The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-13

lowed suit and Tweed associations and similar
societies were organized in every city Assembly
district Judges were controlled at the dictation
Of Mr.. Tweed. The dangerous classes were
protected II they could secure the least political
The murder OF Rogers. in Twelfth street. on
New Years day. and the scenes Mt the trial Of
John Real startled tho public Judge Barnard.
who sentenced Real Mt midnight. came very
near being mobbed upon the bench. and mar
rowly escaped assassination Tweed saw his
mistake. and for time refused TO protect bull
lies and runlnns He was at the height of his
power, but this course in Il measure aliennted
from him portion Of his followers. They
The revolution came. Harry Genet. John.
Fox, John Morrsscy. Jamcs OBrten. Michael
It,. Some were animated by hopes Of plunder;
others Joined because defeated in their political
aspirations: a third class were ailnme with
ing elements were consolidated. and the fight Of
the. Young Democracy followed. Tho leaders
had been used d, in s 6adIGg up the power Of
from the public crib. They believed themselves
strong enough totonst him. They made n com
and succeeded in capturing, the Board
OF Aldermen. and majority ot the city AS
sem61ymcn and Senators. They then went 10
Hucklcberry charter. Its object was to free tho
city from the state commissions saddled upon
1t 10y tho Rcpuhl ican purity, and to secure role
aldermen. A With this board in n" their iF" hands
they could help themselves. Sweeny. terrified
bnny. Tweed was pnralyzrd. He felt the
trembling Of the ground under his feet. and did
not really know where he stood. At one tmo he
seems TO have been half inclined TO throw
Swecny overheard and himself Join the revolt
He went so far ms to take the oath OF allegiance
to the cOnspratOrs but never attended any Of
their meetings. the Huckleberry charter was
defeated through tho cupidty OF tho country
members. The Young Democracy had bcased
that they would put i.through II it took 5000 900
To do II. As the money was not forthcoming
the country members revenged themselves by
Inc. .N.stsV. D.
This inspiritcd Tweed swceny reappearcd.
and the old Boss assumed the offensive. mill
passing what WIS kuown rs the Tweed charter.
Thatinstrument virtually placed the municipal
power in the hands Of the Board Of Audit cont
posed OF Tweed. Connolly, and Hall. No money
could be drawn from the city without the sunc.
tion Of this board. The power of tho Board of
Alderman was fairly usirped bv the comms.
sion. The Tweed charter wis passed 10y the aid
Of the Republicans; 100000 was paid for sin-
gle vote
Though the revolutionists had captured the
new Tammany General Committee, they had
overlooked the power Of the Tammany Society
The committee claimed the right to meet in
Tammany Hall. and marched in solemn pro-
cession. They Thought they owned the build
ing. By order Of the sachems Of the TnmmRny
Society, however. the hall was closed against
them. They were refused entrance hy the po-
lice. and mot in Irving Hall, Their meeting
was farce. Each was suspicious Of the other.
taken the back track and were in sympathy
with Tweed. Solitary chicftains continued tho
warfare, bul the great mass tl tuclf followers
fell into line and again tramped TO the music Of
Tnmmany.
Tweed was now master Of the city. He could
throttle his enemies through the Board Of
Audit. His first measure was to reimburse
himself h Tor his cSRenses in nshtng the Young
psrTScraGy ID Gsry within two months with the aid
broadway Bank and DIVIDED. Woodward drew
shares with checks in the same bank. His sue
cess seems 70 have made Tweed reckless. The
Tweed charter had made him Commiss oner OF
bis revolt the board Isiussd To- pay %
took his revenge. He e succeeded in n getting "a a
man appointed clerk In the Comptroller's Office.
Figures were taken from the books that conclu-
siyely showed the operations OF the Ring.
These figures were given 70 tho newspapers.
Some Of them had been printed in THE Sun
been discovered by the Ring. and damned
10y ~ nomination To Congress The Now
and Hall thieves; and challenged them 10 bring
libel suits. The figures We're convincing that
the people rose en- masss. great meeting was
held and seventy prominent citizen- appointed
To investigate. The Board Of Audit became
alarmed. Discussions sprang up. Tho Comp
trollSr,s in. Office was, was broken open and many
he was 10 be made scapcgoat. He went
to his old friend. X-Mayor Hayemeyer.
made partial confession. and gave up
made dompiroller. Samuel J. Tlden and and
Charles o'C9nor got upon the track Of the rob
discovered. There was no room for doubt. The
money had been shamelessy stolen from the
city. Tweed was forced 10 resign his Commits
sionership. With the weight II these disclos-
ures on his shoulders. he ran for State Senator.
and was elected 10y 1000 majority his Irish OPP
ponent, O'Donoyan Rossa. not having the
strength Of corporals guard. Before this
Tweed had appeared ut the Democratic State
Convention and showed "A bold front. but II was
his last appearance IN such body;
The frst proceeding against Tweed was
civil suit brought by the Board Of Supervisors
for the money taken from tho Broadway Bank.
At the request Of Corporation Counsel OGor-
man. George Ticknor Curtis and John X. Por-
ter wrote an opinion declaring that the county
had "A right 10 bring such suit. OGurman b.
gan proceedings for the recovery Of the money.
Within few days anath9g net civil suit was
oi New York agt. Tweed, Garvey, Inger-
soil and Woodwarl. It was instigated by
Afs wSaesr 2coPoS The Tden M ns
signed bv Attorney General Marshall Il.
Chhmplain. but the leading counsel were Peck
Albany issued warrants and held Tweed to
bail in 81 100000. In this suit 1t was alleged
that the, supervisors -, suit was cop,
fbTf bn reduced Tweed 1r produeed sSS b"ndsmas ns
and was released from arrest, Tweed scoupsel
ward SO determiped. Meantime, the Grand
Jury had indicted Tweed for various offences.
cred 1850 printed pages, II substantially
charged him with criminal neglect of ofllcial
duty while member of the Board Of Audit.
Tweed was tried ON jan 30 1873. The Jury
That summer he made a trip to California.
The panic came on and he returned To New
York. disregarding the advice OF friends in san
Francisco. who assured him that he would
never again be allowed To leave the city. He
was tried second time on a criminal ini ct
ment ON Nov, 10, and was found guilty on three
lourths Of the counts. upon the first, lrhl
in the event Of Il conviction the maximum nun