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Chapter XIV

           Infact,duringseveralpreviousadministrations,Mollenhauerhadmaintainedasubsurfaceconnectionwiththetreasury,butneversocloseaoneascouldeasilybetraced.Hewastooconspicuousamanpoliticallyandfinanciallyforthat.Buthewasnotaboveaplan,inwhichSimpsonifnotButlershared,ofusingpoliticalandcommercialstool-pigeonstobleedthecitytreasuryasmuchaspossiblewithoutcreatingascandal.Infact,forsomeyearsprevioustothis,variousagentshadalreadybeenemployed—EdwardStrobik,presidentofcouncil,AsaConklin,thethenincumbentofthemayor’schair,ThomasWycroft,alderman,JacobHarmon,alderman,andothers—toorganizedummycompaniesundervariousnames,whosebusinessitwastodealinthosethingswhichthecityneeded—lumber,stone,steel,iron,cement—alonglist—andofcourse,alwaysatafatprofittothoseultimatelybehindthedummycompanies,soorganized.Itsavedthecitythetroubleoflookingfarandwideforhonestandreasonabledealers.

           SincetheactionofatleastthreeofthesedummieswillhavesomethingtodowiththedevelopmentofCowperwood’sstory,theymaybebrieflydescribed.EdwardStrobik,thechiefofthem,andtheonemostusefultoMollenhauer,inaminorway,wasaverysprypersonofaboutthirty-fiveatthistime—leanandsomewhatforceful,withblackhair,blackeyes,andaninordinatelylargeblackmustache.

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