The New York herald., 1875-12-07
WILLIAM LAMB INTERVIEWED.

WILLIAM LAMB INTERVIEWED.
A HERALD special detective yesterday again called
upon aud had long conversation with Mr.. William
Lamb the manager OF Lamb Sons stables at Forty
ninth street and Lexington avenue when the following
questions put him, which brought forth the
swers given
Mr. Lamb, you have read the statements made in to-
days HERALD and you refer to the fact that
carriages we're employed to effect Tweeds escape Do
you know where the other came fromsn
s'No sir; do not''
''Did not Mr Tweed have more than the carriage
from you? ?''
NO SIR
AT what time in the day was that you hired the
Carriage from Mt Kernss
'About hali.pas twelve think"
'swhat kind Of a carriage was IL"
at vas a landau Of the pattern that be either
used open closed"
Has Mr.. Tweed had more carriages from you on
other occasions than those you have already named
aud mentioned in yesterdays HERALD"
''Not to my knowledge. If he has he must have got
them from Fifty eighth street stable"
'sMr Lamb, how comes 1T that the order for the
rage given at, you say your other stable
that II should be sent out from here?"
''Well, that is easily explained. At Fifty-eghth
street only take horses board and private
wagons. We do not do a hack business there"
''what time did you receive the order and how was
st worded ?"
"About halfpast twelve, l think. The order came
over private telegraph wire and simply said Let
Mr. Tweeds man have carriage and team'"
eyes, see but how it that you had to send
out TO hire a carriage for else ~
Well thought he wanted landau, which We have
not in our stable .
1'2id any tell you he wanted alandaufn
esNO tnry did not
''who the man who drove the carriage awaysp
81 don't know him by name, but he was the same
man that drove Tweed out the occasions referred
the HERALD"
''what kind Of man was he
HE was about I've feet eight inches In height
had pale face and black mustache and was VI a dark
complexon. He was Of slight build -
Is II not rather an extraordinary practice 10 let
strange man take out such a conveyance without a
driverf"
'we got the order from our other stable. 50 let it
60, and besides this was the that mad driven
she carriage on the other occasions referred to-
'Did you notice which way he wentY"
- did not Tor was not here the time he went
OUT but he usually up Lexington avenue II was
about one o'clock when he started had gone out
70 my dinner Y
'What time did be come backy
"About nine O'Clock at night
"Dd the horses the carriage bear the appearance
OF having travelled long distance and country
road -
Il do not know, for was not in when the carriage
came home IL was sent up at once 20 Kerns'n
"Who fetched II from there in the morninggn
"One Of our men. The man who drove il away
waited here for it lie IS believe, in the employ Of
General Tweed
''was il Boss Tweed's own coachmanf"
"No, guess not"
''what Is the mans name who was in the habit or
driving Tweed and who employed by Canary, the
livery man, IN Crosby streetS"
"George Hoffman"
'Did you send out any rugs wraps ln the car
rage"
''Ycs; VIC put In two buffalo robes /"
''Did you get them backY"
"Yes; everything came home safe. /"
Have you not bad consultation with William N.
Tweed, Jr., lately ~
mo, sir I have not seen him for some timen
not9t
''Eo sir, not now but Mr. Douglas his brothcrn-
law, does. We often get order from the General
furnish him with a carriage
4 "Do you know the name Of the driver ~
mo, do not never saw him until November
'.Did he tell any one when he came back where be
bad been Saturday,"
NO. He appeared to be very close, but dld not
see him myself"
s,Who didfu
swe, suppose our foreman and The washern
'Did they say whether the carriage appeared az
Ghough II had travelled a long distanCefn
IL did not ask them"
s.wnere are they can I sec themSp
ssNo they are both OUT
aWtll they be back ~
81 can't say The carriage at once sent back 70
Xerns.n
Have you got paid YETI"
ssNo: we have not sent the bill IN. -
s'Dld Tweed himself hire any hacks from youS''
s'No he never did; but the General Is frequent
customer and II any Ike him a carriage Of
auy particular style, with Or without driver we lct
aHave YOU seen Warden Dunham to-day 9r
sHe was here but did not sec him, ] saw Colonel
Gardiner, bis deputy. 1 was out when the Warden
"what was the object or their vlst2p
efhey to nnd the drivers name and his descrp
Zion
'poes that not concusyelv show that the carriage