The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-24
THE SENTENCE OF TWEED.
Twelve Years Imprisonment and
$i2,750 Fine.
'HancM to rrison~~-Hsis Surprise and
Agitation
New Y0RK, Nov. IS.

Graham Root, Fullerton and Bartlett were
rs Judge Davis entered Mr.. Phelps called
up the writs Of habeas corpus in the case
of Sarah Allen, Maggie .Jourdan and Lau-
renee Phillips, and asked that they be dis
missed, on the ground that the general ses-
sions grand jury have indicted them. Mr..
Howe. counsel for the prisoners, asked
that the wrts stand over till Monday, as
the point is raised on the power of the
grand Jury TO find bill pending the invcs-
tigation before police magistrate. The
court so ordered. Mr. Graham then com
mcnccd argument OH the motion for an ar
rest of judgment in the Tweed case, argu
ing that Tweed was II senator, and prOba
bly, was present when the act of April 26,
1870 was passed taking power from the
board of supervisors and giving it to agents
of the new commissioners of audit, pro
ceeding wholly unconstitutional. After
Graham had argued at length on this and
other points, claiming that the court had
no jurisdiction, Judge Davis replied, IF
the act Of 1878 changed the statute Of linz
itation as claimed, being eX partc facto
law. it and it alone is void, and has no OPP
crative effect on existing law AS to the
law of 1878 abolshng the act Of 1870,
would be slow to hold that it wiped out
the pending indictment"
TWEED SENTENCED.
Tweed was sentenced to II years in the
penitcntiary on Blackwcll's Island, and to
pay fine of twelve thousand seven hun
drcd and fifty dollars.
TWEED TAKEN TO PRIsoN-Hls SURPRISE AND
AGITATION.
Immediately after the sentence was pro-
nounced Tweed was taken in charge by
Sherins Shields and Cohill, and by them
taken into the rooms of the supreme court
chambers. Tweed retired to distant
corner of the room, where he was shortly
Joined by his brother and his two sons,
with whom he engaged in earnest CONVEX
sation. The great criminal looked an ut
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that in the days of his prosperity had
characterized his demeanor had vanished,
and in its place was an air Of dependency
that proclaimed a man without hope, even
while engaged in conversation with his
relative he kept his head bowed down and
shaded his eyes with his hand. About five
o'clock all not Immediately connected
with the defendant received an intimation
from the deputy sherilfs to retire, upon
this many of those present in the room
stepped to where Tweed was seated and
sorrowGully babe him farewell.
Toward six p. NJ. the sheriff and officers
tool; the prisoner from the room of the SUI
preme court chambers and brought him
down to the sheriff's room. There he was
joined by his counsel and measures were at
once adopted toward obtaining stay OF
proceedings and an order for Il new trial
At that time it just became known that
Judge Davis had sentenced the prisoner to
the penitentary and not to Ludlow street
Jail.
The expression, county Jail, it appears
is legally held to designate either the peni
Tertiary or Ludlow street Jail. A con
trary impression, however, had prevailed
and to such an extent that Warden Tracy
yesterday afternoon had commenced pre-
pairing quarters for Tweed and was in mo-
mentary eXpection of his arrival at prison
When the friends of Tweed realized thai
the pcnitentiary was the destined place Of
detention, they were filled with dis
may, as was the convict himself
The first quarter, it is understood, or
which an effort was made to obtain stay
was from Judge Pratt, He, however, re
fused to interfere with the matter, and sale
he could see no grounds whatever for grant
ing stay. That the trial appeared to hav,
been conducted with the utmost fairness
toward the prisoner.
Judge Pratt, it seems, was the main re
i lance of the defence, and his refusal It
, grant it, utterly disconnected them. Whel
: Tweed learned of the fact that no stay o
proceedings could be obtained from Judg
Pratt, he was, it is said, utterly broke
!, down. Those who witnessed his dgitatio
elapsed between the time of his convictio
and midnight, while his counsel were striN
" ing to obtain stay of proceedings, did nc
d hesitate to say that he would not long SUI
:. vive if consigned to the pcnitentiary,
: Judge Graham was also applied to br
g refused to grant stay, and all efforts hay
ing proved Intellectual, about one o'cloc
II the commitments were made out and she
~ ifs deputies intimated to the prisoner tn,
y time was come for them to take him to Il
tombs. Tweed expressed his readiness
accompany them and accordingly the pa
ty left the sheriff S office and entered Il
carriage which Yves waiting outside Il
court house.
~ The prisoner, accompanied by his tW
tre sons and Mr.. Edelston, one of his counse
10 Arriving at the TOmbs, admittance W;
IL rapidly obtained and Deputy Sheri
III Shields at once transferred his prisoner
80 the custody of night warden White, III
warden was engaged in preparing quartz
" for his guest.
Tweed engaged in earnest consulate
= with his sons. AT length the warden /
he formed him that his cell was ready. II
~ prisoner then took an aiiectionatc farew'
I of his sons and others present, shakil
10 hands with each in turn and bidding the
MS goodbye. The warden conducted him
Ito oou which 10 that known No No Il