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AsD, uit pinto~ Up, THE ESCAPE OF TWEED. 0 A LEA F FROf Tl SECRET lIlSTOR 1 OF THE BUS. How he defied justice--Flow he eluded justico ahd how justice overtook him at last. There has boon no more con spicuous illustration of the possi bilities of American politics than the career of William M. Tweed. This irian, springing from the lowest walks of life and rising through the different gradations, from the fore inanship of the old "Big Six" fire engine, and the chairmanship of a ward club, at last usurped control of Tammany Hall, and was for years autocrat of New York and well nigh of the United States.. How he qrganized a ring, swindled the city, amnassed untold wealth, 4nd defied t4e law, and how be at last suc cumbed to the force '9f public opinion, became a fugitive, and was finally incarcerated in jail, are matters of history. But certain points of the secret history of his trial have been recently made public, which, being of general interest, are reproduced here. Tweed had been convicted on the cripinal trial against him, and was in jail. The civil suit against him for six million dollars was just coi mencing. He had hoped to effect a compromise by which on surrender ing all his property he would be set at liberty. But this appeared to be on the point of faihure. 'Tweed's property was attached. Ho had no money to pay lawyers' fees and his conusel were deserting him. As a last resort, he determined to flee the country, a,3d to effect this he had recourse to his fellow prisoners. Chaloy Lawrence was there, a ,quondam shcretary of Tweed's Americus Club,,and an acquaintance 'f the Boss, but now, a convicted silk smuggler. Lawrence imparted to him i thorough knowledge of the extradition laws, and showed that Spain was the beat place of exile, as no extradition treaty exists between that country and the United States. .Another companion was Bliss, after wards the Northampton bank rob ber, who undertook to manage the details of escape through his con federates. Tweed was to be taken in charge by a well organized body of men distributed throughout the country, having every facility, their connections and methods being thoroughly tested and well estab lished. He was furnished with a short key for telegraphic commnuni. cation and one for postal facilities. The latter included a system of .inclosures through five different en velopes, with addresses. at removed points. He was to find occasion to visithishouse and deliver himself over secretly and unattended at his own door'. The execution of tihe agree. mont included his landing in Spain or under the Spanish. flag and in Spanish territory safoly and secretly. Ho was OIVEN THE NAME OF JOhN SEcoI,- . By which he was -to be known to his new connections, -and his personal identity and his own name were to be concealed from all personsr with out exception from the moment he passed out of his own stoop. No member of the bar, nor his counsel, nor any friend or person whatever of his previous connections, knew of his proposed flight or had anly part in its execution. Neither did they know of his whlereabouts at any time until it had become necessary for him to communicate with thom after his arrest in Cuba by the Spanish officials. The exact minute of departure was fixed at eight o'clock in the eveping, not more than one minute "before to one minute after that hour. The time of his flight was left undetermined, but 1he was to visit hiis house on certain days and whien the whole train was ready a sign was to be given by a cortain, mark upon tile stoop which he could see as he descended the steps. Accord ingly Tweed took occasion to obtain from tile shoriff andl his kocpors the us'ual privilege of the jail yard, to visit his family and transact somae business, several such visits having been madeoto his house at the usual hour after dark. He secretly made pomo preparation, of personal mat'. ters, putting his business affairs ias good order as possible. 'THE MAINER OF EscAPE. Finally it raohed the 4th no. nD.. coirmbor, 1875, which proved the occasion of his departure. On the evening of that day he was driven in the customary back, attended by two keepers, to his houso. Ascond ing the stoop he saw the sign. It was about half-past seven o'clock, and a dreary December evening. The signal at onco aroused him with a startling shock, and as ho do scribos the occurrence, his blood and his norvos wore filled with an electrical excitement which THRILLED EVERY FIBRE OF HIS FRAME. Controlling himself with some efrort he led his attendants to their wonted and welcome feast, which on this occasion was amply provided in the dining room. The keepers ate and rwed took care, also, that they drank. At just the right moment one of the koopors rose and wont to the wash basin in the room to wash his hands and got ready for his usual cigar after dinner. Tweed took the opportunity to rise also, and saying he would wash in the adjoining room ho passed into the hall closing the door. As ho left the room he quickly took the first hat and coat and stopped out of the front door. He was a fugitive. He saw the hack before the door with out a driver, who also took advan tage of the occasion in the kitchen. Not a person or sound appeared to respond to his appointment. It was not quite one minute past eight. He had stolen forth from his home to place himself in the hands and guidance of a picked gang of des peradoes. As he shrank back under the shadow of the stoop it seemed to him a long period of doubt and self.. examination until his attentien was attracted by the noise of whools, and he saw A COMMON TRADESMAN'S WAGON, Such as is used by grocers and ex4 press drivers. He saw also a man's arm reach out from the cover, which was a sign that it was for him. As ho descended the stoop ho also saw a man passing slowly, which caused him to hesitate, but this person said in a low tone, "All right ; got in the wagon." So he scrambled into the covered wigon, which drove quickly around the block into Madison avenue, but as they got there, a car having run off the track, some mounted police and