, 1876-03-16
DEMOCRATIC BRIBERY.
Honey Alleged to Have Boon Paid ia
Him for q Political Ap-
pointment.

w. s."s ~. p, .'4,s ""a
eieoseo toteateosy !" wv nroas seaio"H'D'o o'heoH
n,"n notoriously CORRUPT FOR Feafaopou chaFGos
llayo beon made oghlnBt souo Of the most
prominous mon Ia tho party Of Aagtaos bo-
traya1a Of uubIle md private truats. and of
sh.n,o,,s. ;o,t,nrv IN off,co Tbn.n ct,.r 49,.
us si,iIn .,a, % t."o too, ~ % ,n.,o :, auo,' tn,n.
to bo froo from tho taint OF pastisanship. and
vhjlo thov hsye been tndofnod by Ycsponpi-
t3c mn, ,vo,t.tnour, cittxann. .ro aoItnn, or
noycT met bold1y and In tl,o few canos yhoro
thcS hare como to "a Issue IN tue courts tho
insS uut By pss so eeen aooossd solss' '' y ' '' ~
Two cases ard row bofo.s Tho courts o, this
stAso which vol illustrate tho truth Of thase
statements. Thoy arc both against QUO dofend-
ant.
FERNANDO WOOD.
= man who uae stood silent Twenty-Five yoArs
una,r . rh,,larro Il, tcat IN co,,t II. trnth NJ
49,. '. ..'..,s. vss ~ " La "S IT,. 49, ~
sno acenH"uona OF !nsps cflnee' eou WIZ uaa
boon so favored ny THO Qonocfnto pafty, dcapito
them, as to 10 favored candidate for Speaker
Tho accusations against th's man oro numer-
Gus enough 70 I'LL Bood e!zed pamphlet which
wts uaed in tue CANVAS Tor speaker. and em-
brace chntGc6 Of forgery. tfadou!ent partner
shps, fraudulent manipulauon Of biils. obtain
tnE money under iaabo prctenaob aslhuC nomi-
nht'ona and nppontmenta 70 publtc Offices
e.y TO hs friends snd .u1miss!on t. to eI.okm'
Ono OF tho transactions detailed IN SUPPORT 0!
those claims Ia tho basis Of tho two suits referred
to. which arc now before tfe eontts.
Bit. Nathaniel ulll Fowler, formerly msr-
chant Of Now York, and nov pfaetio1ng law In
this city. is Tho planslH IN QUO o. theso oaits+
whoreby ho socks to recover el,0o0 alleged to
Wood vht}o 10 vas occupying .Lo position Of
orpo1ation.Attornoy, which, ~ alleged,
lie IAp funcuAsEp rnom WOOD
for GOO, tho first years salary, mud motetyof
e. ~ q 9 .bss ~ be- ne eh
t. Tho othor suit 10 brought BY, DAVID
Ogden against Fornando Wood N. Hill
Fon1or, aud othcrR for tho recovery OF
nhout fifteen Thousand dollars alleged 70 have
been frauduIcntly paid by Fowler to Wood In
the purchase Of tho otl}co Of Corporation tor
ney. Ogaen'a standing es plaintiff depends on
tho assignmont to him OF certain Judgments
obtained against Fowler and Ills Partners In
business by various Of their creditors, botweon
1861 md 1858. Theso Judgments, amounting Ia
tho aggregate to over &5,U00, tho plaintiff a.
lcges, xcro IN ezlatonco and uusasivted when
tho said Fowler. IN fraul Of tho judgment credi-
tors, pn,d byer to Feruando Wood, Ia consliera-
tion Of hia appointment by Wood 10 tho Office Of
Corporation. .attorngy, varionB sums ul money
amounting il Tho aggregate to
F1rrEEx rnouHAND DOLLARS, on T1rEnEAnoUTs.
lie domauds TINT thcBo payments bo declared
null aud void and prnya that an accounting by
tl,o lofentlnass bo ordorsd, aud that out of tho
money thus paid 10 Wood BY Fowlor the judg-
uent 10 HatiBlad.
The defendant A. 1rSt eorRht to hkyo thc9o
two suits consolidated, but afterTHId tloy Tero
allowed to stand separately, and are now in
litigation. THO caso Of Fowler against Wood,
y, tho supfono Court, vaS sfted before Judge
Van Druot In November, 1871, aud yor-
dict was rendered for tho defendant,
whoroupon tho plaintiff appealed TO tho
Ganeral Term Of tho Supreme Court. Tho case
Of Ogden ngatnnt Wood was summed up OH Bat
urlnY last boforo judge Sodgwiok, in tho 5pe-
oial Term Of tho Superior Court aud decision
was reserved. In tho Testimony taken In tho
latter suit, hlr. Fowler testified that ho Was ap-
pointed Corporation Attorney Of tho City Of
New York by Fernando Wood. WHO gave him
written appointment to tho office, which ap-
poiutmont was mado out md signod BY John Z.
Deycli,, Corporatlon Counso! Of tho City OF Now
York. who had tho legal right to mako such aP-
posntmtnt, and from whom Wood is said 70 havo
Tunc1ABEp THE PRIVILEGE
OF naming tho nppointoes to tue otllpos Of Cor
poghtioa Attorney and Public Administrator, ior
tho sum Of e2o,0 Tho appointment, Ar. lit1l
testified, WA madc ont In blank, no name bo!ug
inserted Of tho nrpontco, and TO said f'.ss1et
that Fernando Wood inserted his lfowiers)
nau1n III Corporation Attorney IN tne oody OF the
nOt0 on tho fNlflImant by ToWlGf OF kh0 contract