New-York tribune., 1873-01-31

posed 10 be concealed from tho sciu"
The Broadway Bank had It's vaults the o.
pSami1,ng Mr. Tiden whose name VIII tarless Ssg
remembered with gratitude Tor ms oOu acrsnces Am in
position ,snss Without aus rss 70 light asked him how Il was
that this bank put you In possesSoho Vi pi'"'o
M WAS msted that the voucher robbery was ng
work Connolly or some one % ese ,ne~ested in these
papers as the who was the aipha ' enc vaSions
whose hat these accounts passed through .nv pG ",
70 the reasuryf Tue law creating this Board OF
Audit did not provide clerk or place oi o Te The
custodisns OF archives, but Connolly was no more
responsible than any OF the rest. ..o.. -, thu No
You have heard from the abost members OF the new,
York Bar whom the wealth OF the defendant has called
around him. that secondary evidence cannot Dc ADMIT
ted Of the contents OF those stolen papers tanhS 70
Reform which placed on the bench Judge VINO ue-
serves all the compliments passed upon hiin and more,
these trumpery objections were unavallng, ana were
swept away like the cobweDs behind which tue ueiend-
ant mtrenehng himself agnI1 tne SIo" n uc denasit
tickets the next links in the chain. Ther contents
were noted and published and all at once they disap
peared, how. when, where, no man can tell. .,
Another great difficulty confronting the prosecution
was this There never had been In the history oI la
gland from which we borrowed our luIlsprudehce, OF III
the United States from the time when the ccOhes
sprung into existence, precedent by which inc crlm
nal code could be adapted TO meet such gigantic ana
colossal fraud as disclosed IN TINS Case. lnanhs
tors 'hf bor il possible that men
the highest position in tho land, ntruSted with l
peral power, placed guardians OF the Treasury act
ing unGer OATH bound under OATH bound by every con
sderauon of honor ustiee aqd hIeltS W t9eT eisy.
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payers ana therefore there was no criminal aw au e.
quate TO meet such We have no law adapted 70
the deyout commandments who come receive the sym
bos Of Savors love- the Judge who takes auvhhdge
who receive instruction his lips II is an honor to
ancestors and the people OF England that Tor
our common law from that country without aIeq"t.e
punishment for these 0hsnses, and we had 10 C'"o up
| ths general imperfect statutes III existence
| THE LEGAL PUNISHMENT INADEQUATE.
| Tbis is simply for msdCnc0nOr
! and the maximum punishment will be one years ID
prisonment in the county jail and fine OF $50 may
be satshed with fine OF six cents without lmpriSoh-
men or 1t may be hours Imprisonment without me-
at the discretion OF the Court You see how Inadequate
this punishment is the defendant is convicted 70 ee'
The clerk who enDezSles SIS goes state Prison the
who by his neglect robs the Treasury ol sV"OOo,
| over SgOO00 Of when are traced to his pocket can
! only DO punished for a simple misdemeanor. 49, ..,
No doubt those who come after US Will oe wseI anu
the code Will be revised such crimes adequatey uehe'
and adequate punishment brought into existence
The prosecution has not failed or been incompetent
1t mas presented an indictment which, nOtwlthStanu-
ing the assaults upon 1t by the heayy aleIS & VI ut IN @
the CouandernChief down to the end OF the column
counter, aud there is flaw ia the indictment The
oGense mas clearly thoroughly proved you are no
escape The finger OF scorn would he pointed NJ our re-
publican institutions if jury could now be found IN,
when the law and the evidence demands. A., =.
Verdict or no verdict y9q cannot % SenS M spe
friends. Counsel having declared that II was tune 10
ieacn public officers thaI DTeaI od G Seccpi % deon
in an Irish court which he SAID broke do"n t1e Sbai
defense OF having too many duties ana that thy hau
| such confidence IN Watson.
