CHAPTER X.. Edwin James, Q.c., and a Possible Lord Chancellor of England--His

Edwin James, Q.C., and a Possible Lord Chancellor of England--His Extravagance--On the Border Land of Crime--He Oversteps--Disbarred--Comes to New York--Richard O'Gorman's Great Heart--The Brea Will Case--A Dark Plot--$20,000 out of Wall Street--Jay Cooke & Co. Narrowly Escape Loss of $240,000--Chief Irving in the Plot--Detective George Elder Not in Our Ring--Accidentally He Appears and Thwarts Our Plans. 94