passengers stood in the way and the fugitive was stopped for two or three min utes. The wagon soon started again and drove zig-zag across the city toward North River, which was soon reached, and beside a big truck on the pier they stopped. The driver said, "Get out on the river side." Tweed got out, seeing that the truck covered him from ob servation. As he alighted a man stood near the truck also, who in dicated that Tweed was to descend into a row boat, in which lie quickly embarked and CROSSED TO THE JERSEY SIDE. There he was met by another vehicle in waiting for him on the shore road, when he was driven off into the region beyond the river and palisades in a direction and to a termination where he had inever been before and could not now ascertain or indicate. At an oldi farm house Twveed was. received by another of his now found friends, and in this refuge, disguised, he continued OvER THIREE XoNTrIS.. From December 4th until the first week in March, he was always under the control of two men who had managed his escape and contracted for his safety. Ho -did implicitly what they directed, and they held him in hand like trainers. Ho slept, he rose, he wvalked, lie rode, ate andc drank only as they instruet ed him, and it may be remarked here that this discipline and relation wore maintained unti1 he olosed his engagement with thorn satisfactorily in Florida. On March 5th he lef Jersey, and took up a temporary abode on Staten island, about one half a mile from Fort Wadsworth, at the Narrows, in a fishormuan's lhut, with his two companiona. Uere the party staid twvo wooks, making preparations. Mr. Tweed not only lived at this shad man's hut two weeks, but even mad& a visit acroas the channel and STOPPED A~ NIHT IN nIRoQKLYN, During his stay on Staten Island a light and fast sailing little schoon or was fitted out and manned by himself and two companions, with a negro boy, Ito atarted at last from the pier in-front of the fort in a row-boat in the night, and slipped away upon a pleasant breeze. In dane nonrnaM nad withount anything noticeable they reached the lagoons. on the coast of Florida. At one of the light-house stations they made a deflnito stoppago, Tweed taking board with the keeper of the light as JOUN 5ECOit, AN INVALID OENTLEMAN Soking a restoration of health and the recreations of fishing and hunt ing. Hero, too, he parted with his guides from Now York, closing his contract with thom at that place. Hero Tweed was joined by the per son who is known as Hunt in the reports of his subsequent arrost. This man was a Florida guide,' ind with him Tweod spent a long time in the interior, camping out, hunt ing and fishing. Subsequently' ho returned to St. Augustine, which place he left in a fishing smtck for Cuba, and he and his nom imion Hunt landed ton miles outside the harbor of Santiago do Cuba. Entering the city, they were arrested by the officials, but wore released. After romaining s4)ino time in Cuba he was permitted to embark for Spain, paying $548 passage money for himself and Hunt. The voyage was not pleasant, as the fol lowing extracts from TWoed's diary show : "I still keep on the cloth (summor) pants, a pair made for mo in June. 1873, as the mark tolls me. They are about ten inches too large around the waist, so I think I must have decreased some in size thore since that time." Of his living he says: "No appetite. Bowl of soup for breakfast. Soup made of a few hard sailor biscuit boiled in hot water and, seasoned with thyme, and then a quantity of oil poured into, and boiled with it, making a cracket or biscuit soup ; no other seasoning than the oil, which seems to be the prevailing mixture in all the cooking on board." This diet, with a little sherry, ho partook of merely in quantities. to, prevent the pangs of an empty stomach. Approaching Vigo, hp expresses his longing for fresh meat, at last, or a little fruit. He says.:-.. "I do try to oat what is providpd; but I can not do it ; my stomach, in stantly turns when I got a taste. of garlic, and as that is the only fla.vor ing they use in cooking I aux so-o to got it-in the fi-st mouthful.. -F ha ve not oaten more than two. plateo of soup and a few soda bincuit. ipn two days, and I begin to, feol the. necess sity for food." The two landed at Vigo,. in Spain, and Tweed was arrested as Secretary Bolknap. hero. Hunt, who had been koJ?,. igno-, rant of his. identity, di.scov-. ered accidentallsy that. Jo)hn Socor was no other than Tweed.. Iet became indignant at. this,. anti in4 formed upon tio fugitive, in. copse.. quonco of which Tweed was delivered up to justice by the Spanish govor'n-. mont as an act of 0oo'tesy to, the United States. Tweed's identity was verified by copies of Iarpe"'s Weekly contain ing carieatures of tho Boss by Nast, and this led to a curious mistake, The particular cartoon in question represented Tweed in theo acbr of nmaltroating a small urchin, which typefied the public schools of Now York or some othmer ch;arity~ There. upon thme Spanish ropa&'hers telo graphoed that "Twid Antlelme the kidnapper of Iharley R'oss" had been arrested at Vigo After somo delayy Tweed wasa brought to Now Yor'k by the frigate IFranklin, and he is bow ini jail, Eo as much changed, The roverses of ~ortune have hornQ heavily upon him, md his apirita som r'u.sh~d. In aimi as ho appears now can scar'cely eo recognized the remains of thme :mce most powerful autocrat in~ The German Governmept has benderedt to. ldinister Washbntio ~he dcooration of one- of themi high~ orders of (Grermn knighthpied 99 recount cf hia5tistinguishei~.seiry e to auffering Germans iiia'sp.d 1ng the siego. -Mb. Wdshb~ho ha nforiod thme Gernian! Mfiikter ;that itates he cannqt acpqpjr n;- bdit the'Mimmsterr 1'tfli or Mr. WashbuD, inl thoe ef' 'thte tatter should doeeide to retiro: fromt affico.. As a privatQ citinou pp coid recep)t it without an aot o.t Oangrosa. I'his decoration is said. Lcvhave cost I45,000, and .to be conipcW1-of the most costly diamonds and preolona' N~ew Yoi-k greventihg~ the Eleva I~ailway fronm' ptdsding b~y 'the win diowe of certain, propemty-holdei-s, This kills raplrasitdar 8hie