, 1877-11-25

regret, and nov he thinks Bnrnlla1n ought t.
feel grateful that he wash OF killed. -,
Randc's wounds are improving rapidly, ant
will soon be entirely healed.
THE TWEED RING.
4Se,c FORK Herald, !Sop, e3.
!. James H. 1ngcrsoll, the chairinakcr, who sup
piled such hIgll-prced furniture to the city AMI
county under the patronage OF the King, wa
before the Aldermanic Investigating COMMITTEES
yesterday. Mr.. 1ngersoll Is 4 Fat, comfortable
looking man, apparently about 35 years old
aud as he l0lled in an armchair at the bcginnin!
Of the examination, his left baud thrust in tin
trowscrs pocket Of 4 neat bluc-cloth suit, hi
| right carcssing his mustache, aud his eyes gag
ing placidly at the Committee through Il bact
i rimmed pince ncz his whole manner and attf
tudc were suggestive Of d bank President who
hau just dinct, rather than Of self-conyictcl
person about to be questioned concerning his
guilt. lie testified very coo1ly about his Share
III the big steals from the County Treasury, aud
detailed the now familiur story of tho division
Of the spoils. nc was nonljnally the recipient
OF 81, 600, 600. OF this he said he really received
about Sooo 0o0, tue rest going to the five tnclll-
btrs Of the King, 50 well known in that connce-
tion. When the day Of wrath came, in 1871, Isl-
worth about SG00, 900 Or S7O0,N QUO. This amount
has nov dwindlcd down to 100000, aud much
OF that is involved iu personal litigations, SO
tLat he we,e compelled to sell now he DOS
| lar. Alderman Cowins asked lngcrsoll wlcth-
er he had personally RECEIVED us much us $780,
GOO from the City and County Treasury over
nd above his just dues for work and
more" Mr. Cowing then put some straight
forward, simple questions to him as to whether
hc intended to restore any Of this to the people.
THO cx-mauutacturcr Of chairs replied that lie
reason said, .sDeeausc don't wish to-" lie
manifested much surprise at this sort Of oucs-
tioninr, aud his tna1.,,cr indicated that lie
| thought the whole thug very absurd indeed.
1ngcrsoll said that he lived at No. q East
Scycnty-thlrl street; that he was not engaged
in business ut present, but iii 1857 was q dealer
in furniture, etc: The old trim OF lngcrsol, Wat
son & Co., Of which he was member, drclined
to do any business with tue city and county On
account Of the percentages, and, rs it was a
good opportunity, he undertook to do the bnsi-
ness himself, under the firm name OF 1nsersoll
y Co: The tirst arrangement was made with
Mr.. Tweed, and he agreed to pay the IS percent
required. This arrangement began in january,
lSGS and continued Until about Sept. Is, 1868.
when tho IS per cent Gu what were called rceu-
lar appropriations was continued. but OIL sad
justcd clalsns" " the discount was IS per cent
This new arrangement was made with Watson,
who represented Connolly as well. During these
vcars lngcrsoll thought lie furnished ut least
s1.mo,oo Of goods to the city, estimated ut
market rates. He bought the materials mostly
by contract.
Mr.. Cole then suggested that the schedule of
the special audit showed that he RECEIVED S3.-
549, BY Is. and there were other amounts i'll
other schedules. Mr.. Iurcrsoll rcplied that on
the first schedule Gvorge S. Miller WIS i,,-
Tsrs weqe ena 7eucr tsis was ae Is d c
as \. Gregg & Co., c. D. Boiler l. Co., 4. G. ]
Miller, aud 11ulscy s, Co., all representing him
F,rS =
with Watson, aud he had no direct comnunira-
tion with Connolly until 1911 Prior to that date
lc was in the habit of paving 10 DIR cent
to Watson, for Counolly. 1t first these per-
molly; attcr,Yard Woodward and Watson lad y
share, aud when it came to the BOARD Of Auit
there was an extra 10 per cent, which it was un,.
derstood went to James IT. Swecny. His i'm
cot the 10 per ccut. and he had ltt1e dfuht r..
garlns it. Watson. in taIkinr or Swcrny
would always say tile Chau1brrlaln,s Office. smI
by this Tnnersoll sunnoscd hc n,ront latnr =
Il, the division Of tie co1a,tssions 5 ne s.. acnt
went to Tweed. n; to Watsnn. i nor ram ~
Woo,lwarf1 and a ncr crnt Voc no;d r. +ha |
clai,nant Watson,s share was subs,iyiIc'l intn
20 Der cent Tor Connolly, 10 Der cent Tor Swccny
III the bills he nut in before the Board Of
Audit. ne mid f;arvcv ior Connni,v s1tr, nm ~
build tic Iattcr,s house rim; f,o,nn1iv,s
house was not only built by the clty but aiso
CONNOLLY WAS natl. AMI ttl{. Dtlfr mir hnrs nj
tho ring received dividends for having # bni1r.
IN fact, Connolly got a Der cent 1or al1n,yiner
Inc city to build It for hirn.
lie first BEGAN to divide the ,nencr in ISM
Previously il was done by Watson :,,1 / WonG.
ward. After lie bill was mai1. ny, # was hon,.
ID to Watson, the warrant - was rc,,,v
md then : they youU toln ;t ;nty,'' !
he Supervisors, chamber. fjcnrc INN ,,n
he percentages. and % thrn,,r,, ~, |
,ankip!z business, The amounts wrrc can.r,Iis
,ut in cnyclopcs and passed ar,n,,,j. liz ind
cen it raid to Watson i. n Swncnv nn1 M Htr ,
Tweed With regard To the Court- -f;nuc,, inh
lc said he met the Commissioners t,rct:ly ,ftcr
heir appointment iu 1870. when thcrt. wrrr
.ood many back bills which he wanted mid
finally he conycrsc,i with Watson. Who satl hc | q
would certify the hills witl,nnt t,c ,nrrnvo1 ri
he Commissioners. Connolly rcceiyId \ ncr-
entagc, autl So did Watson, Walsh. and him '
eli IngcrsolD, but he never nai1 {,nm,n nny. j.
hing. Watson rccciycd l7Ih her cent. liz tiid i
ot know whether U. not Conau cyer cot ans
erreutagc.
In ta1lsser to a Question Of Aid. cow;nr.
fr. InecrsoIl said shat some If these hills In,
ecu there for two or three wears. hnt warn | r
ley were made out it was known there would
c about s. l,cr cent for. distribution. anil thc
crccntaec was taken from vii bills, both fair u