, 1877-09-17
The Parties with Whom the Great
Thief Divided tho p1unler.
Who Furnished the Money to
Buy the Patriotic Legls-
lntors.
List Of the Brihed, and the Money
Their Influence" Cost.
Forty Thousand Dollars the Ruling Prico
Of Your Average Senator.

New TORE, Sent. l5.-IHccu'e examination
was continued to-slay. The exciting part Of his
testimony was that regarding the amounts paid
to influence legislation and the admission that
he Ind personally bFibe'l members OF tho LeRis-
lnturc. The gravcst charge was against Senator
W,o,sin, the most influential member In tho
Legislature, and the man John Kelly Is most
anxious to dispose Of. Tho same charge was
made ut tho Time Of Twccd's pretended con-
fessiou, was Investigated BY Senate Commit
Tee composed OF n majority Of Democrats, and
was thoroughly retutcl.
As further offset to THced's testimony con.
cern!ng bribery, II will be recalled that in 1Si2
when used As q witness, ho sworc he had
NHyEA PAiD 4 DOLLAR
,r made ali effort to influence legislation. Ills
present statements put him on record Us pcr-
nrcr, and arc probably made IN the hopo OF
gaining KclIy's favor MS tho only hope Of rc-
case from Ludlow-Strcet jail.
TIE 1870 CHARTER.
In relation to tue charter OF 1870, Tweed said:
I. was prepared partially by Oakley Hall. par
Haly By swccny, Cornelius Corsou, md Alex
lntlcr Frccr. l had d little 10 10 with It mr.
,clf. Mr. IIitchtnan had something to do with
II, and uost Of the members OF Tammany had
something to do with 1t, either directly or by
thcir suggestion.
Owns that charter passed through tho
Legislature fulrly, OF was money paid TO sccuro
It's passascl A.-Afoncy was used.
Q.-Do you know pcrson1lly Of any member
OF the Assembly hclng paid for Ills votc in refer
enCc to thls c!artcrf Al don't think do OF
the Assembly.
Q.-Do ron know personally OF any member
Of tho Senate having been paid for his vote iu
Tint regarl1 Al do. III the year 1870 tho
old Board Of Supervisors
CEASED TO EXIST
by special law, anl tho power To audit bills
was placed fn the bands Of the Mayor, Con-
tro1lcr md President Of tho Uoard Of Public
Works. Hall waa Mayer, Richar,l B. Connolly
Gntrnllcr, and Tweed President OF tho Boar.i.
Q.-Who prepared those clauses which gavc
the control To these three mcnl A.-Tle first
time saw 1t WINS IN tho Dctavan House. There
wcu present Sweeney, Hall, Connolly, aad my
self. believe it was
PREPARED ny HALL
Owns the matter talked over at TINT meet
Ing, and tue powers they gave1 Ayes.
Q.-Wns anything said that the powers given
tho Controller, tho Mayor, and the present
President OF the Department Of Public Works
would cuab!c them to make money for thon-
srlvcsi Al don't know that there was 90
much said In reference to making, but 1t was to
money to secure Its passage. OF ltsetf that net
could not do any great harm; but 'ts subso-
qucut acts gayo the control of tho City Govern
lnent into the hals OF those parties.
Q.-Thc object Was to enable you three men
to ratso money to reimburse yourselves nnd 9TH
CTS for money expended In tho passage Of tho
Clartcri A.-That was
ONE or run REASONS.
Q.-Hho furnished tho money to DO used IN
procuring the passage OF tho chartcrl A.-Va-
tious trudcsuen and politicians.
Q.-hicntlon the nnlr1o OF tho tradesmcn who
furnished money, so far as you Eecollect, for
The purpose OF brtblng tho Legislature of 1371
to pass tho charter OF that yoar9 A.
Ja1ncs II. 1pgcrsoll, Kcyser d Co.,
E. a. Woodward, James A. Watson, aud Edward
Boyle. can't recall all the other names, but
most OF those who had any dealings With u at
the time contributed. Tho Ens Hallway con.
tributed something.
Q.-Through whoml A.-ThrouEh Jay Gould
or Fisk, or both. / think tho money was hand,
cd In through Peter D. saceny, although nm
not positive.
4 NICE LITTLE ARRAHazAExE
Q.-low was tho money raised to buy tho
passage Of tho charter Of 1870! A.-A largo
part OF 1t by bills jointly Of Connolly and
N1uAE tAlnAlQ ~ lAf OkAEEt vi AoA41Ultt
kud myself male payable 10 Smith, or Smith
and myself mudc payable to Connolly, "a tho
saso might b.. Tho money was got from the
Broadway bank as q general tllng. They wcro
male payable to my order,
Q.-Dd you use It personally iu influencing
members Of the Lcslslaturui AL did.
Odd you pay 1t yourself to themt A.
Yes, to some Of thcnL What was paid to tho
nembers OF the Legislature WAS paid through
E. D. barber, who generally did good deal Vt
business In that line.
Q.-Did you give money to Barber for the
p1presa purpose OF bribing members Of tl,s
Legislature 10 vote for that bil!f A.-Yes, klr,
Q.-IIow much nonoyl Al have no ilca,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS or DOLLARS.
Q.-Two hundred thousand dullurs1 A.-Oh,
yes; about three timea that-36uO, 900 tLiul
Nas the amount given him.
Q.-D1u you pay that money In money o.
chcrkss Al paid 1t to him altogether |.
money, except that after the adjournment o
tbs Legislature there were ~, ,oG
$4,000, or $4,000 to bc pui1, aud lie came II
New York and
oAva HIM CHECK ron IT.
Q.-The check Afterwards CAME back to yo'
tnlorscdt Ayes.
Before naluins tho Senators to WHOM
money WIS paid for their votes, Twcst
called for Senate manual, as li
relations with the Beuators wcr'
10 lnany and Ills operations 4.
numerous, liz was warned by counsel to b.
very careful as be WIS dealing with tho reputa
tluns Of prominent public men.
Tweed then narrated
THE ORIGIN or THH CHARTER
In the dissatisfaction 0f prominent Democrats
who resolved to oust the then Mayor. Comp
troller, aud other officers. and wilo worked 81
vigorously as to alarm Tammany. Tweed seu
for Hugh Hastings and got hls aid, payiug hlt
<2u, ,0U fur II, ~ heretofore stated.
lie continued: told Hastings what wanted
lie suggested the best way would bs to sec tel
iaIn Senators, and, possible, have caucus oi
Kepubiic2n Renators calIed, and induce them t
lupport our charter. On this liut saw espe
4uIy Senators Wtnslow, Woodu, bowen, Mime.
ud Wood. At llastings' suggestion spok
Wood, with whom had deallnxs before, ant
nth Bowen aud Aluier. Wood wss rstles =