The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-18

supposed bulk q other mys.e,or: disclosures should
s,sularly ''T remarked, that as long as The The
mystery was kept up tho pressure Of pub.
Of reenns tweed 70 use his supposed iniorma,on
IL could be recalled and such storm raised against
you as would enable Judge Donobue or any other jus
lice 10 let him out habcas corpus In caso>vou
course be kept secret for the purposes Of justice"
ccded that The checks, all dated back in ia
ana prior, were just about M valuable,
.hc yDolricaus especially Tho pa cy beos
kept In the dark, could DO handled beyond precedent
Their value the CONVENTIONS and politics OF the State
exaggerated In the same manner. All this
manufacture OF Tammany scarecrow seemed utterly
futile ana con,cmpbe, AS wc as foreign 10 tho aims
Tweed and his friends that Withdrew and would carry
commitments with mo IN leaving SO ridiculous
Job. | had always maintained with Tweed that
topics OF legislaiion tho courts aud like import
themes, he would find hearing, but In getting
up an anti, lammany prescription; turning oosus 70.
OF outiawod Checks, 10 DO used n whole
ana Jcnn Kelly Would make a fatal blunder for I'll
concerned. Tweed stood finally upon the assumption
that Kelly with imperial command Of tho finance and
other departments ofthc city government backed up by
his dictatorship In the Tammany organization and state
WAS s and .S
State conventions, with Key's vast delegations.
would nominate Townsend, and tho thing would DO .
THE CHARGES AGAINST SENATOR wooDIS
Ny experience in tho matter OF Tweeds testimony
demand ~sns for Something definite advised him
to prepare an affidavit on what was made
2 main ISSUE his charge asa'nst Senator wooain =;
$3.50 0C0 five Senators, aud again sum OF 5000 000
i've Senstors, this discrepancy being shown
In tue different confessions made out by Townsend
The affidavit stuck to the statement Of i've for 5000 0oo
Now. ir Tweed had for u long time assured me that
he never md any dealings with WoOdin. lie DIS
tan arrogant and unaprroachabo, ambitious cautious
man. Neither dlrsOtly nor Indirectly did he Gwsed!
put down Woodin in what was confession prepared
Tor Mr. Kelly. followed ituP BY ,eeng weeds SIM
S Sony o uI''' in his own words 70 sfidawis
which l submitted to You and which WINS
found insufficient after comparing It with the
ate investigation Of 1872 and In hts sworn answcrs 10
carly stages OF the proceedings against him In tho
ITO swear anything" Ao said II swearing was all
that was necessary he would give them all they
, Msa' would s.s S,m out He would not swear any
body into prison, but "a for their reputation.
that was all fudge; nor would ho mount
they must take thoir chances a. no dio about thar
When questioned him TO any possible mistake aud
had been publicly compromised with Tweed, he said
Tho OF syiabls (u) did not amount 70 much;
he know thoy were all ION IT." aud woodin was the
man Kelly wanted just now.
ANOTHER NYsfERIoUs MILLION
The body OF the affidavit. as you saw, attcsscA
in tho Dclavan House to buy the passage Of
tho charter Tho parties to- whom no had
$3.50, oOO paid BY him 10 all tina. session, but they
took his statement Tor the 81 600 besides relia
bic. They could recte all The sources he had
drawn uron, and they know no mad q vast sum
which he carried nway In Short instead OF losing ON
his charter no robbed his associates and the whole
less, forced loan, which he should account for In
his assets. G. OBJ BRYANT