, 1875-12-05
He Is Allowed to Visit His Sons
House, and Gives the Officers
tie Slip.
L Cleveland Man Kills His Wife, Step
daug ghter, and the Wife Of
Neighbor.
Fight with Mexican Bandits in San
Diego County, Cal.
TWEED ESCAPES,

Special Ulfod1tk 10 1iae LIalcdQo Tribune
BROOKLYN, N. T.. Dec 4.-Tweed escape
from Ludlow Street Jail to-day Until
late hour nothing but the vaeucs. ger
etaIties were obtainabIe from the 1uthol
tiles, end meu Who were evidently pos
seesed OF detailed information ver
danb ss oysters. It was however, ascortalne
that for several weeks past it has been the nabi
Of the prison authorizes to allow Tweed to risi
his friends in the city, accompanied, OF coufse
BY ralianle officers, the pretext being that suc]
license was reasonable to man who ha
large amount OF private business to trans
kct. The house to which the~ "Boss " Ta
taken yesterday afternoon is the residence o1
William IL. Tweed, Jr. The old mans house
IN Fifth avenue. Warden Dunham appeared t
have but confused notion Of whit had takel
place. He knew that be took Tweed from
the jail and be knew thas TWeet
had run AWAY, but how much tim
elap5ed between his departure from the jail AM
Escape was more than be could toll. 1t one in
tervlcw Le thought not more than half an hou
slapsed; a: anotAer he thought it might hay,
been : full hour. Careful inquiry, however
made it clear that Tweed was full IN hour on h
way before the police had any lntimation Of hi
departure.
From ali that could be learned it is within th.
limits TO say That Tweed left the jail within fes
minu>es of o'clock, sud 1t Was after o'c1ocl
when the alarm uas raiscd. This gaye him nm
pe opportunity to be on board schooner auG
outsldo tho bay, when the police began then
search. The sauer2l OPINION around the polscs
headquarters to night is that Tweed has been
taken Gil board tugboat. and By it conveyed to
+ raiuEg schooner in the lower bay, bound for
~ CtA{z tut-
extrsdlt On law will not reach hun. He would
not be safe in Canada, and the European steam
crB had all sailed before he left Ludlow street.
Tweods lawyers are David Dudley Field, and
Mr. Devo. Mr.. Field VAS called upon By Sun
reporter, but after fist expressing profound
nothing. He looked. however as il he thought
noeodT would by any process OF reasoning con-
aect tin with The proceeding
Sheriff Conuor affected to be overwhelmed By
ths: he knew the privileges that had been per-
mitted to the Boss, )" but insisted that every
reasonable precsution hsd been taken to in-
sure the custody Of the prisoner. Sheriff
Counor, ~ sn evidence Of his sincerity, referred
to the fact that the iaw makes Sberifs pecnni-
arils responsible for ths obligations Of prison.
So whom they permit to escape. The law pro-
vides that ii sheriff al:owa q person confined
under civil process to 60 beyond the limits Of
the Jail, he, the Sheriff. shall be 1iable for the
amount Of Judgment obtained a1a&lsz persons
- ~ ;,"aa3; oe.~p :; .oa,..a
20 - s.1;... ,';s saa'7e uS naa 'ao.a.oa .E:..o
permission to leave the jail. and that he did not
c1oose ca 10 i''ofa "*S oo' NJ oneose IN sns ess
81 LILO 1@"'
e 1.as 'e~1.ea ~ .u..;.-na
1t police headquarters this evening stating that
William AZ: Tweed had just escaped from the
custody of Warden Dunham. of the Ludlow
to every poaee sia'1on N thus cltF. BROOKLYN.
.4Sso", uo.ns"s sno
pence H ~ 10 w !ne 1okoa'' warren
.n ounnam n;,sa uosoau5ue'y ~ c@neu On ~
sss1tof DuAe: a. 1e Io0ce 1ent1A1 ONCE,
INC etatea mas ne nao aceompsn1eo the prisoner
70 LIDO res'qence o. MlS I"eed, &c MADISON ave-
1,o mue aoo rles-1hLu slleet, anu "olie tnero
t t"e,u fUauesseo pe1nsston rec us M1e pIa-
ea:e .n uTna aaa aat g1anseo me re-
epsE'menta' leaving one OF Ms SONS to
entes.s'n .:e uonnan anu ooFu1y. A1sef
.~l'pk aooa' 1en MINUTES runnam became
uheass,. anu cent 3od1S Tweed up sta'rs
~ SeA ~ 49, ~ s1n9 ao"n tunea.a.e'y, ~
.aes ueeHeu W return 70 tne jail IN shoft
tlle the young man returned and informed
1N outnao Iua1 ~ % .alueI nsu gone. u9nnam NJ
nnce qa soatGnea tne nouse' out no trace OF the
.t Loss coa;o ~, ne Aouno' heaslne 1no Depn1y ~
cuatee u .ne e, no9so, Oannam nulIea TO .he
- r0I -.
oneet VI tue escape. Inc ponce ahtaoStaes
Se1e promp1ly noslneu' ana toe Centrai Ohics
ee'Nes :, a. ooce VIGIL out' securing tne casS IN
VI aaleeslons:
Oepu,s-" aloen u4ranef' IN cna!ee Or Iudlo"
o.sees s 9aa an,ne WARDEN Dunhans absence,
sIateo .aas 1eaehe, ne nor any person IN the jail
! ~, VI a"eeos apsence from IL nnti1 aoous
o:5o. a man rang tue oe1, aud the door was
opened o5 Inc DepltJ-"aFden. man. whose
name VAS not kn""n NOE bis lace familiar,
eaa warden Oanham had sent him down
70 tho 1s1i to say that Tweed
haa escaped. iurther than this tue messenger
coul1 not BAY. and no tteu took his departure. |
1t is supposed that Tweed left the aii about 4;30
p. m. with Warden Durham. and it il also |
thought that Aeeper Edward Hagan also accom- |
panied him. as he had not since been |
seen around the jail This afternoon Deputy |
"srden Gardner TOOK an affidavit to Mr. Tweed, |
vino signed 1t in lis room, but the Deputy |
arden did not know what the contents Of the |
Affidavit were.
Tweed was 7leitod to-day by his counsel, |
as;or partner In business with Tweed's son at |
one time.
Sheriff Conner summoned number Of hit dep- |
1tiet and visited all the uptown police nrecinc,s
PreBident Matsell, OF the Board Of poIice- was /
Fisited BY the Sheriff at his residence nnd there
Ill imaginable plans for the CAPTURE Of the |