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Chapter XXXIV

           Hemightpleadnotguilty,andbysubmittingasevidencethatwhathedidwasduetocustomsavehimselffromtheodiousnecessityofpleadingguilty;buthewouldbeconvictednevertheless.Nojurycouldgetbythefactinregardtohim.Inspiteofpublicopinion,whenitcametoatrialtheremightbeconsiderabledoubtinCowperwood’scase.TherewasnoneinStener’s.

           Thepracticalmannerinwhichthesituationwasfurthered,afterCowperwoodandStenerwereformallychargedmaybequicklynoted.Steger,Cowperwood’slawyer,learnedprivatelybeforehandthatCowperwoodwastobeprosecuted.Hearrangedatoncetohavehisclientappearbeforeanywarrantcouldbeserved,andtoforestallthenewspaperpalaverwhichwouldfollowitifhehadtobesearchedfor.

           ThemayorissuedawarrantforCowperwood’sarrest,and,inaccordancewithSteger’splan,CowperwoodimmediatelyappearedbeforeBorchardtincompanywithhislawyerandgavebailintwentythousanddollars(W.C.Davison,presidentoftheGirardNationalBank,beinghissurety),forhisappearanceatthecentralpolicestationonthefollowingSaturdayforahearing.MarcusOldslaw,alawyer,hadbeenemployedbyStrobikaspresidentofthecommoncouncil,torepresenthiminprosecutingthecaseforthecity.ThemayorlookedatCowperwoodcuriously,forhe,beingcomparativelynewtothepoliticalworldofPhiladelphia,wasnotsofamiliarwithhimasotherswere;andCowperwoodreturnedthelookpleasantlyenough.

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