CHAPTER X.

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