New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-08

trty OF NV York he was on.uied by Mr.. Andrew II.
To;,c" p!opo4rd 10 he ryn to the National Broadway
Bans IA rospec, TO the alleged forgery W tne
vi Acr c1 a. soon AMOR Sfer Oh tGs dcponcat
Was requested by the said Green 10 make some ia'
memoranda of l.. a. W. or 4. A. Woodwarl, whch he
surn,s, LAD o.cn made tnlron by The teller who re-
ceiyc the tepoi,s aud led to eXamne the deposit
account Of SAID Woodward TO see n TIE user walr
could be dcuiiied; 'eat the methGd ~: e'Ua s
ter ~ ledger and then ~ Jscompose the cniy 81
Hss I ~ nS ~ :" the deposit tickets hao
been preserve and 10 take tinpsciip 81 nr u' Us,
lbs lct.. = and then 10 dccomposc each cnrS VIZ
was formed ~ moro than item by rc'erenro 70 thc
Mbttrr kept by the hank hat dcponrnt traced r'ns"v
acu.t m IN, sail bank 81 IegersO, Co.. and Andre"
j. GarNcy. ard al last into the account OF william,
M r,.eei, and caused SIC same process 10 Dc dprhea
to e,,h al he siid accoauS thai thc depnarnt con-
strIctea t:c schedule warEed IN the complaint III
this ne ion. ANA wrote every W"ru ana HS'.o =" 30
sae AZ 81 OOiia@S % Tie SNcral cOllbhS FtIl
iSiug cs,; cutry by personal Inspection OF ihe nans
SCRIPTS made np from t"e 'oONs III ae NuhsT", ~
aud cai hes upUa the variants aud villa ne Transcripts
iror tn borKs OF thr National BroadwIy h'sih sn, u
from thc SAID deposit ucAvt>, or N~iN'nx -" ~, ~ "
iasir beng called n ~ George w omilh am Il. W;
Raodrs. Who assisted ID" >aid dtponen' WA" ,
caused tee entries purtoruug To come ituu .no 800
IN 'ac Conrolgs's once 10 rc.ord IN ssia
CHI and the cnfries purporting 10 come from the
buolks VI National BlOaa%ay Ban" 10 It ~
IN both cases transcripts with the orsais aiu
believes that each and every entry IL Tue tid
aenos,t i1kets embraced within the period included
In the schedule. LETT with the deposits "a Ivy So
scSe,wle in copnecti"n with Arthur T. Smith. book
keeper OF said bank mat TINS depoeht III unG
Ward became familiar with he hano T I,'Is
OF the said tickets and was informed oE : 90: Wn,s.
ward that aeponent noticed 10 eNiinnns INC a,,,s
ref, with the deposits of the saia I%eru' r
are CONTAINED in the said ScheHlie 'hat ''V 49,, o. 30
Q. Ir ssd ., the SAN hrndwrliing with that " the
yfuyf
vn-t. a,d tsis deuouent verify believes that the
tcs", .cra,,narving the deposits of said Twced are
,n bs sanawrting Of the said Ebert Wool
ward tnat derCncnt also prepared the Svh.u"ae 20
annexed TO Inc complain, that the summary oi ,le
resnls eucea from the Schedules ana f. annexed 70
the complaint correct ahc lfuly represents .io uSIV
slrion OF the and the coectioa oi .hti Pr"
cee,s So far as 1t purr0rts Ia represent the same th
Opponent caused the stateaent o! me eou.ty ~,
n drked scncdule III the complain, ana No. III the
aifayifs 10 made and believes the same 10 DC cor
rect; tia, deponcnt has procured nol pr,na ca
snp purportins TO be issued by joseph
b. Y,uuy. Clerk of said Board. winch contains .nS ~
Aug I6 ISL and apparently delivered 20 them Aug 49,
1871 that copy is annexed hereto ana maIard 40;
compLiyt in this case preferred BY him tnat as to
many statements Of fac! therein CONTAINED tney
are rue to depouents own knowledge, ana maj ne
moment has Investigated in respect 20 all sGch state
and satisfied that tney are 1r9g ,rx
Sworn and subscribed before me ta> - day ~ orto-
Der ls7i. EDWARD ELMLNDoRF. IT, No,Ary r| T
AFFIDAVIT OF WHEELER II, PECKiIAM.
