The Portland daily press., 1873-01-21
NEW YORK.
The Triai Of Boss Twecd-fsarvey on the
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The Triai Of Boss Twecd-fsarvey on the
Stand.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-In the Tweed case this
morning Garvey was cross-examlned at length
touching his own implication in the ring frauds.
The counsel made strong efforts to extort from
witness the fact that he was to be given i'm
munity in consideration of his turning States
evidence Witness did not acknowledge that
any such arrangement existed, but said that he
was told by Mr., OConnor that if he told the
truth on the stand no harm should come to
him. He further testified that he left the coun-
try under the assumed name of A. Donnell, and
returned under the name of Andrew Jatfiers,
landing at Boston and quietly coming on to
culpable, but declared that he should tell the
truth, regardless of consequences, which asser-
ton provoked considerable laughter in court.
In the Tweed case, after the recess, Mr.. Gar
vey on cross examination stated that the whole
amount Of his claims,sre and fictitious, was
500 Jo, aIts. ones amount to
about $50, 900. There was no agreement to ex-
tricate him from his troubles if he gave es,ii-s
dence He was worth about 100000 in 1868.
Mr.. Garvey sustained the cross examination
more coolly than was expected, but caused fire.
ouent bursts of laughter by his querulous objec-
| tons to being tied down to direct answers. He
| spoke of the city officials as the quartette He
MEMORANDUM book He must be worth nearly
| a million dollars from his statements. The
| last item he was examined on was one OF S119,-
| 900 for building a house for Dick Connolly on
| Fifth avenue, of which he received $4,000 for
labor and materials He never to his recollec-
| ton told the grand jury that he had received
| a cent improperly from Mr. Tweed. Various
receipts passed to Tweed from Carney for sums
ranging from $4,000 to 100000, during 1868 to
| 1870, were put in by the defence as part of the
proof that what Carney represents as margins
| allowed him by Tweed on bills against the city,
were really paid directly by Tweed himself aud
not by the city.
The Bill Of Exceptions in Stokes Case.
The counsel for Stokes, in pressing for new
trial, will rely upon the fact that two OF the
jurors went outside the court for evidence, one
having examined the ladies' staircase at the
Grand Central Hotel, and the other having ex-
amned the pistols at the gunsmith's to see
whether four could be distinguished from q
six barrel revolver An affidavit is also to be
embodied in the bill of exceptions that before
the trial one Of the jurors said that Stokes
ought to hang anyhow, another that if he were
on the jury he would hang him (Stokes) any
how.
Attempt 10 Break Down the New Bur!
IIaw.
The leading criminal lawyers here have unit
ed in movement to break down, ii possible
the jury law providing, for intelligent Jurors
, ruin the criminal practice if allowed to stand
1 The only remaining hope the ring thieves hav'
of escaping conviction is in the breaking dow
f of the new law Before signing it Gov: Hoff
man submitted the measure to the members o
the court of appeals, who suggested an amend
j, ment, which was incorporated in the act.
Reduction of Telegraph Rates.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. has mad
reduction of % per cent. in the rates from TIL
y city to points between Chattanooga, Atlanta
New Orleans and Vicksburg. Other teleSrap
lines will follow suit.
Hot
The Post saws that Phelps, Dodge & Co. hay
determined to sue the Sun for libel, in Stain
that they are guilty of deliberate fraud
: The New York, Boston & Northern Tallfoa
II Co. and the Harlem Extension Go. voted to-da
v to consolidate as the New York, Boston
J, Montreal railroad Geo. H. Brown was chose
Ii president.
n 1t proves that cerebro spinal meningitis Is L
" more prevalent among horses than is usual
# this season of the year.