New-York tribune., 1871-11-03


Should that PAID tn" amount
neess and TfY snaessd
GeTyi Was Il Mr. Tweedi Doubtsss H Tweed
Senator, favored them 30 did also MI: Brailey Hny
not not ask Mr. Peter sweeny, ask Mayor A. o0Key
These three Auditors met but once They then passed
resolution which now stands on the records OF ne Cy
TSa Of MsyGS DID d
pSs. Ra DeFs% the DID f AZ
NJ d., TSss$ scss ~ ssssssiaIy
sufficient evidence paid. Mayor Hall is the responsible
man for all this he knew it was fraudulent violation
Audit to pass $50 claims $ in in the way % they dd ''' ~
The fourth act in the conspiracy was the collection
time GHTysy cceced 100000 he paid u per cent to
@
cent to Tweed sometimes fraction below but i never
Every time Woodward collected money he paid over
cent Tweed The In the Broad
ci1o transactions to which they would relate extend
back tue %hEe year @ aha on bs
four Of at % n S snS @ or hS 500 @ wa Ssd
over " Tweed during those four months.
IwEED's BANK ACCOUNT.
Now Ihaye heard 10 said in Of the public presses
that gentleman who had al interview with Mr. Tweed
had received the explanation that Mr. woodward oWou
him large sums OF borrowed money and that when, IN
the course OF his business arrangements with the city
no received these Of money from the city, ne
simply paid TO Mr. Tweed In satisfaction Oh @ s
cy about it, and that is these loans not entered on
the bank account Examine MI Tweed BANK accoans' @
actions. His whole private business during this
timo when he was dePositing o,,itoS itmshects rs
oOo-did not amoGnt to $500; therefore 1t results
inevitably that whatever Is taken from that account
tlnro tuaa nth
money that bank. There were no private funds there
%sTS his e cent Tr ams @ 0ee SanE in
checks for among @ nt the aenemn
that dsposes OF fourth act in the conspiracy ana me
events Justify me In saying that at the phe ge J
Charter w WAS SHa Rasssd ad was S n5 to- po
cal power, with the ordinary ,ayerage 6ene-
| had no suspicion that aiSars going on in this
way Bat 1t sren5 that these transactions were eDonc
done after the new charter had been done for l6
months previous under the old law and that Therefore
IL ocre Political power with its ordinary average ad-
yar-aEea, but also to conceal the hmel'i th Tu59 ]
that had been a7ady stolen and to secure thf opos &
tuny of stealing an Immense amount thGt vas w P'S
rule. AMI principles OF evidence" looking b2ck !" C w
r.ui.g Z Of the transaction, no man can GUGnC mat an
this series Of acts were parts OF one Erahl cou'i"'''
not only for power, but for personal plulucr. ,.
T,lu~.ctizrns let me call your attention for a mo-
meat to the afcTpiece OF these transac%Gs 0IF
friend, Mayor Hall, isa very distinguished dIanatE6
and he would consider it very serious 0enSe 70 Ine
da to have the %e6 ScT bs ste 0SS % sd
in regard 10 these frauds, Mayor Han pHbsnrH GaTo
] g he Sda d a OF fGSe and 0G that y
lie nor Mr. Connolly were at all i9r then
tcv were audited by the Board OF Audit, and in doing
so they performed ministerial junction, 4uu WON.
hadn't done it willingly do not deem it necessary IN
Tie prcs,n"G OF intelligent audience ana t.e
Ia IA, Ht yr any ossryaons upa the idea That to audit
aud to pay tho amount found due" was ministerial
Then Mr. Hall put in his third defense. Tie said This
was M IN h hcb n[S Te OL sbouH NOT lave @ tie
iuoalcrlablc benefits OF the ue% charter. .,-.
natrv for it, when was looking iHto the accounts Of
broadway Bank, aud found that Carve and Wood
G!ston very embarrassing and vcry d}icult arose in
my mind Who were these paresf II was not Carey;
the Senate Assembly they could not stop Iwecds
measures Of reform. Who were the ones IN i wnom
T0ced's senator compromised hilh"ciIl ,NhE, loGknS
over the whole field could not feg any human nenS S
with whom Twced's Senator COMPROMISED, save I"eeU5
suptrgisors lAppausc.l
MAYOR HALL AERAIcSED.
SO wc pass to Mr. Halls fourth dc;casc On tho burn
ing of the vouchers he made raid on II. Connolly Io
wrote him public letter demanding his rcs;naton IN
the name Of the public because he had lost the public
confidence; and the time lie writing TO Mr.
Tweed touching and tender eptscs Of sympathy and
regret. You might Mt that t!mri II you %l were were
and sometimes defiant manner; you might have seen MI
Tweed riding in tie midnight hour with c0Jntenauce
hs rs, THE public demands a vc,iu." And 50 be pro-
un,rd TO charge upon CuuHOly, who lad tie legal GUS
tly uf the Vouchers the stealing ana burning Oi taenl
II" proposed n put some ono cls1 III lno OnIe o. ny
CuntrOiC when Connolly should be crushed out o. ~
V"Gr. longer upon the people OF this city I, perhaps,
ought say, and this audience VIII excuse ne tor
tat inorning on which he executed au abdication in
favor OF Nj Green lapplauel lie was accgmlanied Dy
b~hnd time and learned-not from him but from
other sourccstha he spent that hall hour At te mouse
md UhR
on Lee said not speaking for himself individually, but
s he would state the views taE y VIcf s E'noS ho @ oa
assured that some respectable mau Wou!u 9o put IN INC
oe OF Controller and That then he wHud say To MG
aud to the Committee Of seventy; ~
% m2se eGn0s &nd that DnG lien aSys that would
party would be kept back ana tnt was tne consdera
Sn % Mr. 10 HTeyeP and the Counsel
Mr. Connolly that the pIOpos zion was wrong and would
ssalaesP 5 s9d ouoasR ought TO s Of the no n$
indignant citizens from the Investigation desired
everybody concerned in It, and plunge hn In deeper
ruin. That his only chance apd hope was IN & donS rgnt
and humanity Of those who had been wronged Jap
The sequel showed that the vouchers were taken by
uaggcrty whom Mr. Connolly sought out and found and
prosecuted Then again. little later, when 1t happe1ed
that Mr. Kcyser that Endorsements Tor S9OOO on
warrants made in his name were mere as tSes Ses
another raid made on the Controllers o Once &c oct nd Of Mr.
Connolly but OF Mr. Green, aud the men who caused sne
raid Mayor Hail ana Peter D. o"eoLy GNoNJ
was the result Of that And will say to this meeting
that the sense Of alarm that had that morning lest the
movement should misead the public, was the mouye
that induced to lay aside my ouslness 20 !" 'ne
broadway Bank and make personal examination: s \.
What was the result OF that Why that every one OF
these forged warrants deposited, except one 70
Woodwards account and only one to ingerso anu tnas
the proceeds were divided with Tweed;
Now, gentlemen, these revelations throw ngas upon
hat 1Tpon three false pretenses In regard 70 these
traSsactions made by Mayor Hall under his own sigma.
ture before the public and two s%s Of 70 .Se er%s
do not Wish to do injustice to Mayor Hall He
4. man expeTienced In criminal law. ILaugnterI