Luckily the assistant district attorney who had prosecuted this wily and dangerous Celestial in the first instance was able to identify him.
Many years ago, during the days of Fernando Wood, a connection of his was reputed to be the power behind the "policy" business in New York City--the predecessor of the notorious Al Adams.

A "runner" belonging to the system having been arrested and policy slips having been found in his possession, the reigning Policy King retained a lawyer of eminent respectability to see what could be done about it.

The defendant was a particularly valuable man in the business and one for whom his employer desired to do everything in his power.

The lawyer advised the defendant to plead guilty, provided the judge could be induced to let him off with a fine, which the policy King agreed to pay.

Accordingly, the lawyer visited the judge in his chambers and the latter practically promised to inflict only a fine in case the defendant, whom we will call, out of consideration for his memory, "Johnny Dough," should plead guilty.
Unfortunately for this very satisfactory arrangement, the judge, now long since deceased, was afflicted with a serious mental trouble which occasionally manifested itself in peculiar losses of memory.