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.