The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-20
MONDAY. DECEM. %, 1879.
TWEED.
The Escaped Boss" Believed to be in
New York City.

New York City.
The mystery surrounding the Night
of Tweed has not been penetrated by
detectives OF Sheriff. oficers, If their
statements can be accepted ~ true,
but " certain pending negotiations
are Successful, or if Charles O'Conor
survives, there Is reason to believe
that Tweed's reappenrdnce viii not
be long delayed. II is moi believed
that he is out Of the city. Two year.
ago. when he was surrendered 10y his
bondsman, Terence Farley, he kept
in hiding until another bondsman
could be secured in lieu of Farley,
and then made his appearance and
followed his business with Charles
DevIiu as bondsman. 1t has been
suggested that he will return as soon
rs bail could he procured, hul II l.
not a matter of bail which Re wishes
TO arrange. The question Of a gen
eral settlement was pending when he
took his fight. and he will not return
until this Is settled. Several months
ago a proposition was made 10 MIR.
O'Cunor to make II general settlement
of all the ring suit.
Mr.. O'Conor was supposed 10 be-
favorable to the settlement, thinking
that the partial recovery aud bnuish-
ment Of the ring was preferable to
any settlement likely to he reached
by any process of uncertain law. Mr..
Peekham me Mr.. Barlow were natu-
rally opposed to any settlement OF
the suits, which promised to run
on Unfortunately, while Tweed's law
yers had no objection to some lengthy
litigation. Mr.. O'Conor's cOunsels
and influence succeeded against his
associates, and Tweed, who hal
grown tired Of paying lawyers fees,
took the matter of settlement into his
own hands. The result was that the
claims against Sweeny, Gent, Co
man, Connolly, Tweed and Others
were about to be concluded, when
Charles O'Conor was taken i'll, and
reported to be on his deathbed.
Tweed felt, possibly he knew, that
in the event of the death of O'Cunur,
no settlement could be made, If he
we're in the power of his antagonists,
and he at orc made arrangements
for flight, go as to force IT settlement.
1t is not believed hy any of the ofi-
Gers of the Sheriff : office that he Is
thirty hours from the city. They
think that he Joined Genet in his
hiding-place, and thereawuit@ tho re-
suit or O'Conor's illness. He will re-
tuIn If O'Conor survives, and is will
ing to continue negotiations, which
return not only Tweed'-, but
Sweeny's and Connolly's plunder; or,
if Mr.. O'Conor dies, and his success
sors evince a purpose to settle, he
will come back /; if not, he will 60
abroad, and make an emil of it there.
This theory may not be the true
one, but it is advanced by persons
who have the best opp Irtuaitie5 of
knowing what would he mostnatural
for him 10 do, surrounded as he Vas.
The fact hat the ring jointly offered,
some time ago, to return S4,00O,UO0,
gives the theory a certain decree vi
plausihility. 1t is unlikely hat
Tweed is outside of the city limits.
Genet, who is supposed to have fled
to Europe, and who was reported to
have been in Belgium, was in the city
last week, and signed certain deeds..ol
Importance. II is not unlikely that
the Boss of all the ring rugues finds
equal indulgence.
1t has been discovered that all the
bonds in the criminal indictments
against Tweed are void. CareleSSneSS
in the District Attorneys office has
made these bonds read that indicl-
ments are brought in the Court oil
General Sessions, whereas it Was de-
cided two years ago by Recorder
Hackett that the Sessions had no
Jurisdiction in the matter. Itshould
read Court of Oyer and Terminer.
In consequence, it viii probably he
decided that all the bonds in the
criminal indictments against Tweed,
are void. This is II fine legal point
of which Tweed IA probably aware,
before ne made his disappearance.