The New York herald., 1876-03-01
Pursuing the Ring hQuiSlfOn in the
Tweed $6,OOO,OOO Suit.
Governor Tilden Steps Down
and Out.
Important Decision in Com
position Proceedings.
INTERESTING BANKRUPTCY DECISION.
Austin Blacks Defence to the Charge Of
Subornation of Perjury.

expecting the Governor squirm and sweat under
the rigid examination of the great legal nquis
tor, David Dudley Field. In main, however, the Gov
ernor though weakened considerably at times passed
through the ordeal with a credit that win not very
greatly impair his gubernatoria reputation The fol-
lowing embraces the essential points of the further
cross-examinaton:
O. Do you remember negotiation with Mr. Con-
molly to induce him resign and appoint Mr. GreenS
A. remember the negotiation; helped procure the
appointment OF Mr.. Green. Witness went on TO say
that the arrangement was made At his house; few
days before the negotiation Mr.. Connolly came to his
house in great apparent anxiety
O Is that part OF what was donep A. think It is
Laughtcr)
Governor Tilden then went on with his story. He
said few days after he his house In the morn
ing with Mr.. William A. Beach and Mr. Courtenay, his
counsel he came down again in the afternoon and ex-
ecuted an agreement to resign his office, and Mr.
Green being there at the time highly recommended
TO him as man of integrity, he appointed to his
place and entered upon the duties OF the Office the
same day.
Q. Was there any attempt ever made by the State
authorities TO punish and expose the alleged bribery of
the Legislature in 1902 A. None on account of the
mpossibilty of getting proof
Q did not ask you about the possibility of proof
sir did you attempt expose bribery OF the Legs
lature in 1s7o-712 A. No.
Q Didyo direct the prosecution of any other per-
sons except Tweedf A. did not direct the prosecu-
ton of Tweed; that is the difficulty you are in assum
ing things on your questions; gave directions 10
prosecute any of them.
Q am directed to ask you If you were not in the
Comptrollcr's Office when Connolly was arrested and
did you not express surprise at that course he was
in your charge2 A. may have expressed SURPRISE
butI did not say he was IN my charge-not to my
objection.
@ Did you call upon Ingersoll to pay back one
cent to the city, did you direct anyone else require
him to do SOY A. did not
Q And are you not aware that soon after the begin
ming of these prosecutions most malignant attack was
made upon the Court OF Appeals?
The prosecution objected and Judge Westbrook said
he did not see the pertnency of the question.
MT Field said his reason this These suits were
not brought to recover money back for the city
ury but Tor another purpose and ono OF the plans
to break down the judiciary department. and a malig
nant and atrocous attack made on the Court OF
Question excluded.
O Now, | didn't ask you that; don't answer me
that viii you swear that you recognize Woodward's
handwritingf A. Oh, am very familiar with Wood
wards handwriting; that was what was told was his
Q. Ever see him writer A. Not that remember
O You have spoken of a proportion of sixty per
cent going to Tweed and forty per cent TO some one
elsef A. That Is mistake; / said Woodward pot
about sxty-sx and Ingersoll the rest
The witness was then taken through his table of
deposits and asked to explain. The question was
asked Nov look at the first day. May 8; Garvey de-
posted $40 600 that day. he that every he
deposited there was deposit made for Tweed; do you
find any that day9 A. There none, but there is next
day, SIS, 0O0.
8 How do you make out Tweod's proportion of
twenty four per cent the deposits2 A. You'd better
not take the answe,.
Q. Well will havo II now. A Wherever Ingersoll
paid TO Woodward sixty per there appears IN
Tweed's account an entry for wentyfour per centum;
wherever Ingersol gave Woodward forty per centun
II does not appear in Tweed's accounts it derived
] suppose, from other source.
q On the 18th Of May 1000 deposited and
Tweed gets credit for so, Ooo How do you make the
proportion there or have you anything 10 show that
the $4,000 did not come from some other sourceP A.
have not
Q And you did not keep the bank books, believer
The Governor admitted that lngersoll was pardoned
without any conditions being imposed upon HIM. This
concluded the cross examination.
Mr.. Carter then commenced his redirect examna-
ti0n.
He was handed check purporting to have been
made by Tweed and he was asked whether he
csIved this check from Mr. Tweed any other check
Witness explained how the check his posses
sion and said he had never received any other check
Witness went 10 say that up to the year 1867 he
was reported 10 be insovent, and up TO that time had
never made any contributions to the State Committee
Witness went on to explain how certain letters
written by him to Tweed They related principally TO
political movements in which Tweed and Tilden we're
interested One letter expresessed the hope that Mr.
Tweed would attend the Philadelphia Convention to
help nominate Andy johnson for the Presidency. An
other was recommendation for Mr.. Tweed appoint
poor man to Office the only request of the kind he
ever made.
He had no i'll will against Mr. Tweed what he did in
the matter he did with the single desire the public
benefit; he that any positive proof
could be brought forward to establish that there was
bribery in the State Legislature; the morning papers
evidently misunderstood him; he said Yesterday mat
It was popularity supposed that there was bribery going
on; he did not state that he knew this positively.
BY Mr.. Field-You and Tweed went to Philadelphia
apd stood shoulder to shoulder TO fight for the
sMutiona liberty of this great republic7 Qaughter),
A. endeavored to do So Mr.. Field put few more
questions and closed the examination OF Governor
Tilden just before recess
After recess James H. IngersOll was recalled and
examined In relation to the account In the Tenth Ma
tlona Bank He explained the nature Of certain ex-
change checks as being an exchange from one bank
account 10 another.
John c. Wood receiving teller Of the Tenth National
Bank In 1870 produced the deposit books from May
August, 1870 ani read the items OF Tweeds account
and produced the corresponding deposit tickets.
Witness testified that on the 10th May, 1870,
$2l las - in bills deposited for Tweed May %,
the cash book shows deposit to Tweeds account OF
500 600 in bills and smaller amounts in checks; May
"a $4,000, May ~, $22 $40; July D. 10000; August
l, 1000; August 8, $4,000 About 100000 were
Gross examined-He knows nothing beyond the fact
that there is account the books of the bank in
Mr. Iweed's name that some one brought the money
and deposit tickets In his name.
William NJ Simpson, receiving teller in the Tenth
post book
John H. stockford another clerk produced the debit
cash book OF the Tenth National Bank for 1870 The
entries are made from checks there are debts to J..
M ~ Minxersoli may ., lsIo-s5oooo, IN two checks OF
Joseph W. stockford. brother OF the last witness
Kept Mr. Iweeds account and pass books at the Tenth
National, and produced the ledgers. He returned the
check and pass books 20 young from Mr.
Tweed oMcei lhe account shows balance, April 3,
the balance was SS2S 23 90 In his favor the last debit
balanced was October IL, 1871 showing $l4 AIS 10 IN
his favor
j. H. lngersoll was recalled to prove Tweed's hand
writing from the checks
Mr. Field-He hasnt said he knows any ones hand
writing.
Mr.. Peckham-Do you know your own hapdwritlnsY
Ingereol-I do.
Mr.. Field-Oh, no, he doesn't He wrote so many
handwritings and so many different names as he old
us that he doesn't know his handwriting
uaughterl
wiiness-The nrst two are Mr. Tweed's writing; the
next is mine.
Mr.. FieId-Arc you sureG Qaughter.l
Witncss-Oh, yes quite sure; the rest Twceds
except two In Kings writing
Francis j. T0oIney, Clerk OF the Board OF suporvis-
ors produced the records for 1870 aud 1871
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