Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-09
TsMMANY.
The Knavss Begin to "squeal."

The knaves Begin to "Squeal."
NEW YORK, October IA confession
and restitution wss made Lass night by
Keyssr, which Is deemed of the utmost
importance, and 3 step wholly unex-
peotod; and, as meens of enabling the
committee of seventy to obtain other
proof, is regarded ss the most promising
occurrence inst has yet trsnspired. His
admission is, that in seven years employ
ment by the city, be has received three
ouErtsTs Of mi i'lion dollars, for which he
has done little work, but he declared that
his signature to many vouchers for eXOr-
hitsnt sums had been forged in many IN
stances He had been compelled o sssign
his claims before he could receive pay
meut, His con fessiOn will probably give
him immunity from punishment. Oshers
implicated, 1t is expected, VIII tske
like course, The committee OF seventy
are following out their determin nstion for
persecution Of the ring of thieves. and
will demand of che Governor to forth
W tn order the attorney general to take
legal proceeding. They viii employ
counsel to assist in this work. ~ atson Is
supposed t. be the person who altered
Keys vouchers The bills of Davidson q
Co., were also altered. The hrn Is said
to have received but q sms1 pc portion of
EnE hAlDAnA NhcA EEfAA ~ 49,
ion Is gaining ground that Judge Barnard
will dismiss the present grsnS jury. Un-
less this is done proceedings against per-
petrators OF frsuds will result in nothing,
besides the fact that the grand jury is
packed, and the officials upon whom de-
wolves the prosecution of suits are under
Tsmmany influence. Evidence OF the
most startling character is accumulsting,
but the committee Of seventy and Cliff
culties in their way.
Parties giving evidence expact that it
viii cost them their salaries and desire 70
be provided with other situations, This
the committee hesitsted TO do.
The Herald ssys It will advance the city
treasury one hundred Thousand dollars
towards carrying on the city government
until the taxes come in. Tweed says there
is q discrepancy between the statement of
Comptroller Green as TO the cordiion of
the department works and his own. There
shall be no stOppsge of the works Of this
department. he intends to take care Of
his department and will individually pay
his men rather than sss them suffer. he
does not regard the Rochester convention
as either a triumph or defeat for Tam
many. He supports the ticket and thinks
the city troubles an issue in Itself.
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
The reform delegates to the Democratic
State Convention issue an address to the
Democratic voters Of the city. They
hesrse the proceedings at the late cor
veution st Rochester, claiming that they
obtained success over Tsmmsny there
by the adoption OF a resolution oy which
the prestige Of the Regularity" of Tam
many Hall i destroyed, and an i1depend-
ent Assembly Distiic will take its place,
and urge sll honest Democrats to nomi-
nate men OF the highest character for
intelligence and integrity to The legisls-
ture; having no doubt of their ability to
elect them by overwhelming msIOrities.
Thus assuring the utter and speedy down
fall OF the Tt'hnany ring. Then some
portion Of the stolen millions may be re-
covered. They close by saying, " LIST us
pledge ourselves TO vindicate and redeem
tho honor of he Democratic party, snd
use every means through the ballot box
and courts to bring criminals who dis
grace our party to con 5ign punishment"
The address Is signed by the whole re-
form delegation.
MORE srEALIRG AND NEw DEVELOPMENTS
CF STARTLING FBCIs.
J. h. Keyser & Co, gas filters, swear
that they never Tecsiv we'd cent Of the
$500. 600 charged to them on the comp
troller's books; that the vouchers are
forgeries and the endorsement on them.
In answer to other charges, keyser says
that Tweed had never any interest In his
firm, but that the company are his em-
ployees, aIno lg whom, last year he dis
tributed S35,e00 as their percentage and
profit He feels indignant st the insinus-
ton that be lived luXuriously, and gives
the following details: His town house
cost him Sl2 600; the island near South
Norwslk but $500, the house on it
$4,000, and 5000 more in improve
ments, and his costly statusry he
bought in this city for $500 He clsims
that instead OF being indebted to or
having defrsuded, the city Of New
York owes him still three hundred thou
ssnd, which he hopes to prove
Persons In the o1mpsr0llers' office who
pretend 10 know, assert very positively
thet the late county uStor Wstson. TO
whom the bills of Keyse Fere consigned
for collection, altered scc-Snts and raised
vouchers from small 10 lie sums.
A AruaOr IL in circulation tbst county
auditor Lynss, VINO, succeeded Watson,
has become derangeo, snd been sent TO
the asylum.
Rumors that Carney hsd fed from tho
city are received, but his. family and
friends positively sssert that he is lying
i'll az his residence up town.
Deputy comptroller Green nss dismissed d
q nun Der of persons in bureau sTresrs.
and also in county bureau, who held
Office ss extra and additional clerks, but
drew pay without work. This action will
be followed up until all known abuses are
corrected, and the force reduced to pure
working standard.
The Worlds reporter had an inter ew
Yesterday with Jackson 8. ScbultE, who
Esid that the assignment made to him by
Keyser Is not intended to affect his gen
sral business credit 81 all, aud il, upon an
examination, his accounts with the city
are 'ound to be correct, that sll his prop.
erty be restored. The time of the ed iust-
ment depends upon the time the comp
trolleT takes to prepare the accounts.
The Times expresses the belief that
Judge Barnard will dismiss the grand
jury which, it was saidAwss packed to be
10 readiness for the 0agsOf Hall.
Mr.. DOwnsmms, the freseo artist, ststes
under oath, thai he never received cent Of
Se6, 4l2, alleged in the COmptroller's books
Il have been paid him in 1859. He says
hs was only an empiOye of Gsrvey, and
rtceived one hundred dollars per week
while 81 work. He never signed any
warrants or vouchers for money from the
cty, and never bad any transactions with
IL Tweed insists thst he has legal
ygbt TO raise money on the CrotoD aque-
dbct bonds, Of which he has half a million
5pllars in reserve, and he will therefore
~ c1Stinue to work on the squsduct. He
also Ssiu tnab ne was Ilrtu GI the LEik
about arrest, snd there would be no
tyoupla in hnding him. BE was anxious
to make bis defense IN court.
The city chamberlain says Of the city
finances thai there RT6 funds on
trust amounting 10 E,25O,OO0,
invested IN bonds and mortgages, the rest
is in United Ststss securities sDd In the
ysult Of the Park bank chartered for the
purpose at ifty thousand dollars.
The COMMITTEES OF seventy have prepared
an address 70 the wOrkingmen setting
forth clearly and ooncisely the method by
which tbs ring robbed the city treasury
and decided the workingmen into sup
porting their members. The committee
say that an effort Is being made to cast tbs
blame and odium for the false and forged
vouchers upon the late county auditor,
Mr.. Watson, who cannot reply, but the
committee have proofs overW helming
against the men nov living and AZ the
proper time they will be forthcoming, and
men whom the community would hardly
suspect will he found having a hand In
the city treasury and dividing the spoiis-