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"
I
was
talking
to
Haguenin
of
the
Press
in
the
afternoon
,
"
observed
Norrie
.
"
He
says
that
Cowperwood
failed
in
Philadelphia
before
he
came
here
,
and
that
there
were
a
lot
of
lawsuits
.
Did
you
ever
hear
that
?
"
"
No
.
But
she
says
she
knows
the
Drakes
and
the
Walkers
there
.
I
've
been
intending
to
ask
Nellie
about
that
.
I
have
often
wondered
why
he
should
leave
Philadelphia
if
he
was
getting
along
so
well
.
People
do
n't
usually
do
that
.
"
Simms
was
envious
already
of
the
financial
showing
Cowperwood
was
making
in
Chicago
.
Besides
,
Cowperwood
's
manner
bespoke
supreme
intelligence
and
courage
,
and
that
is
always
resented
by
all
save
the
suppliants
or
the
triumphant
masters
of
other
walks
in
life
.
Simms
was
really
interested
at
last
to
know
something
more
about
Cowperwood
,
something
definite
.
Before
this
social
situation
had
time
to
adjust
itself
one
way
or
the
other
,
however
,
a
matter
arose
which
in
its
way
was
far
more
vital
,
though
Aileen
might
not
have
thought
so
.
The
feeling
between
the
new
and
old
gas
companies
was
becoming
strained
;
the
stockholders
of
the
older
organization
were
getting
uneasy
.
They
were
eager
to
find
out
who
was
back
of
these
new
gas
companies
which
were
threatening
to
poach
on
their
exclusive
preserves
.
Finally
one
of
the
lawyers
who
had
been
employed
by
the
North
Chicago
Gas
Illuminating
Company
to
fight
the
machinations
of
De
Soto
Sippens
and
old
General
Van
Sickle
,
finding
that
the
Lake
View
Council
had
finally
granted
the
franchise
to
the
new
company
and
that
the
Appellate
Court
was
about
to
sustain
it
,
hit
upon
the
idea
of
charging
conspiracy
and
wholesale
bribery
of
councilmen
.
Considerable
evidence
had
accumulated
that
Duniway
,
Jacob
Gerecht
,
and
others
on
the
North
Side
had
been
influenced
by
cash
,
and
to
bring
legal
action
would
delay
final
approval
of
the
franchises
and
give
the
old
company
time
to
think
what
else
to
do
.
This
North
Side
company
lawyer
,
a
man
by
the
name
of
Parsons
,
had
been
following
up
the
movements
of
Sippens
and
old
General
Van
Sickle
,
and
had
finally
concluded
that
they
were
mere
dummies
and
pawns
,
and
that
the
real
instigator
in
all
this
excitement
was
Cowperwood
,
or
,
if
not
he
,
then
men
whom
he
represented
.
Parsons
visited
Cowperwood
's
office
one
day
in
order
to
see
him
;
getting
no
satisfaction
,
he
proceeded
to
look
up
his
record
and
connections
.
These
various
investigations
and
counter-schemings
came
to
a
head
in
a
court
proceeding
filed
in
the
United
States
Circuit
Court
late
in
November
,
charging
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
,
Henry
De
Soto
Sippens
,
Judson
P.
Van
Sickle
,
and
others
with
conspiracy
;
this
again
was
followed
almost
immediately
by
suits
begun
by
the
West
and
South
Side
companies
charging
the
same
thing
.
In
each
case
Cowperwood
's
name
was
mentioned
as
the
secret
power
behind
the
new
companies
,
conspiring
to
force
the
old
companies
to
buy
him
out
.
His
Philadelphia
history
was
published
,
but
only
in
part
--
a
highly
modified
account
he
had
furnished
the
newspapers
some
time
before
.
Though
conspiracy
and
bribery
are
ugly
words
,
still
lawyers
'
charges
prove
nothing
.
But
a
penitentiary
record
,
for
whatever
reason
served
,
coupled
with
previous
failure
,
divorce
,
and
scandal
(
though
the
newspapers
made
only
the
most
guarded
reference
to
all
this
)
,
served
to
whet
public
interest
and
to
fix
Cowperwood
and
his
wife
in
the
public
eye
.
Cowperwood
himself
was
solicited
for
an
interview
,
but
his
answer
was
that
he
was
merely
a
financial
agent
for
the
three
new
companies
,
not
an
investor
;
and
that
the
charges
,
in
so
far
as
he
was
concerned
,
were
untrue
,
mere
legal
fol-de-rol
trumped
up
to
make
the
situation
as
annoying
as
possible
.
He
threatened
to
sue
for
libel
.
Nevertheless
,
although
these
suits
eventually
did
come
to
nothing
(
for
he
had
fixed
it
so
that
he
could
not
be
traced
save
as
a
financial
agent
in
each
case
)
,
yet
the
charges
had
been
made
,
and
he
was
now
revealed
as
a
shrewd
,
manipulative
factor
,
with
a
record
that
was
certainly
spectacular
.
"
I
see
,
"
said
Anson
Merrill
to
his
wife
,
one
morning
at
breakfast
,
"
that
this
man
Cowperwood
is
beginning
to
get
his
name
in
the
papers
.
"
He
had
the
Times
on
the
table
before
him
,
and
was
looking
at
a
headline
which
,
after
the
old-fashioned
pyramids
then
in
vogue
,
read
:
"
Conspiracy
charged
against
various
Chicago
citizens
.
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
,
Judson
P.
Van
Sickle
,
Henry
De
Soto
Sippens
,
and
others
named
in
Circuit
Court
complaint
.
"
It
went
on
to
specify
other
facts
.
"
I
supposed
he
was
just
a
broker
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
much
about
them
,
"
replied
his
wife
,
"
except
what
Bella
Simms
tells
me
.
What
does
it
say
?
"
He
handed
her
the
paper
.
