, decided that
Cowperwood was lying. He could not see how it was possible that he could
not know the day before that he was going to fail. He must have known,
he thought. Anyhow, the whole series of transactions between him
and Stener seemed deserving of some punishment, and all during this
testimony he was thinking how, when he got in the jury-room, he would
vote guilty. He even thought of some of the arguments he would use to
convince the others that Cowperwood was guilty. Juror No. 2, on the
contrary, Simon Glassberg, a clothier, thought he understood how it
all came about, and decided to vote for acquittal. He did not think
Cowperwood was innocent, but he did not think he deserved to be
punished. Juror No. 3, Fletcher Norton, an architect, thought Cowperwood
was guilty, but at the same time that he was too talented to be sent to
prison. Juror No. 4, Charles Hillegan, an Irishman, a contractor, and
a somewhat religious-minded person, thought Cowperwood was guilty and
ought to be punished. Juror No. 5, Philip Lukash, a coal merchant,
thought he was guilty. Juror No. 6, Benjamin Fraser, a mining expert,
thought he was probably guilty, but he could not be sure. Uncertain
what he would do, juror No. 7, J. J. Bridges, a broker in Third Street,
small, practical, narrow, thought Cowperwood was shrewd and guilty and
deserved to be punished. He would vote for his punishment. Juror No.
8, Guy E. Tripp, general manager of a small steamboat company, was
uncertain. Juror No. 9, Joseph Tisdale, a retired glue manufacturer,
thought Cowperwood was probably guilty as charged, but to Tisdale it
was no crime. Cowperwood was entitled to do as he had done under the
circumstances. Tisdale would vote for his acquittal. Juror No. 10,
Richard Marsh, a young florist, was for Cowperwood in a sentimental way.
He had, as a matter of fact, no real convictions. Juror No. 11, Richard
Webber, a grocer, small financially, but heavy physically, was for
Cowperwood's conviction. He thought him guilty. Juror No. 12, Washington
B. Thomas, a wholesale flour merchant, thought Cowperwood was guilty,
but believed in a recommendation to mercy after pronouncing him so. Men
ought to be reformed, was his slogan.

So they stood, and so Cowperwood left them, wondering whether any of his
testimony had had a favorable effect.

Chapter XLIII

Since it is the privilege of the lawyer for the defense to address the
jury first, Steger bowed politely to his co