The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
BOSS TWEED.
An Interesting Account OF ITS Adven

An Interesting Account OF His Adven
lures.
New YORK, Oct. 22.-The New York
Herald of to-day gives a graphic &C
count of William NJ. Tweed and com.
panion's wanderings in Cuba. On the
night Of June IL, Tweed found him.
self at San Dienen, on the coast Of Gu
ba, 10 miles from Santiago, where, he
states, he had been landed in n boat by
the Captain of a vessel from St. Angus
tine, Fla. The two men passed a weary
night on q barren rock-the elder ner-
VOWS, anxious and terrified, peerinG
into the dark belt of woods beyond the
beach, dreading to 60 near lest he
should encounter the belligerents' pa
troll or the Spaniards, and shifted the
dew-laden air, dreading yellow fever.
They had four leather v~alises, from
which he took numerous wraps, and
held an umbrella over his head to avert
the dampncss of the heavy dew. His
son-in-law, Arthur Ambrose McGinnis,
of New Orleans, who married Miss
Tweed in May, 1871, the bride rcceiv-
ing 100000 worth of presents from
the ex-Boss's followers, threw himself
down and went to sleep. Tweed re.
manned in a sitting posture, gloomily
awake all night. A iisherman's boy
approached his lone rock by the sea in
the morning, where the millionaire
e~X.ruler of New York spent an anxious
vigil, dreading bullet and fever, in COM
munion with his W worse thoughts,
listening to the beating of the waves of
the Caribbean at the base of his
strange refuge. The boy, by
the aid of signs and an English
Spanish dictionary, carried by Tweed,
pronounced the words "Consul
Americans, Santiago" The boy
ran for his father, who fur.
nisied the fugitives with coffee and
bread. For S3i, gold, the fisherman
rowed and sailed to Santiago, where
the party arrived at half-past 2 in the
afternoon. They were instantly arrest.
ed by the captain of the port. Ameri.
al Consul Young examined the pass
ports of John Secor and William Hunt,
and pronounced them all right. 1t is
supposed some n ]personated Tweed
and obtained the passport, which agreed
with his personal appearance, which
dishonesty is being ferreted out by the
State Department officials. The captain
of the post was suspicious, and stating
that he was sorry, sent Secor and Hunt
on board II man-of.war until he had
communicated the facts of the strange
arrival to the minister of marine. They
were placed on board the Churuka,
formerly IN English blockade runner,
sold by the American Government tc
Spain. He was well cared for, two o.
the officers giving up their s%tate-rooms
Consul Young ~tclepraphed Consul Hal
ut Havana, soliciting his intercessior
with Capt.-Gen. Jovellar, and obtain
ne permission to 60 on board the
man-of-war and be present a
the examination. Hunt stated tina.
he was u native of New York
where he kept a hotel, and Secor was
his uncle, travelling in search of health
being troubled with diabetes. Seco
said he was u native of Connecticut, wa
a retired merchant and had been ad
vised by physicians to come to Cuba
The captain of the port transmitted tn
papers of examination to Havana, dc
tanning the prisoners on board the Chu
ruka until the case was disposed OF
Meantime the military authorities a
Santiago were anxious to get possessio
of the %eXiles, thinking them in leagu
with the insurgents; but the naval oil
GERS refused to give them up. Henc
there ensued q bitter quarrel betwee
the army and navy commanders. Twee
and companion in about a week begaI
to suffer severely from small rooms an
the heat and glare of the sun on the wa
ter, and piteously entreated to be a
lowed to 60 ashore. This was allowed
on the guarantee of the American Cor
sui that they would be forthcomin
when word would be received iron
Havana. They lived in princely styl
at the Hotel de Adele Lascalle, kept b
/, an old mulatto woman, whose cuisin
/, is the fame of Santiago. Here in wee
the intense heat combined TO max
his sutferirg s very great, SO much SC
that he made application to b
= sent to Spain. To this request a des
ear was turned, and they drawled out
weary, monotonous life, at the Adel
| Lascalle hotel. Months passed. Tc
c ward the close of July a telegram cam
from Havana stating briefly: "Seco
and Hunt released to 60 where the
: like" Gossip, however, was busy, an
it was even reported that Secor was @,
: Secretary of War Belknap in flight. II
detained the bark GARNER several day
, at a demurrage of 1926 per day. On Jul
:. 2G they went on board. On the nigl
Of sailing the American Consul was te
~egraphed that Secor was Tweed, and t
, arrest him. The captain Of the POI
telegraphed the man-of-war Churuk
!, to 60 in pursuit. She failed to fin
GARNER, and was evidently Indifferent
owing to the row between the militar
and naval authorities. Portraits take
in Spain of Tweed show a striking cor
:, trast. He looks another being, wit
> deeply drawn lines of hardships an
suffering never to be eifaced. No bi
diamond nor white neck-tie, wedding
4 day appearance now. Even his gal
' meDts look old and worn. A corps {
reporters are now on the watch for tn
/. fugitive, who has had as many Weiss
- tudes and romantic wanderings as Boz
, ME Prince Charlie.
The desire to construct the large
l. single roof in the world was achieve