Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-14

his boyhood. He lived in a happy
home. Later he obtained situation
with a sugar broker. lie soon began
to speculate in stocks in small way
and led fast life. getting into debt.
In partnership with Weed, he sets up
for q stockbroker, bnt does little
business. and the firm is soon dis
solved. Meeting n detective Urving)
he is introduced by him to two other
detectives STANLEY and White all
three being rascals. They offer the
writer $4,000 to 90 to Europe and
negotiate stolen bonds. He accepts
and sails for England. II-Tells
where the stolen bonds came from.
continent, hears the story Of the
Van Tromps; meets with an adven-
ture. lv-The writer sells the bonds
in Frankfort and returns to New
York with the plumber. Another job
Is offered to him, which came up as
follows: Edwin James OF London
committed forgery TO raise money.
The forgery was discovered, and
James fled to New York, where he
practiced his profession-the law.
Being employed to draw a will, he
arranged with one Brea to secure the
Inheritance TO themselves. Needing
ready money, they took in the three
detectives above mentioned. All
acting together, succeed in raising a
largo sum on the estate. They at
tempt TO gain still more, but the
fraud is detected and is n failure.
V-Thc fate Of James and Brea is
given. The writer and q friend
(Mac) perpetrate new swindles in Ger
many. then go to England, where
they operate further upon the Bank
OF England, but accomplish nothing.
VI-The writer and "pals" go to Rio,
South America. There they capture
$4,000. but are suspected and barely
get away without arrest. They re-
turn to Europe. vII-The writer
goes to London, victimizes the Bank
OF England; then goes to Paris, vic
timizes the Rothschilds; returns to
England. VIII - Immense sums
gained from the Bank Of England.
The writer leaves England. The
forgeries are discovered, and Noyes
Is arrested. The others sail for
America, where Mac is arrested and
extradited. IX-Thc writer is mar
ricd and goes to Spain, where he is
robbed in train. X-Efforts to
reach Madrid; sails for West Indies;
enjoys his fortune with his honey
moon. MIS- arrested in Havana.
CHAPTER XII.
such as I hope no reader of this will
ever undergo. Day by day I saw the
world slipping from under my feet and
the net drawing its deadly folds closer
Mound me. Soon we all were forced to
realize there was no escape for any Of us.
or course wc were all guilty and de-
served punishment--I need not say we
did not think so then-but the evidence
was most weak, and had our trial taken
place in America under the too liberal
construction Il our laws undoubtedly
we all would have escaped. But in Eng
land there IL no court of criminal appeal,
rs with us. and when onco the Jury
gives verdict that ends the matter.
The result is that if judges are preju.
diced or want man convicted he never
escapes. The jury is always selected
from tho shopkeeping class. and they
are horribly subservient to the aristo-
cratic classes. They don't care fer evil
dence. They simply watch the judge.
IL he smiles, tho prisoner is innocent /;
IL he frowns, then, of course. guilty
With US when u man is charged with
an offenso against the laws he engages
u lawyer. One is sufficient and quite
costly enough. In England they are di-
vided into three classes-viz, solicitors,
barristers and queens counsel
The solicitor takes the case and trans
acts all tho business connected with it.
A barrister is the lawyer who is en-
ployed by the solicitor to conduct the
case in court and make the pleadings.
He never comes in contact with the
client, but takes the brief and all in
structions from tho solicitor. The
queens counsel is lawyer Of higher
rank, aud whenever his serene lordship
takes brief he must, to keep up his
dignity, be supported" by barrister
so my reader will perhaps understand
the raison d'stre of the proverb, 1.-The
lawyers own England" As no solicitor
can plead IN court, so no queens coun-
sci will como in direct contact with n
client and must DO Supported by q
barrister. Ergo any unfortunate having
case in court must fee two il not three
legal sharks TO represent him, il repre-
sented at all.
We employed as solicitor Mr.. David
Howell of 10j Cheapside. and n thor.
oughgoing. unprincipled rascal he proved
to be. He was a small, spare. understood
man, with little beady eyes. light com.
plexion, red hair and stubby beard, and
when he spoke il was with thin, reedy
voice. From first to last lie managed
our case in exactly the way the prusecu-
ton would have desired. He b.od ms
freely, and altogether we paid him near.
ly$i0,00o. and our defense by our eigh,
lawyers-four queens counsel and four
barristers-was about the lamest and
most idiotic possible.
We early came to the unanimous con.
r1usion that in Cur couufrv Howell