The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-25
TWEED LEGISLATIVE POOL.
Interesting Evidence Of lhs Ring Pirates.
Theirs Subscription. to Corruption Find
How they Got their Money Back.

New York, April "a. The investiga.
ton Of the charges against Senator
Woodin in connection with the passage
Of the charter Of 1870, was resumed BY
the Senate committee to-day. In the
course Of the testimony it appeared that
John Kelly, Comptroller, gave the in.
formation to the World which formed
the basis OF Tweed's confession" pub.
lished in that paper, and that his (Kellys)
intormants were Townsend, Tweed's conn
sci, and Attorney General Fairchid.
Mr., Kelly testified that the confession
Of Tweed shown him by Townsend and
the Attorney General states positively
that Tweed paid $4,000 to Senator Wins
low to be divided among five Republican
Senators, one Of whom was NYoodin.
also, that he paid $4,000 to Hastings ior
legislative influence. 1t also states that
Winslow told Tweed he had 30 distribut-
ed the $50, 900, and that Tweed holds some
ak hundred checks paid by him to differ
ent parties to affect legislation. The in
formation given witness by the Attorney
General was not given under pledge Of
secrecy. The FRS; memoranda Townsend
showed witness stated positively that the
check given to Hastings was with the un-
dersIanding that it should be given to
Senator WOodin. Could not say II the
two statements mentioned this fact.
The next witness was Andrew Garyey.
He said that he knew Tweed we'll, and
was very friendly with him; witness was
largely interested in politics in 1870,
and knew Of the pools being made to in.
lluenCe legislation at Albany, He
contributed $4,000 with the understand
ing that he would get it back. He gave
the first $4,000 to A. L. King in check,
and $4,000 was paid in check bywitness to
lngersoll. IngersOll called on witness and
said that Tweed was going to Albany, and
wanted the money badly, and 100000
should be raised. Ingersoll said he was
TO pay S50,00O, $4,000 TO Geo. S. Miller
and $4,000 TO keiser, and Archibald
Hall was 10 give 10000. The money was
raised and taken to Albany by Ingcrsoll.
The witness said he got his money back.
go How? He replied by taking it off
from the city, by gradually adding it on
my bills. The pool money was given
over to Tweed and that was the
last Witness ever heard Of ii. Couldn't
say whether the others got their'a back
or not. lie understood the money was
used to buy votes to get the charter
passed. The $4,000 check was given
VIM. L. King on the 10th of March.
Witness paid the $4,000 about the mid.
die OF April. He statea that he got his
money back by raising his bills for work
done on the new Court House; believes
the others named got their money back.
In conversation with Tweed, he men.
toned about tho coinmIttee coming on to
investigate something. He said: "Oh,
they don't amount to anything; we will
put up for them and you must put up
also"
J. c. Crinkshand testified that he was
teller Of the Broadway Bank, and that
Winslow opened an account there on the
% OF June, 1870, and deposited s., ,G75; ON
the 18th Of June he deposited $50, 900;
the checks drawn against his account
we're I'd Of June, $500; l4th of Jcne,
$4,000; l7th of June, $4,000. Witness
could not state what the checks we're Civ
en- for or what the deposits were made up
Of.
The committee adjourned 10 meet at
Albany tomorrow.