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about the claim down to the time of its pay

about the claim down to the time of its pay
ment
Garvey thereupon testified that the claim
! paid to him was. neither just nor honest
| Laughter. .... IN
HOW TAMMANY MADE UP ACCOUNTS. 3
The following is Garvey's evidence to-day in
the Hall case. % lsgTIr-.--E .rsr.....
Mr.. Tremaine asked first. SIS this claim for
| $41 go true and honest claim?"
| 1t is not, answered Garvey
On what foundation was it made asked Mr.
| Tremaine. ..
"Well' answered Garvey, searching his pock-
ct for bills, it was was necessary for me to have
during the months of June, July and August
1870 S110,9O0 for finishing the plasterng &c,
of the court house; $1S,760 for the work in
buildings 5000. My whole bills amounted to
S264,660. was to have S126, 600 for other peo-
pie and was to, and did give Tweed $4,000 to
go to Albany with and influence the Legisla-
ture, SO 1 made up the fraudulent bill for $685.
$50.
How much did you receiver" asked Mr.
Tremaine.
received So per cent of the whole bill with
out interest; $4,000 gave to Tweed S6O, 900
was spent for buildings in Greenwich, Conn :;
$4,000 for Woodward in Conn $1,000 for plas.
tering the house of Walter Roche, and $4,000
for myself to be spent in politics. L got my
blanks out OF the Supervisors office. The re-
suit of this particular account, 1895 $780, is this:
ward, deputy clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
He took it to Auditor Waters office, 1 went
to Woodward ON the 9th of June. Woodward
went with me to room under this room. 4
then gave Woodward check on the Broad
way Bank for $1106 3513
Mr. Burrill made Objeetos to the evidence.
In fact Mayor Halls counsel spent the whole
day making objections.
Garvey now swore that he never swore to the
correctness of the account. Before 1 make up
| aI ,d,,,,,
from Woodward, specifying the amounts he
wanted charged in the bill, and instructions as
to how the bill should be made up
This statement was objected to and the court
adjourned. I.st .-.- ....-..
THE FOREIGN LOAN. -zsa... g 4
Among the passengers from Londan to-day
We're Judge Richardson, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and j. T. Bgelow, Chief of the
Loan Division of the Treasury Department
Judge Richardson when he left for London
took S5, 900 600 of the five per cent funded loan
which he disposed of shortly after his arrival
there, and such was the demand from Euro
pean capitalists, that during his eight months
stay in London he disposed of S71 ,O0O, 900 more
making total of $4,000 O00 The Assistant
Secretary has invested the whole proceeds in
u 5. six per cent. 500 bonds, which have all
been returned to Secretary Boutwell, and con-
veyed into the Treasury The negotiations is
believed to be one of the largest in the financial
history of the country. s1sa s
#l. TRIBUNE EDITOR ASSAULTED.
w. +. G. Shanks, city editor of the Tribune.
was assaulted this afternoon in his office by j.
A. Fithian, son-in-law of ex-Comptroller Con-
molly. Fithan was angered at an article in the
Tribune this morning, about warrant issued
for his arrest
HONEST BOSS TWEED.
Tweed to-day again said that he had no in
tention of leaving the city, and will give all his
enemies chance to prove their charges.