New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-29

Eas,i Of ,bs Common coans va. therein Or
to be interested L IL doe. cot tnoE taAt s''
money Necessary 70 procG-e the grant
Wsh stated sy any Of ne grantees ~ 1880
be psd 70 procure the grant AID " 50 % H.
have heard such maf.s tAi.ns an'ns Ourselves w.
the aEaosbt 90 not Iseoles;. ,.-,, -. ,-,,,i
have heard it s4d there va; never $1,000 "a -
myself do knO- that any "" Aa'aae 1s f1r
b.r tort. bt.Id from ssnree. money h.d been paid for
Q. What an cunt did you hear talA Of
49,. ,o. % , SSD paid in money or in ehsesl
l don't know The odsis. rant VS. r7.siHasf
ard ne. one ;ds tss rr Rsen vs.. 1,a to Conc
ver snd others with the privilege OF tssns IN 2tne ou
into operation under ne OLD ssn lIousa m oseT
hspr raid 70 members OF the Common COUNCIL 70 ressoo we
ola irsnt; a.ied By any member o. ne %
or Oo head rssed related 70 The present.
,st fsr he Snthsg grant: never head Of money being
r..sd obtain that money wa. returned 70
because Of are obiAa the grant, no member OF the Con
mon Counc be va. Interested save seen suls
OF the Adera.n a. one place IN 'e,son 20 Zoe sa. &
Aid. Brsey MeCOskey and y els. they eonseI.ea ~a
Mr. Kip: does what the conssisaton AS aooat,
know snd h~ rs.oo TIA. any money o.
vsusbe eonsi ration feIsdto influence the votes 81 tue
Common Council IN the rslrosd 'r.ns
Chss II. Ring tesIItes that Mr. Pe'tgres ana nm
Ralosa CT any cher railroad; received so or.ay
other Of John Peiii9E-w and that eyeiyhns . .oe
contrary stated IN tie examination OF Arson heneN 1noe'
THE THIRD.Ay RAILROAD.
Nypdert Van Setback President Of the Thrdsv.
Railroad testified be Of the grantees OF tue rd
be did Of any money being raised bel me grant or
the uurpCse Eocurns IT, did know % any ones being
raed tn 10 relation - the grant, VA not cAei
b Of the associate. TO pay any moSey toa ta grant
i'd directly Indirectly contribute any fund N re-
lation he ,rAHt after he giant oosoed tue Company
o.tsu1ed elected it. President s'd the other grantees
s-.oesesi W. Caqin va apponi'-i sserssy' lns
catifa the Company 500 900 divided into tlrte-n
: 10 o6- have no knowledge information Of any money
having given any member Of the CITY Government 10
renon to that grant, so far IS Eno" II ha' osen
james W Flynn. being sworn, said am stage
Dt s.o s oss re- vsa sSs Philip Ry
no'c. Horace NJ Dewey John Dinssdsia Jonn Hafsay
isnn Bryan MeC-hi Jane. NeEvsney and Patrie. NeE-
Comrsy Tor procurns II but in way used do not
my rowledge do no. know the -1aet 81 jun
mapy which PAID VS. in caeess pay the order Of
other OF the Company think TWO checks were on
not know VII Their the checks been destroyed or not
hey were made payable to me oIav o. n S sn a MO- GER
tain whether made them paysole 20 Rn OF Dhslsorln
except Nr Van ScbAcs aud Nr Reynolds paid the same as
DID; those zebemrn not 10 the habit OF Attending
seiher or Re- il went to; why 1900
because understood that each one WIS did pay was 70 pay
mens the ga $40 each the balance "a
Third payments Mr. Dewey the treasurer Of The whole
fund; nv preston derived from what passed was mat the
Il so % placed where ore Of he At Ad mn
could se il; there money raised after passed the
Board OF Assnts was raised the purpose Of assisting
it through the Board Of Aldermen ny impression derived
from what passed was that be paced in the
hres f Mr. Dewey WHO was 10 plsce IL where Of the
Aderme could sei ! think the first raised. after l.
