The New York herald., 1877-07-09
this point OF view the facts of my sxperlsnce with him


William M Tweed for almost four years For his sake
| surrendered many which would have been
more lucrative than his, and my entire fees received
from him in that poriod less than SO, ,oo0-less
than many fee In an ordinary civil case involving
not 1.-THE Of tho professional skill labor de-
manded by the Tweed suits Even this money was
paid grudgngly and by insalments and forcbly was
compelled by q sense OF professional honor, TO sum
marily resign.
"But the smallest, pettest act the part OF Mr..
Tweed was this-I was, in the OF bis defence,
fined $3.50 for contempt of court by the presiding
judge. This fne was compelled TO pay out OF my
own pocket ana to this day have not been reim-
bursed for this expenditure, necessated by my client
''This may be astrsw, but straws show how the wind
blows and often tell mans character; and In the
OF such fact this It will hardly be expected
that l shall place faith In all this newspaper bosh
about tie magnanmity OF the Boss the generosity OF
the Boss, the faithful friendships OF the Boss, &c
All which is not only baseless twaddle but perncious
twadde, insomuch 1t tends greatly TO mslead the
public and to psrvert public sentiment
"But enough Of myself and my personal connection
with Mr. Tweed" continued the lawyer al regret
very much my lack Of wisdom in connecting my
self with the case, II has many lifelong
friendships 1t has cos. me heavy pecuniary dsburse-
ments; It has completed prostratcd my health IL has
And only alIude this in order disspate very
prevalent idea in the public mind-that Twceds law.
yers are the cant phrase goes, making good
thing OF Tweed. This Is not the No lawyer
acted for Tweed but has regretted IT, or will do
so. None Of his lawyers have ever made as much
money out OF him they would have mado without
him. Since he stopped handling the public money
the true character OF the man has shown itself,
AND HE 'JEws' DOWN LAWYERS
to tho lowest possible point
"The money no paid his chief lawyers in four years
was small comparatively, but II would have been
ample had 1t any sort of proportion to tho in
terests involved or to the amount OF property con-
trolled by Mr. Tweed. But considering Tweed's inn
mense pecuniary possessions the money ne paid his
counsel in every sense trning-a mere drop out
OF his bucket-ior at the time speak Of Mr. Tweed
was really, spite OF all his cant about his poverty,
rich, a very rich man."
This brought up naturally reference to the prop
ery that Mr.. Tweed was presumed by his ex counsel
to possess On this point the lawyer was very ex-
plicit:"I regard Mr.. Tweed," he said "as Of tho
richest New York. Let him be released and the
people will find out they have been deceived
in regard this poor broken down OLD man. He is
worth
ANYWHERE PROM TWELVE MILLIONS
this minute-that is, he can control that amount
under various names. His real estate is chiefly
in the names of his Richard and william NJ.
Tweed, Jr has been by them passed to other par.
ties who hold 1t for them His personal property
IN bonds aud stocks this country will foot up
ST. 0OO 000 HIS investments in foreign stocks will
ceed that amount, probably That scheme for a rail-
way in Spain is a mere ngment Of fancy, as has
been recently stated in certain newspapers; It Is a
fact in active progress of inception IL will be an
accomplished reality within six months OF Mr. Tweed's
release II that release takes place. Even II Mr.
Tweed was willing surrender all his properly" said
the lawyer, ''the persons who now control 1t tenn
porarily for him would not suffer him to do SO. You
may assured that neither during his life after
his death will ever 1.-THE of the money has taken
from the public be returned to it.
"a large portion Of Mr. Tweeds gains has found Its
way into the possession OF
AN ACCOMPLISHED LADY CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH MR.
rwEED's CAREER.
sTh,s lady is still ono Of his slanchest friends and
most skiiu and trusted ADVISERS, and Mr.. Tweed
never takes any important step without consulting this
lady, who IS really Of his shrewdest guides This
lady is said to be bitterly opposed any such thing
as genuine statement emanatlng from Mr.. Tweed'
This last remark naturally suggested new and very
Interesting topic "What do you think Of the so-called
statement confession by Tweedf" asked the HERALD
representative OF tho ex- counsel
On this point the gentleman interrogated was do
cidcdly plain spoken. He only gave what he gave as
his opinion but he held 1t TO DO correct nevertheless
~ consider tho alleged statement purportng to ema.
nate from Mr.. Tweed
REALLY THE WORK OF ANOTHER,
and that other one Of the most notorious men in
tho city of New York. / also believe that the real
intention Of the socaed statement to tri1e with
the public and to work upon the expectations of At
tho statement originated in tho BRAN of Mr.
Tweed and was engineered by his friends his inter-
est tho plan beng promise anything and everything
suggest vast deal OF mysterious revelations get Mr.
Fairchild committed to Mr. Tweeds release, aud then
when Mr.. Tweed was once released to initiate the ex-
ample OF lngerso, who, after be pardoned forgot
tell The very things he to be pardoned for tell
ing; and Of Woodward, who, though he was to turn
states evidence, has SO far given no evidence what
ever that has been worth marque to the State
This idea was, from the Tweed standpoint, a very
shrewd one and may strike Tweed and his friends as
perfectly legitimate But a confession the alleged
'TwEED's STATEMENT is FRAUD
and as think, designed to bo from the start:
and to my mind Mr.. Fairchid has done the proper
thing for himself and the State by declining to paw
any attention to it and by refusing to give Tweed his
freedom on the strength of It, One thing is certain
having publicly ana officially stated that Mr.. Tweed
was not to be beloved unless where his testimony
was corroborated by disnteresed and credible wit
nesses; and 1t IS perfectly and absolutely certain
that in no point in the called statement or
confession has Mr. Tweed yet been thus corrobo-
rated.
Gas far us the checks 20. alluded In the statement
they can prove nothing. Anybody a check,
and It's use shows nothing whatever. But Mr.. Tweed
has gone step further than the aluding to or
enumeration OF checks which paid by or through
him. In ut least q check OF large amount
was gwen merely as a trap or blind; the check was
never paid
CHECK WAS NEvER MEANT TO PAID
sIt was designed to commit the party whose order
It was drawn and who ndorsed IT, though he never re.
ceived per Of the specified on the
face of the document.