The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21

he was furnished with coarse suit of
clothes, gray wig, and pair OF green
goggles. Mounting the box-se with the
driver he was driven to the outskirts of
the city, where covered candy wagon
was in waising. He was locked in, and
spirited span OF horses being attached
70 70 the rig, he was driven rapidly into
the country.
In this manner the tBoss" was con-
yeyed across the country in mlreh the
same style as a mena pcriA' man trans
Rorts a lion. Wien between seventy
Of Nav vhe hundred miles from the city
some -ork, Tweed took the train at
ee station on the New York Central,
--hd deliberately crossed the Suspension
Bridge in broad daylight, and reached
| this city on the train due here from the
bridge at 500. The "Boss'" movements
since then are well defined. He is de-
| scribed as he stood ON the platform (by
| a gentleman in this city who intends
claiming half the reward as large, fat
man, clean shaved, and coarsely dressed
in gray Canadian tweed. He carried a
heavy walking stick, and wore green
where he got the hat is question.
Alter walking up and down the plat
| form for few minutes he entered the
| waiting-room, bought cut OF pie, glass
| of beer, and cigar. 1t will be we'll to
mention here that Tweed was acting in
concert with friend, the arrangements
being to do whatever his friend did, as
| far as travelling was concerned. Tweed
took the train going west which lett a
few minutes after his arrival, and got off
at Dundas station, having paid his fare
in cash on board the car. Tweed, after
getting off the cars, instead of going into
| tp mi "A Tn
BullocRs Corners, where he put up at
| Morden's Hotel, representing himself as
a party who intended buying farm
somewhere in the neighborhood. He
| gave his name as Henry Hays, but never
once put his hand to paper that Mr.. Nor
den can remember.
Two days after his arrival he hired a
buggy and drove as far as Freelton,
where he stopped and had something to
eat. While there he called for pen, ink,
and paper, and wrote a letter which he
put in his breast-pocket. He then drove
as far as the village of Strabane, where
he posted the letter. While in the office
the Boss was struck by the appearance
of u young child which was lying in its
mothers arms. Tweed bought the child
handful OF candies for Christmas
present, and told the mother that it re-
minded him Of his own little child at
home in San Francisco. On his way
back TO Bullock's Corners an accident
happened which may yet prove fatal to
Tweed's liberty.
When about mile out of Greensville
he met Miller's stage, running between
Guelph and Hamilton, and by piece OF
bad horsemanship ran into the vehicle,
which only contained TWO passengers, a
drunken farmer and commercial tray-
eler-the same party who saw Tweed at
the Hamilton station. Tweed jumped
out rather hastily, and in doing so dis
arranged his wig and lost his goggles,
displaying to the interested Traveller a
physiognomy remarkably like that of a
certain individual whose picture is one
of the ornaments Of the walls ol our city
police Office.
The delay was only of few minutes
duration, but it WAS enough TO satisfy
that commercial traveller. Two days al
ter this occurrence party from the
township of Ancaster drove to Bullock's
Corners and took Mr.. Tweed, alias
Hays, away with him. The party's
name we suppress. He is Tweed's
| brother-in-law, and one Of the most re-
lSpectable farmers in the township, and
il was to this party that Tweed wrote
.he letter from Fl Ieelton. At this gen.
tlemen's house Tweed has remained
ever since, while every detective in the
United States has been looking for him
in vain.