New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-29
wooDWARD,S "APEcUL4UONS."

HOW He SAYS HE ACQUIRED WEALIIi-oNFR 9ZOO-
600 MADE IN STOCK sPEcULATIONs-HIs PER
CENrAGEs-GZoRGE :. MILLER's TESTIMONY.
The testimony given yesterday before the
sneci,l committee OF the Aldermen about the ring
frauds did equal in interest taat Of Tuesday Inc
examination Of h. ~ Woodward was continued ana was
mainly IN regard 10 matters brought up before AS ne
took his seat Woodward said that Notwithstanding the
statements made no defiance or mpuionce was ineadod
in giving bis testimony at the previous session.
Woodward sail that 5000 paid 10 Peckhain lin con-
uection with the woodward settlemeu0 paid by his
counsel in order that the city should not be compelled to
bear any expense, with regard 70 the settlement Even
from the account at the Broadway Bank lie would he
unable 10 give an accurate estimate OF the percentages
received by himself Tile total might have been 800
O0O or 100000. lie received 2l3 per cent and per
c.nt on certain bills according to instructions from Wat
son.
The question was then repeated by Mr. Cole to the
amount his property when he entered Tie service OF
the city and woodward appealed 90 Aldermen Lewis and
CoWing TO decide whether he was compelled TO answer.
Both considered that WAS fair question, bat no more
direct answer coud be obtained t4an That Gc "mght
have bad 10000 more or less HIS salary tht MIST
year might have been SI'oOo' or @I'VV Il var;
al one time he might have received $1,000 a
vcgr He never received lie acted aS clerk o. a. c
conitf ee ON the new Court House. drew salary ron
mo County Cauyssrrs. and az the tWc the Board OF SUI
,visors I'D charge OF raising volunteers for the army,
he received an additional salary 81 - 500 year When
lee was appointed 10 investigate The Ilot. he
was made clerk about $1,000 year, aud lie asO
ce vel sl 100 for extending ana copying the tax book
When hr voluntarily reuTed from The cmpO'intnt OF Tie
iti he or, ned property worth about 100000 mostly
real tate in Connecticut During The years Of Ls city
service ne wa5 very fortunate ia stock secu duou5 and
made hef vrrn 500 900 ana cOO,OOO he did some
WORK for him worth about - 900, Tor which he charged
SJO 0gO. The claim was compromised Tor 1900.
NJ Woodward was then shown paper, ana identified
M, wiring as his own except certain intcriucatlDus
The llper was n list Of bills amounting 10 over
- OGO 900 ordered 10 b. paid by the Board OF super
Vi,ors he explained That lu ire loose way of doing
business That time the uterliueatOns might nave be
made after the original list mad been prepared
Supervisor brought iu "a Dill az the last moment The
in,rrlincatiCus generally in the handwriting OF
added while the resolution was III progress before the
Board Of and the approved papers Tor the
Controller ought 10 be clear copy OF the approved
documents, and have no mIerlnoatOns.
George Miller was the next witness called. Tie tes-
titled that be builder, and lived AZ No. 10 East
Fifty He began to 10 wOik for the city 1854
OF 1860. about 1870 that iugersOl MIN
and told him mat The bills must be raised 10 per cent
He did know the time what done with this
percentage. He could not tell now muca he hat re-
criyed from The city, books destroyed in 1871
hy the advice Of IuCcTsull. a civil begun
against him October, ISL but lie had never heard
more than two pieces OF real estate, ana one
,vas sod prior 10 the ring troubles The other
siscd o houses Harlem, valued 40 about $4,000
each. which nt st held. MI Miller SAID Lee would ead-
10 DO co. he d not have much property AT the pres
ent time Very likely H. had received some money TO
which he was not entitled When the ring troubles be-
Gan he probably possessed about 100000. and he had
never taken any measures 10 hide Als property. re
never received anything from the 90 per cent added 70
his nils and they always had foundation.
The committee HdiOurncd until Monday, VIXEN IL IL
derstood Jackson Schultz viii be called as witness