The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-21
REPLY or JuDGE sISNorr.


NEW YORK. sept. 20, 1876.
Ror Abfdm s Heir,u, ChQ,rB,0a.
MY DEAR SIR have received your note, with
the cory Of the Times of sept. s, IN reference 10
Mr.. Tilden's Income return for 1867, and havo
taken the earliest time which my oflcial en-
eagements would permit to send you the lnfor-
nation you solicit.
1 was in Mr. Tilden's law oflce during the
whole period covered by the allegations OF the
Times, and was more familiar than any other
person-perhHps even than Mr.. Tilde1 himself
with his professional services and with the
earnings of lis once, 1t being among my duties
TO keep such record or momoIanda OF them as
was preserved.
The charges TO which you specially refer are
spitomized and piacsrded on the front page Of
che Times, where ia parallel columns are dis
played fac shRae Of Mr.. Tidons income tax
return for the year 1862. contrasted with pre-
tended statement of his real income for that
year.
i have examined this statement with care, and
Ihou my personal knowledge, ind it to be false
Ia every important particular.
The nrst thing IN this fabrication Of the Times
winch arrested my attention, WIS the evident
Intent to mi4!ead when chsracterizes 1t. II pur-
pOrts t0 be made W. Of separate items, the
wording Of wAich Is Naled In oroet to give the
reader the Idea that these items id been tahen
directly from bulls, OF accounts which had been
sendered 10 some one, VI had been entered IN
some book Of account.
For example the mt item reads. Feb 10.
Fee l0r Trustees and Master Comml.si.
Deed 8c.i but tie wording Of the sec0nd itom
"a made different ana reads: "FeD. %. Fees
p1sd erp'fe,s ltth r,fr,nce % decd" g.. ana the
Pird i.eiu - put in stnl another and dlYcrout
mode Of expression, thus; "March /. For
Drafting, dc first Mortgage Deed" while in
the fourth item the word fees" (and this time
without ,he "expenscs'j Is brought into rvqui-
ution.
The obvious intent of thege contrlvances Is 70
give color to these bogus Itetas, aud tho ap. ear
Lnco Of being copied from some red paper.
The FIRST six item. OF this statement relate r.
nstters connected with the Plttsburgu, For
Wayne, and Chicago Railway, and right under
standing Of Mr.. 1ilden's relations TO that enter
prise. prior TO and during The year lSJs Is inip0r
liant at the outset.
Now. tue fact Is that no such accounts as ar'
tontatho ia these ak Items ever existed, and M
pne Of these pretended items has ever been mad'
the subject of specific charge by Mr. lildeI
AgAlnst any Individual or corporation whatever
hr Iudea became counsel for The holders O
various classes Of bonds secured upon the Pitts
burYh. Fort Wayne aud Chicago Railroad, whict
was aud Is railroad running through four diff
ieront States, and built IN sections by three dlf
terent corporations, which were afterward con
boiidAted. When Mr.. Tilden became counse
Ior the bondhoders IN 1860 It had outstandIn.
nine different classes ofbonds, upon all of which
default had been made, and its affairs IN genera
were in apparently hopeless bankruptcy ane
sonfusion. To rescue this enterprise. Mr.. III
den iatored continually, and much more lsbo RI
Susiy than lawyer ordinarily does in regard q
sOy one particular case. from 1850 TO the earl
part OF iS82. The isoor was particularly arduou
curing tho years 1880 aud 1901.
Burts OF foreclosure were Instituted carly II
saaA VI ths RAAiss. sAd thsss had 90 fer pro