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Document Signed “W. M. Tweed” as Street Commissioner, on a voucher for $245.00 on the City of New York, Lamps and Gas, October 17, 1868. ... plus, Check Signed by BOTH “A Oakey Hall” as mayor and “Richard B. Connely” as comptroller, written on the County Treasurer of New York at the National Broadway Bank for $52 “services cleaning Coronors Office.” William "Boss" Tweed, Richard B. Connolly (City Comptroller), and A. Oakey Hall (Mayor) were key members, the "Big Four," of the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine in New York City during the 1860s-1870s, orchestrating massive graft by overcharging for public works (like the courthouse) and splitting the illicit profits, leading to public outrage and their eventual downfall through investigations. Boss Tweed was convicted for stealing an amount estimated by an aldermen's committee in 1877 at between $25 million and $45 million from New York City taxpayers by political corruption, but later estimates ranged as high as $200 million (equivalent to $5 billion in 2024). Unable to make bail, he escaped from jail once but was returned to custody. He died in the Ludlow Street Jail.