New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-01
THE TESTIMONY.

method by which the Tax Levy Of 1870 was passedi A
The facts are Just stated that at tho last mee'ng
money was paid for the passage o. IT, lsaleu III ."o
fore part OF my testimony that unable TO determine
exactly whom paid money to, but afterward stated
that paid the money persons for the passage
hills uresume paid them for the Tax Levy.
oYou are reported TO have said in answer to qres
ZION as 70 what members Of the Senate you PAID money
To- 10 induce them TO for the Tax Lew that Won
Maid 70 Senators Graham winsow, Brand Harpending'
Miner Bowen and Wood. Al paid money TO each OF
those gentlemen for some purpose, and think Tor 'he
Tax Levy may well state here, that when we pao
mon for tleir services IN getting bills passed they dd
NOT always vote for them. We sometimes paid men VINO
did not vote for them.
oYou pad money 70 these persons 70 vote for certain
b,rsl A-For some bills about that Time ana 'lhA
,b Tax Levy: either 10 vote directly for the bill OF 10
snpnort MS in the bif their votes were necessary 10
give them Sometimes those men helped us IN COM
n,ttee ~ no Whole and afterwards their votes would
h%I or lie recorded vote A-shows the final
vo' snt docs not show the manipulation 10 get ln"'
hnol vote. ,--,-., a.. ..,.,. ,,. ono Va.
yarro or hv the gnee OF Navarro, 10 recover 10Y
lor q number NJ water mecrs-do YOU kno" anything
',. vic Won we member Of The Senate in 1870,
Va vofr fovfian nlttuaIlv called 10 clause ~ on,
Tax lew Of that year authorizing ne "a" WI u" 70
Public works place meters in buildings ~ lhe Cl
W ~ ,.,r co,s.f.s wifi iecard 10 that clause be
FOR Yves Inserted in the Tx Le.yt a. WIS, -
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wa introduced 10 him ~ the winter Of 1870, in Albany
O.-Ahonf the time Of the passage OF me tx l.v{a
tbc passage m tle Tax Lew He was tn re mum
her Of times during TIE winter and always came 10 see
Gw,~n Won we've member Of the sanote, and before
n IAN 70 1870 did You cause thc lu'iciucuon o. t.al
cors" m ne rx Levy authorizing the Controller TO pay
'o-Dd Won cnnv Use with Nh Navarro concerning
o. Did Won in AUGUST, 1871. as Commssioner Of PM
lie Works -ien % ccntract with jose IT, Navarro ny w4ch
he was IN supply 10000 water meters 10 the city 40 80
rarh7 Al did sign contract 'or their supply at
price hut dom remember exactly now much
O-What is vOur imrrcs-ion about the iI4cei Al
havcno impr SIS on ahont 30. . ~ VI. - ,.
O-Hld ny Official of tie CITY Of NeW'1oIk any ter.
eeiu that Navarro contract when It was made A-IHey
U-wro haa an interest in in Al have been d.
rerf.d hv my counsel not 10 answer mai question: nom
NE " ,sJro , sTt and he thinks would he unwisc
for inc tell now what nave o sN upon my M
ON shall he gwen before the referee before any
Thug s. sad here.
A poUBIE-FACfD CONTRACT as AZ INSTRUMENT OF
FRAUD.
On Tweed, do you know william Nelson, jr2 A. /
DO not. sir.
O-Do Won know who meant Al do.
%, YOU know the contract made with him by tho
Commissioners Of Public Works in ISL for sewer pines
Al know there was @ contract made with him IN 1871,
bnt / am moi nos ;lvC about The date
o1TIe las su.d unon contract which he alleges
made tho 29b Il Aurll 1871 and IN amount 81 me
emhcr. 1872. Do YOU know anything about That con
vs. tb.ro any corrllrt Arrangement between Nol-
son plnufih this action ami any cry 0ihcl"lsf
q W tSity officials were concerned in that corrupt
contr1ci2 Ate rupt arrangement was made with
me was then Commissioner Of Pu Inc ks. The ar-
ranroment wa that The Specifications OF the contract
ehould call for large amounts or ccran KINGS o. pipe
line of which large amounts would BE- required allowing
large price bid for the pe that would rely nave
be used and small price Tor tha' when "ooo NOT oe
used. s. -. =,
tlter ,.f,o1lr go1h
tween Nelson and yOursclf1 A.-Icn per cent OF the
snonnt Of the till was TO come to me u ..u...
