The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1875, Page 4

THE WHISKEY RING W. M. Grosvenor’s Expose of Its Rise, Progress and Destruction. McKee, McDonald & Co. as “Friends of the Administration.” SHAMELESS PUBLIC ‘THIEVES. Distillers Forced to Join the Conspir- acy or Made Bankrupt. General Grant's “Friends” and Seeretary Bris- tow's Threatened Removal, Po tus Epirornor tus HeRaLo:— You ask me to state what | know about tho Whiskey Ring—what it is, who originated it, what counection, if any, it had with the administration or the conduct of the republican party, and how its exposure was brought | about, It was a conspiracy to rub the government, It originated in the bribery of a newspaper. Its chief object at the outset, aud professedly a main object to the cud, was to sustain that element in the republican party which has used the name of Grant to serve its | ends, Its exposure was due to the courage and prac- tical seuse of Secretary B. H. Bristow. But in its origin, Wts operations, and its final overthrow the greed of in- flividuals played an important part. A RING OF BOSOM FRIENDS. Prior to Grant's imauguration there had been @ Whiskey Ring in St Louis, Offictals under Andrew Johnson had made money; favored distillers had spent money freely to sustain the party which Johnson aided. But the Ring of those days was, in comparison, a bung- ling affair. It served to excite the cupidity of certain republicans, who sought the control of certaim offices alter Grant was clected. Nearly all were disappointed. Brant had formerly lived at St. Louis, and had there a get of friends to reward, few of whom had been active partisans, Mr, William McKee, senior proprietor of the Democrat, then the leading republican organ in that part of the country, demanded the appointment of | Colonel Constantine Maguire as Collector, with the ex- pectation that his brother, Henry McKee, would be Deputy Collector. Now the Deputy Collector has charge of the distilleries. loaned money to Grant when he was in great need and who subsequently acted as his confidential adviser in the disposition of his private means, Well known re- publicans were recommended for Supervisor of Inter- nal Revenue in that distri. Grant appointed General John McDonald, a man who had held intimate relations with him when Grant was in command in the Missis. sippt Valley and who was understood to have made some money in cotton operations below Memphis at that time, When it was known that McDonald was likely to de appointed there was a general opposition alike by business men and by republicans, The Union Mer- chants’ Exchange protested, Prominent _ citi- fens and the newspapers protested. What Dusiness men had known of McDonald did not lead them to think him a suitable person for such an office, Leading republicans protested. Mem- bers of Congress from Missouri, then all republicans, led by Senators Schurz and Drake, who were at bitter warfare personally, all united in protest. this opposition was most threatening McDonald re- mained at St. Louis, saying openly, “They need not troubie themselves; I know Generai Grant better than any of them, and I shall be appointed, no matter who protests.” He was right. M’KEE'S VINDICTIVENESS, McKee was indignant and bitter. He had not been Qble to control the Collectorship, and from that time spoke of Grant halMtually i terms which it would not | be decent to repeat. Eany the next year the troversy respecting removal of disfranchisement begun, und the Democrat’s readiness to split the republican | party on that issue was almost wholly due to McKee’s Vindictiveness toward Grant and desire to show hig power, He and his active partner, Mr. Houser, had been among the most bitter disfranchisers, and could Jn no way have been led to take position against dis- franchisement but for desire to control the federal Offices im St. Louis. Grant, fully advised of this, and supposing that no higher motives governed Schurz and other republicans who opposed continued disfranchiscment, made war on the hberal movement, quite unnecessarily, for nine-tenths of those who supportea it cared nothing about the offices, aud had at that time no feeling of antagonism toward him or the republican party. The result was the liberal vic- tory of 1870 in Missouri, McKee felt that the power of his paper bad been shown, and began to talk freely of a national movement against the republican party, of which his paper was to be the chief organ, and Gratz Brown, his former associate in the Democrat, the Presi- Gentiul candidate. Then began the Whiskey Ring. é M/KER'S PRIENDSHIP—SPOILS. Early in 1871 McKee said to me, at that editor of the Democrat, that reasons had been presented to him for changing the course of the paper; that the opposi- tion to Grant ought vo cease; that there were very im- portant arrangements on foot which would be highly profitable to allot us if we could beon good terms with the federal officials, Naturally insisting upon more light, I was told by him at last, after many signiti- tant winks and nods, that the matter in question con- cerned the revenue servic and that we could = just as well make $100,000 = each if we would let him arrange it and say nothing more {o the paper against Grant. I declined to change my Political opinions so readily and was presently notitied that my services as editor were po longer needed. demanded reasons, but was peremptorily refused any explanation. This was in February, 1 The paper @id suddenly whee! around to the support of Grant, and in March the first general assessment of whiskey distillers was made. According to testimony given at Bt. Louis a regular share of the money collected from distillers was from the first paid to John Leavenworth, Since deceased, for delivery to William McKee. How {ar the promise of this share in the profits of illicit dis- Milling influenced the sudden conversion in the political | ppinions of McKee and his paper others can judge, ROW THK “RING” WAS YoRGED. ‘The first assessment was made professedly to raise a campaign fund for the city election in April, 1871, soon as the Democrat changed its course a great effort was made to put an end to the liberal organization and unite all former republicans in gupport of the adminis- tration, and a victory in St, Louis was needed as proof that this reunion bad been effected, How much of the money raised professedly fer this purpose was actually paid for campaign expenses is not known, But more than one distiller has told me how he was in duced to contribute, and how, if he objected to fraud, he was forced to choose between participation with the King of bankruptcy. peace with the government by testifying, 1 believe, was deputy in the Collector's office If distillers or recti- fiers declined to act with the Ring care was taken first to entrap them in some apparent or techuical violation of law, whieh, by prearrangement among officials, was fetected at once-—in some cases before the distillers or rectifiers time to discover that the “crooked” stuf was on their premises, Then their establishments were velaed aud they were told to see Mr, Ford, When they tw Ford they were told to goto Concangon, they went to Concannon they were told that there was alittle difficulty, which thoy could arrange by seeing Jobu — Leavenworth. When Leavenworth had explained matters they perceived that if they did as he ired there would be no trouble; if not, they Would be prosecuted and convicted for violation of law, id bankruptcy world be inevitable, How many men St. Louis were forced into the Ring in this and other ways, and how many went into it voluntarily, probably sobody willever know. Loavepworth is dead, Ford is dead, and others who had pagt in these earlier trans. actions are no longer accessible. But Megrue, then au oilcial, in whose room in a building on the corner of Fifth aad Pine streets it is