New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-10
OFFIeI/L CORRUPTION

The Special Committee Of Five Of the Board Of
CounciutD 10 whom was referred the following reso-
lston, met yesterday afternoon IN mr. |alen'insso OF
fee, City Han:
EsIr,d That Special COMMITTEES Of Five b. appointed %
,ssrs tie sei.a Of The Comraitt,e 20 ~n9 10 AZ
Nj. vlr TIrE, Chairman. AL ;As msnosrE OF tie
Committee were present.
The following evidence va. taken:
RoBIRI II. McCUKDT, being sworn sail: live
Of No. 10 Fart Fourteenth street an dry soocs CON-
mission merchant ard An interested IN the -lfening
Of Resde street; own property on each eide never
offered sny money TO get the matter passed no men
bers Of the Committee or CouncilDen called upon me-
q person called upon NE In regard - paylnS any
MONEY! received letter from this person in relston
TO the matter; the letter received said l was mi--
taken in conversation had with the writer the letter
Was not signed; 1 received no other letter; person
called ct my residence in relation to thus NATTER
he stranger 20 me- he called n relation 10
the widening Of Resde street. he said the opening OF
Rescs street could be facilitated by the pay nenI OF
O. coo; 10 letter had a. this time been received by
me- this person have sncs seen; III. name, have
been Informed, j. MINIS, bi, business 10 not know
have heard he vas 10 the city library; understand
that the perion is MI Minis; answered, in reply 70
bis remarks, what was this fori lie .sd be conll for
O, coo procure favorable report fromthe Committee
be snid il this 81 600 was not pad, minority report
would be made by the COMMITTEES Il asked him WHO this
amount would 20 he sad be could not tell butthas
he would get very small portion himself; s-ked hln
tlis to 20 to the Committee; he said No thea
told hin if he meddlsd in this matter because refsssd
to pay this amount would have the matter thoroughly
Investigated; expressed my-eh strongly against it
that would not pay the fret centthat there was no
reasonable opposition to thi, matter and if the Com
neee did not report We should sst on knowing the
why; bis reply was, you can do as you plsns
III you conclude 10 accept OF my proposition let me
know; IL the afternoon, before thus conversation, IN
CURED at this house, No. - Christopher street 10.
CURED for Dir. MINI he was not IN; went IN conse-
Quence Of information received from Mr. Bliss, who
.aid Mr. Minis called upon him Bliss; len word at
Dir. Minis house that hcCurdy) had called; have
letter i'll my possession in relation TO tn. SUD.
saw letter to Gr. Bliss With the name
cut out requesting Mr. Bliss TO call at No. "a Christo
Iher street. have that letter in my possession, but
decline producing it without the consent OF Mr. Bliss
have seen Mr.. Nims since; he called at my house and
first informed NE Of the action OF the Board OF COan-
cilmen in appointing this Investigating Committee a.
10. Of the evening on which the resolution was
passed. he came in a cariage; be asked me what
was going TO do in relation 70 this matter OF the lnves-
tigstug Committee; | replied did not know any
thing about it; be said he hoped would not state
anything to impicae him in the matter; he asked me
for the papers had IN my possession; ! told him
could not give them up and il | was called upon
should have 70 testify the contents he said further
that be had been ndiscreet-that il was the first time
lie had acted in this matter and il would he the last
that he should not receive above sJ0-that lac was
acting for outsider, supposed to have certain
political influence, and for no members of the Board
when | asked him who 1t was he would no. tell me-
this was my last interview; Mr.. Minis said he had .
wifi and two children and kopsd that nothing would
be done to inplicate him.
William NJ Blss, being sworn, sGys-l do bust
al No. Dey street am Interested IN the widen
ing Of Reade street two lots person called 10
SCI me in relation to the widening Of THIS street Mr..
Minis WAS the person received "a note 10 cal on hum
/ promised this person I would not duplicate his
in the matter had two three interviews with the
gentle man. the puport Of his trst note was that he
wished 10 see me on particular business; L sent a
verbal message TO him. at the City Hall, that was
busy snd would bin at my store; be called the
next day the day succeeding he said he called IN
regard to the opening of Reade street. he said
that favorable report of the Committee could
amount Of money-the amount was 81 ,0O0 / a-ked
who waited the money; be said " he could mt say;
/ told him that Mr. MeCurdy was more largely inter
esed than and that there were other gentlemen, bu
that did not feel largely interesed as To pay any
money wrote him note the purport of the note wa.
that Eir HcCurdy out of town, but that ali the
parties interested were fair and liberal meA received
in return a note stating that the " motive power mus
at once be forthcoming to the opening OF the
street; from the tenor of his conversation supposed
that he was coming dodge over us, as the saying s
to put 81 ,Oo0 in his own pocket; when MI Nc,
Curdy returned after the fret interview with Minis
told him, McC., of the application that had been
made think be SAID that il the 81 goo was not forth
cuIsng there would be minority report so far a.
know the Committee, neither more OF the nave
or has said anything about the matter OF opening the
street they ali appeared to be honest ana upright men,
and went forward in the work with spirit; / looked
upon thi. as an outside thing, which some individual
had undertaken 10 speculate.
The Committee then adjourned.