New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TwEEYs CONDITION AND PROSPECTS.

TWEEDS CoNDI ZION AND PROSPECTS,
srrerprvG FROM A rAfyPnI. ILISfss INCEEAsED
uY NERVOUS ANXIETY TO BE AT LIBERTY HIS
TESTIMONY ACCEPTED AND 70 De USED-lIIE
STATEMENT SOT TO BE PUBLISHED
William NJ. Tweed was visited yesterday
morning IN hs IN Ludlow street Jail but declined
10 say anything for publication though talking freely
about his prospects and hopes OF release and about MS
present Illness lie has been suffering for Soho time
past from diabetes the severity OF which has been
greatly increased by the mental anxiety which ho Is un-
dergong from the delay in actGg on his case AS nc
said during lis examination before the Woedn Commit
tee. he fears hat no. set at liberty he VIII never
leave the prison alive, aud he prefers ." walk out
rather than t. be carried ont"
Considerable misrepresentation exists In the puDhc
mind to the acceptance or rejection Of Tweed as
witness. Tnis has been brought about by various publ
cations the journals which seemed 10 desire the rcec
ton Tweed a witness. But the fact Is that Tweed
was long since accepted "A Witness the question
which delay in his release is the acceptance ot DIS
statements. Tho Atomcy-Gcncral and Cooperation
Counsel who are the legal officers OF the state ami
county, into hands he must fall a5 witness when
released from prison. have had to take time to assure
themselves that Twceds statement or rather MI Towns
ends brel-ior such in fact al the points
on which IL was important that he should TESTIFY They
were not disposed to accept lila assurance OF Willingness
70 furnish more at any time and release him, but pre-
had elaborated his testimony outlined by MIR Towns
end and indicated in conversations with Me5srs. OCJHoT
Farchild Peckham. aud Whitney.
Mr. Farchild ~ having the conduct OF the suits gen
orally has confined his examination mainly to the iaeta
about the se Of money at Albany, particularly in the
passage Of the charter lie has closely questioned I"eed
on all the points 1ainst Senators WOOdn, NnsoW, and
others as to the election by fraudulent votes OF judges
Folger and Andrews, to the payment to newspaper
editors publishers, ana correspondents, and ike sub
iects There is much documentary evidence against per
sons charged by Tweed with corruption which has been
obtained from Indications OF clcws furnished by Tweed
and Tweed has given good assurances to the Attorney
General that in confederation Of these and Of his own
statements the great dsbursng agent Of the Ring ana
lobbyist A. d. Barber, Will sustain him ON the stand
even TO the ruin his business Barber has written to
TWee, that he proposes stand by him to the DEATH
Mr.. Peckham has particular charge or the o"ecny
case. and his inquiries Of Tweed have been nanny
directed toward celebrating points to come mp on Tie
trial of that suit Tweed will that oweeny was
privy 10 the Board Of Audit steal that his share was
ten per cent OF which paid through his brother
James NJ Sweeny. Ingerso and Carey will substan
tiatc this ard the former will swear 20 having paid
Swseny in person. The bank accounts will show the
fact of James VI. Swecnys receipt OF the money ANA
another witness will pyove the exact am0uut Of the
treasure which Sweeny carried abroad when he left
Han aud Tweed light it out settle the suits rs best
they could.
Mr. whitney, Corporation Counsel, has been actively
engaged in getting fun particulars as to the bearing oi
Twccd evidence touching the several large suits against
the city. These include, scores OF small claims,
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