The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27

The EVIDENCE AGAINST THE RINd.-
Thursdays N. Y. tribune contains the evidence
against Tweed, which was to be submitted to
the court that day, and says that his arrest IN
criminal suits will probably follow at once.
Application for his arrest will probably be
made in Albany county. The Tribute says
the fraudulent transactions, the subject of the
contemplated suit, began in the passage of Sec
ton of the county tax laws of 1870, creating
a board of audit and providing for the pay
mept of claims and liabilities against the
citv and county The board consisted of Mayor
Hall Controller Connolly and two others.
The board never had but one meeting, which
did not last fifteen minutes, and the record
was there made up of minute and resolution,
which resolution was drawn and read by May
or Hall, and said TO be in his handwriting. In-
stead of auditing claims or liabilities, tbs
| luton, in plain violation of the law, provided
that auditor Watson should collect togeth-
| all the claims and certificates of William M.
| Tweed President of the board of Supervisors, of
| Joseph b. Young, Secretary of the same board.
| should be the evidence required to enable a
| claim to be paid. 1t is held by the Attorney
General that the Mayor mast have advised his
| colleagues that this was the execution of their
trust, whereas their duty was to investigate the
accounts and find out what was due. The
| board had consequently no right to take the
| certifcation proposed by the resolution as con-
cial. The next step was the collection the war
rants. Ofthe total of these warrants, S. 312, :
81, three dependents and tools OF Tweed
deposited S., III, 913 SO, and the New York
Printing Co. deposited $685., 39519, making S.,
O95, 1917. The further $103 GAS. 6S is believed
to have been deposited by Ingersoll in differ
| ent bank, SO that the whole amount of audi
except $113,5S 80 was really collected by per
sons in connection with, or COLLISION will
Tweed Ingersoll collected So sol ,5S4. so of thu
| rs md rooaivp6 frpp GarypU nut Of hi
; collection, $47,74S 6S. OF that aggregate b
paid over to Woodward, 81 81z, 467. As, or a lit
tie more than half his whole receipts Carve,
deposited warrants amounting to SLIT 4l3 "
| | He (Garvey) paid to Woodward 1871, 81, ,01, o
e | over two thirds of the whole amount OF his re
ceipts. Woodward deposited 81. 032 ,7l5 q am
i he received in checks from lngersoii ana Gar
g vey enough of these collections to make the &c
1928 1858 50 to Tweed. Woodward was then
and is now, deputy clerk to Young, OF IN
. board of supervisors, on whose certlhcatien, &C
. cording to Mayor Halls resolution, as well q
: on that OF Tweed the bills were to be pald. =;
J. is unknown to whom Woodward made tn
other payment, but these be made to IWee
a are established beyond doubt The ticket
accompanying the deposits are IN the hano
= writing of Woodward, and the teller OF tn
IL Broadway Bank swore that they were genera
# " made by Woodward in person. Includin
e $1O4 1888. "a, Tweed received the handsome az
:. ereeate of 81, O37, 1872 IA. Ebert A. woodward
IL the former clerk of the board OF supervisor
e aud joint agent with James Watson of the rim
a recently disappeared, saying he was going :,
= Chicago It proves that be transferred :, q
g property in Connecticut to his partner, MI
!, Beatty. 1t is not very valuable and represen
v but a fraction of many millions stolen. ID
whole purchases OF real estate since lo6
amounting to $174,S61, mostly since Februar
1869, aud his sales to $60,500 He has als
loaned to parties in Norwalk, $303, O5O, takln
in each instance mortgage on properly
l. town. The complaints accompanied by tabl'
y and schedules of the city warrants, tickets =,
v deposit and other documents, endorsed
- Tweed the Woodwards and others, snowln
~ how large sums of money have passed IN
s. their hands; and the correctness of these ta6l
d are certified to by affidavit from Samuel ., II
j. den, who swears that he personally traced al
examined them.