Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-03

The affidavit Of Hon Samuel J. nlden, on
which the arrest Of Tweed was ordered, shows
that Of sG,3I2,6H37 Of claims passed by the
Special Board Of Audit, SG,O95,SO9 II were
fraudulent. Of the trsdesmen in whore names
the warrants were drawn, only two directly re-
ceiyed their proceeds. These were lngersoll and
Garyey. snd they merely sctei as agents TO the
chief distributor of the plumber, L A. wood
ward. TSo-;hirds Of the entire amount drawn
bv IprersoH and Carney from the County Irea-
curry for work which wss never done, s directly
traced A. having been transferred By tie simple
nroesss Of depositing one check sud drawing out
s,otber. into the hands Of Woodward. Wood
ward first deposited the plumber on his own ac-
count, then drew cheeks representing I"eeu
share, and passed over the checks to be adaed
IN the hank account Of Tweed In this way, the
sum Of 1882, $3.50 Of stolen money is traced
directly into the possession Of Tweed. There Is
also disclosure of the net amount OF I"eed
share Of the public funds hlched IN the name Of
the New York Printing Company, the IrGH-
scriui Association. aad the Manufacturing sta
TONERS Company. Out Of S3si,395.l9 drawn
on June :, 1870, by c. E Wilbour, on account
Of these swindling concerns, TSeel received on
June 8. the sum Of Sl0i ,3S3 o. bringing the
total smount Of pluuder which he received from
the transactions Of the Special Board OF AudH
up to 81 ,G97, 1921.
As the ne. result Of four months siealings
from one particular source this is sufficiently
striking
R3senseig. the miserable sboFtioaist who
murdered Alice Bowlsby, was found guilty. on
Saturday. Of msnslaugater in the second de-
gree. but recommended to mercy by the jury.
Recorder Hackett. however, sentenced him to the
full penalty Of the law-seyen years hard iAoor
at Sing Sing. The sentence is unanimously en-
dorsed by the New York papers, and the only re-
gret seems to be that his punishment could not
be made harder, even TO the extent OF taxing
him cut Of the world altogether Besides the
murder Of Miss Bosisby, for which he was tired
and convicted, Rozenweig was implicitly guilty
Of crimes antecedent to and consequent upon
that infanticide which clused Miss Bowlshy's
death. The suicide Of Conklng, who was the
author Of her ruin, is attributable to Rozenwsig'
and the only wonder is that the statutes Of New
York are so lOorely framed as to prevent the in
position Of penalty more nearly commensurate
with the magnitude Of the offence.
A dispatch TO the Boston Pest says
He bore the ordeal of his trial like the hardened
villain whose type he seems proud to represent
judge Garvin's keenest arrows Of denunclsuon
clsnced harmlesslv from his side, and he smiled
complacently when the sentence was imposed.
Some Of the papers say that Rosenzweig bitterly
repents the commission Of the ogime for when
he was convicted, but if | may believe the tes-
timonv Of one who was with him for q while
after his return from the courtroom there is
not a spark Of moral courage in his compost
ton. Nv informant queriei, - How shall you
speud YOUR time in Sing Sing, RosenzWels
and the reply was wordei smilingly, don't
know that | shall have TO spend much time
there anyway. When the public mind gets
pacifed in 8 measure and this thing IL Tor
gotten, don't know bat that may resume
the practice of my profession in some other CITY
Wen wait and see This seems to be evidence
that Rosenzwelg expects pAraon llUiH eoHS
source or other, although there is no substantial
ground for presumption that he Will ever re-
ceiye il. The utmost sympathy is felt for the
wife and daughter Of the criminal, notwith-
standing the fact that they are said to have been
accompiices in the crime. They we're greltly
excited when the prisoner was taken out OF the
dock The daughter, Rosa, a girl about four
teen years of age, with series OF hystericaI
shrieks, knelt on the matted floor OF the prison
box and shrieked out, - Oh, may my God curse
every one who went against you, father may
their flesh rot from their bones ; may their lives
wther up may they die rotten. Oh, father, II
l die for 1t I'll have All their lives ; and then
she clasped her arms around Rosenzweig's neck,
and chung to him conyulsiyely but even st this,
the most trying scene Of Sll, Rosenzweig did not
shed tesr on the contrary, he locked his lips
closely together and seemed the most urcon-
cernel Of any Of the spectators.