The New York herald., 1877-09-13

Q. You say paid In money or In checks; are any OF
the checks by which those payments were made IN
O. Are any OF these checks indorsed by any Of these
parties ,n A. rners better way o. ldenuylns somo
were presented to the bank the bank teller took the
names oil the parties by whom they were presented
and BY whom the money was paid and that was the
=. Briggs paid percentage; were his accounts all
straighty A. AS Tar AS know; know only OF the
cases where received something; can't tell all the
other bills because never examined them.
z. The Ring didn't receive anything from him, but
from the others did II? A. j think from all tho
others mentioned with TINS reservation to the East
Chester quarry; my mind Is not distinctly positive
upon thar.
Mr.. Coc-i will be glad If you will refresh your
memory IN regard to that SO as to state positively at
Mr.. Tweed-I will try and do So
Y Were there any county officers whose appoint.
mcnt you controileds A. We did appoint to fill a
vacancy
q. What vacancy? A. The vacancy of Recorder and
also once in the case OF the Surrogate occasoned by
resignation oil Mr. Hoffman from the recordership be-
cause OF his election as Mayor, think
O. Mr.. West the Surrogate, died, aud you appointed
who IN his pIacog A. Gideon J. Tucker
= Was thero any money paid Tor that? A. Not Q
dollar am satisfied; because Tucker was personal
friend OF mine and | was anxious TO have him ap-
pointed.
Q Who was the otherG A. Recorder Hoffman
resigned.
q. Who was appointed instead? A. John E.
Hackeu
q Was thero anything paid Tor that in any way A.
please Mayor Hall, who very anxious 10 have IL
made; no money could DO paid without my knowing
It, and was confident no money was pad; II might
be pail TO third hands, but II never reached INC.
O. You know nothing about n9 l am confident
Corporation Attorney and Mr. Hall District Attorney,
and they were anxious to have him appointed, and We
were anxious TO have the goodwill of these parties
VIC nominated Mr. Hackett
SHARING sHERIFF's FREs
O. As 10 the Sherirs bill. who was sheriff thens A.
First Mr. kclly, then Mr. Lynch, then Mr. Kelly
again, then SIR O'Brien and then MIR. Brennan.
q Did the Supervisors, during the existence OF the
Ring, have anything do with the Snerin's plls A.
They had, but had nothing myself do with them.
y Was 1t their duty 10 have anything TO do with
themg A. We had to pass their bills, otherwise thoy
couldn't receive dollar.
q Did you know OF any money having been
paid to any member OF tho Ring In connection with
ing In connection with Mr. Kelly or Mr. Lynch or Mr..
Brennan, but during the time Mr. Brennan In
office did; Mr. Hayes was warm personal friend Of
q. Mr.. Hayes was SUPERVISOR A. Yes, SIR At va.
rous times nc paid me percentage out OF the bills,
saying II was hall Of what ho received from Mr.
O'Bren; that finally stopped after the first year.
Q. Did you have any conversation with Sheriff
o. 'bren yourself this matterY A. On that pjoct,
q All you know about 1t was what Hayes told your
Q. Do you know whether tho bills presented by any
Of those Sherifs were fraudulently excessive in
amounts A. The bills of OBrien were very much IN
excess Of anything paid prior TO that time
a. We're all those sheriils' bills paid-take them in
order, were all Of them paid? A: Mr. Kelly's aud
r.
nan's were not; Mr.. O'Bren's know were not all
paid
O. His were not paid9 A. He had bill of $780, 900
against the city, bclieve
Is that tue bill you refer to. and these bills
OF Sheriff O'Bren the same? thanding witness bills.
There Is q now pending of Joseph A. Monheimer
against the Mayor. A. Those tho same bills,
believe
from the 30th Of April 1874 based upon claims
OF james O'Bricn, which Is alleged TO have been
signed BY him to Joseph A. Eonheimerg A. Thore
t.ue l,,1l onAo thnr hill 1Drfr.
and which Connolly paid him In June or July; this
bill which speak Of bought one-hat of that bill
from o. 'Bren and paid him for IL IN the year 1872.
O. You bought half OF this claim from O. Drienp A.
Yes, sir, aud paid him $l60000 for half Of that
claim. That is ths only claim he had
O. DO you know Monhcimer? A. Very we'll. l
might as well explain how that occurred.
