The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-16

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-, Boss .Tweed's Escape. 5na .,as.
Tweed hasescaped | Such was the start
ling intelligence that was flashed over the
city last night. The convicted chief of 9
gang of municipal thieves, who carried
on operations on q scale such az no city
ever experienced before, the purloinef Of
twenty million dollar, the Boss" in
knayeIy and unblushing frauds, is free.
The news was at first received rs an I'm.
founded and. sensational canafd, but as
the fact becapae established in the minds
of the thousands Of taxpayers who are
nov paying, the penalty of Tweed's sins
there Eas but one feeling-indignation
against the wretchedsystem of municipal
management, in regard. to the custody
Of such criminal. The poor starving
creature, who, impelfediby poverty, steals
something of comparatively trihing. val.
ue to stay. the. .pangs Of hunger, perhaplb
is safely looked pp and meets with little
consideration from his jailors. There
are many Jean VaTeans to be found .iIa
New York at the present day. But the
unscrupulous stealer of millioBsis l0okei
upon with respect, and is :hopored and
Jsted by the Representatives Of ."stern JUS
tice" as il he were an injured and inno'
cent man. The escape of the notorious
Harry Genet, resembling in many .pal.
ticulars that. of 1.-THE greater criminal,
Tweed, should have proved salutary
lesson to our prison authorities. But
such an experience seems to hare had
no effect upon them.s They. allow the
Prince Of fraud, the ALI. Baba Of the
Tammany thieves, to leave the precincts
of Ludlow Street Jail In the cohgenial
company of q Deputy Warden and an
accommodating. Sheriff: :: Broadway is7a
Very attractive promenade on q Saturday
evening, and Mr.. Tweed, doubtless, per.
shaded his keepers that it was only fair
that he should be permitted to see the
sights on this particular evening. - ~.
There wss carriage in waiting. not
of the Black Maria pattern, but comfort.
able, if not stylish affair. How the
trio must have chuckled as they got in
and lighted their cigars, ,snd the Boss
said. ,"Good by, old Ludlow" The
matinees were in fiill blast on Broadway,
and it may be that the twenty million
thief bowed to many Of his former asso-'
ciates as they lounged up and7dovn the
great thoroughfare:: 1t" is not recorded
that they: visited any theatre. 1t was
not necessary. They were engaged in q
little farce Of their own, with Tweed as
the stars There are many reasons why
he was unwilling to go back to the Jail,
last night. Perhaps the Bowery with its
picturesque and democratic scenes at
night, attracted him from sncosy.quar-
tiers in the Jail. He may have wished to
revisit the old spot where "Big Six. in
the good old days reposed, awaiting the
clang of the Ere bell. The Office Of the
Commissioner Of Public Works, where
he once sat enthroned and signed away
the peoples money, had attractions for
him. At all events, he left and did not
return.
Nothing in the entire history OF num-
cipal government can be regarded asmore
shameful and criminal than the escape OF
William NJ. Tweed. The people of New
York, whom he robbed so long and so
extensively, should call to strict &C.
count those who connived at his escape,
and those in higher Offices who encour-!
age such Lax system in the manage
ment of our jails.
The story. of the escape is peculiar
and remarkable one. In some incompre-
hensible way the prisoner was allowed to
leave the jail whore the Law confined him
in charge Of Warden Durham and
Keeper Hagan. They entered carriage
and drove up the Boulevard, and, by o
devious route, returned to the Tweed man.
sion. Here Mr.. Tweed requested per-
mission to 20 up stairs and see his wife.
The Warden stepped into the hall for the
purpose of washing his hands and saw
Mr.. Tweed go up stairs. Six minutes
after he sent the son of Mr.. Tweed, Will
liam nj. Tweed, Jr., to tell the "old man"
that it was time TO 60 home. Young MI:
Tweed went up stairs, but soon returned,
pulling his hair and exclaiming, ~ am
ruined; father has not been up stairs"
The Warden rushed into the street TO
cover the front of the house, while the
keeper searched the upper floors of the
house. Mrs. Tweed declares she has not
seen her husband. and beyond this noth-
ing is known. Such 10 the story of the
escape as given. But it is hardly neces.
sary to say that its transparency isselfeyi!
dent. k1'is hardly probable that there
was a balloon in waiting at the Tweed
mansion, or an underground railroad in
operation to spirit him away. Neither
could the "old man" have resolved him
self into thin air. The atmosphere must
have been as rari6ed as that which sur
rounds the story of his escape: :, The fact is
that the greatest criminal that New York
has ever produced is at large, and no
good reason can be given but the one
completely on the part of his jailors. An
Irishman was taken in once by conf
dence operator in the guise. of q yenera--
BILE clergyman. He said that he did not
care particularly for the money he had
lost, but what bothered him completely
was "the cunnin' of the ould diyil." p
The people Of New York will say the
same about Tweed. -,
THE FIRST STEAMER THAT CROSSED
THE ATLANTIc.-The following nice lit.
tie story we find in the Tuscumbia NORTH
Alabamian: "If. Keeley realizes every
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