said the spoils were at Grst every week to the several parties in interest, tified as to transactions in tis time. Atter his departure and Leavenworth’s death one rest, for whom oiiciais are now searching, and J. N, Fiteroy, But Grant appointed Colo- | nel Ford, a man unknown as a republican, who had | But while | As | Colonel Ford was at that time | Collector, and Mr. Concannon, who has since made bis | When | who has recently pleaded guilty and testified, acted as confidential collectors and disbursers of the fund, Thus it is probable that abundant proot will show to whom anovey was paid For whom may in some cases be a more dilicv!t question to answer, / THE COSY OF AN “ORGAN, '? | the funds were originally collecte Ostensib! party purposes. During the Presidential cam 1872, when republican leaders were much alarmed, a | despateh was sent by one of them, a very promunent | Senator, calling for A new assessment of distillers, un less this despatch itself was forged by some inember of | | the Ring as a pretext for unusual demands. But neither in that year nor any other was the conduct of as | republican campaigns in St, Louis or Missouri suc | to warrant the belief that any large sum was at the ¢ | posal of committees. On ihe other hand, the sums { ‘ollect were very large. One after another distillers and rectiflers became aware that the greater part of the | funds collected from them was consumed for other than | party purposes, Butim 1872 the excuse was made that it was necessary to establish a reliable Grant organ, Early in that Year the Democrat had been forced to sale under order of Court tor dissolution of partuer- | ship, and MeKee & Houser had been bought out by Mr. Fishback, Whether ne would restore the paper to the | Wheral position it had taken jn INTO was not known, | Dut he was not deemed “‘a reliable Grant man.” The Ring needed an orgun. McKee needed a paper as a reason for continued payments to him. Accordingly \ | the Globe was established by McKee and Houser, and it { | ts stated that the payments to Leavenworth for Mckee | | were nearly $1,000 a week, amounting to over $44,000 | | » this large sum was but | within less thah a year. F a small part—it is suid, one-tifth—of that portion of the | profits which distillers were required to pay. Many | gaugers and subordinate officials were paid extra | salaries by the distillers them: but about forty per cent Of the proilis went to the higher officials. How this portion—the fund of the Ring pro at different times, the testimony will It js alleged that one portion went to another to the confidential agent. anc himself, another to him protessedly for delivery to | | Ford the Collector, and another to “the man im the | country,” a phrase supposed to refer to somebody at Washington i STIVLING FEDER. For, at an early day some powertu! intluen visor had a consider: himself or through somebody el he was appointed, Colonel Ford, the Collector, hud so. | ‘an iniiuence with the Presideut that bis appoint- ecretary of the Interior, when Delano was about to vacate that office in 1873, was confidently pected by the Ring, and, { beliewe, was actually ¢ mined upon by the President at the time of Ford sudden death, It is not known to me whether any | “evidence proves that money set apart: aud paid for | Ford ever reached him, and he may, perhaps, hy supposed that the only collections maie were f litical uses. But, however strong McDonald and may have been there was needed and there was secured | somebody at Washington to give the Ring early warn- ing of Treasury investigations, and to stop all com- | probably show, the Supervisor, hor to MeKee for | INVESTIGATION. ting must have secured | Thut the Super- | either with Grant | was obvious when | plaints from reaching the Secretary or the President, | For the conduct of the Presid | the exposure makes it impossible to | lieve that he was in any sort of compheity | with the Ring. Yet complaints wefe forwarded | sometimes to the Secretary und sometimes to the Pres- ident himself, without result, If investigations were ordered, either the person selected and sent out was | one wifose eyes and ears could be closed by 4 bribe, or the Ring was warned by telegraph betore he left Wash- | ington and had ample time to put everything in readi- | | ness to receive him with equanimity, That complete | immunity was thus secured at an eariy day is certain, | Mr. Avery, late Chief Clerk of the Treasury, is under | indictment tor complicity, and there is testimony that $200 per week tapart for him, Buthe was not the ouly person at Washington whose constant aid was | needed, and, if statements of the division of funds are | correct, the amount sent thither was much greater | than he is said to have received. | OFFICIAL DECEPTION—PICTITIOUS SIGNATURES, | Iv is stated in recent despatches that | grains and | documents seut {rom Washington to members of the Ring have been placed before the Grand Jury now tn | session. Of course persons having part in this danger- ous business did not sign their own names; tlettious | | signatures were used at both ends. But the original telegrams, if obtained from the oilice by legal authority, may be in recognizable handwritings, and rumor says that at least One person, nearer to the President ¢ than Mr. Avery, will thus be proved to have becn telegraphing to the Ring with a fictitious signature. It was at one time openly alleged by distillers that Com- | missioner Douglass was in the Ring, but if they had | been told so by officials in St, Louis ‘that alone would | prove nothing, and I know of no other evidence con- | cerning him.’ What the Ring needed at Washington | Was not influence with any depurtinent, When Mr. Douglass suggested und Secretary Bristow ordered a | transfer of Supervisors to diiferent districts—a measure | | which would certainly have uncovered fraud—General | McDonald declared in the most confident manner that | the order would be immediately rescinaed, jumped on | the cars, went to Washington, saw the President and | telegraphed back that all was right The order was | rescinded, What representations could have led the President to believe it wise or necessary to revoke such | an order it is hard to guess. j CONPIDENCK OP THE RING, | But the Ring openly boasted that it had a power at | Washington which could not be resisted nor broken, | Moreover, the members undoubtedly believed it them- selves. That fs the mysterious part of the whole business. No man who watched the proceedings of these people can possibly doubt th absolutely fearless of exposure, and perfe that their power was greater than that of s Bristow himself, Repeatedly they boasted, even atter | the exposure had begun, that they would have him | out of the Cabinet within a few days, At one. time | they named the day on which Delano would become Secretary of the Treasury, They did not go about like | men who bad anything to hide. Diamonds, for which | official salaries Would not account, were worn openly | and purchased, several thousand dollars’ worth | | at a time, without attempt at concealment, Officials | | with moderate salaries lived with their families at | hotels, expending obviously more thun their known | incomes, and fet made open purchases of costly sun mer residences. If whiskey operators or revenue officials threatened to make exposur Washington, they were calmly invited to “expose and | be —,’ not blessed. One at least tried it, made a dead failure, came back to St. Louis, and was'told that he had better keep his mouth shut in future, or he | would get sent to the penitentiary for defrauding the | government | WHAT WAS ITS POWER AT WASHINGTON ? | When MePonald, now indicted, went to Washington, he was received by the President’ and rode with him on the avenue. the President visited St, Louis McDonala was usually in lis company, aud as late as | October, 1874, when’ the President visited the Fair convinced tary Grounds, in the presence of 50,000 people, MeDouald | was b; ide. It was currently reported at the time | that, having praised a horse at the Fair, the President received it the next «ay as @ present trom his triend MePDonald; that he permitted the officials there to have | a carriage manulactured expressly for him, aud to pay | | his bills at the hotel, How many of these stories were | | falsely set atloat by members of the Ring, in order to i claim of great influence with the Pres j y. But one thing is certain, this Ring had some peculiar power at Washington, and the inves- | | tigation will not be complete until the nature of that | | power is thoroughly made known. The President owes | } it to himself to have that thing exposed, | if nothing else. As it stands the matter is both ugly and mysterious, The Ring actually bad great power at Washington; boasted that it had « lute power—and apparently believed it—and yet mo: bers of it have been convicted, I confess that these \things lead me to suspect that somebody, known to be influential with the President, traded on that influence, | received mouey for it, and nade members of the Ring | believe that the President himself winked at the con- | spiracy. | THE THTRVES “PALL ovr.” ‘The King was broken two or three times and pay. ments stopped. Once there was a quarrel about the amount of a s, Itmade quite a noise in St. | Louis, and Yy expected a general explosion. | Presently it was settled by some new agreement, and everything went on peacefully again, In tne fall of 1873 there wus a cataclysm of some sort, 80 violent that for a time the Géobe published bitter anti-third term articles. If this Ring kept books it would be safe to wager that about time the | | usaal weekly settlements were iuterrupted, and; in | pont of fact, there was a notorious row about Busby’s distMlery, and daily expectation of disclosure, In due time harmony was restored, and the Globe recovered its loyalty. ‘The sudden death of Colonel Ford, the collector, caused abriet disturbance. But the Rin urged the immediate appointment of the same Colonel Maguire, whose selection for that offfve McKee bad de- | manded’ in 1869, He was appointed; Fitzroy became his deputy, and from that time forward the loyalty of | | the Globe Was intense and glowing, Indeed, so violent was its attachinent to republicanism, pure wnd unde- | filed, that in 1874, when four-tifths of the republicans in the State desired to jom with independent demo- rats in support of a no-party anti-Bourbon ticket, McKee agreed to support the movement only on con dition that he should name the candidate for State Treasurer, When that was found im the Globe denounced the plan as treachery to the party, aud | McKee with others in the Ring, went | to. the onvention and tried to organize & | bolt, and the nomimation of a strict party ticket against | the formal sion of # party convents Failing in that, he used his paper throughout the catmpaign in sav age hostility to the independent ticket, and helped the Bourbons materially. Republican ward meetings were packed by companies of men gathered up from distiller. | ies, unuer the lead of revenue ollicials. Repub | candidates for the Legislature, who would not ph | themselves to vote against the re-election of + Bchurz, were 0 uneced by this Kin enly Wl if and is oF. gan, aud defeated wherever it was possible. Doubtless this opposition helped to iusure the election of « tor | mer Confederate General, For this most importaut | service to the republican party, after leading members of the Ring had br ind icter hey claimed that they were entitled to Executive fav THE RING HROKES. | ‘This bebavior of the Ring, in the campaign of 1874, | Jed to its destruction, Men who had no knowledge of 118 existence, except by general rumor, set them seives to find out something about this initu ence which had marched men from distilleries to rey ub- lean ward weetings. When the Merchants statistics for 1874 were published, some men compared the receipts and shipments of whiskey with the ofll cial report of the quantity, produced in the city was at once apparent that the quantity consum shipped was greatly in exc of the quantity aud said (0 be manul The excess repi 1. Louis alone of about $1,200,000 da new move of detecting traud— ah exam ination of the bills of lading or other com- | Ttsoon beat orts of receipts and shipments t irautl could be fastened upon Hidividudla, Mr. Fishback, proprietor of the Democrat, communicated contidentiaily with Secretary Bristow. Without the | kiiowledge of those who had been accustomed to warn the Ring of doings at Washington, the Secretary com- missioued Mr. Colioney, commercial editor of the Demo- erat, a® special of tf of the revenue, Thus armed } | With aimple authority, Mr, Colney proceeded tirst | trom Washi } Ring organ, aud Mr, Bowman, not imagini | comments fave | done gre: hits | und rectifiers generally offered to plead guilty and tes- | tify. | afforded by Joyce's letier book | government were led to examine that book more ke | upon the most unsparing aud un | Board of to collect, as if for the newspaper, a complete Statement’ of every bill of lading or shipment during the year, not of whiskey alone, bat of all im- portant articles, so that his objes not suspected, But the comparison of these shipments, from operators in whiskey at St. Louis, with olticial reports at Wash- ton, guve conclusive proof against nearly all ilhcit establishments, and led to the general exposure of whiskey frauas all over the land. Thus a fe mereial statistics upset the most powerful ever formed against the revenue service in this country. When the long labor of tracing and comparison laid progressed {ar enough to insure the conviction of the [ending distillers and ‘rect the Secretary sent on on special agents to make seizures. But ug so he found it necessary for the first time to most trusted officials the work ind make known to a {¢ he had on hana. and that very night the telegraph took | trom Washington to General MeDonald at St, Louis the announcement “LIGHT NE WILL STRIKE ON MONDAY,'” For about two offering to seli his controlling interest in the Democrat All offers had been disre- Bowman, as attorney for the Globe, had for amicable settlement, and through lam ack bad been led to name terms which he spt, but for weeks those terms had been treated as totally inadmissible by the owners of the g that uny- thing could oceur speedily to bring the parties together, had left town for a few days, On Monday hghtning did strike. The distilleries ‘were seized by special officers from Wasbington, Even then th perfectly detiant, and predicted that in a very every establishinent would be released and Si Bristow removed trom the Cabinet. But the next morning's Democrat contained a despatch of several lamas irom Washington stating the nature of the evidence which had been col ed. Then, for the first time, the Ring saw that it bad to fight hard, ‘That morning there was a hurried meceting of the Ring, and banks were consulted, That very afternoon Mr, Pishback's proposition was a changes in his fayor, and the Democrat’ passed into control of the Ring. That same. night editorial: gratulating the Presideut and Secretary upon the sure of the fraud. being in type in the Democrat oltice, were sent to Mr. McKee, of the Globe, for proval, und the proots were returned by him with an order nut to publish them. From that day nothing was admitted to the Democrat in the nature of further exposures or le to the government. So much in te was the Ring to complete the purchase that it could not wait the return of the attorney who had acted for the Globe in the matter, but others were at once employed to draw up the necessary papers. The Dem- cerat was speedily consolidated with the Globe and ased to exist. TRICKS TO AVOID