The New York herald., 1875-12-05

Headquarters was peculiarly animated Carriages
drawn BY seaming horses constantly arriving and
departing, and all manner OF curious individuals
thronged the doorways corridors discussing the all
absorbing topic
$50 the old has skipped at last" remarked half
q dozen in chorus
"I'm not bit sorry he's gone. but would like 10
know how much II cost him TO Ak matters CALCULATED
= well known Fourteenth ward politician
Attwenty minutes past O'CLOCK telegram arrived
from tho Ninteenih precinct stating that william NJ
Tweed had escaped from Warden Dunham in the vicinity
OF Finy- ninth street and Madison avenue Inspector
Dlks duty az the ONCE, and he instantly sent
out general alarm TO every precinct In the city, or
derng police look for the fleeing culprit The
alarm was also transmitted 70 Brooklyn, and Commis
soner Matsell and Superintendent Wallng were noti
fed the hts house Fifty seventh street. the
latter at the Press Club. where he was dining.
DUNBAR ARRIVES
While these dispatches being sent out Warden
Durham arrived. He came up to the main entrance In
Mulberry in carriage the horses before which
foaming though they had been driven
at Dreakneck pace Dunham alighted
and, accompanied by q friend hurried TO the
Inspectors Here he gasped out the words, "Bl
Tweed has escaped" He did not seem 70 be greatly
excited, although thoughtful observer could not help
thinking from his demeanor, that he endeavoring
TO work himself up respectable pitch ofagtation
.'How did Tweed slip you, Mr. Dunhami" inquired
the Inspector.
'sweiI, / hardly know s" responded the warden az
have been out with him nearly all day About six
O'Clock went 10 his house, at the
OF Madison and Fifty. ninth street.
We IN and sat down in the
paror We were there some time when Tweed
said he would like TO 60 up stairs for a few min
utica said Very well' and the old
went up. He had been gone not TO ex
ceed ten minutes when !, becoming somewhat
uneasy his Absence requested of his TO call
him. adding that II time going. The
young went up stairs and down in about .
minute with the that his father had gone in
stanty searched the house and then to the station
house in Fifty ninth street From there came here"
Inspector Diks told Dunham that he had already
out general alarm and advised him Dunham) TO 60 to
the telegraph station and telegraph to Boston,
Philadelphia and any other place tina. might suggest
themselves TO him
81 don't suppose there Is any doing itn said
Dunham, s'but will anyhow. It's jast another Genet
escape right over ! satisfied that Tweed had
boat close at hand in the East River
| and is now well out sea. He
would be fool enough stay around the city or to
go out any OF the railroads He's smart old COON
| he ISL
Win this Dunham lett the metropolitan HoteI 10
telegraph TO the points the Inspector had mentioned
At quarter past nine o'clock Commissioner Matsell
telegraphed TO the Central ONCE for Supern-
| tendent Waning TO at to his
house. The despatch was forwarded 10 the Twenty
sixth precinct and from thore the Superintendent,
who stil at the Press Club dinner, notified
Before this Dilks had detailed Detectives Keely,
Dunn, Dickson Riley, Adams and Doyle from the Gen.
tral Office squad, to search for the escaped Boss.
SUPERINTENDENT wALIING's VIEWS.
Immediately on the circulation of the rumor OF Will
| lam NJ. Tweed's escape reporter Of the HERALD
waited Police superintendent walling TO ascertain
what he knew, what he had heard, and what he had
done about the matter The Superintendent was per-
|, ectly csol and almost amused by the universal
expression OF surprise "why," said he, II only
amazed that he did not go long ago Anybody
could get Of Ludlow Street Jail What's to pre-
| vent them We have from time time in the
newspapers the record OF prisoners escape from
that remarkably lax place OF confinement was quito
aware that Mr. Tweeds chances Of evadng the laws
grip for many days past such would gladly
been turned TO account BY any offender Of average
shrewdness. He not in the hands Of the police,
and therefore his disappearance is reflection us
We would not have let him 60. free say Al all
events feel bound state that OF the odium OF
be done by effect his recapture will be DONE and
may say even, has been done. general alarm was
| sent out Immediately receipt of the information
and every ocer in the force has been the qs
/ ever since that moment Ny first knowledge Of the
escape conveyed to by the following despatch.
which received at my house,
CENTRAL 0SyIsE, $50 p. NJ
| 'FTweed has escaped from custody. Have sent out
GEORGE W. DILKs, Inspector"
| Superintendent walng condemned in the most en-
phatc manner the loose way in which Tweed had been
guarded He thought that it would have easy for
him have eluded the surveillance Of his custodsns
whenever II suited him. He could not at the present
time say who was really blame; but he felt assured
that the whole would be revealed speedily SO
grave a derelicton in duty that manifested now by
| the untoward event must necessarily awaken
| speculation every mans mind and arouse the
keenest investigation which must result n,some dis
closures OF startling character II could not be pos
sble he thought that, with the exercise Of ordinary
care on part of his Jaers he could have had the
slightest opportunity TO get away.
"why," said the Superintendent, s1f what You tell
me Is true and expect II is you say So II is
markabe that he should be taken out OF the Jail by
deputy sheriff and a keeper OF the prison and carsed
| all over town in carriage and up to
| the Boulevard and then taken TO his own
house, when the law had declared him prisoner in
I the hands OF the county under the custody Of the
Sheriff How easy IL is to escape under such
crcumstancesi Why, we had allowed q
murderer a pckpccket to go abroad in that
manner what would people say do not expect hen
DO recaptured, for Of the whole plan Of
escape was cunningy devised beforehand As for the
Police Department. effort will be spared TO hunt
| down, and, II possible, recapture the fugitive As
Superintendent Of Police my line Of duty is clear and
! prefer TO rather than talk I"
CAPTAIN MOUNTS STORY.
! Captain Mount OF tho Nineteenth precinct stated
/ w. had ad eha