II the jury disagreed the prosecution could indct the
him sent jail FOR 55 years conviction The present
indictment subjected him 10 only one punishment ~
was said that tie defendant would minge with
| Carvey than a king with his position. But Gar,
| yey was the man who, when ne presents a I pi
for 100000, is paid without question was ever suen
confidence between king and posiont between boss
and serfl Garvey Is the man VINO contributes s GuOa
TO fight the Young Democracy ana dIVey pIother
the who takes II ON the next tram 10 AIaIy anu
| puts II into the lap of the king. llaughtcrl very
! convenient position. tLaughter.I
| wIILFuL NEGLECT TO AUDIT.
Mr. Keyser said his claims We're bogus 10 oneIhrd II
matered what his for 1t were but he never
before any board he authorized any one 10
10 before a board for him. But Watson was an honest
man. it was said, and they trusted him. But what was
| nj. Dos,tion and power He had power, except 10
| verify vouchers, not 10 audit bills.
| woodward was clerk OF committeemTweed's
servant hunting in couplet with Mr. Tweed This man,
without official position or responsibility, II was through
whom passed about $500Oi more than half ofthe whole
! went TO WIN NJ Tweed. Whom tho went to was not
important hut here was this hitherto lmpecuhous clerk
receiving this sum OF money ana pay ING over near slO"
000 to the defendant. - -,
not and the course OF business testified 10 shows thcy
did not And after ali their proof OF no meeting
the defendant made effort to prove that the Board
| ever did meet LINES showed that voucher made
hp in blank and then sent round for signatures Inc
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days. 49, =. iii. ., ~,
Tweed's II be were swearing falsely. why should he
not have gone further that he Mr. Tweed
sign the certificates His testimony was quite consistent
with other parts of the testimony IA to the relations
between him and Tweed. But the very character OF the
bills showed either ente neglect OF gosS soIuPtUn
1t easy for Mr. Tweed To can III inc au OIL any NUM-
| Der of accountants
He could easily have summoned the foremen OF each
gang nay the gangs themselves. Garyeys bills were IN
all t5i579l &C. and all the basis OF Work Tor TINS was
s6 and OF that part was for work to be done
these bills sufficient proof OF the corruption OF the
Board If they examined them AZ all.
Mr. Tremain argued at length that the deliberate
failure 10 meet was wlln neSecl even Tue auulois
misunderstood the law. But aside from that he claimed
that t was impossible to have passed these bills OF such
magnitude without wilful and deliberate intent 10
As the trust was great, the duty. Had It not
been Copelands revolutions 70 the puOc Press there
was no knowing what extent this would have gone.
To the bankruptcy probably OF the city and the ruin Of
the citizens. lie appealed 10 them as patriots and city
zens to that frauds should not go unpunshed
He should blush he had any doubt III TINS case OF
conviction He had before heard men boast that there
could be no conviction but the good DOok ADVISED Let
him not boast who puteth on his armOr but he who
took it of He had great faith In jurors OATH The
best laid plans of mice and men gang Art agley.
The truth is that this defendant wuily neglected 10
audit these bills. and he did 30 because ne ad pec-
MARY interest in them That was tne key when uh-
locked his whole course. lie reminded the of now mr
Tdens work unpaid ana c. SnesS sS reveeS M e
He alluded 10 the 10000 transaction between Mr.
NOT nrodueed or why was not its accounted
When party had paper and did not produce 1t or ae-
count Tor It's nOhpfOuuctlon cNeiy intehuHoht was
taken against him. ,.
Why was not Bradley produced. II not TO contradict the
payment OF the money but TO contradict JOhn GarVeys
story OF tho notesi Why not King called who re-
| oe!yed the lettersi Where was woodward; where
Connolly; where all the members OF THIS Ring. Mr..
reman proceeded 10 defend Garyey from the charge OF
having cOntradicted himself iD his testimony and read
| at some length from his evidence 10 show that his
| answers were CONSTANT with themselves and the
testimony Of others and that IL was iuy c0rr0borated
by other testimony.
But IL said that they ran and he remained bnt
what argument was that more than ta OF any offender
who was arrested before his escapei He arrested
earlier in the proceedings and held 10 $O 900 of bail
But what had he to fearf Perhaps NeW-1ork seemed
| the safest place for him.