The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-13
THE ARREST OF TWEED.
The Story Told by the Pilot of tho Bay of
ViGo.


ViGo.
A correspondent on the Franklin tells
the following story relative to the arrest
of Tweed As the Franklin came to
anchor in the bay of Vigo she found her
self beside little bark which few the
merchant flag of Spain, but showed no
name on quarter, stern or bow, but evil
deuces of her name having been painted
out. "This," said the Franklin's har-
Dor pilot, els the Carmon, the ship that
fetched them two Americans what calls
themselves 'Secor' and Hunt from
Santiago de Cuba. This isn't their
names at all. The big fellows name
with white lair and beard is BOSS
Tweed, but they don't know the name
of the little man with black hair, but
they think it isn't Hunt. They was
rested for beatin' little 'Merican girl.
They'se both in Jail in the castle now
not the one in the town there, but the
big one you see way up there on top Of
the hill, over the town. Nobody is let
speak to 'em, and nobody can see 'em
but one old woman that takes up to 'em
from the hotel what they gets to eat,
and they lives mighty good too, for the
hotel buys all the good things in town
for 'em. That ship, the Cannon, was
put in quarantine as soon as she come
in, not cause she had sickness, but
cause she had them two 'Mericans on
board. Up yonder you see, way in the
upper bay, where them ships is, up TO-
ward Ponteredra, that's the quarantine
and she was kept there long time till
them two men was took out of her. The
governor hisself, with his secretary and
a guard, went aboard of her there in the
big man that called hisself 'Secor ; and
nor any shoes or stockings, and had his
trousers and his sleeves rolled up and
was scrubbin' the deck of the Carmon
he knowed him right away and he took
tho little picture out of his pocket and
looked at it and then looked at the old
man, and said Mister Tweed, put on
your coat and shoes, we want you to 60
with us, We are going ashore Then he
told the soldiers to take him, and he
went to talk little with the captain, and
he and the secretary got the luggage of
both Of 'em and sealed it up and gave it
to the soldiers, and they took the two
mon and the luggage all ashore, and
then the Carmon was let out of quaran-
tine and coined down here. There is
two moro men in town, one of 'em 'Meri-
can. that tried TO speak to- the man
when the soldiers was takin' 'em up to
the castle, but they was not let. Them
two men has been tryin' ever since to
see 'em in the castle ; but though they
offers the soldiers plenty of money they
caut get no chance, for the governor
hisself gave or iers to let nobody see
'em or speak to 'em without written
permit havin' his seal.
"The old man." continued the pilot,
evidently enjoying this rare opportunity
OF airing his knowledge of the English
language. "offered the captain plenty
of money if he wonld let 'em go ashore
at night, for he said he was afeard of
them other ships that had fevers and
sich like, but the shippers wouldn't let
'em go. That captain must be mighty
honest for he says this old man offered
him big pile of gold if he would run
to some other port instead of coming to
Vigo, but you can't tell if that isn't only
story made up by the captain to make
believe he's very honest. Them two
man on shore tried to bribe the quaran-
tino officers to let 'em go aboard the
Carmon, but they were afeard, jest as
the soldiers at the castle is afeard, they
wonli be shot dead and they would,
too, in minute if anybody was to speak
to them men,"