, 1877-04-25
BE States that He Was the Author o]
the Statements In the
World"
Tho Attorney. General Fonnd It Neces-
sary to Conf1de in Him
Officially.
aarvey. the Great P1asteror, Again Tells
His honstrous Story Of Robbery.
further 1ntflminatien u Ftu,loH and Dast.
lngs.~The Feeling against Kelly.
Special DtspaseA to 7as 71fsune


8o<rfor ,,frnef.A IN a3- 7,,s,..
NEW YoEK. Anr,l M.-Tbo yooaIn i,vc.,tn.,.
Ing Committee was In session iii dsv. n. rh,st
interest teu.cruo In the testimony M rornt
John Kc1ty. Win nnbosomtd htm,oif .r,.sn,t
reservation, answering ali onestton, IN ..r,,rtt.
connected tho iforid chs rncs .,. h, - g.n..s.,v
In directly with the asscrtcd ,sTwccd confe..,ou
through statements made bY hfmsclf and. sftcr
hc had testified, \ largo number of ner,nns ..n+
private dispatches to Albany, Andrew ]. f,arrcv
also gave Interesting testimony.
The first witness called was George Joncs, ot
tho 7tt*, who was diligently questioned. wItbout
bringing to light anything Of Importance bearing
on tho Investigation.
REILLY,
The appearance Of Comptro1,cr Keltv r,eat.a
much excitement, 1tc took The cath With ,hs
greatest composuss, and appeared ja candid state
Of mind. Ths Committee approached him M
II ho might bo expected 10 cyado searchfnu
questions. and sensation mas msdo rbon
ho disclosed what be knew of tbe
Tweed statemcnt Mr.. Ynt,r s,f5 ho ,ss
known Tweed since 1864. Their rcyetfona
wcfe ncrer Intimate. 8aw htm for the lat
t1me in tho spring OF 1872, when Tweed
was In carriage. I1o belonged 10 tho
Tammany Iisll organization during tho daYs
OF Tsvccds power, but did not act with Tweed;
had known William Henry 1Iurlbert, Of the porsd,
by reputation fur twelve or fifteen years. ami been
intimately acquainted with him for thrce or four
years: saw lin last Saturday; hin acquaintance
with Ballard smitl, extended over lcw weeks.
lie read tho ttortd article entitled ATwecd's
Confession" Before its publication he Ind con.
ycrsat,on. with IIuslbcrs snd Smith restyo to tho
subject matter, and
RuHuIsnED STATEMENTS
which wcre the foundation OF thc rreater nsrt ot
the article. lie had furnished the crtIra
relating to Senators Woudn aud r]txby. and 11ugh
j. 1raatings. lie did not know, Of h,s own knovi.
edge, that Tweed had an arrangement with Snrrt,
Winstow, OF that Tweed payc q gno. ooo cbeck IN
Mr. Hastings with tho unlcrst ndlnn that nsrt ot
It was TO 20 10 tho eame Senator. Tbs new rsty
Charter Bill, ho said, would
IEois1ATk u1usrLr orr or orvtcx.
Under the bill bis term would expI,e In NAV of n..t
rear. IIo know Senator WoodIn x.s chairman ~
tho Senate Committee on Cities. hat Irni.d ho
bad In my wuy sought 10 inauenco fev,s,rt,on
by supplying the information tmni,catjnr
Senator TooJIu, Mr., REILLY related IN n.yrottvo
form
HOW I'M 1KapsHn THE aT1ruuxrrs
communicated in tho Itorfh. 4. tc.d nj n.
Finance Department Of the cir 0oysrnmsnt o ,'o
vas Interested In tho autts which grow mt ot ,ss
Ifinr frauds md In whtch T.o.a ~ n..."..e
testify ,rnr,1 ho ~ fn,na,t.ns ,.,,,. 'p''so '"
1ro ,,., rnnsui,.5 v,,h .Ii,,s =. st.as.
Fairchld md Twoed's eoun.,, WIN .hoso', n'ens'
otanda Of Tho iniormstlou imnnrtcd Nv ;r,.son mu
1fe snid tho MON o,s nj. w.. tnrnn.,sa. "sou
'o sH1e *t4o "e1n 'mpust"htt anu Aakeu
Pes"4sa'on " NIT Ao"hecna 10 axe
COPY which was granted, Townsend In.
made public. but hn fMr. Kc1ly, hn1 .l,,sax ~.
t,fr.d t,,n f,st. con..t-.s - ~ "~u @nea"1 W.
t"'noa 'au iac's eohtathca IN tho memoranda 3a q
conversation with Attorney. oenesat Fattehiid.
of March on different buaine.s and tsn conrsr' war;
sst,on ,urn.d ~ ~ as.sas. sua .us sos'es.
sauoI. sN .ui"eo oa tno disapPearanco OF
oaKcy HAL. Af. Huslbnt expressing tho
bclIcf that Hail was prosecuted man. lie told
farts eoncsrn,no tho I,tny f-ora. ~ ,sn,a .sis.,
uiHefentlJ OF HAllh connection w!th fhen1.
lie GAVE HuatbuE An ACCOUNT
of what he had learned Of tbo Tweed stntrm.rt
~. .t.., ~. =. -.,- ,,.t sSsns'
ous aekea MN 10 make no publication Of tho mat.
tcF ncioFo the saicmont should bo In tho hands OF
tho Attorney General, and promised when that oc.
cured to Rtant an interview tn natIn,l
So, -" e-'-s" N@t"sA