have
called to our aid, and even descended upon our office with a search-
warrant in his effort to secure evidence against us. Luckily,
however, Gottlieb and I had made a practice of keeping no papers
and had carefully burned everything relating to the Dillingham case
before I had left the city.

The press preserved a singular and ominous silence in regard to
us, which lasted until one morning when a couple of officers appeared
with bench-warrants for our arrest. We had already made arrangements
for bail in the largest amount and had secured the services of the
ablest criminal attorneys we knew, so that we were speedily released;
but, with the return of our indictments charging us with suborning
the testimony of Hawkins, the papers began a regular crusade against
us. The evening edition carried spectacular front-page stories
recounting my flight to Boston, the entire history of the Dillingham
divorce, biographies of both Gottlieb and myself, and anecdotes of
cases in which we had appeared and notorious criminals whom we had
defended. And in all this storm of abuse and incrimination which
now burst over our heads not a single world appeared in mitigation
of our alleged offence.

It seemed as if the entire city had determined to wreak vengeance
upon us for all the misdeeds of the entire criminal bar. Even our
old clients, and the police and court officers who had drawn pay
from us, seemed to rejoice in our downfall. Every man's hand was
against us. The hue and cry had been raised and we were to be
harried out of town and into prison. At every turn we were forced
to pay out large sums to secure the slightest assistance; our clerks
and employees refused longer to work for us, and groups of loiterers
gathered about the office and pointed to the windows. Our lives
became a veritable hell, and I longed for the time when the anxiety
should be over and I should know whether the public clamor for a
victim were to be satisfied.

Gottlieb and the lawyers fought stubbornly every inch of the defence.
First, they attacked the validity of the proceedings, entered
demurrers, and made motions to dismiss the indictments. These
matters took a month or two to decide. Then came motions for a
change of venue, appeals from the decisions against us to the
Appellate Division, and other technical delays; so that four months
passed before, at last, we were forced to go to trial. By this
time my health had suffered; and when I loo