, 1876-10-28
TWEED.

TWEED.
The Adventures of t The Toss ~ ia Cuba,
On The night oi fth lie 't lt 'e & a:t June, William
Marry Tweed, late OF New York and Lnd'ow
ttreet, "foinl himself" m the coast Of Culn,,
ten miles Or 50 to tho caatwarl of Aantago. lie
~ the n.,H, h yoangfr r.. n, ns Pas,y
sp!taiously In connection With all Of Twcctls
subsequent adventures down 10 The nrrest and
surrender or ths fugitive to the American naval
suthos'tiss 1T sieo, Spain. Tle elder Of the
lie kept close to tsss . Of tic shore, and, pick
ing OUT = little table of rnk, prepared to camp
To-. Tor t ths night TLe yoanger man, who
slo1e FIJI, -, hangers y Of rs Insit'oz, resigned
slntnber. But Tweed sat up al! night. Day.
light revealed thc'n to be near little fishing
hamlet In an iuict, Which they subsequently
learned was the inlet Of sardinyi,,. s.liI Isead.
!ng to venture INTO tie interior, and knowing
for some reason TINT they were In the nrlghbur-
hood al The City of santiaso. they rctraincll
from nny effort to e1plofe the intertur md kept
their posltien on the shore, trusting 10 find
lasslhE boat that would take them 10 Santiago.
At length lad ii III ;ts,rs or 30 made Ills rvay
alouE tho lclGll from onc Of tic i'shcsncn's
hts they could zee In the distance, and readily
responded U their invitation to como to them.
talncl by signs at tlrst. or until Tweed itl9Elup
out IN Eng(lsf-Spa,lIsa dictionary from oi'e pf
uounrcd the yuallisb M Imst he rn,i11
for lie acous,,j.i tIr "Amcrfeano.E aNn,,-
ttagon pointing westward ut the same time
aiotlE tile coast III tic direction OF that civ
Tie bog sosnprelendctl, apparently, nodled Ills
furtI,hrtl t|,cta with q refreshing rrnaat uf
coffee and brcnd to which the pai, nf c1ilcs aid
annie iusttcc, The meal concluded. Dassoue
WAS taken in The 1slrrn1ati's boat which ne
rowed and salIeti, tic wind happening to Lc
FUR, so Us to allow The usc of hl. canyas Irood
part Of the time, until about lnlf.pnst . O'clock
In tile afternoon Tho party nade the mort al
Santiago.
l3cfnfe they could get to tho American Consul
they were stopped md detained by The naval
forces and brought before Srnur Seratj] Autartde
llt Captain 0f the port This officer. nan
nearly 10 yeasa III arc aud q veteran VI Tie
Spanish nayy, spcaks little English, aud Tweed
made Lin understand that he wanted to seo thc
American Consul, Al, Interpreter WIS sett to
the office Of tic Consul, Alr. Young. who, in re-
Spouse TO nu Invitation. went to the otIlec II
fare hin the facts of the case. lie further
cxjibilcd t!ic passports Which Tweed and lila
companion had rendered III confirmation uf their
assertion that they were American. Consul
Young examined tile passports u,ld pronounced
them gcnuiuc. John Sccur wa Described 10
unly s. Years u ace, whereas lie upneured to IN,
little older, but tile Consul might be deceived
In ha StrnS n Ills Hf,j William Hunt UNA
mt ,.m ~ os ri. s,ucr;nn T,,1.,i $500
tn tI,. Cnus1...t;eu,rai n, iIavann IL Ill, ~.
nua;n,,ns lin with ,,n isr,s ~ tha .rr;vs, ~
Ts.r. acenr and tin,t a,ni sI.fn, ,-,ct;n.
In r"snt,,,so +" % ,i,,. "'',a,",n%1s,o, III Is1i
fr,c"rnnl,pI frnm Eavu.,a th,t a. 1th"so n,a,,
Ind jniisieti unom tic isIoud in 70 riaulcstine
and sufuieio1ls manner lie Span,sh autivri.
tirs hn,i M t,i,,Jm ri,t ~, tnTnirs III ~ ti"i,
ca.c' md ,at matttrs sl'sulI ttrcfnrc h. s.ut ri.
lowed l., ta!;e tlejr colIrst. for thr nrcs..ns.
TLjs iuG,,iyv az, III" 1,art ri III" Sn,,sh m.
thoriti,s was aonontl, In hc hcr, NJ, liz fsti,
Of une. tiu. day silccrelin~ tbs}r arr,.st hy In
Cautnin II thc inris Twrc,l's cramtu.t,em ,vas ~"
so,1it,rtc Il, thc t,rrscc n Tho Am" rfn f:n,,.
sui. who md brcR admitted to tho yesnel l,v
yirtue nj .iorrllar,s nricr' rhc lie ,'en.sItion y
iiun,. ta,,en tl,c ,rrrs Inv wsa r,iaI1 ,..r ~
hni, and Tweed n.us then pit u1,on tic stand,
tisc Of cnnnrsiut H. inthrrs n,nc nv W. was . az
an,i.so and IIs ln"th.rs name ths..,,,,' III 'tin,s.
r.. i,nd r"tirr.1 frnn Imet,rss sorn .esrs isafop,
and wns travsiinD for liz icalI. H. IL h',l h..,,
a.iy,sc,i tn oJ,t +, f!,,bn rtr Tic ~ rcst T IT III
siot"r,cnt x.ne ~ ,nt;mnt.I ol.,rc ss,,,,,nto a
rarrs,fnrr ttou ~ I,mnt Tnia rr1a the tnt.stf
ra,on m tba narI n n. FiscoI md r.