, 1876-11-19
TWEED.


i .~, 49,.
He Deems His Surrender by Spain Unjust
and Threatens Tiltlen with Disclosures.
- Correspondence Nan York 7'rt6une-e :;
81. THOMAS, sNov. 5-The United States frig
ate Franklin, with William N. Tweed aboard
put in here this morning for coal and pEoyi:s
ions. -. =. -
, During the voyage Tammany's fallen chic
spoke freely OF his plans. 1T was in doubt,
! he said, t'what to do. T asked myself ant
trusted friends at home before fed, ant
friends and judg% both alfke s;s saia Fiy
One said, 'To Turkey, where you soon car
be beyond the reach OF tclegraphs;' but
both Turkey and Egypt seemed too far sway:
My most trusted adviser said, Spain Is the
place, for there is no e1tradition treaty between
the United States and Spain, and Kent has
clearly said that where there is no e1tradition
treaty it would be violation of the law which
custom make to surrender any fugitive Then,
too, Spain Is much easier to Get to aud q Is
of my old friend Connolly, who is in Spaiu, and
what. good time we could have together
there. Then, too, 1t would be near Dick, whom
I am starting in business in Liverpool, and
still nearer Bill, whom shnl1 set up in
Paris, where he'll have the friendly counsel Of
MT old companion, Swecny. Spuin is the place
for me, I said, and laid my plans accordingly.
Then, too, it Is 80 easy to get there II were
| 10 LakC passage Oh Qn ocean SLeuElGT LnCY WQu1u
be on the lookout for me, but can stow away
on one OF these coasters that run down to Cuba,
I and once there will be. as safe as though in
Spain, and con make the voyage over At my
convenience. In the neighborhoou Of Seville,
Connolly says, is the best p1ace, good eli
mate, fertile country, and good old sherry,
| very cheap: III 60 to Spain, and buy or
build myself castle there, and then and there
l'll spend my life at ease. 1'vc got enough laid
by for oil Of us, and we will cat and drink and
take our ease. So Ircasoned; SO my friends
my trusted fEiends-adysed; and so I believed.
TO this end I laid my plans aud made my ar
rangements. I could have left a year and more
before did, but was not ready. had not
then completed my arrangements. Ny time i
came. l1cft; l went to Cuba 7 got in trouble
about passport, but fixed tlat-not yery sat
isfactorly to the Spanish authorities, that is
true; put fixed it, and, though they made 4
: fuss about it, I. got through, and that was all
that was necessary.
'sNo sooner had got to Havana" continued |
Tweed, "than old JoVellar learned in some way
thatl Fas a nice fat goose that he could pluck |
to feather his nest. He made INC pay pretty |
dear for my stay there, but don't begrudge it, !
for he was necessary If an expensive con-
venience- But found 1t better to use my
wings to t1y with than to let him pluck me amy
Here! Wheref 4 prisoner on board an Amer
lean ship-of-war! This cabin is roomy, to be
sure, but, after all, it is prison, and am here
on purpose. to be taken back and put into
/
hope. These processes Of extradition are irrcg-
ula1. They can't surrender mc, know, for
inquired particularly into this before left New
York. But, d-.n it, they have done it. Pm
they couldn't pnt him in JUL, but Who, never
tleless, said, But you see they could do it, for
they have done it, Don't you see they have!
DON'T you see Pm here! But I'm very sure the
civil authorities Of New York. iii compel |
them to send me back Immediately to Spain I !
have been taken away By force, in violation of |
every principle OF international law. They are
send ma back in another, and id quick, too.
lion! What object can she haye! IN this very ;
9G1try OUT xhifh bad selected n9dcthe best
ooner land than an seized as a sop to be =
brown to Cerberus Spain is afraid Of Amer : :
can intervention in Cuba. and so am made ! :
convenience y OF BY her: Am to be the football s
u Spanish diplomacy on one side. and. of Amer | =
IAN politicians on the other!
",llldcn," continued Tweed, "wants to make " "
o'itical capital and campaign bumcombe out of - -
y arrest and Imprisonment, aud SO calls upon =
T' ne GGYernment to demand my extradltion- Il
to make political capital out Of its refusal, u
nd djsappoints him By making the demand, "
nd IS % much as surprised that the demand 4 i
eGmsea aae spaia spain as n2s nssn It is that snisd It
IL opportunity to establish conspicuous pre- u y
'tcnt upon which to base claims for the sur =
ndek OF Cuban refugee offenders, snd SO has ~
o1 onnle motive for complying with demand ~ u
hich, at another time and under other circu- as s
a9ces, would be lost in pigeon-hole in the ~ =,
adrfd Crcumlocution Office. Look at the un- u u
plomatlc haste,t too, with which my case is -,
teu on! Ihus IN made the shuttle-cock OF sn "
la7es aud politicians, and the Victim OF cir ~ ~
We'll" soliloquized Tweed, "the Admins 81. 80
atlon. mas made at least as much political IL,
oy out nd Gl my arrest Tden has, and 4
Will at least to Cuba if not to Spain, or for ~. ~
detention in its own hands uutil after the az az
'cton, II the worst comes to the worst, and a. a.
al then viii prove the sorTest Rest campaign my biz
cument to Ti1den that eyGr any am6i- Of
us candidate laid: hands: on. I've a. a.
: Sc secrets 1.. enough Of his to damn s}a e,
:rets alongside Of the blackness Of which AZ az
udulent income returns are white as snow. I nes
nder if he remembers the proposition he .
de h to me to briug testimony to support and Lar!
Re if would only peach On Sweeney and ;,' so<
y! can call up before him some ghostly M 1ls
Of those old times. Had ! been TO
at Liberty in Spain, Il. should utterly have nan
eatcu every chance he ever had OF IN cleo e. e.,
!, and, now that he calls for my presence in Au
8; Gf TO accomplish his political PURPOSES he @ @nl
y Aha that have yet . power, not merely to Ne'
5apSs h1s defeat IN ths but sbe Mas
H. n -
,;underestimatcd nv his nnlftico, n,1ona1ta Ew
an Ut wonderful ability ani slIi11 XIX ,,c the
'se selfish ambition oycr.eans nli honde e. spe,
oVtrshot his mark this time. I've henri i l5A'
thcr man named Cesar becanse he 1-as n''s n.1 to
,us; and if Sauur il r,infr In ha Tnan. e1n had
find that can be BrutnSs As 7 so;,1 thin
haye hope. This order from Washington sas,
the shore, upon arrival in New Vail ,srt;1 and
department is heard from, looks as il the Coo
ernment thinks it NAV have to give mc IN you
H." 81 "p out
lus Tweed solfloquized. this
Oh
Valentino: ,,.to~ mad
corrisnond-or- w. r.~. tere
u. Valentine Baker ia hnr.i: a. IL ; I;sapafc cons
1ry anti promises to make soms+h;r<x ~ Ine theil
be is properly sustained hv h;e s,1nn uus or wcc1
ed BY hls subordinates He has better t1.g vi
tation as q cavalry oficcr than n1.t 80; to o]
traveller and his fittic 1nisndveat ae q a.nI who
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