New-York tribune., 1877-07-10
GRAHAM ABUSES TWEED.
HARD WORDS ABOUT HIS Old CLIENT

HARD WORDS ABOUT HIS Old CLIENT.
A wEEpING LAWYER WHOSE TEARS WE'RE CHANGED
TO GALL - TWEtD's INTENSE sElFisnNiSS,
COARSE ,Ess, INSNClHTY, AND oIHEE BAD
QUALITIES PAINTED II BLACK C9LOEs - HIS
WEALTH AND H. C;HEK.
Glow far is a lawyer entitled to abuse his
former Client WI longer retained 10y iIn! lMN u
question seriously tItng tie legal profession 1'
ald causing some hesitation on hc part oi those ds"'e
or compelled TO be ligOus Abou, week a@o IiAah
Allen. in an interview with tribune reporter made
statement very detrimental to mIn whose lawyer he
formerly was but whose wife is Mr.. Aliens client IN
divorce sait lie charged his former client with several
c1i, nal of ses AMI actually mad, plbIc that he had
toll him he had defense III case in which MI Alien
defended him 80 TO secure noUe pTose9" o the
Indictment. The UTod OF yesterday morning contained
q troaolumn report of an Interview, III Whlch Il
lawyer formerly retained by William NJ Tweed
not only abuses liz Old client in the rounicst
terms. but tells of secrets of Tweed which b. could only
have obtained undcr professional o5s ti1Hs TO s"rr"sy
The name ~ the lawyer not glvcn )ui u Is c. 20
guess hat il i, John Graham, Who was tn hiS lawyer
refined by Tw,c vii, bec1m niii.d almost rs "iS
personal defender during tho criminal trials, atd VINO
went when he was convicted broke down from glei IN
court whom Judee Davis s'ntrnc NJ Tweed and was
III for vr i'm sequence. After Tweed rei-ici h-t
ius on ms release from BiacEwclr, Island he Gid not
a. in retain Graham. but rcscrtod TO guHDie' a. pro
poun!cI Ey David DuUcy Field still later Le retained
Townsend vlo owed his fist prominence in the courts
To an attack made him by Crab m in defense ~ ia i-e
Carioz1 for whom ne rpr1r.f IS ticS CuriT. Ever
since Towrs.ni's retention Graham d g been cur-ns
Tweed 20 his hearts co1;rn ui the article pu7-Shed
vcsfe y is the first public demoEsra on of hs bitter
ness. It's curious features may be briefly summed uh
A.co.dn- 10 his old counsel dac quotations 80
DOM. Tweed has never been pop1lrr lie never had
any personal adheronts." When be rn for sheriff
early in his career "a, could not obtain 5000 votes in
the whole city" III, was never popular with Swery
or nrolv; Syocny dcsp.s,d hn for his ness;
Connolly 10. his intense .ciaslncss" llc always
par7us and inc med ID h.owh'at those whom
hr could NOT command or use" lie never visited
socially, uor aid hs family ever visit ANY "f tie
families Of his fellow Ring thieves u snubhcd everr-
bolv. and hc would not stand being snu5b@I lie
WIS never liberal with Ls own money. Sute be stopped
Ian ling he pu'lc nrTey BE- has been continually jew
nc' down his lawyers
The leasing OF the Hetrop)dn Hotel. according to
This ycIaei lis counsel for his e Richard WAS only a
scheme OF Twecds to yet back from his assocatcs ine
uIbic money which Tg ed cOmpo led cw !icn.
lie vr was, iu any sense. the agent o hr moerdts.
From the very first hc The tool and NJ Ht ard
friend a. PciruI.clns The Republican uariy made him.
ont of 2IO names o. persons in the consola posses
sim. who made by Tweed, 200 belonged To
The Pepnhcan party y is TIE ID mOera.ic party when
* irving To gei 10 the buttOn OF The Ring raudl; i i'
fine La linz v Uu1cans IN NtW 1b!h WHO are tFtiHs 10
na.h no fung matters. Tllfe il hardly Republic Of
standing in tins ci ~ who would not De c''nponised
Tweed were really to give illl confession" Ar.
T,g,,A Is at q is mOncnt in he hanis anl uuicr thc
manipulation 81 Tie r puhi.cins. Tweed IS not1r-
ons lar none Of his nssuciltes eyer believed him..
Tweed ,.uui promis, AMI brcak his word. always put
ting TIE blame on body else. " lie broke hith
Important matters Win swc'uy, and was constantly
'p1ttiDg ND i,bs oH his associates"
The ex-ounsol added that he had received for four
years service only 900 from Tweed. pail grudsnsy
and in iusairnclts" IA ths coarse of his defense Of
Tweed be was .e 800 for contempt Of court. ana he
hid g. pay it ont o. his pocket. IN spe of a Ina
ca about hs poverty li-ex counsel SAYS Twre is rich
"A very ich-man. d" gard Mr. Tweed as on o. tie
richest men in NcwYort; he ia worth whore from
SIX 10 Twelve uions. ~ real c-tatc is chiefly the
name Of his sons Richard and William W. Tweed
ir HIS personal property no bonds and stocks
IN th connry VIII foot up over 81 lC00000; his invest,
n,pnt. in foreign ,toes- sil probably exceed that"
"The scheme for railway spain J., in active pr grcss
Of inception II viii be e reality within months ~
ter Tweed release" " consider The alleged statement
purportins 10 emanate TTrcd rs the work Of
the most notorious men ia tie city Of Ee0-York."
ODoubtless meaning john ID. ToTuscud) "Tue
raj intention of the so-ral.cd s,atcncat was
10 til. with the pullc. rs confess oB
TIE alleged Tweed statement il fraud.
As r 70. the checks alluded the go ny
can provc rothEg. In one instance check for large
apoupt WIS given merely rap. The cheek new
or paid AMI was meant 10 De paid Il designed
70 convict he person g. whose order IL drawn and
who ndor1cd il. though he never received per
OF be amount named The face Of the document Tweed
l., really an insinccre man tn worst specrs of bypo-
critebec,use ho pretends to dcspse hypocrisy"