The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-11-03
TWEED.
sketch of His Foreign Adventures
How the Ex.BOss LoOks-Sufferings OF
RemOrse and Twangs of Conscience
Work a Mighty Change in the
old Political Ruler.
NEW York, October "a.

1uko III SuDds VII tuO IiAShG vi OuhS
nth, Tweed found himself at San
Dienen, on the coast of Cuba, ten miles
from Santiago, where, he states, he had
been landed in a boat by a captain of a
vessel from st. Augustine, Florida.
The two men passed weary night on
barren rock-the elder nervous, anX-
ious, and terrified, peering into the dark
belt of woods beyond the beach, dread
ing TO GO near lest he should encounter
the belligerents' patrol or the Span
iards, and shifted the dew-ladened air,
dreading the yellow fever. They had
four leather valises, from which he took
numerous wraps, and held an umbrella
over his head to avert the dampness of
o.la.. heavy dew. His son-in-law,
Arthur Ambrose McGinnis, of New
Orleans, who married Miss Tweed in
May, 1871, the bride receiving $500, 900
worth of presents from the ex-boss' fol-
lowers, threw himself down and went
"n' remained in a sitting
emily awake all night. A
tsherman's boy approached his lone
rock by the sea in the morning, where
the millionaire ex-ruler of New York
spent an anxious vigil, dreading bullet
and fever, in communion with his own
worse thoughts, listening to the beating
of the waves of the caribbean ut the
base of his strange refuge. The boy by
the aid of signs and an English-Spanish
dictionary, carried by Tweed, pro-
nOunced the words "Consul, Ameri-
cans, Santiago" The boy ran for his
father, who furnished the fugatives
with coffee and bread. For $34, gold,
the fisherman rowed and sailed to San
tiago, where the party arrived at half
past two in the afternoon. They were
instantly arrested by the captain of the
port. American Consul Young eX-
amined the passports of John Secor and
William Hunt, and pronounced them
all right. 1t is supposed some one per-
sOnated Tweed and obtained the pass
port, which agreed with his personal
appearance, which dishonest is now
being ferreted out by the State depart
ment officials. The Captain of the post
was suspicious, and stating that he was
sorry, sent Secor and Hunt on board IL
man-of-war, until he communicated
the facts of the strange arrival to the
minister of marine. They were placed
on board the Churuka, formerly an
English blockade-runner, sold by the
American government to Spain. He
was we'll cared for, two of the officers
giving up their statc-rooms. Consul
Young telegraphed to Consul Hall at
Havana, soliciting his intercession with
Capt. Gen. Jovellar, and obtaining per-
mission to go on board the man-of-war
and be present at the examination
Hunt stated that he was a native OF
New York, kept a hotel, and SecoI
was his uncle, travelling in search
OF health, being troubled with diabetes
Secor said he was native of Connect
cut, was n retired merchant, and had
been advised by physicians to come tc
Cuba. The Captain of the port trans
mitted the papers of examination tt
Havana, OBTAINING the prisoners OF
board the Churuka until the case wa.
disposed of. Meantime the military
authorities at Santiago were anxious t.
got possession of the eXiles, think ins
them to be in league with the insur
gents, but the naval officers refused I,
give them up. Hence there ensucd {:
bitter quarrel between the army ant
navy commanders. Tweed and com
panion In about Il week began to SUITE,
severely from small rooms and the hca
and glare of the sun on the water, an,
pifeously entreateu TO be allowed to @,
ashore. This was allowed, on tn,
guarantee of the American consul tina
they would be forthcoming when wor,
would be received from Havana. De
lighted with freedom, they lived il
oily style at the Hotel de Abel
E.sca.ic, kept by an old muIatt
women, whose cuisine is the tame ,
Santiago. Here in IL week the intcns
heat combined to make his suffering
very great, so much so that he mad
''' ~ "" sent tOSpain. To tn
. vs. turned, and the
-. ". II weary, monotonouS Ii
at the Adele Iascalle Hotel. Montl
passed. Toward the close of july "A &c
egram came from Havana, Stain
briefly: sSecor and Hunt released
go where they like" Gossip, howevc
was busy, and it was even reported tn
Secor was ex-Secretary of War Belkn.
in flight. He detained the bark G.,
men several days at Il demurrage of :
per day. On July 26th they went ,
board. On the night of sailing, Il
American consul was telegraphed tn
Secor was Tweed, and to arrest hi,
The Captain of the port telegrapht
the man-of-war Churuka to go in pr
suit. She failed to find Carmen, n,
was evidently indifferent, owing to Il
row between the military and nav
authorities. Portraits taken in Spain