New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-11
TWEED'S CONFESSION.
THE FIRST DRAFT PUBLISHED.


THEY WERE GIVEN NOT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BY MANY PERSONS INvoLvED-THE ELEcrI.N
JUDGES FoLGER AND ANDREWS BY DEMO-
CRATIC FRAUDS IN NETWORK CITY.
The Herald, yesterday morning, published
verbatim copy OF the confession of William NJ Tweed
as originally submitted TO Attorney General Farchid
1t not the one which finally submitted. nor the
one now In existence The one published by The Herald
does not. in reality, exist having been recalled by
Tweed for corrections When these had been made.
a corrected copy substituted, and the original.
not published, included was destroyed.
The copy made public was in Attorney General
Farchild's hands only three days. The errors
were discovered and the document recalled 10y
MI Tweed. IL was submitted other person
than the Aforementioned, and Tweed's friends and
counsel believe copy made while In his Office and
do not hesitate assert their suspicious that Mr. Far
child furnished the copy to The Herald There is no
proof of this further than the singular fact that the
printed copy contains of the original which
only by Mr. Farchid and not by his advisers
Tweeds friends also claim. indicative of the source
from which the document obtained. that rhe Herald
strongly indores the action of the IN
refusing 10 accept Tweed as witness.
The confession Is interesting without being new II
contains very little that has already been given by
Tweed in testimony before the Aldermens Committee.
The Board OF Audit frauds familiar in the form In
which they told; the bargains with tae station
ers printers watermeter men, the obbers about the
Court House. have nothing about them in this fresh
relations the alleged bribery of the legislators is told in
document precisely recited in his oral testimony;
and added TO this Of persons who were not
lcng since known suspected to be guilty OF fraud
There are curious incidents which new, aud in
teresting Illustrating the ways Of the ring. For n-
stance in relating the origin OF the Court House Ring,
Tweed tells how money was raised, when the
ring was young and ignorant, for the purpose
OF influencing legislation. The members OF the
rne were accustomed actually to raise the
Tod fbair tninf Ofo
after they mad secured the legislation "In 1S7l" he
saws in the most matter Of fact STYLE the commissioners
for building the Court House desired large amount
Mr. Tweed thinks 81 00000-iuserted in the tax levy
of that year. Great opposition manifested In the
Legislature 70 this amount of appropriation when, by
agreement OF james II. Ingersoll Of the Court
House Commissioners, with Mr.. Tweed. Mr. Tweed was
authorized and directed to pay fifteen per cent OF the
gross amount which he could secure to be inserted
to members OF the Legislature, and MI lngeI-
soil placed the amount of that percentage, being
$4,000 IN Mr.. Tweod's hands being, as MI Tweed
thinks his ungersOsl check for 100000, payable 10
order Of W. +. King, and subsequent payment to
Mr.. Tweed OF $4,000. which amount Mr. Tweed paid to
members OF the legislature, through A. ID. Barber
and personally. This $4,000, which was fifteen per
cent OF the amount inserted the tax levy, which was
S75OOOO Mr. Tweed learned from Ingtrs0ll was Dor
rowed by the Court House Commissioners Messrs. IN
eerson Conan. Norton, and Walsh from the Tenth Ma
tonal Bank Of NewYork City, ana part OF the claim
II has been clearly brought out before this pub
ucaton that the original theft decided upon between
Tweed, Sweeny, Hall and Connolly was 40 and not 60
per Of the bills submitted by the tradesmen
or this 40 per cent eacn Of the Ring chiefs was 10
have 10 per cent. But subsequently the steal was IN
creased To Gj per cent? Tweed's share put at 25
Connolys 20; sweeny's remain At 10 per cent. but
Hall was cut down to per This increase Of the
percentage Of theft made without the noglcdge OF
Hall and Sweeuy by Tweed and Connolly 1t will be re-
mem0ered that Sweeny aud Hail. al tine time OF the first
Disclosures denied that the bids could be large
presented; Their ignorance % this increase of stcalngs
may account for their persistent denial Of the correctness
Of the accounts This the noDchaan manner IN which
Tweed reports robDing OF the other thieves by Con
molly and lim.elf:-
In an these arrangements the understanding between
sweeny, il Tweed and Connolly was tha each should
receive er cent OF the gross amount on the llS pre-
ter was left To Connolly and Mr. Tweei, who ccted,
on the part OF Mr. Tweed, Nh T. 4. Woodward. and OF
ment OF few bills Hall was notified that 1t
lad required 30 much money 10 blss ass, me cha.-
would be- content with per cent each and lie
agd watson were directed 10 pay swccuy 10 per cent
Han per cent Connolly 20 per cent ana Tw' ed % per
ewrcny. but with the knowledge OF Tweed aud Con
mol y woodward AM watson were allowed an me ~
tcres collected on DlS ana sum MOI % eASeeu per
cent to be divided equally between them. These peg
among l. C ring aud watson and W odwad, and the bal
auce paid 10 the parties pr sentlns the bhls. thc
we S5nd tr fr amount Of I6@I bs fr a6oye
stated purposes. without knowing the division pail TO
each. Mr.. Tweed has been norme1 10y both MI Wood
Ing bills Mr TGsh smith, in ihcse matters. was the
recognized agent Of Mr. Han and Jam NJ sweeny ana
Hugh Smith were the recognized az ior MI sweeny.
TIE VOUCHER ROBBERY.
Mr.. Tweed says that in a conversation with A.
Oakley Hail. then Ma, relative to the examination OF the
vouchers by the sub committee associated with the
mtee of citizens OF which william Booth was chair