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Show A MAN OF MANY SECRETS. - The London papers record the death of a man who, probably, was the repository of more dark secrets than any man in England, save his own son. The gentleman to whom we refer was head of the famous Hebrew firm of solicitors, Lewis & Lewis, of Elyplace. If anyone is the British Dominions can "pull a fellow through," they are the men; and albeit they take cases of the darkest complexion, they have always maintained a character for personal integrity and respectability. The gains of this firm are believed to have been, during the past twenty years, as large as those of any attorneys in London, with the exception, perhaps, of one or two firms who receive immense sums as advisers of great commercial houses and companies. As a sample of the cases sometimes dealt with by Messrs. Lewis, we may mention one which came within their ken some twenty-five years ago. A young guardsman, of highly aristocratic connections, was charged with a most serious offense. The family Tulkinghorn at once saw that Lewis & Lewis were, under the circumstances, the only loophole of escape. The young man appeared before Sir Thomas Henry, then chief magistrate, under an assumed name, and Mr. George Lewis begged that the magistrate would deal summarily with the case. <br><br> "If you talk all night, Mr. Lewis," said the magistrate, "it will make no difference. I shall commit the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court." <br><br> He was accordingly committed. But when the case came on not a witness was forthcoming. Messrs. Lewis's fee was five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The record book of their office would, if published, convulse society. Mr. Tulkinghorn knew a thing or two, but they know hundreds. |
