, 1875-06-05
THE I4AalNIANY RING.

thoy had good tlmo over tlloro OLD days.
THE T4AAINlANY RING.
EnxcraOltss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
tho AIxConAeh HsFlndfcKs.
Stfe 3nFk SHH.
Il has atwaya boen suspected that Tctor D.
srcony WAS ehartr In the gigantic foooorres
committed by the Tweed aud Connolly Hing;
tut hitherto no direct ovidonce haa bocn rro-
ducsd In Hnppnrt OF this nuapicor. Tho a.na-
Wit Of Jan1os II. 1ugoraolt, whom Onv. Til1on
rnrdonotl out OF State Prison. furnishes ovdenco
Of tha kort
Ingersoll swoass that ho repeatedly t'cliycrod
tS sraeny In pntao sa,G s r. tss 1a"cor
nit1or upon bills TINT had been rascd nhnve
tGei, legitimate amount. or Mpon claims wholly
fictitious. was brokon mp into pascnla for tho
pa.tsos who ro.c TO atnro it, Ingoreoll tctla .us
1neoraol1 alone. went to tho Clambo,iain'ss
ofllco will sweens's part. a Sometimes"
DO ssyH, "tfa "l'aro Of Potter j. Bwee-
ny Waa carried into t!'ee innor o1!ce
son htmaeff, going with him and seeing 1t
DINO. When handed In that money common-
" said. Jim Watson sent shia,' or uttered some
brief wortls to 'hnt effect. Whom Watson hand
cnn ron,ninbor. II aocn,oa TO hc, vcli uhd"r-
sIood. This 10 por cout wnB Tins always handed
10 Ja,nos n. Bwocny or to Peter u. HwoenY. On
At lcant two OF t1,cso occaHlora hnnded tho rnr-
Bwceny himself"
Tho tatea Of tIiviston among tho conap!ratore
varied aomerbnt. Tweed h!wnvA had 25 per
cont; Sweeney nlwn'a Ind 10 pcr cout. and C''n~
Jhmoa WatHon ha &, and Elhcrs A. Woodward
sometimes Ind 8. somotimoh 10, and atmoitnes
J Is. In 1871, 3Gr. uayonloycr, rs 4 taxpayer,
commenced SUIT ag,tnst l0gcrsol; and tt,nse.
mon, he awears, Tweed di: octcd linn 10 slcn'roy
| a|l Ills booka and papcts concerning dealings
With tho public, and 10 lo1l Andrew j. Garyoy
aud Georae 8. Aiil!er to destroy thor booha nni
psnefs slao, saylng "rhat is Pesar D. swoouy's
| advice, too Z"
| Ono reaHon given to IngcrHall for tho undcr-
talking Of suoh fra,,da maa THAT it had coat n
| great deal of money 70 get certain Bills through
tho Legislature. aud II was necessary to make 1t
! ur In this way. II Hnde.atool," Ao Bays,
from the sots and occasional rpecehca Of
| had only 10 do "a WAS dIrooLcd by them, AMI
tho payment Of tue bills made UP by me naninr.
! the clsy Or county wolt1d be 30 ARRANGED ttrt /
would bo. veil paid thereoMt aud thai from
pics, liz .necossary exnonses oi manas-
ing tho slats LcRialaturo and tl,o New
York local government. With ample rewards fnr
10 roaltzed. THIS wps common talk and among
tim heads Or c,HtrolI!ng managers IN tAtpe re-
spG9tSt: sn9t4 "o'e Peter L. B*'0uy r"eed' a'd Con-
Iagorsol1 also swcars that according to tho
hest Of bis knowledge and b,lief, tho value Of
the wora. materials, and supplies furnished
would not in any Que instance c&cccd
four-rerentlla OF tie amount allowed tn
tho ;pcrsen to, whom tLo warrant waa
no" for Tweed, 6woeny, aud taeir cou.
fcderntts. 1u other words, tho party ,nal;iuQ
out . hill ot.nearly twice aa macl, 81 he .rne
Justly entitled TO, while Tho o;lor robbers cot
from third to two-hirls us mu:h more. II
MANY insssnces, a1so. ho says, Tho bills wole
graundleAs to q much Rrenter extent Than this,
and some Of thotn we're founded on no value
wha;evot given to Tho public.
Tho Total aum Of tho frauds Ia which ho was
concerned. InEotaol1 does not state; but It n ol
comparatively flstlo consequence. Ilis Testimony
IL among tho most Important that Inns hocn OBJ.
tained siuce tito exposure OF tho Hing was com.
I Mencod.
| wnEnE THE AracoapEna ARE.
| co'rt4nordente Cine:n'l0t, Gazette.
Sweeny is IN Paris. lfe lives with llts famil1
IN large houec On tho o5amps EyRecs, an:
1i1es IL stYle. 4 modesto. who was patroni%c<
city. fos months aso that Tho 6weonsn vert
ready to pay auy prices, aud ueror disputed III,
bila. Mrs. swecnv had the bost dgasses tna
could bc made and IN tho matter Of laecs aht
atoio, ..Bus'I doi,'t think," aaid sho, .tha
they arc nico neopto. They seem to mo villa
yoN Amosieans s.'n,etfmesa call OF color;' bu
tbcv:hnva lotB Of monny."
Of Mr.. saceny," ropl cd the lady. "1'hey tnul
80 much Of him that thoy would bs glad to pa,
Ills expenses back to Now YORK. anl /
wouldn't cost him nnytl,i"e to live aftor ho ge.s
ralace a. Sing slne on tho 1ludton md lot hi,l
live tl,sto froo fur twenty yeara or so."
"ncA1ly. that 10 ve1V strange" TIM mods'.
responded. for ono tav tod ,lrg. 'swoeuy tt
give mo .plcntv Of tlmc teforo slIe went to Ncs
York. and would make hcr such q wardrobe q
never waa. She flushed up iu the face aud aats
they uere not going back to Nor York, uoitllo
this year nor TIC next: And ehs wasn't yas5 civ.
! to mo all tho rest Of I,or visit"
Connolly ia In l;aly with Ills family at rroscn.
lie has passed. l'a time sinco Ills cscnp po from
Now York In Travelling about Europe, and move
ramaiung long 10 oao plhce. no puts in tn
Wintar IN Egypt, oceupvipR . Whole st,Ita o
roomn In Tho Grand Hotel at Cairo, and spenltnf
the BILLS Of hls party wcro not lesa tbnn f100
day. and h!a eon bought a latRc quantity O
Egyptian antiquities, Which hc ioteudod to fnk'
to Paris Tho whole party was registered tn sh'
perry nIob." ho used to be called hero, did no
appear ~ oil. Connolly tic older appeared tt
b tho wreck OF man, and roor woah wrcc)
at that. Hour after hour t.o sat on tho piazza u
ances, and mhennyer aldEeaaoil ILLS auswcrs uor
monosvl1abio., ne was suffering from ncssp,l
Affection that cauHod his hands to trembIe ili
thoao Of = confirmed victim OF tho palsy.
Tom. .Fielda Ia In Belgium, mad Iiysnt IN poyer
ty. All the money l,o stole was awept away
& With sho execution Of fsw Thousand tin,!ara
nhiol aro atoadi!y becoming fewcr. Ganot ha
goHo to Spain. after BnTorhat checkored ca
handsome smonnt from hia tl.ofts, but not u
much as hnyo Tweotf. 8weeny, and Connolly.
! understand 10 ia moro broken dnwn than Con
molly, ind haa several titnes Attempted sutcd