CONVICTION. Unfortunately for the Ring the suppression of the Democrat did not stop the investigation, nor did the President remove Mr, Bristow, With any man less firm and clearheaded to push the matter the Ring might then have conquered, The disullers boldly pro- ed their innocence. The officials angrily detied any- body to cast suspicion upon Uh The Globe impu- denily asserted editorially that Secretary Bristow had wrong in causing seizures “merely on sus- picion.”” The Republican protested that it was highly improper to cast such a slur upon prominent and bighly respected citizens and business men who stood as well as any in the community, Now the Collector (Maguire) Was an intimate friend of the proprietors of the Republi- to Mr. MeKee, of the Globe. Mr, jew days | can, wnd had rented irom them the government oftices | in their building. The Times, whose editor was bondsman for some of the distillers who have since pleaded —_ guilty, Suggested that Mr. Bristow was trying to make Presidential capital, Merchants on Change were stirred up to indignation, because these seizures were going to damage the busi- ness of the city. All manner of appeals were made to | the President, and it is plain that at first he did not be- lieve the otficiais guilty, for, one after another, they were allowed to resign, Some of them remained in oflice for months, however, until it was concluded thet nothing could be done to expose and punish the frauds until they were out of the way. The distillers em- ployed very able counsel, and fora loug time fully be lieved, no doubt, that even they would escape. As for the officials, as late ag the Ist of September, nobody in St, Louis whe had not private knowledge of the nature of the evidence believed that any one of them would even be indicted, The new officials who were hostile to the Ring were assailed with all manner of slunders aud their removal attempted, Week atter week stories were circulated by the Ring that Secretary Bristow bim- Jf had been prompted by distillers im Kentucky to | stop distilling in ther Western States, But in duo tume lightning struck again. FROGKESS TOWARD COMPLETE EXPOSURE, Exactly how it came about perhaps nobody can tell, except the new District Attorney, Colonel D. P. Dyer, who bas pushed these cases with’ singular energy and ability, with the assistance of ex-Senator Hender- son and the constant aid of the officers selected by Secretary Bristow to work up the matter, But some steps in the proceeding are clear. Hirst—The President did not interfere, but steadfastly sustained the Secretary and showed that he was deter mined to ‘letno guilty person escape.” This was a frightful revelation to distillers who had been drawn or forced into the Ring in the full belief that for any vio- tious of the law there would be absolute protection at Washington. ‘ecund—The cases against some of them were made so clear and strong that they were advised that it would be folly to resist. Third—Meanwhile some of the oflicials and others, who had been very willing to take money from distil: | lers, were not inclined to contribute liberally to pay counset fecs tor those distillers. was willing, as Artemus Ward 8: wite’s relations iu this present Ww Fourth—Between the distillers who could not defend themselves, those who thought they could, and the Ring munagers, Who were willing to see any distiller in the yuntry nailed to the cross, but not willing to spend a jollar in getting hun down, a coldness arose, principally about counsel fees. Fifth—Then some of the distillers said, “We will make a clean breast of it,” and the government replied, It won't hurt you.”? zth—Tlien the rest saw that they could not afford to ackward in coming forward,” and the distillers very oue, I suppose, to “sacrifice all his venth—Meanwhile proofs had been qbtained from Washington and elsewhere, making it unpleasant tor some of the officials. MeDonald, Joyce, Fitzroy and some minor oilicers lad been indicted, "Though they proiessed the most absolute confidence of acquittal, the mere fact that the President still refused to do anything to protect men with whom he bad been personally inti- mate convinced aistillers and mmor members of the Ring that they had no hope but in full disclosure. ‘The distillers first came forward and threw themselves on the mercy of the government. They were told frankly that their sentences would depend upon the sort of evi- hould give, E mn Fitzroy saw that it would surely be proved that money had been paid to him by distillers, onths before Mr. Fishback had been | Ring was | retary | pted, with some | | street to 1 | future | of that period Commissioners to value the Jand, and NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1875.-TRIPLK SHEET. ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE. An Open Letter from Comptroller Green | to Mayor Wickham. A Review of the Department of Public Works. FITZ JOHN PORTER DISCUSSED. The main points contained in the letter forwarded to the Mayor yesterday by Comptroller Green are pre- served in the following: Finance Devarraenr, Comrrnc Crry ov Nuw York, No Hon. Wittia H, Wickitam, Mayoi Sin—Under date of September 2 I addressed you a letter asking your aid in arresting “the enormous ex- | penditure of public money for the prosecution of street | improvements and other public works which are at | this ume premature and entirely unnecessary,” * * * * * * . To this letter i have received from you no reply, nor | have any measures, vo faras 1 am aware, been ‘taken | by you in furthezance of the views therein expressed, dir. Fitz John Porter, the Commissioner of Public Works, has, however, thought it necessary to sign comuninication to you on the subject of my letter, notat all attempting to controvert its statements, but, in effect, alleging that I am the cause of all e outlays, that l yoted for them years ago when a Commissioner of the Central Park. lu the early part | of this century, When-the settlements on this ‘islaid reached up ‘to and about the City Hall Park, and when the population was less than 80,000, it became &pparent to intelligent minds that New York was to be- come a great city, amd that its future growth ought to be guided by an Latelligent plan, Measures were luken to this end, and 1p 1811 4 plan of the city from Houston sth street was adopted, upon which the | ireets, uvenaes and places were delineated. | Tenth avenue only was laid down above 165th | streel; otherwise this portion of thetsland was left un- touched The plans having been made the next step was their execution, and this was originally intrusted to the Park Commissioners, who began upon such works as seemed at that time desirable. It was not expected or pro- posed that the whole plan should be carried out imme- diately; only such main works were to be undertaken as the progress of the city from time to time required, The plan of the Commissioners of 1807 had been sixty years in process of execution, and even then less than one-half of iv had been carried out, The plans of the Park Commissioners were, in like manner, designed for the future development of the city, to be carried out gradually and carefully as required ‘during succeeding periods of the city’s growth, No one then ‘dreamed that inaccessible avenues, neither then or now required by the needs of the eommunity, would be pushed forward in order that the necessities of political jobbers and speculators might be accommodated at the expense of property owners and taxpayers at larg: Betore these measures were consummated, however, the management aud contro! of the improvements thus projected passed into other hands aud became the | fruitiul source of oificial jobbery and plunder. The adherents of the Ring began to speculate in Riverside and Morningside lots; Hugh Smith, James M. Sweeny and William M, Tweed, Jr., were appointed by a Judge