New-York tribune., 1873-04-11
THE MARKET PRArDS.

TIE CONFEDERATEs OF CONNOLLY DENY TIE
CHARGEs-THEIR TRUTH REITERATED AND con-
FIRNED-sENATOR O'BRTEN, MICHAEL NORTON
AND FEORE KNOWN 10 HAVE BEEN IN THE
swINDLE
The statement abOut the market frauds con-
tanned the forthcoming annual report Of the Con
troller and published last week in THE TRIBUNE has
called forth two communications, which have been re-
ceived this office from persons charged with com
plcity the frauds. one OF these is from Senator
Eichael Norton, and Is follows;
ALBANY, April 3, 1873.
SIR An article in I1iE TRIBUNE Of yesterday does me
great injustice IL is stated that TO be pub
hshed by Controller Green in reference TO the New York
markets, viii show that received money from snpern-
teDdent Feore, and that was in some way connected
with what s DESIGNATED as the Market Ring" pro
nOunee al such statements ~ utterly false ana without
the slightest foundation truth or m fact. and SHALL II
any such report Is made court ana demand the fullest
investigation as to their truth Hoping you viii publish
tins aad tnus give denial the same prominence you
have the charge, am yours truly, MICHAEL NORTON
The other communication came from jeremiah Feore,
ex-superintendent of Markets. 1t as follows
SIR: The statements made in your issue Of this morn
ing, respecting the authority of Robert Cow,
hereby declare 10 be false in every particular never
paid Senators Genet Norton or OBIlen any money Tor
Rets, stated that the position cost me
sO0o or auy other sum Instead of my claiming TO be
Gankfupt as YOU assert believe my position in bust
ness is as good that of any other dealer in the market
and am alwavg ready for any demands legally made
apou nae. Yours respectfully. JEREMIAH FEORE.
Mt Feore leaving this letter for publication, stated
that he wrote il Senator OBren had demanded
nby telegraph Further investigation made on Thursday
BY Tribune reporter, shows that the statements
pabcd OF not only true, but that greater enones
than mentioned have been perpetraed by FeOre,
The proceeds whereof shared by the members Of
the Ring az stated In fact, what stated In THE
TIBUNE forms part OF Official report, and will be
found in every respect correct.
Cot De Voc said Thursday concerning the article to
which exception Is taken: 81 know of nothing therein
shat not correctly stated II had written IL myself
unworthy OF any notice" Robert Cow also expressed
mis- Willingness make affidavit to his statement though
he has siuce declared the demand Of OBrien, that
that individual not implicated by him. There
are othcr persons ready 10 verify Cows original as
tertious John Finley, who lives IN South Washington
square states that he met jeremiah FeOre, exsupern
tendeut Markets. at West and Fulton-ss the day
Feore had appeared before Controller Green explain
the charges backnail deposited in the Controllers
hands the form OF adayits and that Feore acknOwl-
edged 10 bin that he had $4,000 out OF the super
Bendency that IL cost him S. ZOO 20 obtain IL in the first
place Harry Genet obtained it for him. and that he
had 70 spos afterward. Feore acknowledged
70 obtaining $500 illegally from Mr. Newby, stand
owneriu Clinton Market and amounts Of money from MI
Ieroue others whose Finley does not remember.
On Monday afternoon Jeremiah FeOre met Robert Cow
IN the street and demanded know whether the latter
was the author Of the statement published in TIE
T7uBukE that ne had confessed to obtaining money
frualeutly isOn staudOwneIs, and that division had
been made Wits Genet and others. Gov replied IN the
affirmative; said Do was ready prove justify his
statement by affidavit " DO you think" responded
Feore that n had made 81 90 COO out Of the poHtion,
and had surrendered nearly all Of 1t 10 Genet and
Norton that would squeal' on lay benciactorst I'm
not 80 uugraeful a. that" The following corroboratiye
testimony in REGARD Norton's connection with the
..Msfket Rrc" war obtained by 1RBuEE reporter
from scores of dealers in Clinton Market:
Whom Norton vas quite young he occasionally worked