The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-20
TWEED SHOWING UP BRYANT
LUDLOW STREETS PRISONER USING
DERY ILITN LiNGUIGE.
bryant styled u Sneak and spy-John Kelly
nnd Gen. Sickle. Abi- to speak for Them-
selves WHY Townsend IL Out of the city.

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selves why '"""'c"" !" ""' " '"' '"''
To THE PUBLIC: My attention has bccn
called to n series Of letters published in
the daily nnr,ra of the city Of .ho 18Th and 10Th
.n' u"l'y p"p,rs o' .'o ivy W., p. ,ia~
H~tS' HlEh'h ny '"t'i"h y ~ S'" ~ '".','
man whom for years past no editor would be-
leyc. and whose whole life has been one Of
eavrsdroppng ana deceit whose woru "ouli
not be believed under OATH If malice or greed
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peg l'hVe' 'h'reior'' III "hsN'r' W say wa"
nll these letters are romance. and that tho con-
,,re,tiops bn r,rorts NJ hnvinp had with mo
V'rsa.'"n7 no ',po',' 40 ""''"S ""' ~" Nv
are falsely stated ana Tue '"hciuslohs h' pur.
ports to have arrived at wholly unwarranted
hv tho fac,s
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The whole OF tho private matters are 'os an
city newspapers know only the repetition OF
snard,iors s,orics which hove bocn floating
e."nu"'ous ,' 20, - .,., ,,ha -oas,,s
around their offices Tor years past nc rcas"hs
for combining and now circulating them are
from tho foc,a fin, discovcred and cxposed
,iV'" '"o "'', '" - -. NJ.
him to gentleman whom he was swlndling
and obtaining moneys from by false prcten'cs,
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'"so'"'i "'''' Wv ~, s.,i ~ .,,,,''
existence anu mus "'u MS I,''n"s III so'"' ''-
INV INV, '.,,, ''i"''''''',,"S 'D'.''
| VI '"'"h "'"'" "'9.''''
never trusted TINS man bryhnt' never put
connurnce IN MIN, 'Ncepl 10 alNiS' WIN Hlih 'h
| ulnns for my release which he told me were
pi""9 iOi ny .V''"''' ""' ~ 'N ~ w.
| suggested ny tnut RTcdl unlc, anu IuIt num-
| Mr. Charles OConor and which | WIS led to
lat,o,.a ,, ,r,,,, ,ho fa1, ,ba, Nr o'Conor nm.
"c'''u ""' ',o,' ''V ','' '''',s 80 ~
| pnrently had full confidence IN MN, ana ne was
| always present when any OF my trends or al
viscrs called on Mr.. OConor. His whole, re-
| ports Of his examination of my papers and my
! conversation with him are bHse and malicious
fas"hoods. and worthy only Of the sneak and
spy he has proven himself 20 be- am ready
| now NJ | always have been since my appeal to
Mr.. O'Conor and 30 OF red In my sinte-
men to ine Au2rnbeyTSnsrd ,bry y TO Il, sum-. aa
| in relation to the disposition OF my prop
crty. and TO surrender all 70 them in
| ns io Mr. John Kelly. n cntcman with whom
have had no communicntion directly or indi-
rectly and whom | have not secn for many
gentleman The snmc remarks as TO Mr., Kelly.
apply g. Gen D. f. Sick.s. IRON IN my kn2wi u,
reference to my counsel Mr.. John ID. Towns
end. who by advice Of his physician is tempo-
rarily absent from the city am convinced ne
viii vndicate him from all the foul aspersions
and inuDn,lnes II this maligner
would further say I" Brf1nt nhi inc lartles
whom he lauis IN NJ "l,a'A7 on liz ll,, ,,',' XII
ma,t',S ,r AZ ths futnro; and Tor them tS
remember the old ada-e about " living IN glass
hpu-,,,,. ,.,,, lc,,,o,
he n-.umr- 10 10. my confession ,unlr~s in vio-
lntipn "i seerTv ana irnn thc n,9se,i"n ne ae
b, bnl ' o,rNh Nd sad "' io '' ac M i ei;cr tian
81
i,'., IL. rt,i', i,, ,,ll- ths-. l.tfrr.
Tn, only papers containing any statement
which h. has s.en. was one handed him nv me
To- show to MIR. O'Conor and the Attorney G,n-
oral dated March 2l. ana on" prepared ~ Mr.
| j. u. Tuwnsenl and handed to Mr.. Pcckhnm
l26thl after conversation with me. and which
paper never saw until was making the state
mcnt dated l7tn OF April which wds hani"d In
the Attorney General on that day. The papers
| Of the 2dth Of February had inaccuracies winch
pointed out 10 MIR. Townsend as soon as ! saw
II, and which was fully explained IN that of l1th
| .f At.rH l.tt4f "a l.
before me- would not have mad" the latter
ngr"e to II. and not A. did correct ana explain
thr corrections mus rHliinE nlt,hunh 20 tn'h
The papers of l1th Of April ala personally
r"Ni-" ana dechr" tru''' anu up hsSunlr hil re-
spunsibility tor any statement therein mnle.
| THIS Is my nrSt htu'mii 10 stlElhhtlNv We
| many ISLANDERS and fal-"houds about me cirru-