speculators, municipal thieves, and others wearing the garb of varnished respectability held high carnival over the prospect of plunder. ‘The application to take the lamds of Riverside Park was made November 28, 1868, The value of these lands, as estimated by an experienced person before the plan was adopted, was about $1,400,000. The proceed- jugs were protracted and delayed until August 2, 1872, nearly four years, and the value .of. the land, including the “cost “of taking it, was finally reported at $6,173,620 80, or more than four tunes its value ag originally estimated. ‘The Ring had observed with: jealousy, as early as 1868, the increasing public favor’ which ‘attended the movements of the Park Commissioners. In those days, as is well known, this Ring was making rapid steps toward supreme control in the city. It was by its power in the Legislature able to keep in the Park Com- mission & cunning and corrupt representative—Thomas C. Fields, who was an efficient aid to the King im its | protracted and continued contest with the Park Com- mission, ‘ ‘The charter of 1870 gave legal form and assurance to the Ring, contirmed itin the government of the con- quered city, and divided patronage and plunder among its triumphant leaders. To Tweed was given anew Department of Public Works, with enormous powers, made up by an unnat- | and that it would go bard with him if he retused to tell | what he had done with it. Hence he pleaded guilty and testified before the Grand Jury. Then came the indictment of McKee and Maguire. Joyce, meanwhile, had been indicted alo in the Western district for trans actions at St, Joseph, and had been anxious to have that case tried tirst, believing that acquittal there was certain and would help him in the more doubtiul cases <t. Louis, But during the trial his counsel, Governor her—the sane who was chairman of the commis- sion to investigate the Indian Ring—incautiously placed too much stress upon certain proof for the defence the counsel for the niy than before; it was discovered that the book had been “doctored’’'at the very date necessary to exculpate him, and the book itseli secured his conviction, ‘Then consternation seized the Ring, and minor officials | made mony. haste to plead guilty and offer — testi- AU present the only persons of importance known to havo been indicted who have not pleaded | guilty or been convicted 4 guire and Avery, while the Grand Jury is examining telegrams and other documents and irying to deter- mino who was “the man in the country,” and what other persons at Washington or elsewhere received part of the plunder. It ts now reported that Munn, the Supervisor in Illinois, and “three other persous, not residents of St. Louis,” have been indicted, The disclosure of the names 13 daily expected. PUNISHMENE YOK THE THIRVES, McDonald, McKee, Ma | meut and no reiorm, ‘Thus far, it is claimed, no person has been indicted | without 5 proof us to insure conviction, Every person imdicted whose case hax been brought to trial has either been convicted or entered a plea of guilty. | continually for Those who know the situation say with great couue | ence thut the same fate awaits McKee, McDonald, Ma- guire and Avery; but thatetforts have been made to prevent the publication of t not ‘already convicted, also plead guilty. Hut it ix de: } proposition will be entertained. Indeed, it is evident that the President himself, whose good name the conspirators have 0 long and so shumelessly dragged into suspicion by their bousts of boundless intluence ut Washington, cannot tolerate anything that locks lik pression of evi- dence or prevention of full disclosures, and must in- sist, for his own sake as well as for we pudlie good, mMpromising expus- ation Of every person rned in the conspiracy, Believing that he has bad 1 and no wedge of this Ring, and wishing sincerely, though f have opposed him politically, that his name may not be blackened with avy stain of fraud, 1 must believe that he will cause this busines to be probed to the bottom and laid open before the world, so that It may be known exactly how far and bow falsely persons have professed to have an illegitimate him, thereby enriching iewselves and dragging others into crime," 1 do not want to see him elected President fora third term. But l pity any American who wishes to see an American President dishonored. * W. M. GROSVENOR, on condition that the clared that no sul ure and pro New York, Nov, 12, 1875. BROOKLYN'S BUDGET FOR 1875. ‘The Brooklyn Common Council met yesterday after- | ‘hoon, and, after considerable wrangling over the vari- statement prepared by the Board of lopted the budget for the expenses of the yvernment for the ensuing year, a8 lollows;— Jot city debt... 1,000 00 Interest on city debt “410 00 As tor repw 79 Sundr exements os purpo heads of de jepartment of City Works Departiwent of Police and Exerse,.. Depurtment of Fire and Buildings Board of Education, ; Department of Parks. Health Department plections. Wells and pumps au 3 OO 00 00 70,198 14,000 55,000 000 Less balance to credit of revenue tund, September 1, 187 TOtAL, seeeeeee eee B5018, stimony and secure some | | measure of clemency for thos: | election there were added to the rolls nearly four iniluence with | | commenced when he took office, | extent, and to some it is not. | any dise that discretion has been unwisely and injudiciously | 1 ural combination of the Lunctions of various previously existing departments, ‘o Sweeny was handed over the Department of Parks, with all the powers of the Commissioners of Parks. ssociated with hii were Henry Hilton and Thomas C. Fields, who together, forming a majority, absolutely directed the operations of the department, Sweeny had also the control of the Chamberlainship. From this time J had neither control nor influence in the affairs of the parks, nor of any of the works of the city, Expenditure ran riot, plunder was triumphant, and the park orguuization, ‘Which had required twelve years to perfect, was utterly demoralized. This state of things lasied for eighteen months, until the fall elec- tion of 1871. ‘The reforins of 1871 did not, however, immediately reach the country districts with sullicient force to. dis- lodge the allics of the Ring, who held places all over the State; consequently, through the Legislature the creatures and near friends of the Ring continued to | hold their positions, to be impediments to the proc | esses of reorganization. - The struggle for reform has indeed been one con- tinued contest for the last fige years, One official in- trenchment after another has been recaptured, but where the Ring, either fn the persons of its immediate members or in the Legislature, has been free to desig- hate its successors, it hus perpetuated its methods to | this day, and no complete settlement of our affairs will | be accomplished till those who sympathized with these methods of the Ring are wholly driven out. In the Legislature of 1872, the Ring intluences being still dominant, an act was passed, ostensibly relating to | the Croton Aqueduct, but containing a clause of a few lines transferring all the powers and functions of the Pask Departinent outside the Park to the Department of Public Works, ‘Thus were centred in that depart. | ment not only the unlimited powers that Tweed had given it in his charter, but nearly all the system of »powersand duties that bad been conferred upon the Departinent of Parks and the Park Commission. These powers were exercised just as might have been expected. On the Ist of Mareh, 1875, they fell into the hands of Mr, Fitz John Porter, through your appoimt- ment of him as Commissioner of Public Works. Mr. Porter, in his letter, intimates, and leaves it to be understood, that 1 had a respousible agency in the expenditure of some $28,000,000 in the early develop- meut of these works. This is a muisrepresentation, Mr. Porter