Gin Gnd COUNTY OF Ncr York, S.: Wheeler H. Peek
ham OF said county, cou1seoratlaw, beng duly sworn
depcses and that lie, This deponent resides at NO
rs West FltY-filhs'. in The said city ana now "a ana
ever since the month OF October IN the year ISL mas
been employed and actively engaged as an associate
and assistant 10 the Attorney General OF the state OF
NrvYnrk IN civil aud criminal prosecutions AGAINST
william NJ. Tweed for and IN respect oI tiie " ~,
alleged against him III complaint prepared nndef IRE
directions of the said Att0rneyGtncral to be used III
an action BOW about 10 he cominence"' oi "nacu su
paint the preceding papers are tIe c"P' inns aep
ueut mrtncr saith than former aciOh VA. con-
In the year aforesaid IN the maine Of tee fempit u,
the same LEGGED traCd III which action ne au liah
NJ Tweed was defendant aud was arrested ana heii Ia
bali ~ nat year in the sam OF sO5)NN men lOihrF
during The feet twelve months that such former acion
was peadug the said WI lam NJ Tweed made strenuous
cfDrt, 10 rcure Glsc3 from such Hrast or re
daeiinn Of the amount such bail. which Efforts con
The Supreme Court, and an unSuccessnl rppta 10 te
WihSam NJ Tweed did not make or offer motion
any AFFIDAVIT or other evidence in extaltioh OF DiH,
SER In denial explain ton or ga aiioA 81 ar oi
The charles statements OF fact on which sad arret
was founded, which were Substantially The same That
btf, and general, set iOTti ~ the
that subsequently, to the year aiVr saia the sdli
William NJ Tweed was indicted ior many ,o Gt
was convc,ed thereon in Court OF over and Termine
IN The Guy aad County at Nrw-f"rk ana sentenced ID
criminal imprisonment, ard Is now under sHch cohyi,.
lion prisoner the PaDi:entary OF tire sli city, bh
rs rrosrcut, attempt az deliverance teereirom On
a haheas corpuS sucd Out ~ him on certain iccunca
grounds Tire oficaey ucacacy of ~bei' Will soon he
argue; in the Court OF Appeals. This dep0nel turhrr
saith hat The trial OF sand iweed on slu ulctdVu
evidence was given OHiy III respect ot 81 oI INC sara
sums az money mentioned IN iEe schedule marked a..
annexed 10 the sad cnnpiani ant tha' ~ Iesoc. V
every f 81 Mems tie july "n said t!a sever
ally found that the siid defendant wGs gub,
and ID ment was iae!tOh lrhueitu @Ea'HS
him accordingly. And this dcponeut further
saith that the ss,d Tweed WAS twice tlei
on snld Indictment, nrv not having rendered ANY
verdict on t1e first trial That said rNeed elaho
raely defended by GnUso Oh hota occ1eionS ald mat
the Tweed was fot offered as witness Oh .iS own
behalf eilher Of sad Trials nor was any cvliehce
offered III MS behalf on ELMER oi nu ,ii' J." Ina
t!Oh o. or c,UcerhlnS anS itones - i, co..
The Broadway Bank. az any apparent Oh aIfttd con
nceuun b, him Wlin any {" thr su'no o! nou.S nc1'
ton d IN tir SAID srhrdLe Nal Atu a. 4io utpor"
furtacr saith that this sad former acton vas c"Anc"cta
eeouon ~ November ioi and that al such eiecuoA te
sail William NJ. Tweed w"s returned as senator GUY
aud County Of New YORK; bat as this ocPoHeht j II
formed by general r.p"f,, ana RON me ma pHnl.c
ulm NJ Tweed Gu not offer 10 take MS
sea- a. snch Senator, and such seat a'cCEInsY
remained vacant Toy two whole sessions o; tne i '<s
mture. This oepoDent further sal h that Richard H.
COuIoil,. the Controller mentioned Ia me complaint
1871 vas tne President OF the Department OF Pablo
INrks N ,aid ety. have both long since departed from
Ills state, aud nov, as 'als dcpO3ebt l. INFORM
ana believes. IN pars unknown 10 TINS icpOncnt or tho
public generally. Aud from all the facts ana CIR
ed, Information concerning he aclIuGs and dongS
OF the William IL Tweed III respect TO The
transactions mentioned n cad cOmpiain ana III re-
spect to conIecton with public Affairs. this deronent
has COCO TO believe ana does vcgiy aeliev tt
means be- liberated from his SAID criminal in,
prsonmcni, he me sald w, william nam, NJ ITy,d
ana asylum 10 place beyond the reach OF
legal prucess issuing OF courts rms depOnput
further saiGh, that Immediately after to
IneIt Of -aid former action GgeDt en,r,s made
by the Attorney General arrest Elbirt A. Woodward,
former ~ au assistant deputy clerk OF tie Board
suu,ryl,ocs Of said Cy and COnuty OF NtWf aTk Dat
that he could not he found, and bath, on digemt
search this depOnent j. informed ANA verify believes
ever since been and Sill beyond the limits OF the
SITE Oi New York, aud concealed IN such manner that
he cannot be This depOneDt iurncr saitD. thar
at the CONNIE Of said further action schedule
was annexed the complaint therein, marked Schedule
A. which cOrrespondcd all respects with The schedule