The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-04
TIE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1879.
TWEED AND rWEED's SON.

A week ago the report was current that
Tweed had run away. A few days later
Tweed was reportedto De in tia city. o.
last Saturday the Son was offered as bal
for the Father. And being placed On the
stand for examination as surety upon his
fathers bail bond testified that he was
worth one million five hundred Thousand
dollars, aud that his father, under the
Cove of aft ction," gave the property to
him, saying Richard, here is this pro
perty for you. I want you to be q rich
man"
The following from the Chicago Itj
5un6 Of Jan 1st, is better than any thing
we could write on the subject.
NICE PAIR. At
TIE old adage, Like father and like
son" is exemnlifed in the case Of Tweed
Senior and Tweed Junior: Ou Saturday
last, he latter was placed upon the sand
for examination as surety upon his
fathers bail bond. Ia the course o. the
proceedings, i appeared hat q few days
since, in q sudden outbnrst Of generosity,
Tweed Senior gave 10 Tweed Junior one
million five hundred thousand dollars in
property. The consideration which
Tweed Junior gave his father for the
deeds was one dollar in EACH Case, amt
the deeds are net yet put on record ann
subsequently Tweed Senior gave T"eed
Junior a release, which relieved him
from paying anything on he transfers
Tweed Junior, Oh the stand, testified chat
be got the money under the love Il If
fiction" The "love Of Affections" winch
exists between Tweed Senior. and Tweed
Junior, however, must be Of very
peculiar sort, and Tweed Junior furthei
more testified that re could not reU1en4b"l
whether he thanked the old gen lcman
for il or not. 1t was also in evidence "n
Che part of Tweed Junior That Twetd
Senior said to him as he handed Tho
deed to him. Richard, here is thl~
property FOL you | want YOU to b. a rich
man" This is such Il common practice
among rich men, to take their sons enc
side aud hand them million or two, be
cause they want them t. bc rich, that it
would not have caused any general sur
prise, had it not been for the IaCC that
a. dav or two aiterward, Tweed Junh,r
was desired by Tweed Senior to 20 surety
for him. Il must have been All affecting
episode IN the memorable Tweed hisiory
Tweed Senior, after dinner, calls Tweed
Junior ore side, ana, with tears in his
eyes, takes ms hand, aud says, "Rchard.l
want YOU "a be rich man. Her, is 4
million and bali Bless g3u. my child,
bless you" Tweed Junior Jocks al the
old gentleman susplcjouSl vas if douhting
his ,anity. But the old gentleman is
sane. There is no doubt OF that for he
adds. al is fOy the love Of affection "
Then Tweed Juniors tears well up into
his eyes, and his utterance becomes So
Checked and his while being So dumb
founded, hat he forgefs to thank Tweed
Senior for the handsome llttle do,tc6ur.
He Tushes from the apartment to relate
his good luck tolhis fellows whose gov
ernors are evidently in no haste to make
their sons wealthy, while Tweed Senior
returns to his Verzenay and chuckes to
himself, "What are you gong to O.
about it noW?" How much better would
it have been if Tweed Senior bad taken
Tweed Junior one side and said: Rich
ARD, am an ola man. L nave mace ?
great deal Of money, and stolen great
deal more. [ nave become rich, and you
now see the trouble into which 1t has fed
me That you may not fan into the same
sn4res, here is a shilling. Take it., and
my blessing, and 60 ont and earn an hon
est living for mans days are few and
full of trouble But, as Tweed Senior
did not do anything of the kind, one
hardly knows which to admire the MIST,
the innocence of Tweed Junior, or the
generosity o-Tweed Senior.