pa,. the Board Of Assistants was bet $1,000 aad $40 10y
and aerw of S700U SO 0O0 did not ask
how this wa disposed o. and one q the .oei4.si i'd
ved TO ash any quesuoosi thinA MI Dewey ,d mo
he bad promised Aid fseed - 900 the grant though
the Bad Of Aldermen; there was in ALL from sls0o
understood AID Francis part Of il; the
oher ns paid AFTER the grant had passed Aid Francis net
me and he wanted to know Whist sind OF ms1
Dewey was: that he Dewey hsd promised him Francs 5000
ed be believed had asked he would promised all
NwYork; h. ed 70 speak 70 the Con p-ny and get
by N
Or, me tit; this the only time that any
of the Common Cogaei spoke to ms about The grant
Patrick McEhoy, one of the Third av. Railroad
and 81 eorToborstes that OF Mr. F,nn in maay paF
cusrs 1hs wnss paid about 81 5v TO Dewey toward the
Mr. Mecshii. MeEiysney Drwe and the Maphys. Nh
PuIdy and Mr. Flynn Of the Company, at dinns saloon
money and amer Dewey was the 'pokesnsn be said
he wanted nue1 money from eaes DO not Ts@eIoe 5so
and sAid ios expenses OF getting ne giant az thst1
that paid similar amount TO what did think
this after grant passed the Board Of As-stans Alder
MI Dewey had 10 90 carry the grant through
the Board u Assistants At subsequent meeting ~ ps~gS
satisfy what had become Of IT, and then wanted more
70 whom paid but hat money he had proused
for procuring the grant the money was raised on me spot
psio my proportion Of 1t, whatever vast was snare and
hAr, ake, DEWEY told me aferward that L hsd Is Oo0
70 get galthough both Boards he saf he gave
Bosd Of 4defmen be did not state how the money paid
to the Board Of Assistants 70 whom for them 81 ina ne
$780, don't Lber bis telling me after be had raised
the money that he had paid over to Tweed some OF my a.
seialss al the lime raised the last money aoove stated
whispered that money had been promised to aud must
be raised Tweed Mr. Dewey has not since rendered any
James McElveDey, another of the Company, testi-
fed to the question having been raised and that he
Thomas Murphy testified to the same.
Horace NJ. Dewey was examined TO great length
" F,Dn in connection with the grant Of the Thrdsv Raj
road the application Therefore did not receive money
O Dd you shortly before procuring the grant from the Com
Council the lot ysnuSy last receive any money or
CHECKS Mr. Flynn his partner for which they were net
persoI ally indebted TO you
A. nigbt have done so ~
q " as the amount in the neighborhood of % 600
don't recolls CT the amount ~
Pr What purpose old state you wanted it fort
q DID you OF you that certain OF your
and s Tn s ssa
th. received BY from Messs Flynn and Murphy or one Of
A dort thnk / ever so stated am positive
in relation 10 thst application
THE witness here declined to answer the question on the
ground thar the might tend eliminate himself
The above is specimen OF the long afbdaylt OF
Mr.. Dewey. He deelined answering Questions arising
out Of the evidence of Mr. Flynn and others and in
regard to Aid Tweed, he says that he loaned the
Alderman money several occasions, not more than
81 coo at time, and generally IN small sums 900
and the like The he testified in regard to Aid.
Francis. To the latter he never leased more than
$500 at time, and this out of the stage con-
Germ with which he connected. The security
given III these was promise to pay or checks
dated ahead.I
VIM. NJ Tweed, Aid. Of the Seventh Ward, testified
that b. directly indirectly received sny money for .d
Ing 70 GET the grant Railroad passed that
the of Ms lynn and other. untrue further
be Of any money being pd TO Of me
members secount Of the giant
Arson G. Herrck .estifes that he was among others
sDps for the Third Railroad and believes that this
the petition either Board the sabcti