
by
this
agreement
,
terminate
it
then
and
there
on
October
9
,
1871
,
before
this
check
for
sixty
thousand
dollars
was
given
,
or
did
he
not
?
Did
Mr.
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
then
and
there
,
knowing
that
he
was
no
longer
an
agent
of
the
city
treasurer
and
the
city
,
and
knowing
also
that
he
was
insolvent
(
having
,
as
Mr.
Stener
contends
,
admitted
to
him
that
he
was
so
)
,
and
having
no
intention
of
placing
the
certificates
which
he
subsequently
declared
he
had
purchased
in
the
sinking-fund
,
go
out
into
Mr.
Stener
's
general
office
,
meet
his
secretary
,
tell
him
he
had
purchased
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
city
loan
,
ask
for
the
check
,
get
it
,
put
it
in
his
pocket
,
walk
off
,
and
never
make
any
return
of
any
kind
in
any
manner
,
shape
,
or
form
to
the
city
,
and
then
,
subsequently
,
twenty-four
hours
later
,
fail
,
owing
this
and
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
to
the
city
treasury
,
or
did
he
not
?
What
are
the
facts
in
this
case
?
What
have
the
witnesses
testified
to
?
What
has
George
W.
Stener
testified
to
,
Albert
Stires
,
President
Davison
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
himself
?
What
are
the
interesting
,
subtle
facts
in
this
case
,
anyhow
?
Gentlemen
,
you
have
a
very
curious
problem
to
decide
.
"
