Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-10

From the New York Times. September 96th.]
The iniquities Of the dismembered
Ring have not been half told. Every
day something fresh and startling
comes to light In regardt to the manner
in which they seemed to enrich them
selves by theft and swindling, and at
the same time pile up the public debt.
1t was generally believed that the last
Of Tweed and ~Sweeney's scandalous
Broadway job had been heard from ;
but 1t now transpires that there are
disclosures remaining which are
equally az shameful as any that have
heretofore been made. With the death
of James Watson, the late County
Auditor, everything TO connect the
Ring with the job was supposed to
have forever passed away and to have
become as silent as the grave which
received his body; but rumor now says
that new facts have been discovered
which drags the names of Tweed, Hall,
Sweeney and Connolly prominently
into tile Broadway-widening swindle.
Rumor, apparently we'll founded,
asserts that when the fatal character
of the accident which befel Watson,
last Winter, was first communicated
to the Ring, 1t was thrown into the
greatest CONSERVATION, and that 1t
quickly devised measures to prevent
him from dlvulging what he knew
about the great frauds. Dame Rumor
goes on to say that County Clerk
Loew, who was personally unpopular
with Watson In his lifetime, Police
Justice McQuade and another person
took possession of the dying mans
house and kept every one away from
his bedside known not to BIO In strict
unison with the Ring. George W.
Roolne, keeper OF the City Hall, was
called on to guard the door Of the
house and to see that none but the
| close friends Of Hall.e,fweed, Sweeney
and Coanelly passed through. The
| dwelling, In fact, vas converted Into
a sort Of restaurant and prison COM
bined, where strangers ate and slept
and watched, compelling Watson's
stricksled family to move to the top
floor to hide their grief and obtain do
mesticprivacy. These harsh arrange
ments we're taken, as before mentioned,
to prevent, by all possible chances,
the guilty secret Of the Ring from es-
Gaping WatSon's dying lips. He had
acted as its "tool +" for a long number
of years, and was particularly useful
as its agent in obtaining purchases and
refusals of real estate on the line OF the
Broad way widening for Sweeney,
Tweed & Co. The members have pro-
ylded for enormous amends, and II
ticlpated making large fortunes out Of
their investments. The death of Wat
SON could not be averted, however, and
consequently their villainy was
brought to an abrupt end. Enough
facts leaked out about the job to make
1t highly Important that the full story
shouldnot come to light In making a
settlement Of the property left by
Watson, who died intestate. To avert
this danger q bill was hurrledly ell
| gineer,d through the Legislature by
"Boss" Tweed, annulling the origl-
nal bill for the widening Of Broadway,
and enacting q new one In Its place.
Watson's property was takenin charge
by the agents of the Ring, and County
Clerk Loew was appointed admins
traitor Of the estate. 1t Is said that
Mrs. Watson was given $500, 600 by
the Ring, but the most probable state
ment is that she was allowed $4,000 q
month, which sum was afterward re-
| duced 10 81, 200 or $1,000 a month, her
present stipend from the Ring. It Is
also alleged that Watson's horses and
carriages were taken possession of BY
the Ring. under plea Of disposing OF
| them for the benefit Of his family.
One fast animal, worth $1,000, still
remains unsold In the custody Of 20
| lice ,Justice McOuale,