five o'clock
What is it ? Is it that Mr. Cowperwood secretly , with great stealth , as it were , at some time or other , unknown to Mr. Stener or to his assistants , entered the office of the treasurer and forcibly , and with criminal intent , carried away sixty thousand dollars ' worth of the city 's money ? Not at all . The charge is , as you have heard the district attorney explain , that Mr. Cowperwood came in broad daylight at between four and five o'clock of the afternoon preceeding the day of his assignment ; was closeted with Mr. Stener for a half or three-quarters of an hour ; came out ; explained to Mr. Albert Stires that he had recently bought sixty thousand dollars ' worth of city loan for the city sinking-fund , for which he had not been paid ; asked that the amount be credited on the city 's books to him , and that he be given a check , which was his due , and walked out . Anything very remarkable about that , gentlemen ? Anything very strange ? Has it been testified here to-day that Mr. Cowperwood was not the agent of the city for the transaction of just such business as he said on that occasion that he had transacted ?