The New York herald., 1876-02-24
The Tweed $6,OOO.OOO Suit Dragging
Its Slow Length Along.
KtyHr Claims that the City Is Still Largely
Indebted to Him.
Story Of the Cashier Of the
Broadway Bank.
GOFERyOR TILDEN TO Be CALLED As A WITNESS.

Ater an interval OF FIVE days the Tweed Sc 000 900
fut being tried before Judge Westbrook, Supreme
Court was renewed yesterday with a degree Of order
that has not been shown at any stage Of the trial
hitherto It evident that the jurors saying MOTH
Ing Of the counsel and Witnesses becoming anx-
ious to see prospect Of its speedy termination
As usual there large crowd in attendance,
many OF whom had come no doubt expecting Governor
Tilden would be called a Witness in which they
were disappointed.
The cross-examnation of George s. Miller was re-
sumed. He said the dates on his bills would indi-
that the work had been done and the material
furnished at some previous time; the bills were in
creased as to the amount OF lumber furnished he put
prices on the bills; he unable to say whether
any one Of the bills was entirely true entirely
false; he had never explained these transac-
tons to any one; he raised his bills at the suggestion
ofIngersol On his redirect examination witness said
he kept memorandum book; Woodward told HIM that
whatever Mr.. Ingersoll told him to do was right; ho
sometimes antedated his bills; he said he never was
requested to pay back any of the money raudulenty
taken from the city; he didn't think he could If he
were asked for tho simple that he didn't have
It TO give.
Richard O. Lyons, Deputy County Auditor,
called and asked to identity bunch OF warrants which
he did.
John s. Draper said he was Secretary of the Grand
post tickets OF Ingersol, Smith and others, in
his charge he couldn't exactly remember what became
Of them.
John H. Keyser was here recalled to tell what he
ceived from the city account OF his bills There
nsgssa due % them the unless bills whsa
the city, according to his estimate, owned
him about $500, 600; he received letter while
he was away from Mr. Greyburn, his clerk, tell
ing him to come home and assuring him that he would
receive protection, Mr. OConor had authorized him
to tell him SO; Mr. Schultz also offered him protection,
being authorized, he said by Mr.. iden, Mr.. Have
meyer, Mr. Green and Mr.. Stebbns Keyser testified,
further that he spent great deal OF money for chari
table purposes he built hospital and spent $50 600
year to support II; he had failed twice. but he had
large business
After recess John l. Everett Cashier Of the Broad
way Bank, was called witness He said that Tweed,
lngersoll Woodward and Garvey kept their accounts
in the Broadway Bank He identified the books Of the
bank containing those accounts. He went into gene
raj explanation Of the whole system OF
ming a bank, and particularly the manner Of
making up deposit tickets He said that he
remembered that Governor Tilden and some other gen.
temen TO him shortly after the public disclosures
Of the county frauds and expressed wish TO examine
the books OF the bank especially desired to the
deposit tickets These deposit tickets were lost and
although he had caused search to be made than
once they never found The fraudulent warrants
shown to the witness, who, after examining them
testified that they all paid at the Broadway Bank
Mr. Parkhurst the receiving teller OF the Broadway
Bank next called, and testified that Tweed, Inger
soil Il Co., Woodward, Andrew J. Garvey and the New
York Printing Company kept account IN the Broad
way Bank He further testified that he took the deposit
tickets in 1872 before the Grand Jury and left them
there; that he said was tho last he saw Of them He
identified the handwriting OF Woodward and corrob-
GRATED Mr. Everetts evidence in regard the payment
OF the warrants at the Broadway Bank.
Counsel here proposed to put in evidence the entries
in the bank books but this srenously opposed by
Mr.. Field and Judge Westbrook reserved his decision
upon the point until this morning.
The Court now adjourned until this morning. II Is
understood that Governor Tden VIII certainly be
called as witness to-day.