New-York tribune., 1871-09-30
OEOLINE OF THE RING
s,nrs AGAINST RING THIEVES,


BE INSTITUTED AS.AMsT MGERsoLL' SAN-
WY AND OILERS, AND AGAINST T"hAO'
HALL AM, CONNOLLY.
Ex-JUIee George c. Barrett "neeiei
z PeckCam. Francis c. Barlow and A. r L@"'1n''' -
- sDpared by the Committee Of SeVenE' H"''
-s.o,-~a mon vigorous prosecution Of the REFORM
movement in the courts a huDnOo' ,..
have been served upon those VINO H"'0
,e ,,v Including InSerSOll the furniture uei' "No'0
Will probsbly receive the earliest VI 'D'
-, IN hehan of william F. Havemeyer' VINO mas
-, =. . .representative Of the citizens Of New
- 90, the rObbers ex-Judge Barrett has per
onsuv prepared all legal papers essential to obtain
~ an order to-day from Judge Barnard OF the supreme
r.prt compelling Keyser, Miller, Garvey, 1ngerson'
smith and AL the other tradesmen whose names nave
en mentioned having defrauded the city, 70 produce
,e hooks and testify in open court as TO the amount OF
~ they have performed. and the money they
have received The application for the order viii be
made today He believes upon the statements he Will
make 70 the Court that there viii be no difficulty In
attaining It, He has great faith in this mode OF con-
auctng the prosecution, he win then obtain evidence
Which could not be cleaned otherwise He thinks that
When these to testify to facts they viii GER
tsiny faer - they cannot stand rigid crosseIamina-
non in the presence Of indignant audience Had ne
ued for order Of arrest the cuprts would probably
have given bail, and there would have been
much trouble and delay before the cases could
have been reached and disposed Of 1t Ia his intention
% proceed against these cviny and crimnay, and
no effort viii be spared to punish the guilty and make
them refund what they have stolen.
Not only will the tradesmen be pursued a law, but the
sty ociaS who have aided and abetted the roboeries
viii also be proceeded against, both civilly
and ertminally Against Tweed, Hall, and Con
IN
them at least Of msdemeanors, II not
Of caver crimes When conviction ensues, the Ofeials
are upder the charter rendered unable hold Office for
AL time hereafter, which will efectualy dispose OF them
n far as public life is concerned Connolly guilty OF
paying the money fraudulent bills while Tweed ap-
proved and Hall countersgned them. As yet sufficient
evidence has not been obtained against Peter sweeny
n he has not been proved to be present at any time
when those msdemeanors frauds were committed He
will therefore omitted from the different suits for the
present whether the suits successful or not ex
Judge Barrett believes that these will not much Ion
Rer hold Office Their associates abandon them and the
SeIt Legislature, whether Republican Democratic,
wiz dispOsSess them by changing the charter.
ALLEGED ARREST OF INGERsoLL.
The rumored arrest of Ingersoll, the Tam
many furniture having been announced In one OF
ne evening papers, TRIBUNE reporter called at his res
ouoe No io6 East Twenty Arsts to learn what truth
Msre was in the story. The house appeared entirely
tarh but upon ringing the dOOr-ben womans night
tapped head appeared at secondstory window, and
sOce inquired the reporters business He in turn in
CURED Nj Ingerso and was informed that lie was
hbed
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INCITING RIOT.
ENAToR FIELDS CONES TO THE RRoNT-A d.
RECT CHARGE AGAINST JUDGE HILTON
TO tAs BdtIor Of TIE TribU~t.
SIR: The following is a copy of a statement
which have this day sent to The SAN for publication
To no in Vol
polums also, and Obhge THOMAS u FlELhs'
Sept q, 1871.
R BNtoT Of TIE &sL
sIR: In reply to statement signed by Judge Hilton
and Published the daily papers Of this morning de-
are simply TO state the facts On wednesday morning.
bout IOi O'Clock, by appointment, called at MI
sveeny's residence No 40 West ThirtyfCurthst, to
Iend meeting Of the Executive Committee Of the De-
partment Of Parks. In Mr. sweenys library found
himself and Judge Hilton. After SONIC conversation 1t
vss concluded TO apply modification Of Judge Bar
nas injunction order far the same related To the
Department Of Public Parks.
Judge Hilton made draft Of the papers During their
eparaon or Immediately before, he asked Mr. Sweeny
The had read the article in The Star Of that morning
hr eweenys reply was that he had glanced over IT, or
partially perused it. MI Hilton asked him how he liked
Mr. sweeny shook his head and said that ne did not
6he it,-that he thought 1t would have bad effect.
Nothing more was sad IN relation TO the article at the
meeting of the Committee When the draft of the papers
for the modification OF the injunction order was com
beted by Mr. Hilton, he requested Inc TO take them tO
he Office Of the Department 10 be copied he desired
to stop at his house the Of Ffteenthst and
Rfh.aye and would not reach the Office for an hour
two.
Judge Hilton and myself left Mr.. sweeny's house to
Eether and rode with him in his coupe to the Of
Broadway aud Twepty.ffthst. While riding from Mr.
sveeDy's house TO this point, Judge Hilton ssked me
whether had read the article in The Star Of that
l.I H. Nha
he article from a copy Of The Star which he had with
aim. He asked what thought OF il. i told him
bought it would produce sensation. He told me he
bought too He said he suggested the ideas 10 HOGrd
AVaLrday" hat being Tuesday; h0I HotoGrd said he
liked them, aud that he Vould make an article Of hem
bG na h Hilton had no idea he could make article
9he length he had.
About this time we had reached Broadway and Twen-
ty'hfhst, when left Judge HAton's coupe and took
another and drove TO the Department of Parks where
had the papers copied and obtained the Modification Of
The injunction order
On these facts will leave the public to draw its own
Ihierences THos c. FIELDS.
EsS York. Sept 2s 1871.
AN' FIELDS STATEMENT FLATLY COETRAD1CTED
ON THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY
aoS Uae % word about the ridiculous - authOriza-
NIX SSc,,.. n another column. If Mr. Fields did not
iso.a SOst l. have been blind drunk Or absolutely
"a We propose edit The Star in TIE 1Gr office,
f1SnS SS'D0ugh Mr. sweeny and Judge Hilton are our
bnsS 'ney know very well that our business fs our
Ss ~ We know that theirs is not the preparation
LEAVES FROM THE CITY ACCOUNT BOOKS.
AoAE RECORDS oP RING ROBBERY-HEAVT PAY
hRNTs 70 THE FAvORITEs.
we publish below a mass of figures ex-
from the city accounts for 1862 1870 lS71 Kept
ne controllers Department. Some Of these appeared
'NrOAy afternoon in The Eeenin0 KGL but in another
- noeh more complicated form. Others such ss the
connt for Lamps have not been ureytouslv publshnd