Thrity years of New York politics up-to-date .. . he was not utterly cowed, he was at least subdued. Hiseye sought no one, either friend or foe, but as his chiefcounsel, John Graham, approached him, his countenancebrightened for a moment. They greeted each other warmlyand almost affectionately. One of Tweeds most strikingattributes was his faculty for inspiring coufidence and friend-ship in those closely connected with him. To those whoknew Grahams disposition, it was not difficult to understandhow he could easily come under the spell of Tweedsmagnetism. In his mental and moral qualities,
Thrity years of New York politics up-to-date .. . he was not utterly cowed, he was at least subdued. Hiseye sought no one, either friend or foe, but as his chiefcounsel, John Graham, approached him, his countenancebrightened for a moment. They greeted each other warmlyand almost affectionately. One of Tweeds most strikingattributes was his faculty for inspiring coufidence and friend-ship in those closely connected with him. To those whoknew Grahams disposition, it was not difficult to understandhow he could easily come under the spell of Tweedsmagnetism. In his mental and moral qualities, no less thanin his eccentric attire, John Graham was perhaps the mostpicturesque character that ever practised at the New YorkBar. Below the medium height, his body was symmetricaland somewhat rotund. His face, clean shaven, except fora chin-whisker of light brown now sprinkled with grey,was full and florid, and denoted at once determinationand goodness. He wore an auburn wig, which extendeddown almost to his broad shoulders. An immense Byronic. (Redrawn from Frank Leslies Weekly. By pennlsslon.) John Graham. lK\ IMCTrUR OF A ^. (Cl Collar, worn extrciuelv low, set oil his neck, wliicli wassliort, pluni)) and sliapely. A spotted necktie of hliK; andwhite gave to liis tliecrv faco additional lustre. His Hhurtsack coat, of dark material, was carefully buttoned from topto bottom. A portion of his ])atcnt-lcatlier shoes was in-variably covered with mouse colored spats. This was tlieuni(pie make-up of a lawyer who, when he espoused thecause of a client, summoned and concentrated all the facul-ties of his soul in that clients behalf. So absolutely andunreservedly did he identify himself with the cause of hisclient, that no inducement of profit or gain could attracthis attention to any other topic. Although his serviceswere sought after, as the most distinguished criminal lawyerof his day, he may be said to have had only one case at atime, so intense was his zeal, a
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