, 1877-06-10
Peter B. Sweeny's Curse Of a. Bad
Brother Who Is Dead.
The Questions Of Transit Which Interest
Motropolitans,
And Make Theirs City Of Magnif}-
cent Prospects.

AttIoh Vh4As AOLo Hok AAG Ats ASNk lAAe liz
any harm To an old comraie in city misgorcrn-
Mcnt, but the turn Of fortunes wheel in favor
Of that comradc myst1cs him. as It might well
do. No wonder tho b1okcn-lown old man
thinks tl,cro IL injustice somewhere, when lie
Hccs all Ills partners In plunler FREQ men, and
himself alonc shut within prison. What has
Peter D. Swccny offered in the way Ut compro-
mlto more than tho Moss" long since oflcredl
Not nearly us much, indeed; md Mt. Tweed ia
not the only person mystincd by this lntcs. and
strangcst Of nil the stsnnga Developments in
the Ring suits. From tho first, attention Wis
called oil from tho lesser claims, such as those
against 1ngersoll and Woodward, by the putting
forward OF tho gigantic s7,000, 600 CHIN against
the man who Furnished brains Tor his Tammany
brethren, and d caricature for Mast. Why wns
1ncersoll pardoncd, why Woodward SAVED coli.
victton, but that they might be used to prove
the guilt OF Swccny1 Wlat was Tweed fed on
hope for, but that his testimony was to help tic
city get back 4 large amount OF stolen go,N]s
from Swcenyl These aro the questions askcl
On every side, and not nnrcasnnably. Yet the
fact remains that on tho first tay ot the long.
expected trial, which was relied upon to bring
10 light tho bottom sccrets Of the Ring trans
actions, tho Judge In few words tlisposcs of
the whole matter, and Jurors anti public depart
with nothinE to explain tho condition Of things
savc that word Of .nnsterly indc0ntencss, 'conl*
rfomtsc" lIo. easily It solves the riddles Of tho
hing, this compromise, or will wien it, own
riddles are cleared up. What fools tho people
OF New York hayo lnado OF themselves over
tho lusa Of few million doi1ars, moro
or less. How rashly they have Imputed
basc crime to honest men, 80 that these
hpncst n,eu and exemplary citizens wcrc obliged
to flee their own land. For shame as Peter tho
pcrsccutcl may now cxclalu, adding patlctie-
clfy, " cannot tell q lie;
1T WAS MY BROTHER DID 1Tlf1
There "ns, therefore, ono member Of tho
Ring, Peter admits. who did wrong md even
took what was not ytghtfully Ills. and this
member was his own brother james,
who is dead. Behold what Ills d.shon-
est brothers may bring upon the good
ones,-sco how the mant1c Of Janes' faults
fell naturally on Pctert But now, Of course,
everything is pla!u ~ q Quaker costume
James swccny, who Ia dead, was a bal man.
He drank, nna swore, and stole. Peter did not
Know It till james ran away to Europe, Then,
probably either from shame or desire to learn
the full facts Of his fall, tho good brother ran
away after tho bad ono, who died. Once over
the sea, perhaps Peter Judged tho climate more
favorable TO Ills health, or grew Into tasto for
modern languages and foreign wines. or wtacd
to bo near the rcstinx.plaeo Of his misguided
brother, to set the unfeelfuR world m example
Of flllal affection. Whatever tho reason, tl.is
worthy nun did not como back to tho place
"he1o nla usotheFs errors "efe commltteu. anu
.onosIus'e' Eoaa'p sun soioc csue
nss Va Anh' ~ "*7 esei iat.ioatco tAa1
~ wv s'eale! iosue .na" us uiotneFt
- 10 tapuiy W sloFlsa grow IN ones absence.
teteF was paue"t. ao"oYet' hclhe politician
also, 10 WIS usco 70 tnc pobohco arrows Of
cn"'1y' anu 3he" how 10 WALL IL becomes
a'1"oss p'u.u' ~ Fceai' no" many Seafa this
a'ooei pio1ncs WIS "anaesef neloFo he hcaru
.1c ea't u eo"e nome-witnoat lear Of arrest.
1iete WIS chauec ~ iast 10 s'tt1lcatc himself.
~ mas l,osAo'y painful 10 aeSnowledec the
ssls'aa e!ta,cls'ns' 70 put II mildly Of brother
Hao was oeaa' ont u was eufc'y more lncot-
scnleht 10 nave policemen after wrongcd
o1o.nse, "ho was alVe, 10 ieteF camo back to
~" 4o'h, WIN tllHo more gtay IN his mar
anu security against the police III hta pocket,
TO TELL THE TOUCHING TRUTH
snt1 makn n fny,rn,,,c ,,o,nprnrfuo tn ,~,.
wtlI,n1 r., roa,rr, -, ~, fSt.. ;r."s".. ~ 'so I've
,a', ,,s,,as ~ w.. e.sJ 4ieasu'y "nat as
~. 'ot"sr 4lna tahca tneio'!oth, Or part Of It
krepcr. md in Tim habit nj r.ttmotfnn II, H..
co,lic 1n,rl, too hicb. pctrr. ~ co,r.e A ',ns.
correct tue account md not crra,l ] HI. ,o,h"r,s
cstot ~, rnrssa .s,aa " 4s p.ol"e'e
ts'a'c w sepa5lhe moro than had been borrow
in this action he was not n,,v tnnrn,,.
cr doing m hta owu flf. ro,,,t..,a ~ 2 4,t,,s, r
tranar,:. ,.o1a w e,.s., spa,atu, unu ponusa'
ahaue"ec "e!c even deafeF tohtM Tim Ills desire
to blackcn tue natno Ut ttIo brother to whom he
lind been 80 brgh, but evidently not ef',cnctoua
MI cxnnnjr. Tn tl,cse .x,ntlttlors tIo ,.,, ,.,,,.
ho1 tha nv ,.onu,.', ,,t.,. t.o "e" "''o
."e ~ wv - @ sa"S'ae ~ "'.l'n1hees
4hc'f c1aln was !or Sf,N1UO0, not against
James, but agulnst Peter. II Potter were tpno
ccut,-aud certainly llc must t., ar t,r woul,
not hava xad so.-thot c,,,nvo1 ,,, "a o .'',,A
H. ,na .,,as ..,,,s, h., .,.a,ss .to easo eatro-
~ anu 1ho5 'nust bo tl!ahRtu! Tor whatever they
eo1id realize on LUG necount OF dead mau. 10
thtv called for over half mtliun, but Peter
deemed the half Of that amount TN m,,c,, on,1
sn' !sat ~ es.ta4', tes which tho
lhSe'lta7e inaha OF hss old ir1cnd Tweed might
produces caused Peter to mcct them in tue
vicinity Of $iO0,O0Q, lie said truly tr,o,rl that
IL woui,l In ,licult IN ott thts .u,n sr',,, ,'ts
...",.s., ...,1,1s s .'.'o sa'A !so'A "'a