MIR. Coe-l VIII bring that out Just state now
when you purchased that hair oi OBriens claims and
all the circumstances aitendipgg A. Along in the tall
OF 1871, when We were prosecuted and driven from
pS pow senator called Mr. Wam war., "oO oo. Of
my counsel and, as Mr. Bartlett told me- desired that
| should buy this claim OF o'Bricn, the only claim
that he had; at that time declined having anything
TO do with it, and told Mr.. Bartlett would not have
anything to do with ii; shortly after Mr. King. who
was Deputy Commissioner OF Public Works under me,
camo to SEQ me-.
.. Give his iull name? A. William f. King; he
called on mo and stated that OBren wanted 70 sell
tho whole half OF that claim aud had better buy it,
even II the money never came to me back; asked him
what was the reason that he desired should purchase
the claim he said that U Rrien told that Mt. TIL
den. who was then prosecuting and prosecuting q
great many people, wanted to be candidate for As
scmby In his (Mr. O'Brien's) district
O. VelL proceed Mr.. Tweed? A. The nomination
depended entirely upon him (ME O'Brien), and the
election also depended upon him; and ne saw no
would be great service TO the prosecution and TO
Mr.. Tllden who had developed these Ring frauds; he
said ne would get Mr. rilden to let up me- ana also
counsel for the Committee Of Seventy to lot up me-
z. Give his full name. A. Mr.. George c. Barrett;
SaVe with d NO. TO- nuv not
ana did not want TO invest money where | was not
satisfied OF rcturn did not want to put too many
eggs IN that KIND OF n basket; that went few
days, possibly few weeks, and finally Mr..
King came to mo and wanted to know II
would not 60 meet Mr. Bixby, the present soma
day or two aiterward Mr.. Foster Dewey asked tho
Same question, and said did not want to see him;
with me; the thing hung along In that way for
some umc, and after some days Mr. Dewey
Mr.. nxby; me. him By appo,ntmen. at tho Metro.
potan Hotel; we wero at nrst in different rooms
and think Mr. King told me he had room pre-
pared for Mr Bixby and himself and to 60 IN was
taken up and Introduced to the gentleman the mat
ter was discussed backward and forward what
ranged; Mr.. Bxby told me the ssmo thing as
Mr.. King told me concerning what Mr. O'Bricn
would do purchased half OF his claim, and finally
consented to purchase IT; i gave him $4,000 IN
money and tho remainder in mortgages on house
property opposite Mr. Fernando Woods house, but 1
amounted all to $780, OOO; the money that speak Of
was gwen TO Mr.. Eewey and the check, think,
given TO Nr Dewey, VINO informed me that according
10 appointment he called at Mr. B:xby's Office and
thero paid tho money; when the money was paid Mr..
Bixby, Mr.. Monhcmer and Mr.. O'f3ricn present;
the assignment OF the money, tho $50 600 was
signed In blank and witnessed by Mr.. Monhcimer and
others, but it was subsequently, nlicd; when these
troubles commenced | put that deed away with other
papers
@ You mean tho assignment? A. mean the as
sgnment Ia reference TO this O'Brien matter; It
put away with other papers, ana when Mr. O'Bricn
in the Senate he had resolution passed referring
the whole matter TO committce-refcrring his claims
to committee; about the time that committee to
meet told Mr. Dewey TO take that claim and hand It
to Mr. RUFUS f. Andrews and see II any
assignment anead Of II in the Comptroller's
office, and II not to insert my name and Il q
the assignment; he took 1t to MIR. Andrews and Mr..
Andrews told me was an unwise proceeding nj the
time; he told mo 20 let O'Brien go on and get the
award and before IL was made to present claim |
believe O'Brlen took II 10 that committee, but
While that paper IN the hands OF Mr.. Andrews ut
his suggestion Mr. Dewey's name was inserted Ia it.
- Foster Dewey; told MI Dewey to have the matter
assigned to me ana it is now in my possessoD, with
the original assignment.
=. The assignment from Mr. O'Brien to you, or
rather TO Mr. Foster Dewey? A. " made IN
blank, and ,r. Dewcys nlmc was put IN aiterward.
tLanM Mr. naa nS.tr , tn u..nt