Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-11-29
Boss tweed in hi. Proper Place.


On Saturday morning last, Mr. WM. M.
TWEED, the prince of thieves, the fame of
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his trial ana being iOnnd guilty ON 2O4 counts
of his long Indictment, was urruigned for sen
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'he s'h'chc', 'oSe'her WIN us iuilhess Oh lllu-
sion 10 the various aspects OF the case and the
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Judge Davis said William NJ Tweed, you
stand convicted by the verdict of an intelligent
and honest jury Of large number OF parlicu.
lar crimes charged against you in this indict-
mcnt. The verdict IN the opinion of the
Court, could not have been otherwise without
II violation utter disregard of the obligations
under which they rested 10 speak the truth
and the truth only by their verdict. The proc
in that case when laid before that jury AT Tie
close Of the peoples case was simply II malh-
cmatict demonstration of your guilt Hold
ing high public Office, hOnorcd and resp pclel
by large Glasses OF the community in which
you lived, and | have no doubt, beloved by
your associates. with ali these trusts devolyed
upon you, with all the opportunity you had
10y II faithful discharge Of duty TO win the hon
III 10 pcrvcrt the powers with which you were
clothed in manner more infamous, more
outrageous than any instance of like charac-
ter which the history OF the civilized world
contains, Instead OF protecting the public,
you plumber II, instead of standing guard
where the law put you, over the treasury OF
the county, you threw 1t open, not merely to
your own rapaciiy, but To the ayerce 0i your
associates, under circumstances where it is
transparent that You were engaged in u con-
ccrteu conspiracy To plunder the treasury OF
this county and enrich your associates in crime
and yourself. The evidence ON lhut subject
can leave no manner o doubt Commencing
with the entering ON your duties on the OH
ot May, 1870, in the organic tion ol the Board
OF Audit alter the passing OF the resolution de-
lining HE mode in which the proof should be
lnrnisht q 10 your Board, and action should
he had theron On The 9th dny OF May, and
! from that day forward consecutlvely, ill the
whole l9O claims had been audited, certified,
warrants ISSUED, and the money paid, the ev-
| ldencels conclusive That the whole proceed
ingS wns 10 carry out u concerted plan To en-
rich yoursi and those who were associated
with you. IL there was no other circumstances
IN the case nut thnt, II would IN my judgment
be suihclehtlY established ny the mct that on
each oil thrse several claims, as they were
passed upon and ultimately paid, your share
oil the plunder was equally hXcd and prescrib.
associates seeming To have been measured by
u somewhat similar standard. II is impossible
to b licve that In the distribution of 100 sums
OF money, received upon those warrants twen-
yiour p cent should have always been
allotted to you had IL not been understood in
advance by arrangement that the sum should
be your fixed proportion OF the money OF
which the county was To be plundered. When
We see IL machine, the creation of some invent
i've genius, turning ont at each revolution II
fixed amour, of some manufacture or product,
we argue from that result that mind, thought,
reelection. nruvislon Ind snmethin,, ~ Io Viii
The production in that form. So when we
see machinery through which Won Opor-
ate produce a like result and In form.
II was impossible not 10 SEQ behind il,
n like concerted consplrncv lv which Won in
common win lhe oilers sInrr3 thnt nlunder.
inu and for II consumnied ihnt crave and NV.
mI crime II il I'm WIN tn smrgsst hot vnnr
trial nnd oonviciinn hnve hsen ,ho rrsuI, or