should have been more careful in adopting the statements of those who got up his letter. The amount of expenditures made on the improvements Which he mentions at the date I ceased to hoid any controlling power im relation to them was, within a period of three and a halt years, $1,456,472 40, Mr. Porter says he ouly continues works that were ‘This is true to some So far ax he hus ion in what works he shall prosecute, exercised; and, as to these works which he docs | continue, he continues not only the works but the methods in which they ‘have been con- ducted by his predecessors. There is no improve- | Works duc at that time, and certified to by the Comin | $100 to first, $50 to second, $30 to third and $20 10 | occasion, where the unfitness of one of these persons Was so mnauifest that 1 deemed it my ~~ to call the attention of the Commissioner of Public Works to the fact, | was informed, in reply, that the work was done to the Commissioner's satisiaction and that it was “none of your (my) responsibility.” No less important a matter is the appointment of foremen of the various gangs of laborers in the De- partment of Public Works. These men suould prop- erly have some mechanical skill and some experience in managing men and directing their operations, and it would reasonably be expected that these considerations would have some weight in making their appointment, But we flod men appointed as foremen who had pre- Viously been employed in the most diverse vocations and who from their former experience are not qualities for the service required of them. Tam told that but few of these have any experience in their duties, Some of them are neither sober nor Watchful, and the detmoralization on the part of the laborers is largely due to their inefficiency. I am cred- ibly informed that on the 9th of October a serious dis- turbance occurred upon the Boulevard, in which cer- tain of the foremen and numbers of the laborers were concerned, many of them being in a state of intoxica- tion, und that obe of the foremen and several of the laborers were arrested by the police, Another of the foremen, also in an intoxicated ‘condition, escaped arrest only by being concealed by tis men in a Lool Ox, ‘This whole matter of appointments is one of vast iin- portance, and where mon are mtrusted with official re- sponsibilities they should be qualitied by character and experience to administer them properly and with re- Pe the public interests, In this Department of Public Works there are duties which involve the super- vision of the works iu progress over a wide area at scattered and numerous points, It 18 diffieult to wateh the persons who are set to perform this work of super. Vision—to watch the watchmen; and yet it is needful that the supervision should be thorough, for it is on thé fuith of the reports of these supervising persons that the Commissioner of Public Works certities claims to un enormous extent to the Finance Department for payment. What, then, would seem to be his duty in the premises? Surely’ to select. competent men, in whose vigilance and truthfulness every dependence could be placea The letter which [| wrote you on the 2d of Septem- ber was written with the view of calling your atten- tion to the «uwise und injudicious” policy of proceeding with the pubhe works prematurely” and m advance of public need, and of asking your co-operation in arresting their progress. ‘t) ouly acknowledgment which I receive is the irrelevant statement that I designed these works myself some fifteen years ago, On the 7th of October, When I sent you the immense pay rolls of the laborers on these sioner of Public Works, I udvised you of the character of the work done by his department, in order that you might, a3 Chief Magistrate, take such remedial meas- ‘yres as might seem best to you, aud as only are m your hands, In’ reply you demanded, with some degree of warmth, the evidence of what I then said, although the fucts were public and notorious, 1 have done my duty in advising you of the existing state of things, though I do not know that in either instance it has 1 sulted in any measures to prevent thiz waste of the public moneys. Lum not unwilling to furnish you, in addition to the evidence which I have now given you in this letter, certaim specific complaints which have come to me in the shape of letters from responsible and well known gitizens; copies of some of these I append hereto, Thad Supposed I was not stepping out of the line of my duty in trying to prevent the payment of money from the Treasury without lair equivalent, The Com- missioner of Public Works appears, however, to think otherwise, and, in the conclusion of his letter, assumes anattitude of menace, He says:— “Whatever notions others may have of official duty, 1 believe mine will be best. performed by executing the laws relating to my own department and attending to my own business.”? ‘ Those property owners,who have already observed the consequence of Mr. Porter's “attending to my (his) own business,” in the Department of Public Works, will justly regard this renewed determination on his part with some concern, Very respectfully, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller. FLEETWOOD PARK. ‘The trotting at the above place was postponed y terday on account of the rain. Should the weather be favorable to-day the second fall trotting meeting will begin with two contests for purses, The entries are good. TROTTING IN MASSACHUSETTS. cox PARK, ‘THURSDAY AND Fripay, Noy. 11 axp 12.—Purse $200; $100 to first, $50 to second, $30 to third and $20 to fourth; for horses that never trotted Vetter than 2:34; mile heats, best three im five, in harness. Winser Park names». g.GeorgeH. 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 D. Bigley names b, m. Grace......1 214 6 4 3 J. T, Manson names w. m, Blanche 2.1 2 6 4 2 4 H. Woodruif names b. g. Doctor... 6 3 3 6 1 3 2 M. J. Galvin names ch. g. Heary Stone. 746628 no D. Bigley & gett... 65535 ro ‘Time, 2:35\—2:37— The race for the class was lirst on the third day’s programme, but it came to an unexpected ending after the first two heats, Among the horses namea to start were the bay gelding Westbrook, entered by J. Chadbourn, and the buy gelding Sampson, entered by John Hess. Their appearance on the track’ caused con- siderable remark, and when in the second heat West- brook came in 4 winner without apparent effort the imanager of the track, Mr. J. T. Manson, examined him andtound his anki inted black and the horse otherwise disguised, he being none other than Smallhopes, Lothair, Lapland, or any other of the aliases under which this horse achieved an unenviable reputation in the West during the past season, Sampson proved to be Joe Clarke, suspended at the track Iast season for non-payment of entrance money, and as there Were questions as to the eligibility of’ others in the race the judges declared the contest off and ordered the return of all entrance fees and the repayment of all pools sold, The management is to be thanked for thus | suinmarily checking this fraudulent attempt, Neither J. Chadbourn nor John Hess could be tound and neither of them had a friend in the crowd. ‘A very good race was had between the horses ou- | tered in the 2:37 class, and five started for the purse of $200, The first heat was won by J. T. Trout’s bay mare Florence, the second heat by J. Golden’s gray | gelding Ned, and J. J. Bowen's gray gelding Hazor then waltzed away with the three succeeding heats and the race. The four, purses were awarded in the order in which the horses are named in the summary :— Beacox Park, Fripay, Nov. 12—Purse $200; fourth; for horses that never trotted taster than 2:37; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, J. J, Bowen names gg. Hazor. Ce ie es Oe J. Golden names g. g. Ne ae 8 is 2/9 J.T. Trout names b. m. Florenee.......1 3 8 4 2 G._H. Ellenwood names b, ‘m, Lady Sheribam, ae 44434 M. J. Gulvm names br. g Johnnie 56 8 bar Time, 2:38), 2:37. “HORSE NOTES. R, J. Strader, of Boone county, Kentucky, closed out his valuable coilection of trotting stock at public sale, last week, at his training and stud farm. The subjoined is ‘a list of the horses, to whom sold, and the prices real- ized :— | Crittenden... Col. R, P. Pepper, Kentucky. . $5,025 r. Bidwell, New Orleans....... 