The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-11-27
EXIT TWEE ,.
The Champion Robser Meets Isis
Deserts at the Hands OF Justice
Twelve Years ON B!a X wells I,-
land ara a Zine Of si2.75o.

| The Champion RObser Meets Isis
Deserts at the Hands OF Justice
Twelve Years ON B!aekweii's H.
land ari a Zine Of si2.75O.
NEW YORK, November - The Court
of Oyer and Terminer was densely packed
this morning, owing to the interest fel. in
/ the Tweed case. Counsel for the prosecu-
ton and defense Were all present Tweed
entered the room, followed bv two deputy
sheriffs, who have been his cu,todians since
! his consiction.
| After stating that, by tie verdict of the
{ Jury, the number of convictions were fifty
one, the Judge said: Elf any one thinks
/ i, is agreeable to me to pass such judgment,
he is mistaken, for ! would gladly have the
acceptance of this position fallen upon
other shoulders. shall not shrink from
any feeling Of its harshness or severity to
prevent the performance of my simule iu-
". Nevertheless | have the power, and,
in pronouncing Judgment, | shall endeav-
or to exercise it so to temper justice in
some degree with mercv. 1t is deeply to
be regretted that tn, Legislature has not
provided E. long sentence and pun, ,shment
to characterize offenses of this kind in diff
ferent forms, and tx penalties for each of
fensc where committed ia different forms
from those which may be imposed by our
statutes. Public officers who rob the peo
pie by oppropria.ing public moneys, and
allow others to do So through their InStrn- .
mentality or connvancP, are. unfortunate
" in the state Of our law, not To @ aljulg- /
Ell fc'ons, or punished by imprisonment in /.
the State Prison, but escape under forms !
of indictment for m;sdemeanor subject for /
each to pay a penalty of $3.50. or single /
year in the Peatentiary. If this was a
general verdict, this would be all that the |
Court could impose Moth Nitlstauding |
that he took for his own Use more than 81 - !
900, 000 in the manner described, If there /
was general verdict rendered the Conrt
could Cnly pass through the farcicnl per-
formance of rendering Judgment Of 1862 !
fine and one years imprisonment for the +
audacous r,bhery Of the city aud county !
Of mere than 81 900, 900. Under the YER
dict, the Court has larger p0 wers, vi. icli it
will exercise, and, I hope, with prudence /
and due regard to the interests Of the pub /
Ii, and example to b. made
THE sErTENCE,
Tweed was then ordered to stand up /
which he did ,lowlv, and on being asked (
If he had anything to say why sentence !
should not he pronounced, rel lied, almost !
iaau!iblY. Nothing" his counsel al ling, /
ale hnS spoken through counsel" .IuI c
Davis then resumed: William VI. Tweed, /
yon stand convicted by IA verdict of IA iurv
Of twelve honest men of Il large number of /
crimes charged ~. .aiust YOU, united in one !
Indictment, AMI -hat verdict, in the !
opinion Of the Court, could not have been
otherwise viii ort violation Of the oaths .
The jury had taken, or utter disrrgar! of
the obligations unl"r which thcy rested TO
all tee opportunity YOU hal-h.d ycu faith /
fully performed your duties to the puhlic-- (.
to win the honor and respect of the whole (
community, yea saw ft to pcrycrt the OF
portuuitv it possessed AMI the powers with (,
which you were clothed in a manner more
wirket, more infam, Us, and more outra-
& h.,
ter which the whole history Of the civilized
world contains. Instead cf protecting the /
lubiic, yog plundered it; instead Of stan 1
ling guard wien The law placed you over +
tho Treasury Of your COUNT, Won threw 1
tAat Treasury ore3, not merely to your !
own rapncity, but also to the avarice of Your
make It transparent that yon were engaged /
in a concerted conspiracy to pluadrr the (
Treasury Of this county, in which YOU and /,
your associates in crimes were principally /.
10 benefit. The evidence on this subject
can leave no manner Of doubt in the mi nds /.
of any. The commencement of il all was ,
tiC ~ lpu On muse UutlCN ~ /.
President of the Board of Auditors? on IT,.
Eth of May. The very next day after your
career of plumber began, and from that dnv
forward, consecutvely, till the whole 1919
accounts before that Board hau been audi.
Ted and certified, and the warrants issued
and money paid, the evidence is cjnc,usive
that the whcle proceeding was instituted
to carr o"t concerted plln TO enrich
Yourself and those associated witA YOU. If
there was no other testimony, that in nv
judgment, Wolld be c0nclusiyrlv establish
ed by The fact that on each OF heSe several
claims, as they were passed on and u'f-
mately paid, your slarr Of the plumber was
clearly fixed and prescribed ut u pes cent,
while the share of your associates has been
fixed 10y somewhat similar Standard Of
piunder. IL is impossible fo believe that
the distribution of 1870 eases, in which the
moneys were received on these warrants,
that just n per cent. Of each sum shout al
ways be allotted To- YOU. without m UNDER
Standing IN advance, by cauce1trl arrange
ment, that this exact sum should be your fy- !
eI proportion OF the moneys Of which the
county should be piuudered 1t is in VAIN
:" spEgest that your trial aud conv.ctien hak
been the result Of any partisan feeling, taat
tIis was, after all rs one Of the jurors sum
monel on the fanel expressed it, a struggle
between the ins and the outs NJ; the
whole struggle has been a struggle waoed
between honesty and fraud, between virtue
and crime.
The several counts on which Tweed was
found guilty were grouped. and ff,y- one
distinct sentences imposed, making hi, term
twelve wears imprisonment il. the county
Jail, and imposing fine of Sl2, ,75V.
GRANTS NEW PRESENT.
Glassware for .he white FahJIsc