The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-07
THE TWEED INVESTIGATION.
FULL. MEPORTs or YEsTERDAY's PRO-
CEEDINGs.
We isaughs Mt the Drnials Made, ana says
We HAS the Documents to Subsian-
timte All His Statements

which bore his name, continued to-day before
The aldermanic commission. The attendance
fions.
Tweed said that since the last days Of the
examination number OF parties whose
names he had mentioned, had, thruagh the
ments. He wished to say that he was ready
to substantiate everything to which he had
testified. The witness produced a chenh,
dated January ls 1911 for $4,000 paid BY bin him
from the editor Of the Albany Journal, to
prove that he had, as previously testified,
subsidized those journals.
Regarding the statement of r.. =. Apgar,
that he WIS appointed but never assigned to
duty, and that his pay amounted to about
$500, only sufficient to cover his expenses in
this city Tweed produced letter from APP
gar Ia 1870, requesting payment for his SER
vices. to enable him (Apgar) to liquidate his
board and clothing bills.
Tweed also produced letters to show that he
had appointed man named james |. Weed rs
inspector of metres at $1,000 q year, as O favor
TO Senator Woodin; and also letter from
Hugh Hastings, of the Commercial Advertiser,
appealing TO Tweed to stand by him against
the sneers Of his Republican associates, eS-
pressing great affection for Tweed, and ask
ing Tweed TO protect him, as he feared that
Capitol.
bridge, and repeated his statement that he
had S6b, 600 to bribe the aldermen Of this city
i TO pass q resolution authorizing the appro-
priation by the city of S1,5OO,0O0 for the
bridge.
his share from Henry G. Murphy, one of the
bridge directors: Connolly also got his per-
centage. The resolution making the appro-
priation was handed Tweed by Kingsley.
There, was q definite understanding between
transactions. Tho estimate Of the elder
Koebling of the probable cost of the bridge
p
Roebling, was $6,5oOooo. The resolution to
be passed was based on the highest estimate
Ihey expected to gain great deal by this;
they expected g good return from the stock,
ana much electiOneerng strength on account
Of the large number Of men to be employed.
Kingsley. was to have supervising control
Witness ddnot know of any fraudulent trans
actions Ia connection with the New York tower
of the bridge.
Kingsley was Interested in the uuarries
which were to furnish the stone; knew that
ne was, because witness wanted an interest
himself, but found Kingsley in ahead of him
Witness was asked to give the names Of the
persons on his private pay roll, but said he
could not at present. He wanted first to pay
his respects to the persons denying his state
N had nsaeod ne eodd mot remember ha p eveythng
safe for men to depend on the hope Of his for
getting IN making their denial; his memory
was good for a man who had gone through
and and suffered suffered, 60 much He had documents
:
called upon to do SO. Regarding the con-
struetion Of the courthouse, witness said
that Genet had full charge, and he tTweetD
signed all bills Genet brought him; there
that wo.k. He believed all that was proved
on Genets trial to be perfectly true.
Genet and Judge Josiah Porter and, he
thought, Judge McQuade were commissioners
for the construction Of that court. house Al
derman Cowing, o Republican, handed the
witness partial list Of the Tammany Hall
general committee. and asked II any of those
parties were connected with the ring frauds.
Alderman Lewis did not think the question
fair one. Townsend, Tweed's counsel, said
that the question was q political one, besides
being extremely Objectionable and unjust to
the parties whose names the paper bore.
Cowfng said that the investigation had been
mainly political. Cole maintained that it |
was not political. The object was to obtain
the names OF all persons. irrespective of poll |
tics. who were connected with the ring frauds. |
After further discussion, Tweed said that not
one OF the men whose names were on the |
paper had any connection with the ring
! Cowing asked witness If any of these men
4 We're members of the Tammany Hall general
committee, under the ring regime, and helped |
to run the city government. Cole made a
speech IN opposition to the question. Cowing |
replied and said he was sorry to see the
spectacle Of o counsel, the servant of the
people, oblecting to questions OF member of
the committee; the counsel was there to ask |
questions proposed by the committee and not |
II.
After some further dispute Townsend sug-
gested that the committee agree upon ques-
tion to be asked, at the next meeting, which
would cover everything. Cole assented and
nished with q list of the Tammany Hall
general committee, the Custom House party,
the anti -Tammany leaders, ETC., and would
be asked to point out any one on any of these
Lists who was connected with the ring frauds
Tweed pleaded the great labor involved in
answering the committees questions and
asked that he be allowed the services of a
On having his attention called to it. Tweed
said he believed 1t was Waldo Hutchings and
not Hutching Of the Albany Journal who re-
commended Martin r. Brown. for the posi-
ton. Committee then adjourned until next
FThursday at IL a. m.
Letters from Hastings to Tweed, with the
Meat i'm Them.
The following is the text of the letters of
Hugh Hastings to Tweed to which reference
lis made in Tweeds testimony to-day:
WASHINGTON January II. 1871.
1y Dear Hceed-I am in tight spot here
Ind want your aid. You have no doubt seen
Brooks speech. The poor devil before COM
nenclng his attack on me, went about the
House insinuating among the Republican,
hat was in the employ of Tammany Hall
b secure the secrets OF the Republicans. He
lid this to get up a prejudice against me. In
is speech he held up the Commercial Adrer-
taef in q melodramatic way, excaming
Here is the evidence that he is a hired spy
ind informer of the Democratic party
In his printed speech it is Iammany Hall;
"a his public address it was the Democratic
party wish you would reach Kerr, who is
Pn the committee; can only be effectual to-
morrow morning, as | expect to be brought ,
Refore the House for contempt. You will have
cen the nature OF objections before the COM s
alttee. did dnotopen my case to show my hand
- to what hOped to prOye so that Brooks