The New York herald., 1876-02-08
THE TWEED SUITS.

The Tweed civil suits came up again yesterday In the
General Term Of the supreme Court, before Judge
Wostbrook The present jury TO try the
81, 100000 case. Mr. David Dudley Field, coun-
sci for Tweed, when the case was called,
thanked Judge wcstbrook. opposing counsel and
all to whom he indebted for kindness and consd-
GRAFTON shown to him in his late domestic
afaicton HO complained however, ofthc New York
Tribune, which. he said had not answered tho per-
tneut questions he had asked time ago, but
had replied by gross attack upon him.
Mr.. Carter commouced his opening statement Of the
behalf OF the prosecution He said that during
the year 1871 this city made the subject OF the
most stupcndous peoulation. This suit brought TO
recover from the defendant $50 COO which he
obtained from the city Treasury by means OF false bills
and warrants lie then detailed the system of pecua-
ton until the Court took recess Tor half hour
PROCEEDINGS RECESS.
Mr. Carter resumed his address amer tho recess and
aevered TO the schemes OF legazcd frauds carried on
through the medium of bogus legislation There
was in the Comptroller's Office an auditor
named wason whose particular private part
was TO contrve these frauds for Swceny. There was
also man named woodward connected with tho De
pariment OF Public Works who mold relatively TO
fwocd but moro extended scale, the same position
that Watson did to Sweeny Woodward and Watson
told that the parties presenting bills should exaegcrao
their accounts IN such manner that the bills should
be any Eve per cent and above the just claims
whatever these might amount to- The division OF this
my ave per cent among the confcderaics was on the
following proportion -Twenty-hvc per cent to Tweed
to Connolly and ten cent To SWecny.
Upon tue adjustment OF these fraudulent accounts
would be drawn and Watson would receive notcc
that such warrant had been made out lie would then
60 with Woodward Nnd compute the portion OF money
due to each claimant They would next proceed TO
the Broadway Bank aud draw upon the face OF the
warrsn, the iul amount which they would and
then 10 TO Tweed and his confederatcs 10 di-
vide the difference between the bogus and the
t,ne account among them In 1870 they
obtained city charter which virtually placed all the
important functions Of the clv power In their hands,
and, above all that rar Of the city governments which
related TO authorizing the auditing or debts against the
city and the issuing OF bonds Acknowledgements The
Board Of Apportionment. or which Tweed was the head
bad the power TO say just what debt should DO
paid aud what should not In 1877 they had passed
special audt act which gave to these three persons
unlimited power 10 audit away s., 900 or
$50. .ooO OOo there being mo- check 10 prevent them
Tnere were altogether adjusted some tS, 900 Coz
Garyey, Ingersoli aud others were instructed by
Watson TO make ont fraudulent accounts Tor
supplies supposed 10 be furnished in bills
amounting all the way from 5000 TO 10000
Prior 30 1855 the father Of lrgcrso in the
habit OF furnishn ng chairs &c 20 the City Hall ana
courts In lS6s Was animated him that ia iuturo
he would have to put upf extra amount IN hts
counts. which would equal the any five per cent that
TO be divided among toe conicdcfates Old lngcr-
col declined 70 do this bnt his undertook The job
And when the Special Audit act came In iorec
hc instructed 10 put up," not an
equivalents 10 ny ave per cent before but now for
the FIRST time sixty 1--WE per cent 20 DC dyded As form
sry but with five per cent iOr Watson and ave per
cent for Woodward Among other real and fefncd
names in whose favor warrants 70 large amounts had
been issued and paid were a. J. smith, A. g. Miller,
Aalsey Co. and otner dummies. Was The city loser
In these claims, and n so, how much
But however careful rogucs arc to conceal their
operations they stall leave some tracks behind them by
which they may be traced II was 10 this Tho
occoun.s against tho city drawn against the
Chambcrain and then weni after the usual routine 10
be deposited in the broadway Bank Ia the cssc Of
Kcyscr he would be entitled 10 uliriy.
Ave per cent his just account, and
sixty ave pcr cent left deposit the credit Of Tweed
and mis- co corrupt officials The method Of Woodward
was different lie woud 90 10 the bank and draw AZ
once twenty Owe per cent for Tweed which the latter
would deposit either tho broadway Bank or IN some
other banking house ia tue CITY. And so, too, u
with the other parties 10 the Ring. These bills II.
stolen The warrant showed only ono aggregate
sam: but difference In the matter OF
interest Twced's twenty-five per cent drew
no interest but all the other portions 20 watson.
Woodward Sweeuy, drew interest AZ tho rate of ave
per cent Garvcys sum Of thirty. i've pSf cent waits,
was supposed TO DO founded yauo received by tho
Nay. drew the raio Of inLareai kha ohera 81.