o-Was TINS 10 per cent 20 come to Won as comnensa-
ton 10 you giving Ncsnu he contractl For ar
ranging 50 mat he could Obtain cnn'acI ana 30 lha'
o-And was there between Yourself and Nelson an ar
s,c'Gcafons we're not 10 be followed, when ipe
actually called for to be deliveredf A-Ycs, aud there
WIS a clause in the contract when allowed the drtart-
mcnt 70 call Tor what they pleased see that he nole
prosequi Of al the suits a9lnst NJ nav brusnt mn
back aud prob bv he viii nc mere coon 10 Nsty Iof
owbo procnred the srecihcotionsl A-They were
made by M Ira cy. the ef Of me EngneerS Depart
mcnt think. and, think, Mr.. Stephenson Iowe, who
W" WHO was to share 1t will you. A.--Nobody That
wa an arrangement ofmy own J ,hink NJ. King was
10 De nu SI,etoo, t,,ot Mr. Connolly was paid
also bur that was not through me, however.
JONES co.'s FANCY GOODS BAZAAR.
oTbere are four suits brought by E. Jones & Co.
against the city for stationery furnished and printing
done for the several city departments amounting in the
whole 70 ssOl 500 So. with interest from different dates
ranging from 1868 10 1870 shall take them up seria
Tim ana examine Won with regard to each The first is
suit for printing aud stationery furnished 10 the Common
s,,nru IN tbc wear 1868 amounting 10 the enormous
snm 81 S26sA9O O3 Now, was there any corrupt agree
Won snow anything about concerning that hi A
Well he 10 pay percentage on az 'e NorA ne got
q who got that i per cent? A.-sOmetines it was
maid 10 me aud sometimes 20 others: -
O-Yau that on all Their Oils there WAS lhat NJ
teen per c,nt 10 he paidf A:-les. -, 49,, ,.,.
oDo Won know 81 any other matters ID their dealings
IL ma a. yam re
not justi A.--During the years lsOS and ieOy hI;
J,nes mad large amount of bills that the county woud
not pay. He brought them up 10 AioHny snu ulru 10
YET them inserted tie tax levy, but hey were so large
we could not put them IN. We agreed 10 dlVlde them
and put in what We could Out ne WOMB ny pay we
am Jlnt necessary TO secure theit lhstpiioh' vas
blamed great deal for not putting tb0se D ID ant tha
was the original foundation Oi me lOuhF Demo'Iey'
Mr. J0nes was the original nanceg OF tue Young Dem
"VoIThep they we're not bona hde bllsi Al know
,be were not know about TINS particular biil
nv itself but know II officer OF city department
called Mr. Jones with reqlston Tor sL.moneIy ne
could get whatever ne wanted-sad1es, Je"sliiy, d J.
dies COOKERY harness. trunks or anything Three or
four doors below Mr. Joness place was cfoeheg ana
fancy goods store, aa any poos nc h".m ~ We I
while To- be would take them In there anu make then
large presents One case parte19ary, rene frnp
brother the former Police commissioning IRON lno
Sinfh Ward-his brother keeps store on Mdldehahe'
on TIE south side, near BIoadway' sells satehels
Trunks and such things. An Choi%en was the name
lie Mas the Police COmmissoner aud his brother the
store George Ring Cbolwe-tliat was his name. knew
Iss would often Into that store and buy US any
thing We wanted-fancy Russia leather goods and sirh
IbDgs. don't say Chowel had any tih NJ 70 90 VIZ" t
his presents 10 people IN the departments Fancy writing
desks robes for seighs and eyefytnng Jones ussu 10
furnish can't name any thing man could require
thsf Inc would not furnish II We asked Iol ".
Q-Aud they were not paid Tor A.-dney were not
@ed In the bs city under other names and paid
Fine pictures andtheres no enu 70 es
got something snybeey W. eoud se' nn An 0iuei ioi