The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-30
= MISCELLANY.
MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.

MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY:
Paris Correspondence Of the Cincinnati
Gazette.]
Some months ago report came from
New York that arrangements were in ne.
gotiation that would result in the return
to Manhattan Island Of the ex Ring mag
nate, Peter B. Sweeny. simultaneously
with the circulation Of the report, the ar.
rival Of ex-senator Bradley, brother.in.
law Of Sweeny, was announced, and his
name was recorded among tho patrons oil
the Hotel Splendid. It was given out
that he had come over to remove to New
York the body Of James NJ. Swceny, who
died few weeks before, but there were
several American loiterers about Paris
who claimed to know that it WAS the liv-
ing and not the dead Sweeny with whom
Bradley was empowered to deal. Brad.
Icy was interviewed and questioned re.
psatcdly, but nothing Of importance was
elected beyond few hints that showed
him to be favorable to sweeny's return,
provided . reasonable hail could be OBJ.
tanned. I understand that he was en-
powered to promise that the bail should
not exceed $50. 900. but whether this is
true or otherwise I am unable to say.
Peter B. makes Paris his winter resi-.
dence, and lives very comfortably on his
easily and questionably acquired fortune.
In summer he goes to . watering place,
or to Switzerland, and he does not 60 to
the same place for two seasons in success.
sion. Last season he was At Trouville,
the favorite seaside resort Of the Paris.
ians, and about four hours ride from the
city. This year he went to Switzerland,
and he had been gone some two or three
weeks when MIR. Bradley arrived. Brad.
ley remained here few days, and then
went to Neuchate], Switzerland, where
Sweeny had established himself for the
hot season. 1t is, Of course, impossible
to say what occurred between tho two
men, but it is known that Bradley did
to Neuchate H.: than he did before RS going 's
there. I am told that he found Sweeny
less inclined to 60 to New York and stand
his trial than had been previously re.
ported, and possibly he may have discov.
cred that the case did not look very favor.
able for an acquittal. Sweeny is
not an idiot, and will not be likely to risk
himself in New York if there is any
chance Of conviction. One of his
friends remarked at the time of Bradley s
visit that Peter B. would be fool to 70
back without knowing what Charles
O'Conor and the rest Of the lawyers
had found against him. HE covered
his tracks pretty WE'LL" said the speaker,
''but you never can tell if the covering
didn't blow of from some of them. .
Another friend also claimed to be conf.
dent that nothing could be proved against
Sweeny; said he was sure Peter y ould
90 back, and that he would have lots of
friends to meet him when he landed.
"Yes," said another Now Yorker, ''there
will be several to meet him, and Judson
Jarvis will be there with an order Of ar.
rest and pair of handouts" The re.
mark was not relished by the preceding
orator, and the conversation changed.
KEEPING IN THE SHADE.
Sweeny's life here has been of the
quiet sort When in Paris he spends
most Of his time at home, and rarely
almost nev er-visits that part of the
city frequented by Americans, the region
around the Grand Hotel. Very few per.
sons call upon HIM, and his acquaintan.
ces are in very small number, as he seeks
no new ones, and the old are limited to
the stray New Workers who knew him
in his days Of power and are
willing to know him now. No doubt
Sweeny is willing to entertain any.
body who will endure his society and
pass over the scandal attached to his
name. Evidently he does not wish to
absent himself altogether from the world,
if one may Judge by visiting card that
was visible quite recently in the window
of IN engraver in the Palais Royal. It
bore the name Of Piter B. Sweeny in
neatly.cngraved letters. Whether the
plan Of spelling the first syllable with an
~ was tho design Of the ex-magnate or
the blunder Of the engraver am unable
to say. I can hardly think it was an en-.
graver's blander. IS I saw the card dis.
played there among other specimens Of
work for more than month. It is not
moro than = week or ten days since it
disappeared from the show case.
James N. Sweeny, the1 brother Of Pc.
ter b. died from overwhelming. He had
nothing to do, and his associates were
not Of tho highest type Of modern gen.
tlemen, 50 that he took naturally to too
much brandy and water. His favorite
resort Was the so.called. American Bar,
on the Rue Scribe, and the habitues Of
the establishment were his friends.
Among them was an English lord mot
tho best specimen Of the British peerage
and several turf men, and ''loose fish,
generally, Latterly, fortune has been
dealing unkindly With the American Bar.
The death of Sweeny reduced its reve;
nues, IS he used to spend his money lib
orally for the entertainment Of tho on
hangers Of tho place. Two. or, three
weeks ago the French police laid heavy
hand on the English betting men who
make Paris their base oil operations
Some thirty Of the fellows were arrested
and half . dozen betting Offices were
closed. All tho arrested men were fined
and warned not to renew their business,
and few Of them were sent to prison fol
. brief period. Among these victims 81
French law were several patrons Of the
American Bar, and the places that knew
them once do not know them Is much q.
they did. d XII ~ s.s
Connolly. the associate Of Tweed and
Sweeny in their great robbery, does moi