, 1875-06-07

THE REV YORK FRAUDS. |
Gov. T1LDEx, Of Now York, recently par. |
lo,,cl JAMES II. INaEnso1l, who Inns become |
historical as "tho c1snir.1uaker" among tho !
conspirators in tl.o TWEED robborica in Now
York, 1SaEHso11 WIS convicted md scnt to
tho l'enitontary, md has now beon paraonol
that lis testimony 1noy be used in Tho civil
ss,its for tho recovery Of tho stolen money.
It will 10 remembered .hat Tispys and
o'CoSon voluntarily devoted many months 10
tho investigation Of tic frauds, md by por-
sonal scrutiny Of tue bank accounts Of I'LL tho
parties, and comparing them with the bills
paid, were ablu to trace largo su,ns directly to
several Of the gang but still thoro Ras much
that was unexplained. The long statements
OF IsaEnsoL1 md GAnvEy clear up what was
tioh involved in mystery.
Tl.o business begun in 1867. No money
could DO Withdrawn from the Treasury with
ont tho signatures Of tho Controller, Con-
MOLLY, Mayor HOFFMAN, aud SWEENEY, Chant.
berlnin. Tho auditing authority waa tho
Boartl Of Supervisors, Of which TwEnD was
President. Tho first plan Of operations WAS
to "pnt mp" tho amounts of bills for sup-
plies 85 per cont, of which TWEED was to ro-
ceiye 25 md Connolly 10 per cent. Nearly
million of dollars was thus obtained. This
continued until tho passage Of certain laws
in 1868, giving tho Controller authority to
adjust aud allow old claims against tho city
or county, aud to pay tl1cso by tho issuo
Of bombs. lsaEnsoLl states that under
these lava tho now form Of payments
began in September, 1868. This now
J,tn
| to be manufactured, and that Is per cent Of
! their amount was to bo divided nmong tho
! Ting, Tho division was: TWEED, e5 per
cent; CONNOLLY, 20; SWEENEY, 10 per cent;
ISugnsoL1. IL per cent. The most of tho
bil1s were fictitious. These laws were passed
III tho spring of 1868, but no operation ln-
der thom took place until September. In
| September, HorratAN the Mayor, WIS no1n-
mated candidate for Governor, mud was
thencoforward generally absent from the city.
| Thomas ]. Conan, President Of tho Board Of
10th Of September, signed nbout thirty war
rants for these fictitious Claims, amounting to
$3.50, 600; on tho 12th and Oh the 1Gth other
warrants wero signed by him, the whole
amounting to over n million Of dollars.
Conan aigued in oil NJ acting Mayor warrants
for over $4,000, 600. Tho suno warrants
wero also signed by CONNOLLY md SWEENEY.
| During 1861 this plan went on successfully.
md III 1870 another net Of tho Legislature
was obtained, establishing tho Especial
Audit Donrxl The Controller waa author.
izcd To iss,1e ssrevenno bonds" in payment
Of al1 tho bills audited by this Board. Theso
short bonds were payable ont Of the no1t tax
lovy. But previous to this timo 1t was ar
ranged that bills were to ho nlatle up On tho
npportionmont-3 per cont to tho supposed
creditor, TWEED 25, CONNOLLY 20, SWEENEY
10, WATSON 5, and WOODWARD & per cent.
Tho old claims boro interest, hut tho claiu,-
ant got no interest lis aha.a waa merely ST
per cent OF the principal SWEENEY, Con-
MOLLY, WATSON, and WOODWARD divided tho
interest,
IsoznsoL1 oponel his furniture factory,
which factory consisted OF an Office md SGT
Of books, He mover really had partnor,
but, In making out hills, he callod himself
"IsannsoL1 l. Co., +" ~. a. SM1ru," or SO
D. DoL1An Il Co.." or IA. G. M1t4LEn," thur
avoiding having all tho warrants nlado out 1t
his own name. Tho war7snta, whom madt
J out. were then indorsed to him. Wl,e1
! 1soEnsoL1 at ono time objected to having tt
. pay CT per cont of his bills, ho was answered
TINT the other % per cont paid him was
! liberal allowance on purely fictitious claim
. All this relates only to 1Earnso11'a own bills
J There wera other soriea Of bills paaainI
D through In uke manuor.
: 1soEnao11, Conan, W4Lsn, md Nonro1
] wore appointed Commissioners to tho uoy
4 tho Commissioners would all want to max
4 somatbinU, 30. when the Commissioners q,
o ,,an,zci Txnrn,o1n aa,d to than. IAN "
!, h.va Ia a. oant,a,ne,,. il IN cort;fv the hi,
t md and rsco1so for ourselves .bont + r,er cen
q a.,a,o" i" Th;a .ynu eorocd Il, bv Al, ti,o otho
4 Gn,n,n;aeionora trha comm,ss,orara noyc
:. ~ rnao.,n1 hit annrove1 ,ha h;,,s .sr
a a..ta,u - - IN t;ra howayor thov found ~, t,,f
a :. +ss: rocoaaarv h q mt m the 1,,11s h,
i 1920 n,a,sn. 3o,,.rda1 * ,ra rov,or ;,