Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-29
TROUBLESOME TWEED.
The GFipe Of the Law sst yet Fastened
HP0a Tim.

NEW YoRE. Deesmber 2S.-Tweed's e
Whereabouts are still unknown to the
officials, VINO are on the lookout for him.
| His friends say that be VIII turn up at the
! lege es g senator viii exsppt him from
| arrest, but It appears tbst the law does
| not cover a case like Tweed's, inssmuch
| ss il specifies thSt the privilege OF free
| dom from arrest does net extend to any
/ person sgsiDst whom q suit has been
brought tor violation Of any Of his trusts
in ofics.
The Tribune asserts that it is nsvsrthe-
! lsss TWeed's design to remain concealed
I until he can tsks his seat in the senate,
but that this step cannot save him from
arrest, and that i5 is known that steps
have been taken to resrrest him on a
charge graver Than any heretofore made.
The Times says Charles O'ConOr is op-
posing upsTintendiDg7 the framing Of
an Indictment against Mayor Hall by the
grand jury,
TsH1msny grand sschsLn is already In the
hsBGs Of the proper officer Of that institu-
ton. Isssc Bell, 3 prominent sschem,
says there is no necessity Of dsposing
Tweed, ss Tsnlmany is no longer what it
wsE, and his resignation does As little good
As his retention does harm.
The order denying the reduction Of bail
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pssled from Cu Tuesday next.
Mayer Hall is said to have resigned
from the Union club to escape the action
of Ehst body which wss to have been held
tC consider the question of his expulsion.
Tia Tribune says that as a prscsution-
AIRY ulsasurs in the matter of the inyesti-
CATION of the eustomhouse by the con-
gressionsl rstrenohment committee, four
ms oectors and one clerk, vine were wit
nil he AfuFaf1aad 1Gn that ha
impression is sought to be conveyed by
the eustcnhouse of1icsrs that the investi-
Zstion is 70 be q Vhits-washing affair.
Neither Cornelius Carson nor Charles
e Wilbur, Of the New York Printing
company, are to bs found in the city.
Abundant evidence Of fraud in their &C
counts with the city, the Times says, has
been found.
The World editorislly says that It is
probable that Tweed hss dsd, and
thus escaped being lodged in the Ludlow
street Jail; that his expulsion Is certain
IL hs takes his seat in the senate; that
MS fsll Is perhaps the most sudden aud
impressive 90 any that hss happened in
our tine, except LoSta Napoleon.
The grand jury to-day ssKcd for further
extension CT time to examine Jhe ring
frauds, and Judge BedlOId granted until
the 9Th Of January. The grand jury also
passed an order that they should not pass
upon Gny Indictment for municipal
frauds during the sitting Of the other
grand jury for the oyer and tsrminer
court,
A considerable crowd assembled in
court to-day, where Tweed's s1reties were
being examined, expecting Tweed to be
there. he didn't come.
LATER INFORMATION.
The whereabouts Of Tweed are said 10
have been constantly known to the
sheriff. BE never left the city and hsd no
such intention, and has been st the Office
OF Public Works this morning, where be
hsd an interview with several friends.
Justice Scott says be saw him this
morning in = comfortable place in the
city.
The justification Of bondsmen continued
to-day, ard Msssrs. 8. P. Fsirchild and c.
q. Cornell were accepted.
Ths sheriff attaches express the belief
that the sureties will be entirely settled
tomorrow. It is stated that each signer
Of the bail bond Is responsible for the
whole amount, which doubtless caused
the Withdrawal Of Terrence Farley and
others.