New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
CORRUPTION Nv ALBANY.
THE CASE 1 OF SENATOR WOOD.

THE CASE OF SENAIOH NOOD'
GRACm's AFFIDAVIT FOUND CORRECT BY TIE
SENATE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE 49, MIR.
WOOD ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION.
ALBANY, Jan. 17-The Select Committee or
the ease Of Senator James Wood at ITS last session. re-
ccved report the Chairman, stating that nc knew
the transcript from the books of the EowIns Green
Savings Bank as published in THE TRIBUNE TO be cor
rect The Committee thereupon assumed tho statements
Of THE stand proved. and called uUon Mr.
Wood to make such statements rs he may think proper
IN refutation The Committee will wait reasonable
time for response from Mr Wood before proceeding to
witnesses.
FACTS FOR THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
SENATOR WOOD ALREADY CONVICTED OF FRI
VARICATION-HIS CASE ALMOST As BAD As
TERWILLIGER'S PROOF-READING, ETC"
T0 the EdttOr Of The TrfbHae
SIR: You published in THE TRIBCNE Of
the 18th inst the correspondence between Dr. James C.
jackson aud Senator Wood In Woods letter he says:
The truth 49, the account ia moi myiaccount but that
Of another man. friend OF mine, in the City of
New York whom was trying to assist in his business
matters. raised and deposited to my credit SOoOJ nc,
cause ii was thought better, he was III embarrassed
circnmstances that il should be my rather than
IN his The bank BOOK and check book were leii with
him. with blank checks signed by me Every doDai oI
il he drew out and invested ia ms business
This assertion is certainly false, for he dre" sOO
from the Bowling Green Savings Bank, through The
Geuesce Valley Bank tho Assessor OF internal ReVe-
nue. discovered on examining his account only TWO or
three weeks ago And he also drew check of t24o on
the BowlingGreen Bank that was paid toward village
building that be purchased in Geneseo last summer
The 81, 900 drawn from the Bownc-Green Bank went
into general account At the Genesee Valley Banh AT
GeUeseo. These facts be proved-bY o. d. Lake or
Monnt Norris Internal Revenue Assessor as to the $1,000
IeIu and by Nelson James and W. A Brodie as to the
s2sO item.
when his account in that bank first examined. he
cause OF the present suspicious he had taken up all his
checks but two. Both those checks were filed up ana
signed by him-One payable to his brotbeTlnlaW'
DR. Frank L. Harris Of NewYOr6 for 800, ana the oter
was payaDle TO A. T. Stewart Co for sli7 H. On Ouf
occasions therefore at least he used this money aS MS
own for his purposes and bis friend who was Ill
embarrassed circumstances did not draw every dollar o
A. AS stated in his letter DR.. Jackson. His wife died
In November OF the house Of her brother Dr. h. Har
rs in New York and the bill at stewarts was undOubI-
edy connected with that sad event state all the facts
within my knowledge. While most fully believe MN
guilty would do him no injustice
Senator Wood stated 10 the Assessor OF internal Rev
euue that he borrowed the $4,000 in the BowlngGrcen
account Of Jay Gould his note. Would II not he
wen for him explain how Jay Gould came to lend that
large sun Of money 10 man who was not worth 1000
cents without any other security than the senator
notct
The Senator stated to gentleman in Geneseo whose
name the Investigating Committee can have that he
had borrowed OF william NJ. Tweed $4,000 for which he
had given his note, which sum did not enter into
his Bowling Green Bank account. Had not the Senator
better explain how Tweed to lend so large sum
to man without property and with judgments enough
against hun 70 sweep away large part OF the money
loaned :
Isee there is n disposition TO try and whitewash TN,
Senator instead OF INVESTIGATING his conduct Perhaps
effort may succeed, but trust not TIE IRIBiNLS
blows always heavy. and almost always tneCual,
when dealt at corruption trust they will not hc with
held the corruption aimed al is inside instead Uf
| outside the Republican party
There potent influences at work TO shield him at all
hazards He will prove anything Re desires 10 hs his
fripu in Wy or
yOwed this money That mans name L. am informed,
Henry ChambeIliD and he II engaged Ill making old
whisky out OF new in o very short time
NeTv respectfully, RIfOEHLk
NeV- YOrk. Jan l5 1872.