New-York tribune., 1886-08-01
THE CITY HILL EXPLOSION.
NOTES ON wELL-KNOwN POLITICIANS.

NOTES ON WELL-hNON oLi i'ih-''-'
AIN told that the about Hubert o. Thonp'on'
del n.bed soon after IL generally known that ne
had explrcd wer, not uaiike those In the house OF
Auditor James Watson he lost his NE by An acci
dent about fifteen years ago. The politicians whose
secres Thorn kept crowded into the chambers OF
the de ad man literally rfed his SAFE buresudra"'
er. etc. to fnd II there renamed any incnirating
paperA The document whose existence tho KING so
much aped from tho HANDS which searched
Cor II to destroy IT, AMI within few hours saw the hght
of publication.
The partial destruction OF the papers which Watson
the Tweed Ring. left bshind involved the commission
OF burglary aud There Is lttIe danger that the
Ring to-day WILL take such desperate stops to secure
the destruction Of the Squire letter to Flynn But hero
n great danger II early action is not taken ny soneboiy
that the talents for bribery and corruption which wcr"
Suiire may bo successful suppressing tho III
criminal action OF the squIre-Flynh letter
The existence Of this letter appears to have been
known TO many persous Within few week, after It
was written Informed o. tho circumstances under
which il was written and delivered Hubert o. Th0n p
son had risked political all Oh the election OF Mayor
Grace. lie had rskcd oven the National cause OF the
Democracy Graces election as his only chance
OF rosining hi. local ascendenoy ON the night of the
election In asking to take an mpernont message TO
an editor who had bitterly opposed him and opposed
Mr. Grace's candidacy. he openly ooastod that Gracos
snccess was due personal enorts. aud that ho
went IN to elect Grace at al hazsrdr ~
less than Two months afterwArd lie knew That Grace
would not re ppolnt hun. and that Presdont Cleveland
would not recognlze hin except by deputy or "a Du'
ness mar" Collector. MIR. Hedien was suddenly DO
vriOped as tho "busiprss man. Mr. squire was suS-
ge.ted to Thompson by Maurice b. Flynn as prf,"n
who could get nomination for Comnirsionor OF Pub
lie Works IL lie could he confirmed. Tho suggestion Was
made to Thompson when ns was In state OF semi.
ntoxication In Lester Wsllacls box at Maiiacks
Theatre Mr. Flynn himself went for Squire and brought
ean " W was made ana am told that It was reduced
writing the ofsee of Theodore Moss. MANAGER Of tho
theatre aud father n'lsw OF Fiynp. Thompson was
shre enough to have the letter addressed to Flynn
thonxn held BY himself. Possibly FINN can .w,ar
ter Thompson may have kept 1t in his own hands
The death Of Thompson is likely to disclose the truth
about some other schcmcs In which ho was engaged.
The Aqueduct for Instance Ia ono; the subway con-
tract another The public may wake up sono morning
ana really controls the company which is 10
build tho Subway also vho controls tho con
tractors on tho AQueduct; as also who is running
the Broadway Railway; as also what member OF tho
Subway Commission 10 10 iurni.h tho funds to carry the
prcrssa Assembly Distric's to eject himself United
State, SebAtor; AS also how tho several Aqnodnct,
Broadway ,nd suow.y Ir' pa, OF Dn,
rotten borough which Ia TO control the state OF New
nsIt ,s.donsa contsss take. place History cannot
repeat itself so often that IT 10 not readily forgotten
Tweed mad just scheme-though not half hig-
10 control tho election 1872 Only exposure pre-
vented i,s contamination.
Lest recent history which ought to teach us by e1-
ample is forgotten at tue critical moment may we'll
rec all fact that after the exposure OF tho Twoed
roguea nil a private made complaint and forced
tho District AtoTney, Samuel Garvn to tako action
ar look ng to who Will bs tho nrst patriotic citi-
zen TO take Charles OConors place In tho present
emergency
Squire will aege in his defence the technical point
that no such letter been printed oIsts to-day
He does deny that such letter. but says
be withdrew It, Tho explanation OF this thsory Is that
ho wrote tho letter that he suDseQuenty discovered
that May Edson could nominate Dody but nn
self the hope Of continuation and that having tho
oft demanded orig
NAL letter Meantime Thompson had had photographed
sauires friends that tho original Is not In exist
nee But cory sufficient In some cases OF criminal
character.
Tho Attorney General OF the State has authorized
criminal aotions to be begun next week against the
agents OF about twenty bogus insurance companies i'm
properly doing business this State. There Eey to
DO pusc at when Duffy sits Tho litt.o Judge
has opnions OF HE ON bogus concerns as well as
boy cote 70 and isn't afraid to expresf them.
Some interest is expressed In Insurance circles In
story that the Insurance superintendent on Juno Ia on
receiving report that the capital OF an Insurance com
nanv of this city doing varied business impaired
ave the officials month to make better showing and
on July IA accepted supplementary report showing
that tho company was Al rght'