The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-26
NEW YORK CITY.
TrialAof Mayor Hall.

trial today Copeland, who clerked in th
county bureau, testified that he had sec
the Mayors name on the Gsrvey, Ipger
soil and other vouchers, but didn't see th
Mayor write; the aflldauit Of the claim
ant was not attached TO the voucher; som
OF the signatures OF the Mayors locke,
like fOrgerfes; Auditor Watson had prf
vate room tor consultation; witness haC
his suspicious awakened about voucher,
in the summer of 1870.
Andrew ]. Garvey testified: On th,
Goth Of April, 1870, | had claims agains
the county Of New York, and the bills
made out were paid; the three warrants
handed to me were paid on endorsements
and my endorsements are all genuine; II
April Woodward, Of tho Board OF Super
visors, asked how much was due mo and
| told him as near rs could anC
he gave me instructions to make out thI
Hbills, and that | should have IS per cen
OF the whole bill; Watson after that toIt
me I should have my money II l followed
his instructions, and l did SO. The groS!
amount which The bills amounted to wa
1905 900, OF which expected to get bach
Tor work done or In progress, $4,000 IOl
Court House decorations. $75 600 tor arm
ories and company offices, $4,000 for
Court buildings, and $4,000 cash ad
vanced, and said to be Tor Tweed.
Mr. Stoughton objected to the testimo
ny Of about $4,000 as not affecting the
defendant.
Judge Brady said 1t is not immateria'
Tor what purpose the additions to the bill
were made, and which were not for work
done.
Mr. Tremaine said he proposed to show
that the defendant, when the bill was
presented, asked whether this was one Of
the bills in which Tweed was interested
and being answered in the affirmative, be
signed it.
The Court decided to hear the testi-
mony. Witness said $4,000 was fol-
Tweed in Albany; $4,000 for work on
the house and premises OF Woodward;
$4,000 for work on Tweed's premises al
Greenwich, and $4,000 for plastering
two houses Of Tweed's family on Fourth
street. On these bills he received 35 per
cent. Witness here identified number
Of checks which he deposited In the bank
with Woodward. On receiving the war.
rants other checks were deposited In the
name of Tweed.
Mr.. Peckham said, in reply to counsel
for the defence, that he proposed to
show that the said Tweed received a
portion OF the checks deposited by the
witness, and to show that Hall was con-
scious Of the fact. [Sensation in Court
The witness also testified that alter the
frauds were made public, he met Mayor
Hall one day and told him he was afraid
of being sued, is there any danger oil
those lOlks suing us boys and tying I'D all
our property, and the Mayor replied, who
is going 10 do it9 This was on the vesti.
bule Of tho court house. In 1860, wit
ness took warrants to Mayor Hall to be
signed; he did not know how much was
TO come out Of them for Tweed. The
Mayor asked him, are these Tweed's mat.
tiers, and witness said yes. and the Mayor
signed them. PGckham here proposed to
show that prior to 1869, there was a
continuous arrangement by which Ger.
tain amount was deducted by Tweed and
otheIs from this mans bills. The wit.
ness testified he paid Tweed Is per
cent OFT his bills at first; Watson
told him to do so; Woodward told him
in order to get paid he had to do SO.
Woodward gradually raised the amount
to sixty-tive per cent he had little
connection with Mayor Hall subsequent
ly. Witness had warrant for $43, 900
ior work on reservoir, and Connolly
said: Why don't the Mayor sign the war.
rants? Witness took 1t TO the Mayor and
he said: l must do what l am told, but
will take it to Albany, and I have no
doubt it is all right. Witness was paid,
but not before friend of his sent the
Mayor two pieces Of silver, one from the
witness and one from Ingersoll, which
the Mayor acknowledged in note. Wit.
ness paid Tor his portion of the silver.
Mayor Hall-Do you recollect telling
me at the corner ofStuyvesant street that
your bills were just?
Ans.-No. But 1t Is not likely that
was going TO tell you they were unjust.
Laughter.
Court adjourned.
NEW York, October 25.-The illness
Of John A. GrIswold, of Troy is not dan.
gerOus as reported.
Field is said to have gone 10 Ha.
vana or the West Indies, where the extra.
dittOn treaty does not cover the charges
against him.
A Washington dispatch says that the
attention Of the State Department IS now
being called TO TO the abuse constantly
persisted in on the part Of petty German
States In transporting their pardoned
murderers and highway robbers to this
country, and urged that the Secretary
should intervene to promptly arrest this
practice.
A delegation from the independent Ger,
man Democratic party visited Hon. VIM
F. Havemeyer to-day and rendered him
their nomination for Mayor. Mr.. Have.
meyer, in few appropriate words, &C.
copied the nomination.
John Curley was arrested to-day and
held to bail before U. s. Commissioner
Bett, for refusing to give his name, age
and other facts relative TO his right to
vote to Henry Bowen, a special deputy
marshal, who called at his residence and
said he was taking the census.
The suspension Is announced of r. W.
Nathan, stock broker, to whose account
various contracts were closed out.
Hugh Mcguire, one oEthe Oldest Catho.
lie Priests in the United States, died in
Brooklyn to-day, aged n.
Judge Ncibon has refused bail 10 the
conductors OF the Rrooklyn Weekly
Chronicle, accused OF libelling District
Attorney Britton.
Mrs. Greeley is still In q precarlou!
condition, and no symptoms Of improve.
mcnt are exhibited tonight.
CANADA.
TORONTO, ONT., October 25.-Hon. Mr.