TAMMANY'S AGENT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1052, 9 December 1871, Page 3

TAMMANY'S AGENT.

[NEW YORK TIMES, SEPT. 26.]

The ipignities of the dismembered Ring have 'pot i^ret' been half ibid, ' Every day something fresh and startling comes to light in regard to the manner in which they schemed to enrich themselves by theft and swindling, and at the same time pile up the public debt. It was generally Jboiieved that the last cf Tweed and Sweeney's scandalous Broadway job had been heard from ; but it now transpires that there are disclosures remaining which .are equally as shameful as any that have heretofore been made. With the death of James Watson, the late County Auditor, everything to connect the Ring with the job was supposed to have for ever passed avay, and to have become as silent as the grave which received his body ; but rumor now says that new facts have been discovered which drags the names of Tweed, Hall, Sweenev, and Connelly prominently into the Broadway-widening swindle. Rumor, apparently welL-founded, asserts tnat when the fatal character of the accident which befel Watson, last ■whiter, was first communicated to the Ring, it was thrown into the greatest consternation, and that it quickly devised measures to prevent him from divulging what he knew about the great frauds. Dame Rumor goes on tp say that County Plerk Loew, who was personally unpopular with Watson in hi 3 lifetime, Police Justice M'Quade, another person took possession of the dying man's house, and Jfept: everyone away from hiis bedside kiiown not to be in strict unison with the Ping. George W. Hoome, keeper of the City Hall, was called on to guard the door of the house, and to see that none but the close friends of Hall, Tweed, JeJweeney, and Connelly passed through. The dwelling, in fact, was converted into a sort of restaurant and prison combined, where strangers ate and slept and watched, compelling Watson's strickened family to remove to the top floor to hide their grief and obtain domestic privacy. These harsh arrangements were taken, as before-mentioned, to prevent, by all possible chance, the guilty secret of the Ring from escaping Watson's dying lips. He had acted as its " tool " for- a long number of years, and was particularly useful as its agent in obtaining purchases and refusals of real festate on |hS Jine of the Broadway widening for Sweeney, Tweed and Co. The members have provided for enormous amends, and anticipated making large fortunes out of their investments. The death of Watson could not be averted however, and consequently their villainy was brought to an abrupt end. Enough i facts leaped out after the job to make it highjy jmpprtant that {foe fnll story shpuld 'not come tp light in making a settlement of the property left fy Watson, who died Intestate, . To avert thiß danger a bill was hurridly engineered through the Legislature by "Boss" Tweed, annulling the annulling the original bill for the widening of Broadway, and enacting a new one in its place. Watson'a property was taken in charge by the agents of the Ring, and County Clerk Loew was appointed administrator of the estate. It is said that Mrs Watson was given 500,000d0l by the Ring, but the most probable statement is that she was allowed 2000dol a month, which sum was afterwards reduced to 1200dol, or lOOOdol a month, her present stipend from the Ring. |t is algo alleged that Watson's horse's and carriages were taken possession of by ihe Ring, under plea of disposing of them for 1 the benefit of his family. One fast animal, worth 5000dol, still remains nnaold in the custody of Police Justice M/Quadg.