The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-27
Haggeruy and Baulch To BE In
dicted To-Day.

IBAy, IL Mn arrested, dye knowYn
NWho's Bfll9''
sswAy, Bill Tweed. Didn't you read the news
papers to-dayi Why, he's to be arrested to-day.
padn't you know itr
syNo, nor you neither.r
a'pm tenin' ye It's In all the papers. You kin
bet your bottom dollar on it.n
!, .wny ny, wasy they arrest him f0r' They can't
aNow, dona know nothing about what they kin
no. but Bee Charley OiConor Is doing 1t, and you
KIN bet he's got 1t straight whatever Is In It, What
Yver he goes t In this here affair he is goin' to 90
Tight Idon't understand perhaps, but I'll bet he
aoss and taey antg0'ng e catch him in no snap on
Such was portion 81 q conversation which O..
Eurred yesterday in tho basement Railways OF the
new Court House, near the Sherns once. II may
be taken a. q sample Of dozen other converse
tons which took place during the day around the
py Hall and Court House, Id relation to the arrest
81 Mr.. Tweed, which was to have occurred yester.
pay, but did not. The complaint and application
FOR the order OF arrest is known were entered and
made at Albany, and this fact seemed to puzzle
many OF the small politicians. They could not see
why the case, II there be any grounds for q case.
Ooud not and would not be tried In this city. The
lawyers could explain 1t, and as they never do any
Ahing without fee in hand before they move they
ccpld not be expected 70 ten the
s WHY'S AND wHEREFoRES
yDout the 'balds" and 'aforesaids'' until they had
pscured their handsome retainer not even for tho
1ske Of ''reform" and the tempting ofer Of chance
p run for Supreme Court judgeship. 1t was
hated, however. BY Q gentleman who should know
hat tho case was brought In equity with tho people
pr the State Of New York as planrns, ana that the
hction could just as well have been commenced IN
BunAl0 as In Albany,
"A cruel wd9 who stood listening to this Observe
yion remarked that 1t might be appropriate to have
Drought the action N BuQalo o. II was much
nearer 70 -
Aisa m.ess b looked ppon as very ominous COS
everywhere the matter was discussed ana 1t was
boxed on in all manner OF ways OF course when
Me order OF arrest should arrive from Albany 1t
would at once be placed in the Sherif's hands for
execution and by him be served on Mr.. Tweed, who
would be obliged to provide two sureties in twice
The amount sued for. Crowds hung around
THE sHERIFF's OFFICE
nearly oil day. expecting, 1t would seem, that The
Sheriff would 20 over, forcibly arrest MI. Tweed
Ind convey him to the Court House Ludlow Street
Sail. holding him, d Ia "copn by the coat collar
the expectant ones on that 'Iay," were, Of course
BADLY disappointed but they trayersed the halls and
Sestbule and rotunda In the Court House with most
commemorate patience Inside the ONCE there were
but few signs Of business or briskness In anything
Grand Marshal Burns, OF the Fifth ward, sat
Sn the railing enclosing his desk, chatted
with q friend and gazed from Hasson to Cummlns
And back to Gibney. They amused themselves
chatt,ng or reading or making mental calculations
rs to what they might be catching on trumps II
business was good. IL was not good, "as," TO use
The words OF one, "there Is nothing else in the
courts but these damned frauds With their bloody
motions and arguments and injunctions and what
not, we can't get anything TO DO at ALL"
.f'what about the order OF arrest for TweedT'
uWell,r replied one, III think II II don't succeed
In doing anything else 1t win
HURT TwEED's CHANCES
for the Senate. The people would not vote for him.
They could not afford to. Why, now nell be good
deal weaker, anyhow. tell you there'll be q man
mp against him who can poll heavy, solid vote.
know Tweed very well, and like him; but they Will
nave to give us new leaders. II there Is the leas
fraud in the district Tweeds seat viii be contested,
" he ever goes there. would not be surprised 70
BURNS, OF SLIGO, UP FOR SENATOR,
and then Tweedy would have 10 look out, as Burns
Is no SLOUGH, you know"
This may DO an intimaton OF some real or pre-.
tended movement to be made against "rne Boss'
canvass very materially.
THE ORDER OF ARREST
once Is situated In corner OF the deputies room
ana quite close to the door OF Sheriff Brennans
private room. MI. Judson Jarvis, who has charge
of the orders of arrest on being asked on the CUES.
ton, did not know anything about 1t. He had re.
Ceiyed no order and really did not expect any. UP
10 time for closing the ONCE none had arrived
when 1t does come, however 1t Will be served ana
The entire affair Strengthened, as far rs the sheriff
Is concerned IN very lew minutes without any fuss
or sensation whatever, and the scandal mongers
and expectant sensatlonalIsts VIII be. Of course,
disappointed.
some curiosity was expressed as to who
MR.. TwEED's BoNDsMEN
would be- as II was known they would be obliged to
give perhaps 81, 000 900. In this connection 1t was
run,orcd that Tweed had made an assignment TO his
son Richard yesterday afternoon OF some four and
half millions and that he could on that become
surety Nobody around the public offices seemed 10
know anything definite about the Subject but II was
generally conceded that 'The Boss" would have
sHEAvY wBArHERn
10 be elected straight and still heavier 10 carry with
hm MS candidates Tor several districts In his Sena'
tOrfal district
All these chances were discussed among crowd
oi some 900 small pipclayers and repair men. They
nau ho' pcen paid since August, and they had called
On deputy comptroller Green several times, but
shere was no money for them, and 90 Mr.. Tweed
yesterday advanced some ga, $50 to pay these men
for september, and TO pay the clamp and gasn men
to-day. the pipelayers formed In line at the Cham.
berlalns door early In the morning, ana as they
moved along toward Mr.. Whalen's desk ana that