New-York tribune., 1872-03-11
THE RING "SOLD OUT"
IT'S TOOLS AND CONTRACTORS TURNED
STATES EVIDENCE.

IT'S TOOLS AND CONTRACTORS TURNED
STATES EVIDENCE.
OUTSIDE PARTIES THOROUGHLY DEMoRAL-
IZED--sCOGEs OF OFFICIALS WHO HAD THEIR
HOUSES FITTED AND FURNISHED AT PUBLIC
EXPENSE ON THE EVE OF EXPOSURE
GARvEY, INGERsOLL, KEYsER, AND COOKE
READY TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE CON-
sPIRATORs-BUsHELs OF TESTIMONY AGAINST
SCORES OF CULPRITS-IHE HARLEM COURT
HOUSE FRAUDS-THE PROOF AGAINST GENET
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT 1T.
The utmost CONSERVATION seized upon the King on
Saturday, when Garvey's testimony was laid before
the public and it was recognized by the guilty that
he means in the various suits in which he will testify
for the people to tell all he knows His allusion TO
outside parties" whose bills to the amount OF
$4,000 he had included in his account against the
city, had terror in it for scores of minor officials
and Ring adherents who know that the receipts
which they hold from him viii not protect them
from public scorn and the penalty which follows 1t,
even though it may save them from prison. Walter
Roche is the only Of these outside parties" tor
whom Garvey has done painting, plastering and
frescoing at public expense, whose name has thus
far been revealed. but all the Others must become
public eventually and the consequences to the
guilty can only be imagined.
James II. lngersoll is ready TO tel also whose
houses ne Ulltu Nllu
the same in his bills TO the city. There Others
whom the Ring know can do the same, and the
result of course is the greatest confusion Of counsel
and desperation of purpose. Connolly was driven
from the city by threats Of exposure Of alleged
crimes TO prevent his testimony from being taken
against the voucher thieves and the voucher forgers
Balch and Haggerty kept in jail. where they
will rot waiting for trial which will be ruinous to
the Ring whenever il shall be forced. Threats are
making in Ring newspapers against Garvey ana the
Others who have become the witnesses of the people,
and all the machinery of the consprators Is working
TO intimidate witnesses by every means In their
power.
OTHER WITNESSES FOR TIE PEOPLE
Meantime proof on proof against the llng acch-
rnulates. As was announced, Friday last eXelu-
sively in THE TRIBUNE, negotiations were some
time ago opened with James H. Ingersoll. Deputy
Sheriff Jarvis was refused writs when he reported
an opportunity to capture him and hold him to bail
on the civil suits. The indictments against lnger-
soil have been Withheld by direction Of the Attor-
nev-Geueral "who in these matters" Mr. Garyln, to
do him full justice las THE TRIBUNE has before
endeavoredl has said 4" is the District-Attorney."
Ingersoll under the assurances from Attorney-Ten-
eral Barlow Of present immunity from prosecution,
has held frequent interviews with the gentleman
who negotiated with Garvey. he is wiling and
eager to tell all he knows and his use by the prose-
cution depends on the question whether OF not he
will ten the whole truth, as Garvey certainly in
tends and is committed to GO. 1t IS morally
certain that Ingersol viii be used in each
and all Of the other indictments against Hall, and
if permitted to do so, will show thatnot merely tens
brt hundreds of thousands Of dollars for work and
furniture for outside parties were included IN his
bills against the City and County Treasury 1t Is
well known, also, that Mr. Keyser, the " Ring
PlumbsrD Is also ready to establish the truth In re-
gard TO his accounts, and To show that,after dong
work to the amount of hundreds of thousands of
dollars for city, county, and public officials he, ike
the other contractors who not originally parties
70 the conspiracy, was required by Watson and
Woodward TO include the latter IN his charges
against the Treasury.
The announcement has been somewhat prema-
turely made that VIM. Hennessy, Cooke and Wood
ward had turned States evidence. At present this
is not truth-only prophecy. They Will appear
eventually for the people, il they can be trusted
Cooke returned from Europe to Canada some weeks
ago. and is at st. Catharne's, where Peter Is. and
JamesM. Sweeny and Hugh Smith were lately In
hiding. Deputy-Sheriff Jarvis had in cOntempla-
ton a seizure of his person, but some mysterious
intimation from some one induced its abandonment.
Cooke like all criminals of his class and education,
cannot resist the destinations Of great city in which
he has resided for his whole life. He wants TO re-
turn and will come back at the risk of liberty,
and on the trial of Tweed and the rest he Will prob
ably be called by the prosecution and forced to tell
the whole story Of his conspiracy with Tweed in the
robberies in the Department of Public Works.