The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-07
From the New York Times-Sunday.l
ESCAPE OF WILLIAM M. TWEED.

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tErom the New York Times-Sunday.l
ESCAPE OF WILLIAM M. TWEED.
He Visits his Home and There Eludes his
Keeper.
William NJ. Tweed escaped from the Gus
tody of the sheriff of this county yesterday
afternoon. Nominally under restraint, and
supposed to be safely detained in the Lud-
low street Jail, this notorious criminal,
since his committal there, has been per-
mitted freedom of movement which made
his imprisonment merely formal. Accom-
panied by the warden of the Jail and an as
sistant, he has been in the habit of visiting
his friends, taking his daily drives, and
passing much of the time with his family
at their house in Madison avenue. Yester-
day he went out as usual, accompanied by
the two officials. After the greater part
of the day had been spent in driving about
to various places, late in the afternoon,
Tweed expressed desire to visit his wife,
who, he said, was very SICK The party
drove to the house, and all three entered
and took seats in the parlor, where they
were met by one of Tweed's sons. In
few moments Tweed said he wished to step
up stairs to see his wife. He left the room
and did not return. In about fifteen or
twenty minutes Warden Durham asked
young Tweed to go up and tell his father
that it was getting late and they must re-
turn to Ludlow street. The young man
went out, and returning in few moments
remarked unconcernedly, "Father's gone"
Since that time nothing has been heard of
him. This is the story of the escape in
brief. Ten thousand dollars reward has
been offered by Sheriff Conner and Warden
Durham for the capture of the fugitive.
The sheriff has telegraphed all over the
country, requesting the detention of Tweed
by any one who finds him. The details of
the affair, and the efforts made for his re-
capture, will be found below.
THE STORY OF THE ESCAPE.
At7:30 o'clock last evening the announce
ment was made at the bar of the Nineteenth
precinct police station that William NJ.
Tweed had escaped from the Ludlow street
Jail. The ''botter" at that place has the
following insertion "About 1870 this
evening Warden Durham and Keeper
Hagan of Ludlow street Jail, called at this
station and stated that William M. Tweed
had just escaped from them at his residence
in Madison avenue, between Fifty-ninth
and Sixtieth streets, and wished a general
alarm TO 70 be sent to all stations, which was
A few minutes after ten o'clock last
| night hurried steps were heard approach
| ing the entrance to the Ludlow street Jail,
and Immediately the loud gong was sound
| ed Assistant Warden Gardener, who was
| on duty at the time, opened the door, and
admitted Durham, the warden, pale and
| breathless. The warden's face was Gov
| cred with perspiration, and for the first
| five minutes after his arrival at the prison
| he was unable to speak. After resting a
| while Mr.. Durham gave the following
statement to Times reporter of the cir
cumstances surrounding the departure OF
| Tweed from the Jail and his subsequent
escape from his house in Madison avenue,
near Sixtieth street. received no special
authorization from the sheriff or anybody
| else for Mr.. Tweed's removal from the Jail
1t is customary to take out prisoners held
on civil writs for drives for the good of
their health, or for affording them an op-
portunity of visiting their friends and rela-
tives. To my knowledge Mr.. Tweed was
taken out under this rule four times since
the date of his reception here-June %
last. In each of these leaves Of absence |
s.1vr ll ~snI l.
that Tweed, Timothy Campbell. civil JUS
tice elect, and myself left the Jail on Fri
day last and drove In carriage
and One Hundred and Twenty-third
street is correct, our purpose was simply to
take drive and dine at the hotel. The
delicate state of Mr.. weeds health neces-
STATED these drives. Now, l will tell you
as well as l can the particulars of this
mans escape from my custody this even
ing We left the prison, If / remember
rightly, little after 10 o'clock. The party
which consisted of Tweed, his son Will
liam, Keeper Edward Hogan and myself
entered a carriage, which was in waiting in
the street fronting the entrance. The dri-
yer drove us to the Bowery, through to
Fourth avenue and Tenth street, and thence
to Broadway. Proceeding up the latter
thoroughfare q short distance we turned
into Fifth avenue which we traversed I'M
| til Fifty ninth street was reached. At this
point our carriage was driven up the West
ern Boulevard to Kings Bridge road. We
returned in the direction of the city by
way of the southern boulevard After
crossing Harlem bridge we drove through
One Hundred and Twenty ninth street to
Sixth avenu, and down Sixth avenue to the
terminating point of Central park. Here
we all alighted from the carriage and as
cepded a knoll on the west side of the
avenue, where we probably remained if
teen minutes, walking around and chatting
upon various topics. Throughout the en-
tire drive Tweed appeared as II in excellent
| spirits, without betrayng the slightest ner-
vousness or lapsing into silent thought, as
was sometimes his wont. In the discussion
of any subject conversed upon by us, he
| took an active part, and often laughed
heartily. Returning TO our carriage, our
driver guided his team through the park TO
Fifty-ninth street, and from there to Madi-
son avenue, near Sixtieth street, where
Tweeds house Is situated. Leaving the
| carriage at the corner, we entered the house
between and 4 80 o'clock. Having en-
tered the front parlor, where we met Mr..
Douglas, Mr.. Tweed's son-in-law, we sat
down and talked awhile. Shortly after,
however, Tweed arose from his chair and
intimated that he would like to slip up
stairs to see his wife for a moment.
The desired permission was granted him,
and, as he stepped toward the door leading
to the hallway, Mr.. Hagan went in the
same direction into the pantry to wash his
hands. ! remained in the parlor with
young Tweed and Mr.. Douglass. When
returned to the parlor and resumed his
seat. waited, perhaps five minutes or a
little longer before remarked that 1t was
time to start for the Jail, and that they had
better call Tweed down stair. His son
went up stairs but shortly afterward an
nounced that his father had not gone up
stairs. ! was surprised to hear this, and