1,000 Jr..Col. 'T. T. Withers, Lex. H. H. Hoffman, Cincinuati.... Maj. J. W. Todd, Indianapolis H. Morehead, Cincinnatt, F. G. Ringgold, Cincinnati. Col. T. T, Withers, Lex. K Maj. M. L. Hare, Indianapolis W. A. Crigler, Boone cv., Ky. Otiw Volunteer, Cas. M. Cla; On the contrary, the number en employed by the day on the up-town works hus 1 actually increased by seven hundred since Mr, Porter's accession to office, and pew gungs are being ed, There were immedistcly before clection nearly three thousand three bundted men em- ed on these works, there being confessedly less to do than at the same time last year, when vut 2,700 were employed, During the fortnight ending on Saturday prior to hundred. Perhaps some explanation ot this state of things may be found in Mr, Porter's recent testimony before the Senate Investigating Committee, where he ways: I questioned whether it was in, to do this by contract or not. tem, a system which was vevic Pp by my predecessor, a thought to change the system sud y the elty ws to co ith the emple ri divisable, when T first came 1 found ys Labor | nd badly as | against the laboring pm Whatever may be the value of these political consid | erations which Mr, Porter brings up as a reason why | the day's work system should not just wt that time be changed, itis a fact that the Works so conducted have | become a public scandal, and that the methous by which they are performed are disgraceful tu the de- partinent responsible for them They have become a subject of grave complaint on | the part of such prominent citizens aud taxpayers us y Jacksons, Schultz, Wiliam H, Macy, Sherwood, John Haven and others, betore the Juvestigating Committee and in the daily press, ” . * * ” : Let us now look a little further into the manner in Which the affairs of this department are at present cow ducted, There are some pimety the ontracts for | sewers, paving, regulating wud g, Hagyiug, &e. under which the work is going on, ata Lotal estimated cost of $1,000,000, and on theso there are employed more than furly jaspectors set to keep the contractor to ork, on Whose lidelity and intelligence very mach he construction ola sewer is a work requiring ekiil and infeligen A contractor Who is oF to slight his work—and there is vc- so disposed—may, iH the inspector is ignorant of this class of work, use bad cement or bad brick, of may execute the Work impertectly, [la Uoulder happens to be in the way of a sewer's progress the sewer Is laid up to the boulder ou one side and con- tinued from iton the other, If the inspector is an un- faithful or corrupt man a few dollars Will insure his ab- sence or that he does not see any defects, and if he is ignorant of Uhis business deieets will exist and he not | Know of them, Itis upon the faith of inspectors’ re- ports that the Commissioner of Public Works calls upon the Finance Department for payment for the | work | By way of illustration, it may be added that among | those inspeetors, coming not Jong *inee inty the Finauee | Department to receive their monthly pay, was one so | le More than 8, Boone co.; Ky. St. Clair...... Sallie Warteld...Major Bidwell, New Orleans, Madame Herr,...Major Todd, Indianapolis, .. Lady Anderson, . Major Bidwell, New Orleans. Henry. ..-D. Bickam, Dayton Journal. ohn Curtis, Cincinnati Major Bidwell ¥.'T. Long, Henry Co., Ky. William Cropper, Ky. Matthew Dugan, Cinetnnati,.. Mr. M. 1. Hare, Indianapolis, Major Bidwell M. L, Bowerman, ¥. Dickie... +e J. D, Vaughan, Richmond, Ind, K. H. Morehead, Cincinnati . Martin, Cleves, 0... . Oliver, Cingin’ th «+esedohn Hamilton, Covington, D, Vaughan, Richmond, Ind. Mr, Stephens Major Bidwell , Chas. Flewhman, Cineinnat Mayor Bidwell, New Orleans of the above are wean yeurlings and two-year-olds, which mal considering the ages of the animals sold and the late: ness of the season, the most sful sale of trotting horses that Las taken place in Kentucky this year, THE RIFLE. Two prominent sporting gentlemen, members of the Of-Hand Ritle Club, are matched to shoot at Macomb's Dam Bridge, to day, at oue o'clock P.M. FOOTBALL, PROPOSITION TO ORGANIZE A NEW YORK CLUB— INVITATION TO AMATEUR ATHLETICS, New York, Nov, 16, 1 To tue Eviron or tHe Hexauy:— The encouragement you always extend to the in- crease of athletic sports induces me to trespass upon Your space ju the interest of a much neglected game, bat one which for vigorous and healthy exercise has no equal, Last Saturday | visited New Haven to witness the mateh game of football between Harvard and Yale, an excellent report of which appeared in the Hgerany of the following day, and, while enjoyimg the sport, the thought occurred to me, why cannot tyowball be intro, duced among amateurs? So far, the game has been played omy at the colleges in our vicinity—the teams of Columbia, Stevens’ Institute, Rutgers and Princeton Truxton, Lady Martin. . Chester. Bettie Be Lizzie Smit Bristol ... Blac 608 02 | blind that he had ty be led in by his sou Un auothor | sanually coming together in o Kerio of varmes between —_—_—_— themselves, while occasional reports reach us of elas matches at Harvard, Yale, Cornell aud other collegiate institutions, . Tremember, about two years azo, a few members of the New York Athletic Club occasionally practised foot- ball, but their efforts to set the game on a proper foot ing never extended beyond this, and, what with rowing and athletics, the officers of that enterprising organiza tion have really enough to attend to without taking football into consideration, The proper way is to em tablish a club for football alone, and from the hearty way in which the few gentlemen I have spoken to on the subject entertain the idea I think if you will accord the project the publicity of your columns a sufficient response will be made at oace to insure the establish- ment of a NRW YORK FOOTBALL CLUB, No other game offers such sport in return for the outlay. Beyond the individual expense of aclub uni- form, consisting of a colored jersey and tlannel knick- erbockers, the club is only called upon to supply balls anda practice ground, The base ball field at Central Park might be used for the purpose without detri it to the turf, no spikes being used in the shoes, rende ing it impossible to tear up the grass, and runuing on it tends to improve the pasturage, However, if ‘tral Vark could not be obtained why it is easy to secure @ good level fleld at a moderate rental for the football season. At the present time Bell's Lise will show in its foot- ball feature a list of nearly fifty matches for every Sat- urday atternoon, nearly ail of them between Londo clubs, Our climate does not accord us the same fa- cilities for pursuing the game throughout the whole of the winter, but still there is ample time after the close of the base ball, rowing and athletic season, and again before it pene in the spring, to play football, and we have tho | vantage of an hour’s more daylight for play than in England, where, at four o’clock or shortly after, the game has to be called. Ju order to facilitate matters and bring about a meet- ing of those interested in the game I will be pleased to receive communications from any desirous of formin; aclub, and when a sufficient number has been obtain name a tine and place for them to meet and organize. Yours respectfully, Post Office box 698, Le Vere BICYCLING, The bicycle match against time was settled on Mon+ day, the 1st inst,, at Lillie Bridge, London, D, Stanton, the