The New York herald., 1872-10-24

guire on che ground that they were double his own
age; connor Foudxse vas .excnsedn ny the Dis-
James A. C0nnor was challenged by the prosecu-
tton Alfred A. Baker was excused, Mr. Hall stating
that the gentleman was Old and attached friend
OF his, and 1t was not proper TOR him to sit ~
Juror. James Boyd challenged by the prosecution
Charles w Benedict and william A. Damp act aside
Tor opinions formed. The following were sworn: -
THE JURY.
Charles J. Brill. clerk. pa East Broadway.
Edward B. aclborow. plumber, 6s6 Ninth avenue.
Joln II. Odell organs, 3az west Fofsyeigita
street.
John Taylor. soda, I3s Franklin street.
Jacob }. Rover, agent, 315 Broadway.
John II. Lyon COAL 354 Third avenue.
Morris A. Myers shoes. 2o5 sixth avenue,
Frederick Faubel, Jr., merchant, rs Pearl street
Henry Il. Tyler. drugs, IL Gold street.
Sigmund Wsrshng, agent, 226 Sixth avenue.
FranEin Goodwin, house mover, .32 East Ntae-
John b. Baker produce 66 Dey street.
ADJOURNMENT ASKED FOR.
Mr.. Peckham said that they had empanelled
jury rapidly that he felt bound to ask or M ad-
journment to next morning. The papers in the case
were scattered the witnesses were not present and
1t would be much better. If the Court pleased Tor
the case to be adjourned then. 80 as to give the
afternoon for making arrangements for the trial
Mr. Hall said that he had been suffering under
THESE CRUEL IMPUTATIONs so LONG
that when he saw a jury in the box he hailed it az
the star OF his deiiversnce He came tnat morning @
second 0ftime that he had not been ready to meet
his accuscrs. While nc might have an opinion with
,criIninality OF that negligence. He had asked
trial The s"ss Gentlemen on the other side had had
ample time to prepare for this trial ne stood
there too in his ooiciai capacity. He wss ms,l,,
at the earliest possible moment in great number
OF cases OF the supervising OF the Inspectors OF
Elections and all the machinery for taking charge
thereof He was also q member OF the Board OF
AppOrtiOnment and his attendance was requisite.
besides great number OF official engagonents
which would begin next week. He therefore
hoped the case would lie opened at once SO that he
might learn the facts on which he was charged.
and thus have the benefit OF night for crOss-ex-
animation. That was fair and he asked that.
The Court ruled that the case must be opened.
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE AccUsED.
Mr.. Peckham then began his opening. The In
dictment, huge as 1t was, might, on account OF ts
repetiti0ns, be briefly stated. In 1870 law was
Ss ep be- ,sas al BY
composed OF the Mayor, the Comptroller and the
then Commissioner OF Public Works Mr.. Tweed
This act provided that revenue bonds should be
issued to pay the claims audited, and the Comp
trOller should pay them. The three gentlemen
met once. There was then, according to one OF
the counts, claim against the county, and was
presented to this Board. In the count the
claim as this Board was bound to audit
When these three gentlemen met together
on trial that the County Auditor collect from the
Supervisors and their committees all bills against
the county and that the certificate OF the President
clerk be evidence OF the correctness OF the bill
They thus cast the duties imposed on them on the
County Auditor, and expressed their determination
TO attach their certificates to such claims without
examining them on the faith OF the certificates
OF this clerk. Claims were presented to the
amount OF $6oO0,ooo and passed. they ranged
from thousands to hundreds OF thousands. In no
case so far as they could ascertain, was sin
gle particle OF evidence as To the Justice or these
claims given The question question was ns, whether these
The indictment included all the claims pre-
sented by Keyser q Co., and also all the claims
presented by Garyey, and some claims pre-
sented by Ingersoll and Miller Some OF the
Keyser claims had been presented to a previous
Board OF Audit He was notified by the undcrlings
of the Board to make ont his bills. He went there
with his bills and there in c0nclave they raised his
bills thirty three per cent. The old bills to the
raj OF these bills were assembled, SO that practi-
cay as claims they were created by the very men
who were to pass them as auditors a bll, for m
Woodward and by Mr.. Tweed, and was made a
complete claim. Across the bill 80 raised Mr..
woodward wrote certificate that it was correct,
and TO that Mr. Tweed attached his signature. Mr..
Woodward then attached to IL blank certificate
of audit that the Board OF Audit had audited the
bill. and this was sent round to the members OF
the Board Tor their signatures. SO far as Mr..
Tweed was concerned, this. was direct pal
cerned, they should know that he must
have known from the amounts that 1t was
physically impossible work to that extent could
have been done. For instance, Garvey's pastering
bills were for over million for the county Court
House. lie (Garvey) did not trouble himself ABOUT
the particular amount he received. He generally
had basis for his bilS but trebled the genuine
claim or the $500, 900 which he expected to get
through this Board $780, 900 was for money sent to
Mr. Tweed for election purposes so that OF his bills
not siXty-sX per cent, but something near seventy
iiye per cent, was fraudulent. The claim thus au
dited had q warrant attached to 1t, and this war
rant was n0minally handed to the party in whose
favor IL was drawn, but in reality only the part
really claimed paid to the claimant. The
balance was retained by Woodward and the Others
and handed over to Mr.. Tweed. II they should
come to the conclusion that the accused had done
his duty, but had been deceived, OF course they
must acquit him; but II they found that he had
closed his eyes, with his eyes open had wllfully
done this, then they must find him guilty.
Mr.. Hall asked the counsel to furnish him with
the statutes on which they relied. He also asked
that the Court would request the jury not to read
any newspaper comments on the case. Indiscreet
friends and enemies during the last trial had
made 1t a subject OF comment, and he asked that
the Court would speak earnestly to the jury on the
subject.
District Attorney Garvin said that he also de-
sired that the Court would charge them not to
permit persons to talk in their presence about the
case.
The Court charged the jury very impressively
that they were to consider this case only on the
law and the evidence.
The case was then adjourned until to-day at
eleven A. M.