Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-19

NEW YoRE, April l9-Johu Kelly,
comptroller Of New York, who has seen
the confession of William NJ. Tweed, as
prepared for and presented to Attorney
General F~airchilds, says the publication
the other day was a correct abstract in
so far IS it goes, with the exception of
the reference to Judge Folger. Mr..
Kelly added; THE confession stated
that Tweed gave the $500 900 to Winslow
in 1871 to be used for procuring the pms.
sage Of the charter, and that Winslow
aiterward told him hat this money was
divided between the persons named.
Tweed also says be paid various amounts
to Wood, Frost Morgan, Blood, Bemis
and the others mentioned, these sums,
understand, being exclusive of the
$500, geo named above in the assembly
Of 1871. He says he paid various
amounts to VIM. D. Murphy, VIM. G.
Jones, james Il. Nelson and one Crack,
as well as to other members Of the house,
whose names are given in the document.
These are All that l now recollect, but
names of between two hundred and fifty
aud three hundred persons to whom he
says he paid money for currupt purposes
are given in the confession. They en-.
brace the names Of prominent persons of
both political parties ia this city and in
the State, many of them not heretofore
suspected OF any completely in the
frauds. The confession will enable
the corporation counsel, who is
now bringing suits against the city
to successfully resist the payment of
several claims founded upon traasac.
tons of the broken Tammauy ring, and
amounting to between s $500, 900 and
So, 900, 0O0, one-half of that amount recov-
cred by suits against Tweed Tweed
proposes to return everything be holds,
but it apparently amounts to compare.
lively little. He says that his property,
which consisted almost entirely Of real
estate, has almost all disappeared by fees
to lawyers the expenses of his long i'm
prisonmeuttnd escape, and the deprscia-
ton ofreal estate. he says he transferred
a large part Of his property to his sons to
enable them to 60 on his bond, but they
subsequently, sold it in his behalf to pay
the expenses enumerated, and much Of
it at one.third its value. He gives a de-
detailed list Of what be now has, includ.
ing bis Lake Mohapac property and
special lots 10 Brooklyn. The estate on
the Sound be says was bought in his
wi!e's name long before these fraudulent
transactions, aud that it has since stood
and now stands in her name and over it.
he has no control. He cannot say what
the value Of the property which he pro-
posed TO tr9nsierto the city may now be.
Comptroller Kelly says the confession
was not submitted to Charles 0'Cunnor
being sent to Albany; that Mr..
0'Connor retired absolutely from the
Gaze some time since, and that the whole
responsibility now rests on the attorney
general.
There is authentic information that
the same persons have approached sew
eral of those named in the confession,
both in ttiu city and Albany, and have
exhibited some of the original checks
which have since been transmitted to
Encouragement.
Mr.. Hastings, in the interviews, re-
to this person as charging him
an attempt at black.mail, and the
same charge is understood to be made
By others approached by him.