The sun., 1873-05-13
MIR. TWEED AGAIN.
Still Another Postponcment Pleas to be En-
tered Tomorrow Moruiug.

tered To-mOrroW MOI biags
IN tue Oyer and Termner yesterday Dis
trict Attorney Phelps moved that Mr.. VIM. NJ.
Tweed he called to the bar OF the court to plead
to the nfteen indictments found against him in
February last. Mr.. David Dudley Field had
just -tcpped out, and one Of the junior counsel
Of Mr. Tweed asked for a delay until Mr.. Field
returned. While debate on this point was
going on Mr.. Field IN propria pcr,ont appeared
to take uart in it. lie said that hc had at
tended at the opening hour In the hope Of hav-
ing the business disposed of before IL o'clock,
at which time 1t was necessary for them to
resume the trial Of a case In the superior Court,
which commenced last Thursday. Other busi-
ness had prevented the taking up Of the Tweed
cases In time, and at the moment he was called
he was in the midst Of an argument Tor the dis
mssal Of the complaint in the action In the
superior Court. In accordance win tue practice
uf the courts, he asked that TINS business be
laid over until he finished his argument In the
other court, and he had time to attend to the
The District Attorney said he knew OF no rea-
son why the arraignment Of the defendant
should take more than few minutes Of the
time OF his numerous counsellors. " thcy pro-
posed any special pleas, they had bad ample op-
portunty for their preparation, ard " not the
formal entering Of plea OF not guilty was soine-
thing which could be done very expeditiously.
Judge Davis inquired OF Mr. Field why the
ed INN mediatelv
Mr., Field answered that his client was Of late
ntSalleu ny every trahu Jury win n new Dhtcn
/ Of indictments, the last having nred hfteen at
him, all based upon the same subject matter,
and In view Of this rather extraordinary state Of
/ things. IL was rather cool to intimate that coun-
| sci had nothing to do but to step up and enter
plea of not guilty. There was much proper
matter to be brought to the attention OF the
Court before pleas were entered and no such
summary method as that proposed was possible.
lie did not wish to enter upOn the subject now,
desiring simply to present the fnCt that W " was
I determined these cases must GO on now. con-
trary to the practice Of the courts. II forced him
. either to abandon them for the time, or tO with
draw from a case which he was arguing, and
] which h I'd been on trial for two davs.
MIR Wheeler II. Peckham said he was In the
same rcdlcameut "a Mr.. Field, but IL affected
/ him differently "a To this case. He vas engaged
IN three other courts and II these cages did not
] come on now he could not attend them.
Judge Davis inquired when II was intended to
! try the "omnibus Indictment against Mr..
/ Tweed. This inquiry started a new Janglc
/ among all the lawyers employed, and they found
II impossible Tor all tu speak at once, after a
slirht effort IN that direction. They therefore
assembled about the tables and Informally dis
1 cus-cd tac matter among themselves. The re-.
/ suit 4 their conference was, that they agreed
that Nr Tweed should plead to the new lndlct.
ment- against him to. morrow nj 10 o'clock, and
that the omnibus indictment should be taken
B. mp fur final disposition bv trial two weeks from
, to-day. II was accordingly 40 ordered by ths
Cont