The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-25
THE CASE OF W. NJ. TWEED.
THE UNEXPLAINED POLICY OF THE
bECRET1RY OF STATE,
What Hamilton Weuid not do After the Es-
cape Of the Condemned Murderer. sharIsev.
aud What he has Done In Relation to weed

Ho,r ne sunday Nercurv
WAsuINGrON, Sept. 2-When William ].
Sharkey' I've murderer, escaped from prison
W V.ut GUY. wher' he was under sent nee OF
ue ~. the District -Attornev Mr.. Phelps, came
u tins city and qucsted sec, etary Fish to AJAX
SPIN to surrender hin. lie WIS ehen IN lila.
vsna, ana one Of Pinkertons Ab,est detectives
had him under surveillance cir. Fish I'd tn al
ne would Ike to nave Stf.rSpy extradtted, dnd
.nen "sked US ASSISTS AM Wnat he Thought OF rhe
ctse. The assistant replied that IL a demand
was maze on 50 IN for the murderer and { he
aemanu was respected, spain might ask twet ty
f"vors from the United states for hat one, and
endless complications might arise be,wee. the
two nations. MIR Fish tnen decided not TO ask
> ain To give up Sharkey.
Wnen M. Fish was first advised of the fact
tn William NJ. Tweed was In Cuba he took
measures to have him surrendered, lie sent
Tor flr. Phelps and asked him what the indict-
ments against 1--WE amounted to. Mr. Pnelps
replied that it might be u htte difficult TO Get
against the fugitive, and that he rad been con
hned not on u Grimm / but on a civh process
IN de II fun statement 81 rweed's case bef' RI
the sc retAry OF state, and then eturfcd to this
SItV. soon after thas MIR. Fish took measures to
n'Nc MN caught. u Is certainly singuli ~ TINT
Mr.. Fisn s1Ouid take such deep interest in
Tweed and not rise his finger 10 second Dis.
trict Attorney Pheps's laudabIe efforts TO have
a condemned felon, found guilty OF deliberate
hnl or, slVcn 40 by the country to wnicn no
II snurkey IL now coming back, that does not
aItcr tue cdsc. u here were wcightier reasons
Tor deinahoing his extradtiOn than those mat
"A
der Il man VINO h d escap Il lie In custody
under civil process. he fac too, thai we
have no treaty Witn Spain see ms to make tine
case W rse Tor the Secretary Of ate.
from The Sunday UorM
WAsHISoroS. Sept. Civ ed reached the
coast - tuJi In a schooner, which came to
some distance from TIE shore OF santiago dc
SuOa. The captain (pruoahly because his
pa,,aIs were no, IA regular order, not
sent shore In boat. or course. ia the dis
turbed C"ndi ion Of the lei ma. the arrival in
that part ~ Cuba Of foreigner In this manner
t1'ittu not attentiun only. but suspicion. he
por, authorities Gale upon Tweed to account
Tor hiusoif lie declared that he was M Amerl-
can citizen, ana app, alcd to the Amsrirnn CON
sui ior protection, exhibiting passport from
the department Ot state at WASHINGTON, m tds
out IN tie name OF Srcor. How he got this PASS
uOrt-which must have been applied tor by
somebody IN New lork-and VINO received II
when sent from Washington to New York. are
points stu To be inycs gated and made pubic.
Tweed stoutiv sserted to the Consul that mis-
ma ew,s SEQ ana that he was an Amoric IN
s,.zen ehtltiea TO protection Inc Consul qnes-
romeo hIm closely, aud his replies, Of course.
not being Satisfactory. the Consul, ~ he was Of
nci-lIy bound to 90. asked Tor Instructions
from he C"nsu-Generii at Hav4 ma, and ne Re-
ported TO the Government In Washington.
Me1hwhie weed. alias Secor. growing nj. rmed
al tbe della anu difncul les m the av Of get
ting himself aulhen i'ate1, slipped on IN a YES
SCI be, no for Nigo with his iraudu-
ient passnorl. What followed upon the ar
rlysl Of the vessel at Niro you already know.
The arrest there was based upon information
sen, rom tuha ana from Washington | nave
here, VINO tells mr that the use in this way ~
lwerd 81 y sspurt ir Iudulsntly 0ht4 ned 1. an
offence That cones under the law, to be punish-
90 ctlhlhhIy as the fr"uduieut use Of a ceitln-
cate 81 citzenship unlawfully tanned. At THIS
puinlon o. sound lana could give tue name II
~ author there would be little uouot upon
mat point. Tweed viii be handed oven AT once
10 District Attorney Bliss anu tne Federal au-
IHofltle-, VINO Will then soon be IN condition
ID tnrni-h the uuDitc with Interesting intormu- /
ION a. To the " income returns" Of cert IA Law
'efs eminent IN the Republican ranks who have /
)een emplo, Ell 10y Tweed.
WASHINGTON, sent. A-the appropriation |
maze AT toe ist session OF Congress Tor bringing
rome from foreisn countries persons charged /
!, IN ciiules, hnu expenses liuental thereto, |
vas onlN SoVO; out IL will he unnecessary to |
xpond ANY 81 tnis sum to bring Iweed aud !
tunt irOui spain. us tue United States steamer
franklin hsd been ordered home from ,ha |
european squadron just previous to their ar
+, 81. aud not having iled when tie lnforma-
Ion of the arrest was received Nv tue STAT, de-
.rtn ent, she was ordered To proceed 10 VIgo
nd take them on board.