New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-24

,ated In 1870 a law was passed providing that all
previous claims against the city sn9uu p co1trncr nS
the then Commissioner OF Public WORKS, III "a iNeeu
This act provided that penes spro ~ Sopd
nav them The three gentlemen named Us such b9aru
met under the act and met at once sns, tbc
COMFY and it was presented 10 this Board In this
t pi Roerd was hound TO audit When these three
gentlemen met together they passed IesVu,on oei
c from Inc snneryisOrs and their committees all bills
against the county, and that inc cercates o. thS IIeS
dt or CerS he evidence the correctness of the bill
c inns cast the duties imposed them the County
AuJtor and expressed their determination to attach
their certificate TO such claims without examining the
on the faith OF the certificate OF this clerk .,o,
Under ths claims were presented aggrcgat SoVyOyS
and passed They ranged from thousands to hundreds
o ousands I'm no one case far they could aseer
tain was single particle Of evidence as 70 the & On
trey on another the law they have neglected tne
duty imposed on them by the law Ihe ggesS s d mtS
or 6-ThetheT they either did pot perform IL at all OF
whether they performed Il Improperly, =
The Indictment included all the claims h cay py
vey and some claims presented by lngersol ana Miller.
some Of the ksys s Gia" KeVser Was oed Sy tie in
derlings OF the Board TO make out his Dius0Dy Mr.
there with his bills and there in conclave they raised
his bills So per cent The old bills to the old Board of
we're assembled: SO they would see that as claims they
were increased 50 per cent by tue very men VINO
Instance Of $4,000 was raised to $4,000 by Mr.. Wood
ward and by Mr.. Tweed's aid was made complete
claim Across the bill so raised Mr.. Woodward wrote
certificate that it correct, and 70 that Mr. Tweed
attached his signature. Mr. Woodward then attached to
had audited the bin, and this was sent round TO the
members OF the Board for their signature.
SO far as Mr. Tweed concerned this was direct,
papabe fraud He had certified to what he knew to be
untrue President of the Board of Supervisors SO far
as Mr. Hall was concerned, they should show That ne
must have known from the amounts that IT was phys
cally impossible work TO that extent could have been
done For instance Garveys plasterng bills were for
over million Cor the County Courthouse, when not
Of clustering could have been pHt on III ms
amount received inumation from three men that
a bill OF q certain amount was wanted. He generally
had some basis for his bills but trebled genuine
claim OF the 100000 which he expected 70 get through
this Board $4,000 for money sent TO Mr. Tweed for
election purposes that Of his bills not &C cent but
something near rs per cent. was fraudulent;
TINS warrant was nOminaly handed 20 the party in
whose favor it drawn but In reality only the por-
oa ra by %oOd%ad and tRe others and
handed TO Mr.. Tweed. Thus Mr.. Garyey receives
his warrant and draws his check for the balance TO Mr.
Woodward who deposits in bank and draws his check
portion the same day TO Mr. Tweed But there was
a balance left TO Mr. Woodward. That balance they
should be able 10 show in some cases. was drawn out IN
bills from the bank, and handed TO Mr. watson, They
share 1t would be for them to whether on all the
evidence this large SUN brought to Mr. watson was Oh
other was for wiul prostitution Of the Office for the
purpose of obtaining this money ana u would De ioI
them to cay whether either under the wish for money or
through fatal yiedngness or Tor what are somet1mes
called political purposes, the detendant 1u not Wnuy
city by this 1t for them to consider the
dniies that were demanded from public officer. They
should claim that he accepted the trust under this
statute was bound TO give his time and attention W
the duties imposed as much as for his afairs-nay
far more for it was public trust. How far were the
officers intrusted with the OF public money 10 De
held responsible for its Oss9 If they should come TO the
conclusion that the accused had done his duty but nag
been deceived, Of course they must aequt MN put II
they found that he had closed his eyes with eyes open
had wilfully this, then they must find him guilty
! At the conclusion of Mr. Peckhams speech Mayor
Hall requested DistrictAtorney to refer him to the
statute under which the indictment was drawn He
also asked that jury belearnesty warned not 70 rea
any newspaper comments the case or to converse
about it with anybody. Judge Brady did so, after
which the Court adjourned until II this morning.