New-York tribune., 1871-09-23
UNSAVORY DEVELOPMENTS.

The counsel of the Tammany burglars have
not yet announced their line of Defense But
the evidence incriminating these persons has
grown stronger with every hour. The
developments in the courts yesterday,
though not specially novel, were striking
enough to arrest disgustful attention. There
were the diamonded and gilded Janitor and his
assistant, the elegant and aristocratic defend
ants in the case; the ready and sharp-witted
counsel who defended-not Haggerty, the bur-
glar-but the powerful rascals of whom
he was the tool; and there were the
advocates of the People, seeking to wrest from
the Peoples servants their guilty secret. The
fragments of the burned records were not
produced in open court; but as il to add to
the dramatic force of the situation, not few
who looked curiously upon the shared
rascals had just come from a view
of the charred remains of the stolen vouchers,
exhumed from the rubbish found in corner
of the apartments in the marble County Court
House where the Haggertys have been 80
elegantly lodged. The witnesses told their
story and the meshes seemed to draw
closer around the bold criminals at the
bar. There was the usual attempt to
belittle the evidence adduced, and counsel for
the prisoners ingeniously suggested various
impossible things in rebuttal, thereby admit
ting only the desperation of the case. But
the Americus Club were not called upon, as
of course they will be, to prove an alibi for
their comrade thus overtaken in one Of his
peccadilloes 1t should be said, too, that the
presiding Judge showed judicial firmness in
dealing with the questions raised by ingenious
| do 70 no hnnp that the
| burglars will receive no concession Of favor
outside the letter of the law.
When we turn from the unpleasant
sight of these unwilling exposures of Tam
many's corruptions and odiOus tricks, we meet
with another in the Auditors Office. 1t is now
shown that the theft of vouchers which was
committed during Auditor Watson's time COW
cred disbursements equal to $3,0O0,0O0, instead
of less than $2,0O0y0OO, as has heretofore been
stated. These documents, furthermore, were
really receipted bills, not vouchers like those
stolen from the Controllers Office. Who was
interested in making away with thesef Was
it not, among others, "the blameless patriot"
whose purchased adherents were parading the
streets last night with torches and bannersf
Meantime, it is gratifying that the vigor-
GUS dCClOu u SOuultOCO Va OCNCuCJb phO
appointment of an honest man to the Control
ler's Office, and other evidences Of q
popular determination to get at the
bottom of the corrupt business and take
veritable new financial departure, have
strengthened the credit of the city. Capital
lists who appreciate he'situation and believe
in the recuperative energies of the people
have signifed their willingness to advance
the funds needed for the legitimate
expenses of the City Government
until the Legislature shall meet and
help us sweep away the refuge of lies which
has so nearly ruined this great municipality.
Let us be thankful that, though the develop
ments made in the courts are shocking and
revolving, from this needful exhibition may
come publication of the old sore, and q re-
newal of the health of the body polite.