Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-07
EOSS TWEED SETS HIMSELF
FREE.


low stree, Jail. left that place of coufne-
ment and went to his wife's house. for
the ostsnsible purpose OF brief inter
view with her. Being granted request
to see Mrs. Tweed privately, the Boss
went up stairs. Tha; is the last that
the Warden saw of his prisoner. Sheriff
Conner has offered reward of $4,000
for Tweei's arrest. Young Tweed aud
his brother-in-iaw, Douglass, expressed
great CONSERVATION when they heard of
the old mans exit. They swear they
will be ruined if he 10 not captured.
How, We cannot guess, for neither they
nor any one else save the Sheriff is re-
sponsible for his appearance in Court,
he being in arrest and not under bonds
There may be some appeal bonds upon
which they are held as sursties. per-
haps. The wording of the following
would seem to justify the suspicion that
there was some collision between the
Jail authorities and the Boss:
Dcputy NarUeu UtTtlUtr, III c.1Rr1S oil
the Ludlow stree: Jail during Warden
Dunham's absence. stated that neither
he nor any person in the Jail learned Of
Tweed's absence until about $50, when
man rang the bell and when the door
was opened by the Deputy Warden the
msn-whose name was not known nor
his face familiar-said that Warden
Durham had sent him down to The Jail
20 hat T~.aI Eo1
ther than this he would not say and b.
then took his departure. I. is supposed
that Tweed left the prison about 4 80
p. NJ with Durham. 1t is thought that
the keeper. Edward Hogan. also accom-
panied them, as he has not since been |
seen at the jail This afternoon the |
Deputy Warden took an affidavit TO |
Tweed, who signed 1t in his room, hu; |
the Deputy did not know its contents |
Tweed was also visited hv his counsel, |
David Dudley Field and William EiIss-
ton The latter was partner in business
with Tweed's son At one time.
This suspicion of collision seems TO
be warranted by the facts set forth ID
the following:
Although three unoccupied houses
adjoin the residence Of the Boss none of
them were searched. In twenty min
utes after the police were notified Of the
escape word had reached every police
station. and a mounted squad was OU.
in force riding through the suburbs at
full speed. Inspector TEorne received
at once notice. and was at the precinct
station house. and taking Sergeant
Whitcomb and Detective McGowan Wis
tied the house Of Tweed, and, leaving a
force to guard the entrance. searched it :
from roof TO cellar bnt not the -Iightes:
trace of the Boss could be found. Sher-
If Conner called a number of deputies {
and visited all the p-town police pre-
cincts President natseIl of the Board {
of Police Commissioners was visited at
his house. and there all imaginable plans
for the capture of the fugitive were
talked up and put into execution The {
authorities seemed utterly bewildered. t
Central office detectives were sent to ev-
cry part of the city where there WAS the
least possibility of Tweed being found I
and the officers on the approaches to I
North and East rivers were specially in
structed to be watchful. Prrsiden,
Matsell said that in his opinion Tweed
escaped earlier than reported or the 20
lice would have been more successful in r
finding At least slight clue.
1t may be very lawless and depraved
kind Of declaration, but We must con- i
Tess that we hope they won't catch the !;
poor, hunted old Boss. Tweed was the ,
head and front and exponent Of E verg
vicious and dishonest political system. 4
There is no doubt of that He did not !,
originate that system he found it in !,
operation and worked under it and feath- Z.
cred his neat by pursuing it. Meantime !,
be made flush times IN the Sixth Ward :,
made the kuaves and thieves among his
,on stitrents comfortable and grateful
md all the pickpockets and garro'ers of
,is Senatorial District sxore by him and .
.aIled him their Boss" BY this word J
hey meant their Savior, counsellor and Ii
riend. They looked on him with ad- :
niration as one who had and exercised \
he power to rob the rich and feed the IS
,oor in fact he was esteemed by them Il
or sort of modern pot-bellied Robin :,
Hood. He was an upgro~th of IA very IL
icious system of politics but bad as Ii
e was, We believe he was very far from u
eing the worst man of the Tammany e,
Ting. Yet he is inGefensable, of course. D
v any and all admissible codes of mos +,
Is /; and the sympathy one feels for him L