Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
TWEED.
The Close OF tho Trial OF tho Great
Thief--The Sentence.

| We take from the New York
Herald Of the goth the following ac
count of the close of the Tweed trial
Under the verdict Of the jury as de-
tailed, the prisoner having been
sentenced to term of twelve years
in the penitentiary and to the pay
ment Of a heavy fine:
The jury had retired. The crowd
had not long to wait. In ten min.
utes they came into court again
The spectators in their eagerness
rose in their seats. Again on the
jury was centcrcd every eye. Judge
and counsel looked in the same di-
rection with almost equal interest.
Tweed scanned each face and each
eye.
THE VERDICT.
"Gentlemen, have you agreed up
on verdict" again asked Mr..
Sparks.
eve have" answered the FORE
man-two monosyllable words the
effect Of which upon that intently
eager crowd can only be imagined,
and certainly cannot be described.
elbow say you-is VIM. M. Tweed
guilty or not guilty?'
"Guiltyw
"Of what?"
"On the whole four Of the counts"
"You say you find him guilty on
the first, second and third and fourth
counts, and also on the 18th to the
2l5th counts inclusive?" pursued
the clerk. a.
"Wc do" answered, the foreman.
awe find him guilty on all the Key
ser, Garyey, and Dadidson counts"
Mr.. Sparks then made out the ver-
dict in the proper form, giving the
numbers of the various counts on
the warrant under which the jury
convicted.
GAS to the residue Of the counts,
you find him not guilty?" asked the
Judge.
"Not guilty." answered tie fore
man.
Counsel for the defense entered
exceptions to any verdict except a
general verdict OH the counts, and a
special exception to the special ver-
dict, and to the finding Of not guilty
on the counts not embraced in the
verdict.
Ex-Judge Fullerton then demand
cd that the jury be polled which was
done.
Judge Davis-Gcntlcmen, you
have had very arduous labor In
hearing during the trial of the case
a vast amount of evidence. The
court feels bound in discharging
you to tender you its thanks for the
attention you have paid, and for the
anxious manner in which you at
tended to this case.
Foreman am requested by the
jury that since you decided to keep
us together we wish to tender You
our sincere and heartfelt thanks tor
the kindness shown us, and also to
each of the officers who had us in
charge for the delicate manner in
which they performed disagreca-
bic duty.
After some remarks by counsel,
Judge Davis, fixed the time for
hearing the argument for arrest of
Judgment for Saturday.
The prisoner was then removed
in custody of Sheriff Brennan and
Deputy Sheriff Shields.
1t was very evident that Tweed
felt most deeply the disgrace Of the
verdict pronounced against him.
For moment his breast heavod
with pent-up emotion. 1t was the
monster lion struggling in the jun
giles. His great selt-mastery proved
dominant. He quickly rallied, and
when he saw that he was not to be
ordered to prison at once, but left
to the custody Of the Sherifl's Off
GERS, he became himself again. He
was the old smiling William M.
Tweed-tl,c old "Boss" Tweed.
Although almost everybody had
thought a conviction n fo:egone
conclusion, yet very few in the court
room could realize the fact that
such was the case. 1t came upon
them as thunderbolt. They had
come to believe the great "Boss"
invulncrablc. But while there were
stricken hearts among Tweed's
friends at this ignoblc fall Of their
old chieftain, there were but few
who had the bravery to deny the
justice Of the verdict.
| TWEED BREAKING DOWN.
1t was to many persons in the
court--by the way, there was not
one lady present to even give the
great corruptionist a solacing smile
"a most significant moment as the
burly figure of Brennan stopped
down to the side of the bench and,
looking in the face Of the infexible
Judge Davis, whispered few
moments to His Honor, and the
magistrate then asserting, Sheriff
Brennan picked his way with great
difficulty through the crowded
court to the side of the doomed
and convicted man who was to soon
fill felon's cell. Sitting near
Tweed on his left hand was Rich
ard Tweed, the, 9orother of the ac-
cused, an aged, white haired and
| whitc-bcardcd man, with the same
prominent and marked Jewish fea-
lures as are noticeable in all the
male members of the Tweed family,
both young and old. Richard Tweed
seemed greatly moved at the dis
grace put upon his brother, whom
he had always looked upon as one
who could, ike Archimedes, move
the world 1.-The chose, and now none
were so poor as to do him rever-
cncc. Closer in tho circle sat young
Bill Tweed, or General" William
H. Tweed, who was made, it is said,
a "gcncral' in the militia and a
member Of the bar the same day,
and two weeks after being made a