Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-17
Oakley Halls Share Ten Per
Cent His Full Collision
with all the Frauds.
JAY GOULD AND TWEED RUNNING
TIE TAMMkNr AM9 ERIE
RINGS TOGETHER.
The Tell-Tale Checks and Books oil
Preserved.
Most Startling Disclosure of the Age
"A Coed Time fer Others 20
Follow Oakley Hall.

NV YoRk, April l7.-William NJ.
Tweed, from his quarters in Ludlow
street jail, sends the sttorney-general a
proposition r~ecitipg that in return for the
favor Of liberty and rest he will yield up
all his property and be a faithful witness
on behalf Of the people. He says that
he has suffered much and suffered long
in silence, and has borne the burden Of
what others should have shared, Afiiet-
ed with disease, feeble from age and con-
6uement, i'll at ease in mind, he seeks
Tor the rest and relief that he so sorely
needs. He adds that the only basis
upon which be has q right to apply for
leniency aud pardon is that be will make
a complete surrender OF bis property
and a full disclosure of his criminal
companions. The proposition is long
and exhaustive. The document assumes
the uature Of 8 confession, which goes
back g. far as 1869, when the ring first
began to assume form. It gives in de
tail the story OF the various conferences
between the writer, Peter B Sweeney,
Richard Connally. Henry Genet, A.
Oakley Hall and others, by which Tweed
was elected to the State senate, Con.
molly comptroller, in 1869, and Hall
mayor, January l, 1869.
Tweed, according to the story, trans
ferred to State Senator Winslow in per.
sou 100000 to secure the charter Of
1910, which gaze TO the ring the control
Of the city, and TIE support Of several
influential Republican members OF the
legislature. 1t was Tweed's understand
ing With Winslow at the time that the
money was to be divided between Wood
ward, Samuel Il. Frost, Augustus R.
Ellgood, Wm II. Brand, Norris Wins
Low, James Wood, Isaish Blood, George
Morgan, all Of the senate, and also with
Van Pe'ton, Williams, Crowley, Merri-
an and Beaman, for their Influence in
the gi.lature.
The confession gives the circumstances
Of the division Of thu spoils between
himself, Sweeney, Hall, ConnalIy aud
Woodward. 1t duplicates Garvey, In
gersoll, Davidson, Watson, and a major
ity of the board OF supervisors.
Mayor Halls proportion vas ten per
cent. he shared throughout in all the
profits, vas in full collusion with the va.
rious details Of the fraud, and was fully
aware Of the fraudulent nature Of the
contracts presented for his signature.
The document ~purporting to bea record
Of the board Of sudit of May 5, 1870, by
which Mr. Hall on bis trial secured an
acql,ttal on the ground that he acted
only in a ministerial character, Tweed
says that it Was manufactured after the
exposure. Hugh Hastings. Of the Com
mercial Advertiser is mentioned az hay.
ing received q check fer $50, 900, and
checks Tor smaller amounts st various
times. Mr. Hastings is also credited
With the diplomatic achievement Of hav-
ing brought jay Gould and Tweed te-
gether, BY which alliance the Tammany
and Erie rings were operated to Their
mutual advantage.
The confession also according to the
Werld, says that ell the paintings and
bol X eases in Recorder Hackett's house
we're paid for by the city. Hs gives the
Names Of FIVE persoas, who, be promises,
ifinmuuity is given them, will swear to
the truth Of all OF his statements. He
has preserved oil checks and kept q
memoranda OF all his Transactions, all
Of which will be placed at the disposal
Of The State. OF the Eve persons named
are &. d. Barber, ex-senator James
Pierce, Alexander Frear and william
King, Twseds former deputy commits
sioner Of public works.
Shortly after the publication Of sc
cret accounts in July, 1871" Tweed say
that Francis n. Bixley and ex.sherif
then State SENATOR James 0. Bder
came 10 him and offered to secure hin
against any further investigation Of BIZ
bank accounts, bis relations with th,
city, Or indeed from any further trouble
If he would pay $4,000 toward O'Bri
ems claim against the city for $4,000
' for unpaid fees. The two represented Il
( him that they had such influences owe
Mr.. Tilden, Judge Barrett aud WIN. c
y Barrett as 10 Immediately quash an.
/. further steps 10 the pending inyes'is.
ton. Tweed Gays he paid them $1,000
! in cash, and mortgages, which they a
. terward collected, for the rest, and b
understands they aherward secured th
same amount from Connally upon th
saue representations.
/, he says he does not consider thl
O'Brien'S claim has any real meritI
ie Hashs NTH, s%weeney's particular frisn,
d attended to all transactions with Jndp
& Cardoza, by which judicial action va
taken in behalf Of the ring. Tweed say
of the Navarro claim Of 100000 again
the city Tor water meters is a fraud. Il