Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
Tweed and his Pals.
The close of the prosecutions AGAR

The close of the prosecutions against
the chef of the old Tammany ring in
New York city is rapidly drawing
near The Boss" will soon be at lib
erty, and the precincts of Ludlow
Street Jail know him no more The
unsetteled suits against other members
Of the ring will also be adjusted, and
the criminal offenses condoned by the
delivering up, for the benefit Of the
State, the portion Of their ill-gotten
gains yet remaining in their possession.
In the settlement of the suit against
Tweed, the Boss will transfer property
valued at S25O,OOO, which, it is
claimed, is all that is really left to him
truly pitiful sum in comparison with
the millions be stole. 70 the leeches
of the law this immense shrinkage in
his wealth is, to large extent, justly
due. The old sinner did not hesitate
to use the most potent means in his
power to protect himself, and the most
eminent counsel Of the New York bar,
among whom may be mentioned Da-
vid Dudly Field, were retained at fees
only limited in amount by their own
greed and the knowledge of their eli
ent's necessity. The fee of one lawyer,
whose name is not yet mentioned, is
put at $4,000. With a legion of
cormorants lowering around the man
OF stolen millions, it was but a ques-
ton Of time when the Boss would be
tossed aside as one would squeezed
lemon.
Last December, the claim against
b. I'll. Woodward, the cashier of the
of the ring, was settled for $3.50, 900.
The claims against Keyser, Garvey and
lngersoll are as good as settled BY
the decision of Judge Westbrook the
81, 900, 600 suit against Sweeney is set
down peremtorily for trial in June,
but it is asserted positively that 20
trial will be had, but that the case
will be settled. The criminal indict-
ments against Sweeney are not consid-
cred as of any weight. CounolFs SON
in-law, ex-Surrogate Hutchins. has
gone to Europe, to effect a settlement
with him, and will no doubt be sue
cessful. 1t is not likely that over
a million dollars of the Immense sum
stolen by the manipulations of that
most Infamous cabal will be recovered
by the people, but if it prove that the
lesson learned will not be forgotten by
the citizens of Manhattan Island a
permanent good may be the outcome
Of their dear bought experience.
The most cool audacious and dar-
ing robbery ever recorded in the an
nails of crime was perpetrated at the
Indiana National Bank last week.
During the usual lull in business, a
man entered the bank by the Washing
ton-Street entrance, having a long box
carefully wrapped up in paper, under
his arm. There were no other custo-
mers in the bank, and the man sat
the box on end in front of the
counter in the southwest corner of the
room, behind the screen of VIII ich a
number of packages of legal-tender
notes were lying. The attaches of the
bank paid but little attention to the
mans movements, and suddenly he
leaped on the box, reached over the
screen, grabbed the packages of notes,
and darted out of the door. All this
was done in much less time than it
takes to record 1t, and the daring thief
acquired $3.50 in currency of the
realm about as quickly as that amount
can we'll be laid hands on.