Year: 1877

senatorsf" and did you answer, 81 do not know OF
any" do you remember that? A. No, sir.


q Or any similar auestionsY A. don't remem-
Der allow to you question-ls that the re-
port Of the committee Of the senator


Y. This is taken from volume 3, chapter 4, 1872. A.
have read that Senate document and II Is mainly cor
rect, Sir


Q. Do you remember giving the answer in ref
erence TO the question concerning the registry law
A. do not recollect; presume did II II is there


AN ACKNOWLEDGED PER!URER.


q. II you did, is II true ? A. No. sir; n Is false.


humber OF other questions OF the same tenor were
put TO the witness concerning his testimony In 1877
He ack nowledRed that his testimony gwen before the
he, "immedateiy after my difficulties first commenced
and the understanding was that mems families and
stand by that, and they did stand by II. Ny testimony
given then was done TO save men and their families,
and great many saved Most of II false I"


TWEED VOLUNTARY wIrNgssY


Mr Cowing then proceeded to examine the witness
concerning his appearances before the present com,
that he would be called a witness by tho Board OF
Aldermen. Mr. Tweed answered that It was shortly
alter tho passage OF the resolution. He had had
opposed to tho Investigation then, and |
Cowng then asked Mr.. Tweed whether he understood
that his testimony was given voluntarily. He repiied
minded that he had refused testify before the
committee oi the State Senate which TO this city
last spring tor the purpose OF Questioning Mr. Tweed
in reference TO the charges against Senator
woodu. Mr.. Tweed explained his refusal to
testify in that the ground that he
was then informed by counsel that there
was nothing TO compel HIM to testify and also that
he had been informed that the Attorney General ad
vised him not 10 those questions; that that
committee he understood had power to
pei him to answer, whereas tho present committee
he understood it, hal power to apply to the Su-
premc Court and have him confined any way that
they saw lit and shut him of from all communication
with his friends.


FAMOUS "coNFEssIoN."


Being asked whether he had about that time writ
ten out what purported to be confession, Mr. Tweed
replied that he had written out a Statement and,
in answer TO the question whether his testimony
given before the committee WAS substantially the
same that statement, he replied that it was and
that he proposed to hand the statement to the
mittee when they got through with him, In order that
they m ght compare the two.


Mr. Cowing expressed his inability to soc what
way the witness compelled TO testify. Mr.. Tweed
reminded him that he had been brought there by sub
pGna, and asked whether that was compusion.


Ihe Amercus Club next became the subject OF MT.
Cowings examination but nothing new or interesting
came 10 light in that connection.


The controversy rs 10 whether Mr.. Tweed was an
involuntary or voluntary witness was then resumed,
and he declared that before the next meeting he would
consult eminent counsel ana If they informed him
that the committee had no power TO compel him 10
testify he would refuse TO do at the meeting.


AT this point the examination adjourned till
Friday morning at ten O'Clock.