New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-03
THE ERIE INVESTIGATION.
,NDrRcIRRENTs OF THE LOBBY.

ITNnERGURRENl
TESTIMONY or HENRY SHERWOOD, SAMUEL D. TiIph''
AND oTHERs-BAsB on THE LASi D'"
VOUCHERS FOR LEGAL EXPENSES
WIN Tho Erie Investigating Committee hnisned
.bo ox.mination of witnesses Tuesday evening they
do.dod d, ad;ourn subject 10 the call OF the Chair-
man ond IN return TO Albany early yesterday moIh-
inc After the examination OF the accounts ioi
Legal seryicesn produced by Mr.. Watson from the
,,utiIoted records OF the Erie Office they deler-
mined in Executive session, to meet again yeSoeru"y
morning. and In the mean time to make every enort
IN Obtain the presence as witnesses OF Diessis'
Dutcbor Tweed and Gould Mr.. Gorine the
serpeapt-at-A Arms reported that he had made every
effort TO subpoena these witnesses, but Without sue
cess. Members Of the Committee freely expressed
the oplnion that they were purposely avoiding
service and they will probably be reported TO
the Assembly for contempt. The Sergeant
alarms met Mr.. butcher on the morn
ing of tho day on which the testimony
was given, in which his legal services in Albany
were mentioned in connection with certain Senators.
Since then he has been invisible, and the Committee
are anxious to learn from him the Senator's names
When Mr. Gould left the stand, after giving the tes-
timony which the Committee regarded as only pre-
lminary, he said he should be glad to appear again
il the Committee desired further information They
however, do not know where to find him, and wish
to get an explanation of the figures produced on
Tuesday. Mr.. Tweed is also among the absentees
and no explanation of his costly legal services Is
forthcoming. The matter was fully discussed in an
informal manner by the members Of the Committee
and the suggestion was made that dispatches might
have been received from the Senators specially ln-
terested urging the persons sought to remain away
The Committee will not consider their labors closed
until they have had an opportunity of learning from
these gentlemen all the details of their legal services
in Albany.
The first witness was volunteer, though efforts
had been made by the Committee to reach him with
subpoena. Henry Sherwood testified that he was
Director of Erie from December, 1871, to March,
1872 and was elected TO succeed Tweed. he ex-
planned how he had used $4,000 in Albany TO IN
nuence legislation but not to purchase legislators
The Hon. Samuel J. Tilden explained that SlO,UO
of the $4,000 shown to have been received by MN
on the books was a legitimate fee for legal services
as counsel and arbitrator He had sent in no bill,
and the check for the amount had been sent HIM
voluntarily. This was all he had received from Ere
and the other $1,000 was falsely charged. MT.
Anteas testified that Mr.. Watsons statement OF the
earnings and expenses of the Erie Railway, upon
which the declaration of q dividend was based, had
been improperly made ont. VIM. NJ. Williamson
testified that he had made the entries on the sheets
of the mutilated volume which had been before the
Committee, from original vouchers. The Committee
adjourned to meet in Albany to-day