He had a blunt manner but his heart was in the right place, and he had a record as clean as his close shaven face.

He was a hard worker, a brilliant speaker and one of the cleverest cross-examiners at the bar.

This was the man to whom Judge Rossmore naturally turned for legal assistance.
Stott was out West when he first heard of the proceedings against his old friend, and this indignity put upon the only really honest man in public life whom he knew, so incensed him that he was already hurrying back to his aid when the summons reached him.
Meantime, a fresh and more serious calamity had overwhelmed Judge Rossmore.

Everything seemed to combine to break the spirit of this man who had dared defy the power of organized capital.

Hardly had the news of the Congressional inquiry been made public, than the financial world was startled by an extraordinary slump in Wall Street.