New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-18
THE COURTS.
TRIAL OF THE TWEED SUIT.


T. NIB pAviDsoN's BUSINESS IN sAfEs-JorN GAR
yFY's AGENCY FOR HIS BROTHEk-JCHN IL
KEYsEa's PLUMBING WORK.
Tho trial of the suit for 100000 against
Tweed WINS not resumed before Judge WestbTook III
supreme Court Circuit, until 1870 p. M yesterday ~
had been expected that Gov 11deh "Ouiu I've INC "oN
witness and the courtroom was crowded nc Is !" o
city waiting appear ON this triai pu' rs hc r's"
order Of evidence had not reached the point at wc Ills
,ostimorv Il necessary he was not called yesterday
Tho first witness called John McB. DAVIDSON
whose name IL appears is Joan McBan Dawn"
son. He testified that lie furnished many 9'oS
to the city; Lis bills for them Noio o."
made out regularly and correctly. ana ht ABOUT INV ~
prIces IA he charged private persons The SAFE business
- co.,, ,,roatu,lc the profits ranging from 20 to 200
nor cont He was never allowed To see the lace vi INC
warrants drawn for his payment lie moorseo 'nroo
warrants Of tie seven drawn to his ofdei' "a'son ca
inc on HIM 10 do so burriedly "bcore ConnOH! Ioi'
The other four were not Endorsed by him at all Inc
warrants Endorsed by him were for S33'o3J d.
66 ao5 90 and $40 10 AZ, which he received WOOD
wards checks for S1O,546. $22749 49, and Slo'4o'
Tho unindorscd warrants were for S6s,1lo 40
s,23I7 H. s12432 49, aud S63675 81, on each OF
which he 90, WoOdwards check for about one'hiu oi
the amount The total amount Of his warrants WAS
s3oG 100 81 and of his receipts from "ood"""
S1O376s a. He rendered seven bills Ill all vi oioS'
examination Mr.. Field asked:
Woud YOU think IL the act Of prudent man 10 sen 10
any rovernno Mt say to the City of Newiorh uder aus
present honest ulanas meat 9n tnc s NJ STEWART
Would you not add % TO 81 per cent? n All VI '
O. Or even - per cent A Possibly. nm, ao,avs
q There are such interminable diihcuties anu a'ass
In obtaining PAYMENT A. That Is IT. Sr "OOo"auh'oi
had any authority from me to act Tor me-
Mr. Davidson found difficulty In picking ou'' 10y
the Endorsements alone, which OF them were genuine anu
finally added to the three genuine ones the warrant loi
s6s5l5 TO- the Endorsement OF which he had before u'
clared a forgery
John Garvey the brother of Andrew j. Garvey' was
oauod and sworn His testimony that he took thi'e
packages to Albany and gave them 10 Tweed IN one o
these was 100000; when his brother ran away lie
STAYED here to watch his interests he ala see 'hcs
OConor about his brother and wrote his brother aDt
the result, bat could not remember Hllai II VAS m ~.
mary 1870 ne ca He'd on Tweed ~ his Office IN ansW 10
notes from Inn Tweed said ms brother AuurVH NAV
was dead, ne wished somebody Wunli KIN nun; h',
Garvey. thought it hint to him to XII M2ndMh me
did not tell Tweed his brOtner had come Dach or "Ou'
soon be back to testify against linn. ,,. ,. ,to
John H. koyser plumber ana iron o au "f from ,"v
next witness His business with the cry was Eli - o
the time Dan" COnOyer was Comm sslohef Oh fu'io
Works His principal city sines hrusH .nere 70 "f1e
C,roton Aqueduct Department. When Isaac beii huu
Orson Blunt left Office the custom 81 mhrg ph o5
Audit appointed TO add EttGenass no s s
There had been Board OF AuIt rhe Rpy did not net
Woodward and Watson told him to ct all his pms To-
oaSd Of %% HnG He Tss e S IN this WORK by
ant clerk in the Board OF Supor isors lie was poor manu-
at figuring but he got these bills ont right laushtcI
He handed his bills Watson ana received payment on
some of them He was told TO others that his DIS
were not through Watson hat been for some years IN
the habit OF shaving his bills 81 from to - per cen,
Watson and Woodward did this at this ne and pai nm
moneys advances. or tn" l6 warrants drawn 10 '
order OF Keyser 4 Co., he received one, al least ne
1orsed it, That was the only one he ever ihoieu ,G
had received call from Mr. Garyey, WI, siu ne n I
orders FOL him to burn up all bis books aud papers ne
instead got them ogetheT and put c cn III 'e place.
40 that he could II needed ptCauce 'ne'H
The trial was Adjourned untll tOcay.