, 1874-09-11

dealers In MONTGOMERY Hsfect But he Thh al- i
roady giving Indications Of thoso remarkable
satuto and Calculating mental powara thiE after
warda gave him ouch power IN tho city whore ha I
Ind mado lliy honre, aud tho farDisuro trade waa,
tar too ul for youth Of hiB energetic dapost-.
aon. A year'a trial sulllcod 10 tire him Of It,
anI quitting Lin employers ho persuaded hia
father 10 apprentice lin 10 Clark i Baoot, aur-
Yeyora md oiTll eugnoo1e, and it wAa here proba.
BIZ that ho loarned tho art Which at tatot period
enabled him to ninke those abstruso cn!culatiohs
regarding tho price OF certain property purchased
by tho city tliat ultimately conslgnod him 70 tho
sSnto Prison. lie reinni1od With Clark 4 Baoot |
for tliroe Yours, aud became an elotont survey
or, engineer. aud architect nnt 10 5eema to
ago Of IT he reaolyod once moro to change his !
profession
Hin father thon took him into his oTn baHl-
noss as nn apprentice, and, throwing his whole
young Dumstcd. soon bccamo 4 sssStful and mr.
tiBti6 mason. His father had anothor apprentice
OF Tho name Of 1sohincon: and. whoh both had
Bcrvod their timo. no mado over tho bub!neRs 10
stod & Robinson, builders, 6onoorii which soon
became ono of the most Important OF lss kind In
Jersey City.
DeaidcH The wealth accumulated III tho bust
and with unynrying succcss. Ho' marriod. and
purchased Il magnificent house nt Ocean aud
firginin avenues, whore Lis family hnvo snco.
lived. Ills fathor had y less imposing but sub
etaptal dwelling similarly situated on the oppo.'
eito side Of Virginia nvoiiuc, nn1 1t vas in this
houan that William II. Bumstod breathed Ills
last,
About ton yoarB ago tho firm Of Bumsted u
Robtuson MAS dissolved, aud from TINT tsuo Mr.
Bu,aated's downfall mar be datod. Eot that !n
tho poIitica arena into which lo entered on his
tctiscmHrI flou Gilsinesg ha WAS unsuccessful.
for through i LONG potlod lo was pro-eminontly
fortunate, and ninassel immeAsd wealth, but
tho nath uuou Which lio tllop entered Has tho
one Which ultimately lel him to his destruction.
lie soon bocamo power in tho community,
and Obtaining tho nomination for Alderman IN
Doreeu, ha was elected by sweeping majority.
Te soryoJ for throo tcrtns In Dorgon CitY, and
,shn1 pSTrNn was nonso3;latel WIN old Jersey
CITY he was elected to tho game o0]eo, aud 1lal
Il for mora than two years. aftor rhich he was
adH amd 90 snonnetod Wiz SUCCESS in ro
estate,
i RIM; was formed OF which he was che centre,
ard Tor Z long time Jersey City 1roauad under
oxactions NOT diBeimller to tioso from wbloh
Nov York suffered anacr Tvscd's Eoeitae.
jury fot1ni 2l0 Indictments against Bumstod,
embracing roalfensance In ofllco and conspiracy
to i3afrasd thn Door1e Of Fire Com1nissloners,
Public Works. and Police. Tho ceao Was tried in
intnnto intorost fhrouehout New Jersoy. Tho
inrv rcturr,nd A verdict of guilty mud BuuBtod
Tss soutonoed to uit,e months tn tho State Prison.
lie waa not compelled to wonr tho prison Ivory,
". fila, moro Fortunate brotlors OF tho Ring
x1aitod him freouently. and ns tho lay allowed
flvo 5nys' roduction Of time on oaoh month for
cood conduct. bis actual term of imprisonment
was hrt Gttlo nyor Beyon months. mild puilish-
mont onongb. It was thought, for ofronsca 10
nagront as tfloao oi which ho Ind boon convict
adEafTonses Int Nt1e |esg plariug than those for
wLie sfr. Tweed @ WAS was I afto1wards sontoncod to
On in. d, f839 With lis vito, ho quit tho
tail at Trertnn vnrv nuiot}y nrd rnturneJ to Ills