New-York tribune., 1877-11-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIE RING PLUMBERS POOR MEMORY. "
JoBs II. kEYsER's FoRGETFULSEs, ABOUT RING
TRANSACTIONS.
John II. Keyser, the ring plumber, was eN

TRANSACTIONS
John II. Keyser, the ring plumber, was ex-
amned on Saturday before the Aldermen investigating
committed He said that he lived Mt No. lS9 second
ave. and was no in business at present from lo'' 10
1871 he conducted foundry stove works. etc. ana iuf
sbed o the city and county castings. plumbing WORK.
stoves roofing repairs tagging, etc. someunes INC
bills were made ont in the name OF keyser 20, anu
sonetnes in the OF John H. heyser lie couiu no'
remember that he made any arrangement by Whlch he
was to per eentage for raising Ills b'' o u'u
know that on certain three accounts 1873 per oehI WIS
oddca at the rcouest either OF Watson Woodward.
The witness in every way endeavored to eyade III
rect answer TO the question whether there was any aee
rnent or arrangement for the increase OF phlS' I'e
thought there any definite Understandings ho
never made any corrupt agreement nut dln III ie "a
told by either woodward Watsrn. hr Cole said he
should ask the committee to have Mr. Keyser taken De
fore the supreme Court and charged with contempt
be did not reply 10 the question. Mr.. keyser then
said that he could nos remember the words OF
a conversation long ago. but the substance
Of ii WAS that he 20 take tho bills and ada 30 b1
cent, which he did Tie did not expect 20 gc' any 0,
money and at the time had idea Who was To ger H.
bui supposed now that IL went to Tweed 1onnoh, ~
6wecny watson woodward, ami perhaI, BILL nT mn r ,d
referred, be SAID, 20 Peter Il. SWeeny. PfanlhE ~"
memory the said he could not remember WhetDc
il 1866 or 1867 when tte bii9 were rosn, anu & -
might have been 1870. lie could not ten whether tue
money was 10 b. used improperly hut nnaiy admlltu
that he did not consider n "moraii! HSl 20 aIu % ,hSo
amounts to the bills lie could not remember the u-po-
son OF The money. There was secrecy tDout 'NtIS-
fhing. aud hs did not know much about thc matttr
lie went the Controllers Office III one ilinc 20 eNahHc
the vouchers and then frat discovered anything WroE
an nh. hills he went there because the papers stated
that the bills had been pad. whic NC knew mat hhy o
them had been paid although HI name Wi- uppu
tire back Of them. That was forgery t'ough ~
accused Woodward or anybody else ol ~ iie lu' ''o
Controller that lad any right to pat his name
on those vouchers, but he qualified TINS hl saying ut
when south, he had given either Ho'lw@tu VI
Watson authority To sign OT MIN while Ir was Eol''
Here the witness again exhibited n pehHl hch ol
memory He could tell when he got home rom the
..lutl nor hovv got back. whom ne saw III new
Orleans on huHncss. Mr. Cole asked INN now Wncn
work ne done tor the city. Ihis ne udh &
hut u. .ssod the amount of f-,VOuOO or 9'tyvVVv
he examination thcL was in REGARD to ms assigu.ei'
to Jackson Schultz for the bcneht oi the Guy lio
lad forgotten to bring TIE paper WIN hiul
tlougn directed 10 20 so. re hhe" ,,n ro,n
Ind valued his work uuon the new County Court House
at - GO H. thought 90 was worth T2OvoOp;, o d,e
MD ont 81 10000 in checks alone, and r2uOpVo
simply FOR labor There S2O0.OOD dur MN n"
from e cIly good hard wOrk dr Ncy sei silu t'
Tire fssiVue" ohf iiucf about ~'p''p lI'I
Mr. Tweed MIR. Conan. and others. For SIX year. he
tNay5rr had tried hard 90 Ce hc city 30 seii " H
tl ug irf fo account lc 3Ji3 per cent 0Ytlttltr, 1n
At present De- wi, worth one dollar and man ,atd
himself rpou salary Of loo year, rom inc h'yHI
Stone works. t
Mn Cc tncn asl.ed how hc explained his assertion th"l
in lGg fccountmg tLc citf "oii s.. ul Nv" ~" "o
or BE would rc "alMost cycl," when ne Had ir9l.4ti
TINT lie mad drawn 2,JOOOJO from ibt rii' f'Oopv"i
which bad been stolen. ia answer, he! ser .n h1l
LARGE ur0uoriion OF tine bills wt not increased ""i3 per
e M lie SAID ;hat bc hid m1dc in Application i" 80
( r1uch bankruptcy. with tho Intention "i c'Aih- NM
,elf Of hs debts Sir. Kcyser directed 10 bring F
the uapcrs referred 10 u the examination 10 TIE eeuAN
oi inc CoLImIttc THIS at, rno0n at OclDcA