, 1877-09-22
TWEED.
rhe Celebrated Old Rascal Again
Rccites His VilIainfes.
III, Repeated Crime Of Perjury Admit
ted with Charming Naivete.
7ha Old Professor Of Bribery 0auses
Lsrfter by sardonio State
ment,

mant,
<., ,..ro,r, IN 7a+ catcaoo 7r,hnn.
vxw yonK. Sent, 9i.-Twcc,l had no hesIta-
-. ,oi,v In declaring himself pcrjurcr, On
~ ~" oon,rarr. he seemed in The brst If
Wv nhout Il. and was much mora
"t.i lu mi Willing thai wien laat
es.. ss"s,,,ca. ia uas first asked by NIr. Cola
,axs,ar,l to HI, connection With tho Eric rtatl-
~ rornnany when II was Under Tic control Of
~, r'.'.s mi 1ou1d. liz rcplIrd that. In tH3 or
,.en A. uurl, Irastfnrs introduced him tn
~. ;,on,1,
''' GOULD
.o,a him that he wanted a,Intunction. During
~, ,onrer.atfun which followed, Goult saM
.nor wa.tt elect Tweed a member OF tl,c Erie
n.iiu,v T,Ircr,ory. ,yl,crc ho would hare an m
sa,,nui,v to mike money by opcrn.-
,nr ia railroad stocks, At Tho next
n,e.,,no of tno Eric Railway Cou.,,ny
rr.cI sa8 elected q member Of tho board Of
n,cctor,. aud five or ten ebarcs vcrc p1acc,a
II ,,ia nomc on tho books, for which lie meyer
~ ",t, Twccd subsequently called on ,ru1,e
p.n,ar1 md cayc i,tm tho papers prepared l,y
,he ro,uscl for tho Eric Railway Company, ask-
Inc for sn Injunction.
BARNARD.
Txeed remarked. was man who owed every.
thing to bltu, and }'o added that he had riskc't
Il tbc n9pers and then granted tic Injunction.
! but he dd not fese'so any money Tor II.
Tweed also testified that he got money from
Fitk aid Gould to procure LEGISLATION at
albany In tho interest OF their management OF
a. n''t rr'o nn,J. Tha ,nnnav wa. NH IT, ,ncr,
tho Ef1o hoau. !no money WAS pau 70 mem
befs ol thc Lee,s'asuFo !of passing thc erlc
Classification bill and other measures, but he
cout1 not rccollcgt the amounts nor
t,,c namc. or tin ncr.ons who rr.rtv~,
:. Nv twnan a.t,al ~ ,,nno, ,... ,,.a1
H. "hen hekca hn"oS was usca
for tic passasc ot the tax'lcvy of
1870 lo replied In tho affirmative. and said that
nam rx.sr.,rona
FAIL ,,.!.,. nAssSAto"s
Morris, "l'slow, William Ai' "faham' william
Il. Brand, A. V. fiarpcnd'ng, a. L. stinicr.
,r,,or+ ~ thc mc,.uro ,rho vhoi,,
amount uteburscd Wis about ef10t 600.
lle VA: t,s , ossnt ot tho , Erie ,, Hallway % co
thcrc. Mr. Co,,d did not tc,1 htm whom ~
.nv'c' "'t' "o""' ".u nut 'e'i '..'' """a ~
o,'oe' oeeauso Y "as lnI'',et WIN .'at business
himself ma necdcd no Information on tho
GENERAL LAUGHTER,
TIN ,,vm,r,. ~ ,',n,,a~ ~ -" t ,,,n,.,. =,
lHe oa'ta.n' - ''uhey ~ '"o !'e'aoe1s o1
the Assembly for tho passage Of the Eric bill,
Tweed said. waa tutrustcd by hin, to a. D.
Burner and Abraham, van Vcchtet,.
,, a%ec "as .s. nsxs questioned III fsla.'on 10 Tue
Thomas Cuuan 10 have resolution appropriate
Iug s1,5oo, GOO 10 construct tho Brooklyn bridge
eat,ca ~ tnc common ,, Goans. ne saM auca sffat,
ID th1t tfa'asact!o'' which occurfcu III leH or
AtHN
that he
HAD NOT FOUND IN OPPORTUNITY.
s'''eo 't'c 'as, sess1on oI tho committee TO ex-
anime TIC Aldermansc records OF that year and
sec who were then members Of tin Doard. In
answcr 10 tho question ~ 10 whether ho would
Clyc tic nanes u the otlter Aldermen ,shu may
Lave assisted III passing tho rcsoIu-
tim, he conveniently repeated that Le
dill ttc business with only one
exceedingly detective whun It wna nrcessnrv for
hlm 10 tell WHO wcru Conan's accompticcs In
q1y'.ion 9t of tarxGry lsasss Tweed remarked
them cxcsatc. liz bseyc tlu In ra aan. ~ o1c ,hct