Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-22

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Luke Grant was selecIsd a. the one under
which to address him, and ON March 2lth
he received from bryant tho following
cipher dispatch:
BucKiSoHAN HoTEL.-.To Luke Grant.
No. 10 Ludlow street: Solid. SEQ me al
IL. The moneral. Later. @. USIoS.
Sure enough. ON the Same day you ap-
peared at the Ludlow street Jail with your
ride. aekates Bryant. This was an inter
view that I was 10 know nothing about aud
you never alluded 10 II until l subsequent
iy expressed my astonishment TO you that
I was not informed Of your intention.
Then you pretended to know nothing
about bryant. and had thought he was
Tweed's friend. This Was q weak explain
alton. Tweed says that at this interview
you showed no interest except on subjects
Of Senator woodin and o certain news
paper editor. about whom You were par
ticularly eager. You carried of . certain
statement which he made about them and
have not returned II. Please do 70. Tweed
informed only 10 save himself. not to ruin
anybody else. II was not intended that
his confession should be used for any
political purpose and he regretted you said
you wished TO make political capital
out OF II, but he Was powcrless. Next day
you called again and took papers, which
you still have and which Tweed wishes 70.
turned. The same day Bryant called and
got q fuller statement about Woodin and
the editor and carried u away with my
checks. saying they were for O'Conor and
you. O'Conor denies he ever saw them or
wanted them. Bryant has told mo and
Tweed that Tilden had them. bryant
again telegraphed Tweed tho next day re.
Assuringly. I got Q note from bryant
March 20 at the Grand Union. which in'
dlcated that the papers hal been taken Ia
Albany by you, and that you thought they
were precious treasures and would be
valuable. You assured ME about April 2
that II Tweed male q full confession and
restored all tho property he hal ho would
lie released, and not otherwise. JOIN
Kelly told me you made the same state.
ment 10 him..
This, Townsend says, was tho reason he
believed tho Attorney General was sincere,
bryant kept tclegraphing favorably. ia
Townsend deliberately on the diniculties
Of preparing honest and truthful state.
ments Of things about which Tweed had
forgotten much. After tho statement wa
prepared Kelly read II and considered u
complete and satisfactory. and on the 10Th
O April hs (Townscnd) started with u to
AItipy aud presented IL, cxacting from
Fairehild q promise 10 return IL to him
without making or publishing any extracts
from il whatever. Fairchild promised II
should DO sacred 10 sll eyes but Samuel ].
TIlden's aud Fairehild's father. who were
bis advisers. II was understood that u
thc,s pledges were broken Tweed would Ii
released.
Tweed. I'm his statement. started out by
saving that all things In II are trne, 50
far as he knows, and whs. he has on In
formation Inc believes. Tweed does moi
AL a nolle uroscdni Of the case. nor his
release from liability. but asks his release
from Jail on his W recognizanec. and
that his property I've taken In part payment
OF liz, Judgment " al, 900 900. and In re.
tnrn for such treatment he will give full
evidence whenever the Attorney General
NAV desire relative to his connection with
frauds Of his own or others. Tweed Of
fers:
Pirst-To give up his entire property,
real and personal. In which ho has been In
terrsted since 1870. and submit to an ex-
animation Of his effects TO satisfy tho At
torney GENERAL that the schedule IL honest
and that he gives up all; that lo will give
II up by full and general assignment.
Second-To furnish valuable testimony
10 New York City In certain specined suits
saving the CITY thereby nearly S2,UOu,Uvu.