[517] Myers, History of Tammany, p. 276.
[518] Without provocation James Irving of New York assaulted Smith M. Weed of Clinton.
[519] New York Tribune, April 14, 1871.
[520] "Winans was unfortunate in his bargain, for after rendering the service agreed upon Tweed gave him only one-tenth of the sum promised." Myers' History of Tammany Hall, p. 277. It might be added that Winans' wife left him, and that the contempt of his neighbours drove him from home. A rumour that he subsequently committed suicide remains unverified.
[521] Paine, Life of Nast, p. 153.
[522] Ibid., p. 182.
[523] Paine, Life of Nast, p. 145.
[524] February 24, 1871.
[525] Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1890; Paine, Life of Nast, p. 170.
[526] New York Times, July 21, 1871.