The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-17
BOSS TWEED.
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT IT.
Some Interesting X, veIatiOns Con-
cerning the Operations Of The
New York Ring-Fhe Pas
sage Of the Great
Charter.

tigating Committee, to-day. he produ-
ced an assignment OF halt of the Jas
O'Brien claim against the city to him,
in the name of Foster, Dewey, and the
assignment of Dewey to him. The as
signment conveyed tor one dollar, paid
by Dewey TO Jas. O'Brien, all the latter's
claims, not less than sl50,O00, against the
city, and bears the signature OF Joseph
A. Monheimer, witness, and Jas. o. Brien,
and WAS dated October 2Oth, 1871.
The tlanster took place in Bixbys
office In the presence OF Blxby,
his brother-in law, Dewey and King.
Witness gave $4,000 uy check for it, and
WAS in the way OF giving it the other half
of the assignment. He gave an assign
ment of real estate for Sl2S,0OO To Wan
+. King, in the presence ut Dewey, !or
the chain IN regard TO the charter OF
1870. A lmost everyone connected with
the Tamnany ring had something to do
with 1t.
Witness was asked if the members OF
the Assembly were bribed TO vote for It,.
The witness answered that they were
paid for it. Witness could not, OF his
own personal knowledge, tell that men,
bers OF the Assembly were paid for it,
but he knew that the Senators were.
The tax levy provisions of 1870 gave the
control OF the finances To the Mayor,
Comptroller and President of the De-
partment Of Public Works. 1t WAS
understood among them that they were
To rein burse themselves and others for the
to- hag oh
Connolly Smith, and otkers and various
tradesmen furnished the money tor'brlb-
ing the Legislature of 1870. Among the
tradesmen were Garvey, lngersoll, Key
ser, +. A. Woodward, Jas. Watson, VINO
had dealings with the United States.
Henry Smith, Police Commissioner, con-
tributed, also the Erie railroad through
Jay Gould When he said Gould
he meant Fisk and Utce uerSa, tor
they spoke and acted rs one
man. The money. for the assembly
went through Ed. Barbour. He gsye
Barbour 100000 tor that purpose, and
he himself, personally paid Senators
Hall and Connolly, and he himself had
an understanding when they were made
the Board OF Audit that the parties do
ing business with the city were TO give
them Is per cent; his supposltiOn Was
that bills were to be bona fde; Watson
ana Woodward were suggested by the
witness rs the parties to prepare bills and
they were 10 be paid by Connolly, which
was agreed to. Sweeney and Hall got
their percentage. Connolly was not sat-
i.fed with ten per cent, and wanted
twenty, and he got it. Hall complained
of sowness in settling up, and witness
made them hurry up, and after this Hall
signed the bills. They all got ten per
cent. ut first, and then twenty. They
reed on Sweeney, Connolly AMI Hail
To divide up-ten per cent. each, and
two and a-half per cent. was reserved tor
election purposes. The prominent men
to present bogus bills were Keyser and
Ingersoll. There was split in the
Democratic party about that time, which
Lavings and other Republicans were
anxious to keep up. Witness sent
around for Lsvlngs, and he came and
suggested seeing the Senators. The wit
ness saw Senators WInslow, Bradin, Jas.
Wood, Bowen and Maurice. A gentle
man introduced him to Winslow, who
wanted $4,000.
Witness told Woodin he was willing
to pay him; witness also told Hastings,
and he said "stick to the old man | guess
YOU will get him." Woodin asked wit
ness for $4,000, and witness said no,
$4,000. A few days sfterward Hastings
lnformed him that the Republican Sena-
tors had held,a caucas and they al voted
tor the bill when it came up, and all the
Democrats except Genet, besides the Re-
publican Senators; he approached the
Democratic Senators about the bill and
he gave place to Senator Frost and he
put his friends on the pay rolls; he
agreed to vote for the bill, and the wit
ness put several of his friends on the pay
roll. Other Senators approached were
Michael Norton; promised to help him
IN his business in New York; L. j.
Creamer had made arrangement with
Connolly and Baldwin; | gave $4,000 to
his partner rs q consideration; Winslow,
Elwood and VIM H. Brand got money;
Psrmenter got $4,000 | gave Winslow
$500 900 to be distributed between him
and Woodin and other Republicans,
named at $4,000 each; some of the
money WAS paid by our notes; o Brien
BRYANT has some OF them; l offered Sens
tor Msnier $4,000, but he asked S24, 900;
we were all getting rich on New York;
some talk was had with BOhen and
Wood; finally they settled on $4,000;
Mr.. Bohen come to me and said he un-
derst, Oh l was snXi rus to pass this bill,
and asked me lor $4,000 for his support;
next day he asked $4,000; | said that
was imyossible, and we fixed on $4,000,
and Winslow paid him; Bradley WAS rs
sxious Tor the charter ss |; Senator Wood
also got $4,000 through Winslow: Hugh
Hastings WAS valuable man on the
floor and had control OF the newspapers,
so | employed him to procure votes tor
me for bills | wished TO have passed;
employed him as n lobbyist TO persuade
certain parties, and also employed hun In
regard to this charter. Witness pad
him well for his services; gave him So
600. He advised witness TO get up Re
publican caucus, and must have known
that witness was paying the Senators; he
knew of witness paying in other matter;
the $4,000 witBeSs paid him WAS Tor this
charter; he called upen witness after the
Legislature adjourned, which was gen.
orally the time witness paid those gen
ilemen who had done as he wished; we
talked the matter over, and l gave him
check for $4,000.
Adjourned.
Murderer Captured.
OMAHA, September l5.-James Roach,
,,ko ,,urdarad hie travalinp cOmpanlOD