"April 12th, 1875.
"My dear Sir,—I had lis pendens filed on all the property Tweed has owned since 1867. Some little is still in his name. Most of it is transferred. I have complete lists of the property of the Sweeneys and Hugh Smith, and lis pendens ready to file the moment Mr. O'Conor gets the suits ready to begin.
"I saw him yesterday and forwarded to you his letter, which you received this morning, I suppose. I cannot hurry him. He is making the case as thorough and complete as possible. Ingersoll turns out to be all we expected, and is perfectly ready to do what he can.
"I don't think anything can be lost by the few days' delay, as a transfer just now would be so clearly for purposes of fraud as to make it of [not?] the least benefit.
"I saw an article in the World to-day, copied from a Syracuse paper, to the effect that the Court of Appeals had come to a conclusion in the Tweed case and in his favor and on the points raised by Comstock. I don't believe it at all, but if so, it is most scandalous, as Comstock was allowed to raise his points in reply, and we had no opportunity to answer. There is nothing in his point as habeas corpus serving, and almost as clearly none as writ of error.
"If the court ever decided for Tweed it ought to be d—d eternally.
"It seems to me almost impossible for it to do so honestly.
"Yours truly,
"Wheeler H. Peckham."