The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-17

ING ERSOLE TESTTFTES FTRTHER
dBOtT NODES or PLt'NDER.
lie Thinks That the N-iia.- May Have Paid
Nearly IA Million Dollars to the Lcaislu-
ture- An Account OF TWeCds Escape.

lie THINKS That the EN-iias~ May Have Paid
Nearly Million Dollars to the Lcaislu-
ture- An Account OF Twecd's Escape.
The testimony of james II. TngcrsOll in
the SGupOD1 suit gains; Tweed was frishcl
yestetl y. Tho court room was thr1lred all
day, many having been attracted BY the cXoec-
tltlon of hearing Gov. ridden. Mr.. David Dud-
lev iitlI CROSSES mined lngeraOli. Tho wituc's
was self-uossr.sc and deliberate tu his ai,es.
His father, he said. had learned his trade n
chair making from Twecd's father. lie had re-
oeiyed no intimation concerning pardon r. IN
counsel for the prosecution. some months be-
fore the pardon was granted his own counsel
had spoken to him ON the subject. aud the next
he had heard Of It was when hts counsel brought
him the pardon. Weeks after his return he had
gone to Nr. T,ckham's Office ami si-ned an afi-
davit. which was there and then prepared. The
amount received by him on warrants was about
s3.5cOO1O.
20 you think that the thirtvfve per cent. which
You rettiaed w's judy Uei"ihei? A-Vndef the ear
o.-Yon received from the county OF New Yors M
wuri three nnd half millions u dollars2 Any
On YOU think It wa- right TO rec Two it-sou are
nov =. Sne ,SnaEc, NJ lived restore six nlii5ns
,nne an! nai ~ WhcA vou gnt A. ai d Sc N,
he hangcrron and legislative friends restore some
Ingersull added that he was worth now less
than $1,000. lie acknowledged having made
several oonyeyanccs of valuable propcrtyto rela-
tiycs ami othcrs. lie thought that one hundred
per cent. u profit w dealing with the countv was
not too n uch. though he only charged private
individuals twenty-hye ger cent. Mr.. Peckham
had VISITED him IN prison. and asked him
whether he ever DID business with Tweed direct,
AMI whether anything was paid directly to
Tweed Sweenv, and Connolly lie had brought
a suit against Tweed lately in Connecticut TO
recover SnvO for furniture and carpets fur
uiehcd TO the Americus Club and hts LAWYER
attached Mrs.. weeds home Tor Sj1cN or S6J,-
Vu under the Homestead Attachment law. hat
e,"im was not exaggerated siNtN-hye per cent.
lie would not acknowledge that the arrange
ment With Tweed aud others was cOnsuiiucY;
Il was an offer 10y him to make discount on his
bits. aud the arrangement under tnat offer cou-
tnucd from l~iS 10 ISL. 10 could nor specify
the dates OF payments to Tweed. but the money
WAS generally handed over within from threc 70
i've day. after the warrants had boon paid. lie
first paid money To Mr.. Tweed Ia Ja'' uarv, 1853.
Asked about the money sent e. Albany, h" an
-wciod " understood that the money was tor
the rurpose of buying the votes Of the Legis-
lature.'
,Qrnl you 'e1a the money f3T that purpose A
con KNOW non ihey us"l ~ watson seat y. -, d.
that he spvat Ill of million.
Inser-nu added that he had speculated pretty
Henry Hogan. formerly deputy keeper In Lrd-
low street jail, told the story Of Tweed's escape
a. follows:
Nr, Tw, e escaped from me and WARDEN Durham on
he never came ntck o. IA, An1Nladgc.
Tits ended II ocans direct examination, and he
was Bout 20 sep own and out, when NJ. Field
storped him. rcmtrklng: I'VE are worry cu.lOus
to know how this thing happened
. Yon ati Mr. Dunhem went out with Tweed in a
carri-N2 Aye, ar. We arfiv "a AZ tue hose ut
dol'cN The carnage stood n the door. /. Dgnham
and iw,ci Nent ITO ne parlor Whc9 we ma .een
ihorc soalc lime Mr. douglass came In We went iato
the pAriur diHing room to 81 down ana have
tufnetAag 10 eat--al four OF Us. MeWcre eating for
some ime. As was washing Lly hands 10 The pantry
f. tar diuluy r1nu. Mr.. iwe.Q passed uy aud sad
guess VIII go ~ ADJ Sc the old atv." rha VS. the
isrt stw 81 'ir Tw"rf. fLaurhtcrl II ri-'t ave
been fifteen minutes or NAT al hour before W told
NVupe MI Tweed togo tor his father. Young fr Tweed
sitting ia "a tArior AID Durham said You had
ut tter M ten tac ola gentleman that = tu,e 10
get back' lcu-iass Nas n sJa'!u. ..W VI NJ Tweed.
The court adjourned until half past o'clock
this afternoon. to give Mr.. Catln, one OF the jul
rors VINO was sulcrer OY the Broadway Lsc,
time to attend to important business.