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Chapter XXXIII

           "Itwasatimewhenallthelittleratsandmicewerescurryingtocoverbecauseofthepresenceofagreat,fiery-eyedpubliccatsomewhereinthedark,andonlytheolderandwiserratswereabletoact.

           Indeed,atthisverytimeandforsomedayspastnow,Messrs.Mollenhauer,Butler,andSimpsonwere,andhadbeen,consideringwithMr.Pettie,thedistrictattorney,justwhatcouldbedoneaboutCowperwood,ifanything,andinordertofurtheremphasizetheblameinthatdirection,andjustwhatdefense,ifany,couldbemadeforStener.Butler,ofcourse,wasstrongforCowperwood’sprosecution.PettiedidnotseethatanydefensecouldbemadeforStener,sincevariousrecordsofstreet-carstockspurchasedforhimwerespreaduponCowperwood’sbooks;butforCowperwood"Letmesee,"hesaid.Theywerespeculating,firstofall,astowhetheritmightnotbegoodpolicytoarrestCowperwood,andifnecessarytryhim,sincehismerearrestwouldseemtothegeneralpublic,atleast,positiveproofofhisgreaterguilt,tosaynothingofthevirtuousindignationoftheadministration,andinconsequencemighttendtodivertattentionfromtheevilnatureofthepartyuntilafterelection.

           Sofinally,ontheafternoonofOctober26,1871,EdwardStrobik,presidentofthecommoncouncilofPhiladelphia,appearedbeforethemayor,asfinallyorderedbyMollenhauer,andchargedbyaffidavitthatFrankA

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