well known bicyclist, completing his task of rid ny 650 miles in seven successive days, with one hour cat twelve and a halt minutes to spare, ROMANCE OF A BROKEN LEG. 4 DOCTOR ACCUSED OF HAVING PERPETRATED A BOLD ROBBERY. {n Monday’s Huratp was published an account of the robbery of Louis Clark, of No. 211 Division street, by @ gang of burglars. It was then stated that Dr. David Dundes, of No, 71 Hester street, had been arrested and committed to await examination, Dr. Dundes is a Russian Jew, of very eccentric appearance, who has forfour months been endeavoring to alleviate the bodily ills of the Hebrew community in and around Hester street. Little was known of his life, and as his ignorance of the English language made him unable to account for certain valuables of a curious and unique kind found on his premises, little doubt of his guilt was entertained, As the particulars of the robbery were in many re+ spects similar to those of several such outrages of Tecent occurrence it was thought probable that ap investigation would throw some light upon’ the per- petrators, A Heraup reporter visited the neigh- borhood of which both the complainant and de- fendant in tbe case were denizens, to ufquire into the character and associations of the accused physician, as well as to collect such facts as might bear upon the case, and he succeeded in acquiring a fund of very cu- rious and very conflicting information, The apothecw ries in the viclnity seemed to know very little about Dr. Dundes’ mode of life and profes sional practice, with the exception of one mysterious German, who at first betrayed a fair acquaintance with the Tenth ward vernacular; but on being questione¢ concerning his acquaintance with the Doctor suddenly lapsed into High Dutch, and when an interpreter was brought to bear upon this phenomenal druggist, ta whom the gift of tongues must have been transmitted, he passed by easy stages into an unintelligible jargon, which sounded to the reporter's unpractised ear like the purest Sanscrit, A VISIT TO CLARK, Louis Clark, the complainant, a man of ade vanced age, who is confined to his bed by a broken leg, was then questioned regarding the robbery, His story as told to the reporter differs in some details from his original.saccount of the affair, He stated that about four months ago he fell from his wagon, fracturing his leg, and sent jor Dr, Dundes. The latter attended him but seemed to effect uo favorable results. While engaged in dress- iy the injured limb, however, he manitested consider- ble curiosity in Mr. Clark’s affairs and made various inquiries regarding his business habits and the hours when he was generally alone. Shortly after this all connection between physician and patient was brokes olf and Mr, Clark ciaims to have seen nothing of Dr, Dundes till one morning about five o’clock, some three months ago, when he entered his room, accompanied by another nan, and; violently easing him, attempted to cram in his mouth a small scull cap he wears, He was prevented however by his companion, who, fearing detection, called him away. Before going he took a Bible and forced Clark to sweat never to divulge his imtrusion and assault. The lat- ter, however, made a charge, but on admitting to @ detective who visited him that Dundes had stoleo nothing was advised to relinquish his intention of ee ‘Two weeks ago he removed trom Ludlow street, where the first. attempt of robbery was made, to his present residence, 211 Division street. Lately a lady called upon him here with the ostensible object of buying his interest in the manu- facture of some breadstulls, but who managed by cau- tious questioning to secure the same knowledge of hit habits that Dundes had formerly sought. During hia wife’s absence on Sunday morning, about five o'clock, his room was entered by four men, three of whom pro- ceeded to ransack the bureau, while the other stood by his bedside and pinioned his arms. From the bed- room he saw a mau whom he recognized as Dr. Dundes light a candle and proceed to examine the contents of the drawer and pry open a box contained io it, While he was so engaged Clark raised a cry, at which the Doctor called out to his accomplice ai the bedside, who, by thé way, carried an iron bar, “Take the iron and give it to him; thavl quiet him.” Dundes then rose from the drawers and mo- tioned the rest off, saymy, “Come along; 1 have the guoney.”” They then’ went out and some of the neighbors hearing Clark’s cries hurried into the room and released him. A woman called at the police station in Madison street who stated that the arrest of Dr. Dundes explained a mysterious disappearance of silver spoons and other plate which bad occurreé during his professional attendance upon ber, THE DENIAL, The reporter subsequenty called upon some nee * bors of Dundes, who seem to think very highly of him and speak very disparagingly of his accuser, Among others was one Mrs, Kora, @ | sister of Clark, who joined with the wite of the de- fendant in stating that the charge was trumped up by the compluinat to revenge himself upon Dundes, who he fancied had dg him by maltreating bis injured limp, This Mrs. Korn, who evidently entertains for her brother no very profound sisterly alfection, declares that Clark himself told her that he would make the doctor pay dearly in money for his criminal ignorance Gt surgery, or would keep him in prison so long that he would never breath fresh air again, ‘The women likewise tell a story with a strong melo- dramatic flavor in it about three men who came to Dr. | Dundes and informed him that they had overheard a plot being formed to send him to prison and lighten bis purse. AN ALINE PROVED BY A LITTLE GItL, Alittle girl, Maggie Levi by name, who has the most important evidence yet adduced, was brought to the reporter, She states that between the hours of four aud five o'clock on the morning of the afleged outrage her mother, who was ill, sent her for Dr. Dundes, She found him in bed but aroused him and he accompanied her home, where he remained until nine o'clock. If her story be wuthenticated it will clear the Doctor of complicity in the outrage, Apropos of this affair, it may be well to state thas Mrs. Dundes, the wife of the defendant, complains that a gold chain, valued at $175, is missing from her drawer since the police searched the premises, and Is not to be found at tho station house, So new elopments of interest may be expected, WORK FOR THE CORONERS, Jacob Miller, a Germalf, aged forty years, took a dose of Paris green last Monday evening and died at Bellevue Hospital yesterday morning. Coroner Woltman will hold an inquest on the remains. James Lawrence died at Bellevue Hospital yesterday frow the effects of injuries received from jumping of the roof of No, 416 Ninth street on the 7th inst, Henry Gugert, of No, 229 Third street, was run over and killed by a soda water wagon on ths 3d inst, Cor. ner Eickhoff held an inquest yesterday, the jury ren- 4 ing a verdict of “death from injuries accidentally received.” Rosana Barnes, of No, 23 Spring street, died yester. day while laboring in a ft of delirium tremens, She was but twenty-one yeurs of age, The body of a female infant was found in an ash bar re] at the corner of Bank and Washington streets yea e, Of No. 46 East Tenth street, took,as overdose of opium by mistake yesterday, She died i w few minutes, William 1, Kerr died at Bellevue Hospital October from the effects of injuries received by being ran over by a bateher’s cart which he was ariving and from which he fell, An inquest was held yesterday, the jury rendering a verdict in wecordance with the tacts Martin Ford, a child aged eight years, of No, 317 Raat Sixtieth street, fell trom a truck ‘yesterday afternoon, at the corner of Fifty-uinth street and First avenue, aud Was justantly killed, Coroner Croker waa wod Wil hold an ingucay