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He
paused
and
gazed
at
the
jury
,
adjusting
his
sleeves
as
he
did
so
,
and
looking
as
though
he
knew
for
certain
that
he
was
on
the
trail
of
a
slippery
,
elusive
criminal
who
was
in
a
fair
way
to
foist
himself
upon
an
honorable
and
decent
community
and
an
honorable
and
innocent
jury
as
an
honest
man
.
Then
he
continued
:
"
Now
,
gentlemen
,
what
are
the
facts
?
You
can
see
for
yourselves
exactly
how
this
whole
situation
has
come
about
.
You
are
sensible
men
.
I
do
n't
need
to
tell
you
.
Here
are
two
men
,
one
elected
treasurer
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
,
sworn
to
guard
the
interests
of
the
city
and
to
manipulate
its
finances
to
the
best
advantage
,
and
the
other
called
in
at
a
time
of
uncertain
financial
cogitation
to
assist
in
unraveling
a
possibly
difficult
financial
problem
;
and
then
you
have
a
case
of
a
quiet
,
private
financial
understanding
being
reached
,
and
of
subsequent
illegal
dealings
in
which
one
man
who
is
shrewder
,
wiser
,
more
versed
in
the
subtle
ways
of
Third
Street
leads
the
other
along
over
seemingly
charming
paths
of
fortunate
investment
into
an
accidental
but
none
the
less
criminal
mire
of
failure
and
exposure
and
public
calumny
and
what
not
.
And
then
they
get
to
the
place
where
the
more
vulnerable
individual
of
the
two
--
the
man
in
the
most
dangerous
position
,
the
city
treasurer
of
Philadelphia
,
no
less
--
can
no
longer
reasonably
or
,
let
us
say
,
courageously
,
follow
the
other
fellow
;
and
then
you
have
such
a
spectacle
as
was
described
here
this
afternoon
in
the
witness-chair
by
Mr.
Stener
--
that
is
,
you
have
a
vicious
,
greedy
,
unmerciful
financial
wolf
standing
over
a
cowering
,
unsophisticated
commercial
lamb
,
and
saying
to
him
,
his
white
,
shiny
teeth
glittering
all
the
while
,
'
If
you
do
n't
advance
me
the
money
I
ask
for
--
the
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
I
now
demand
--
you
will
be
a
convict
,
your
children
will
be
thrown
in
the
street
,
you
and
your
wife
and
your
family
will
be
in
poverty
again
,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
turn
a
hand
for
you
.
'
That
is
what
Mr.
Stener
says
Mr.
Cowperwood
said
to
him
.
I
,
for
my
part
,
have
n't
a
doubt
in
the
world
that
he
did
.
Mr.
Steger
,
in
his
very
guarded
references
to
his
client
,
describes
him
as
a
nice
,
kind
,
gentlemanly
agent
,
a
broker
merely
on
whom
was
practically
forced
the
use
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
at
two
and
a
half
per
cent
.
when
money
was
bringing
from
ten
to
fifteen
per
cent
.
in
Third
Street
on
call
loans
,
and
even
more
.
But
I
for
one
do
n't
choose
to
believe
it
.
The
thing
that
strikes
me
as
strange
in
all
of
this
is
that
if
he
was
so
nice
and
kind
and
gentle
and
remote
--
a
mere
hired
and
therefore
subservient
agent
--
how
is
it
that
he
could
have
gone
to
Mr.
Stener
's
office
two
or
three
days
before
the
matter
of
this
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
came
up
and
say
to
him
,
as
Mr.
Stener
testifies
under
oath
that
he
did
say
to
him
,
'
If
you
do
n't
give
me
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
'
worth
more
of
the
city
's
money
at
once
,
to-day
,
I
will
fail
,
and
you
will
be
a
convict
.
You
will
go
to
the
penitentiary
.
'
?
That
's
what
he
said
to
him
.
'
I
will
fail
and
you
will
be
a
convict
.
They
ca
n't
touch
me
,
but
they
will
arrest
you
.
I
am
an
agent
merely
.
'
Does
that
sound
like
a
nice
,
mild
,
innocent
,
well-mannered
agent
,
a
hired
broker
,
or
does
n't
it
sound
like
a
hard
,
defiant
,
contemptuous
master
--
a
man
in
control
and
ready
to
rule
and
win
by
fair
means
or
foul
?
"
Gentlemen
,
I
hold
no
brief
for
George
W.
Stener
.
In
my
judgment
he
is
as
guilty
as
his
smug
co-partner
in
crime
--
if
not
more
so
--
this
oily
financier
who
came
smiling
and
in
sheep
's
clothing
,
pointing
out
subtle
ways
by
which
the
city
's
money
could
be
made
profitable
for
both
;
but
when
I
hear
Mr.
Cowperwood
described
as
I
have
just
heard
him
described
,
as
a
nice
,
mild
,
innocent
agent
,
my
gorge
rises
.
Why
,
gentlemen
,
if
you
want
to
get
a
right
point
of
view
on
this
whole
proposition
you
will
have
to
go
back
about
ten
or
twelve
years
and
see
Mr.
George
W.
Stener
as
he
was
then
,
a
rather
poverty-stricken
beginner
in
politics
,
and
before
this
very
subtle
and
capable
broker
and
agent
came
along
and
pointed
out
ways
and
means
by
which
the
city
's
money
could
be
made
profitable
;
George
W.
Stener
was
n't
very
much
of
a
personage
then
,
and
neither
was
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
when
he
found
Stener
newly
elected
to
the
office
of
city
treasurer
.
Ca
n't
you
see
him
arriving
at
that
time
nice
and
fresh
and
young
and
well
dressed
,
as
shrewd
as
a
fox
,
and
saying
:
'
Come
to
me
.
Let
me
handle
city
loan
.
Loan
me
the
city
's
money
at
two
per
cent
.
or
less
.
'
Ca
n't
you
hear
him
suggesting
this
?
Ca
n't
you
see
him
?
"
George
W.
Stener
was
a
poor
man
,
comparatively
a
very
poor
man
,
when
he
first
became
city
treasurer
.
All
he
had
was
a
small
real-estate
and
insurance
business
which
brought
him
in
,
say
,
twenty-five
hundred
dollars
a
year
.
He
had
a
wife
and
four
children
to
support
,
and
he
had
never
had
the
slightest
taste
of
what
for
him
might
be
called
luxury
or
comfort
.
Then
comes
Mr.
Cowperwood
--
at
his
request
,
to
be
sure
,
but
on
an
errand
which
held
no
theory
of
evil
gains
in
Mr.
Stener
's
mind
at
the
time
--
and
proposes
his
grand
scheme
of
manipulating
all
the
city
loan
to
their
mutual
advantage
.
Do
you
yourselves
think
,
gentlemen
,
from
what
you
have
seen
of
George
W.
Stener
here
on
the
witness-stand
,
that
it
was
he
who
proposed
this
plan
of
ill-gotten
wealth
to
that
gentleman
over
there
?
"
He
pointed
to
Cowperwood
.
"
Does
he
look
to
you
like
a
man
who
would
be
able
to
tell
that
gentleman
anything
about
finance
or
this
wonderful
manipulation
that
followed
?
I
ask
you
,
does
he
look
clever
enough
to
suggest
all
the
subtleties
by
which
these
two
subsequently
made
so
much
money
?
Why
,
the
statement
of
this
man
Cowperwood
made
to
his
creditors
at
the
time
of
his
failure
here
a
few
weeks
ago
showed
that
he
considered
himself
to
be
worth
over
one
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
,
and
he
is
only
a
little
over
thirty-four
years
old
to-day
.
