The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-28

cured note Ut sin months Tor $50 900 more. or
thr slO5 900. the receipt had hnrn ackno lodged
by the COMPTROLLER OF fIOO.O'W, and 50 No had
gone to Mr.. Peckham us his fe, AMI to cov,'r
W. costs oi rommcncement of u suit. The $50.
900 wore paid to Mr.. Pc.k khan. with interest
t..ron. ut the maturity Of the note in July last
lMr. Cole sand the Comptroller hns not yet had
any Official knowledge Of the payment OF that
sum. II not having been paid IN hy Mr.. Pcckhanl
The witness md NO knowlrdg" OF the amount
OF his exp' nditurcs tor political nssrssmcnts
and outlnys for Inv while in the city - I'm loy
and could not tell how mu'h monry In all he
hud r"riWd in percentages. whether M much
as the fl55.WO for which he had settled. or
much more Strenuous efforts were made to
got him to approximate to the sum h" suppOs I'd
himself to have received. but he calmly SAID he
ton b,twccn Mr.. Coles queries and n copy uf
THE Sun on the table before him. until hIs in
nrlocutor got angry and told him to attend to
on" thing at time. and that one thing his evil
dencc.
Finally Mr.. Cole proposed to the committee
the adoption Of compulsory mcasures by the
aid OF the supreme Court. Before r,sortinv TO
that lust measure, however. Alderman Cowing
took the renlcitrant witness In hand for aspe,
and dropped him again, 80 that during the rest
OF the examination both had fair chance 10 ex-
pertinent upon him.
Mr.. Woodward would swear that he had not
received VI ,OOOunO but would not swear that he
did not receive 100000, and at len. u admitted
that he thought hc got between t20O.O00 and
t3OO.OOO. probably near tho latter amount.
az 10y Alderman DE-, CowngmYoa say that you, eenpec
" w s ns % "as cSSc !" back SG
~ is's or isaDf A-Yes. sir. They always have
ceas % Ard ,"a I'VE Sy always pays per
S-A%% SoS have 'p saaS 'S' IA, from many
ycarsoi experience IN ue city Governmenti Ayes.
nS r when % ~s a. dS sa the sn Gn" @
Ss %n s pih Ss be es ar ssSs
and all that has to be taken into consideration
on a tor BEING slow by
wa, Of ecompenc to the claimant for having to wait Tor
% sou think that, in good morals. You had the
cXf a. n'tbolher NY head abeu,t ,,
% S, pc psr Se ON claims am, ts my y
b,eau.c bchcvc lons pube officers turned out
ny IN ,icr places II viii always be 50 ' '''
mrn,m 10Y ar IN aver Of CYL service reiorni .
bother myself about politics any more
The witness protessed entir, inability TO tell
how the parties cffecting the srttemcnt Tor nj m
arrived at tl55.OOO as the proper sum for him
to restore. battling all queries by repeated aver
ments that he was absent when an that WIS
done. and that u was entirely in the hands Of
his counsel When he admitted Ia Alderman
Cowing once more that he thought his =hnr, OF
Alderman asked
Q-And YOU have some money en' Ayes sir
aS man as good ,i"n and s-r,esty
% % you moneys Ss as Sin Hs have sss nn ssGs
d-Rn yea .Ay you received sooco and only paid
hich slosnf A. WoSscdyl-WelL I've none vi the
Q-But YOU confcssedly have not given back a. much
make ctutuiiuu OF more A-No. sir.
hya moral conviction ncce.-y Of dealing With ihe
Dollar The , al eo SIs% .o T, and rpS aon
o. Wish to SEE n S,i are re,ormei ,rm e, re-
Q-Aud Won would sill DO mo same thing over again If
room NJ. M,uiiu i"it % iur, .ai chance
mal, any l'i", man ani ''uwno "a y.ni A. am ny
''t" "l "" i'lN "a h"N' 80 h"ihlns in d" WIN n
estll Pee 'crd ~ yvu' YOU have me- ri.ht io ask
ION of paiucian. can only -, never met m honest
one ana don't believe there an honest politician IA
Q-Ani YOU san insist ,ho.c ~ anal sometimes per
Al thnk earned IL
3-Ani you .uh think l. was honcri A-ye. sir
more Of M m,ne you iraaiulenA obtained from the
Iha,e settled with tic city. sir.
The subject Of the vouchers upon which Key
ser nvow"d his signatures 10 Ice for- cries WIS
then taken ny. and the suspected Documents
having been sorted out. were placed before
Woodward. He promptly identified all the sig
natures. except three as having been mad. by
John H. kcys"r to do So. The three thrown
ont were subsequently identified by Mr.. Keyser
on second Thought, rs his own.
Alderman Cowing again took mp the hopeless
task Of endravoring to extract from the witness
some definite Information as t. what he WIS
worm when ne went INTO the citys employ. and
how ~ had aeeumulhted his comfortable for
tyne since, The h.i ne cou set was that
Woodward had not S2j.OO. possibly not $40 OOu
when he entered IN" clty employ. in lrp"nt liant
of what his wife brought nm; that he made
and lost "A great deal Of moncy in stock opera
tons. Jointly with County Auditor Watson that
the most b" was over worth was about half a
million. ~ near ~ bee could guess TINT h. knut
no books of his r"cclpts ant expenditures in his
palmy days that his salary and the money paid
him by the eity and county for extending tax
lists. hiding the Board of Canvassers. and other
extra services amounted for several years to as
much as $4,000 per annum.
Qln making such restitution You did make yor are
Iow,rf I'm willing to SWEAR that II lad Il 10 DO
over Hgain wouldn't hNs, mad, any settlement N a
mcni-.5i more Than Il, ducY 'A-S" nra1tl
a. hat known h'ioIehaud how little would havc lct
have .nvcd ava, altogether AID never have come hack
Q-Why, what Nuu have !o't sltes yOu agoud hvng
docsniit' a. t-nccrinllil-Not mich
What are you dou- now A-oh Tn farming
uuhcrns around, slcculatne little But my own
business what ~ duins now. not yours
- "nn Nisl,I % A,eei yam u YEN rallNhai not
ernusl len io enable ven g. live like prince a
princes abroad thai didn't lave very well
When Mr.. Woodward WAS requested 10y Mr.
Cole Ia attend the next Scss on Of the committee
he growl ed that he had been here already three
or Tour dny7 away from his home and business
AMI G.dn ti.ihk the right thing wits being done
by him. Alderman Cowng. in tone Of sur
Irlsed remOn~tranro. said ths he didn't think
the witness. under the circumstances. should
boErudge 10 iil" rity the small rcparatlun Of de-
voting i"W days 1f his tine TO the rity's inter-
ests, Then Woodward broke out angrily:
dout that all thi- the citvs interest, and
believe Il Tie ofinon OF most pronr that you are not
he I" sot out here mat that isn't your object You
only
Vigorous ranpincs OF the Chnirmnn's gavcl
drowned the tr,MSonahlc uiterance for a mo-
m"nt. and then Woodward resumed:
We'll know thnis the general oulnn and it, the opin.
ION even tic Corporation Counsel. o.r flaye o., "a
shluuH'd 10 several suits amt don think The
Gus interests to Try to ,ct II out Of ne here what