Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
THE KISSING TWEED.

THE KISSING TWEED.
Canadian Story of His Wanderings and
the Disguise he Assumed.
From the New York Times.
Tweed, the other day, was in North
Carolina, according to local paper.
with body guard of twelve fierce men
armed with knives and pistols. Now,
unless the Hamilton (Ontario) Specta-
tor has been misinformed, he is in Can
ada, clothed in coarse garments and wear
ing a gray wig and green goggles. The
Spectator has seen somebody who has
seen him, and in Fridays issue it tells
this somebody's story at length. In the
ing the missing individual, the story
may not be found embarrassing read
ing. It asserts that he has been
tracked through that city and as far as
the village of Ancaster, and it describes
his movements since his escape from
custody irf this city In the following
elaborate manner:
''On the night of the escape the
Boss received clean shave inside the
cab which conveyed him from the Jail,
and he was furnished with coarse suit
of clothes. a gray wig, and pair OF
green goggles. Mounting the box seat
with the driver, he was driven to the
outskirts of the city, where a covered
candywagon was in waiting. He was
locked in, and spirited span of horses
being attached to the rig, he was driven
rapidly into the country. In this man
ner the Boss was conveyed across
the country in much the same style
as menagerie man transports a lion.
When between seventy-6ve and
one hundred miles from the city of New
York, Tweed took the train at some sta
ton on the New York Central, and de-
liberately crossed the Suspension Bridge
in broad daylight, and reached this city
on the train due here from the bridge
at $40. The Boss movements since
then are we'll defined. He is described
as he stood on the platform (by gen.
tleman in this city who intends claiming
half the reward) as large, fat man,
clean shaved, and coarsely dressed in
gray Canadian Tweed. He carried a
heavy walking stick, and wore green
goggles and white stove-pipe hat
where he got the hat is question. AZ
ter walking up and down the platform
for q few minutes, he entered the wait
ing-room, bought cut of pie, a glass
of beer and cigar. It will be we'll to
mention here that Tweed was acting in
concert with friend, the arrangements
being that he was to do whatever his
friend did, as far as travelling was con-
cerned. Tweed took the train going
west, which left few minutes after his
arrival, and got OF at Dun
das station, having paid his
fare in cash on beard the car,
Tweed, after get ing CT the cars, in
stead of going into the town walked up
the mountain to Bullock's Corners,
where he put up at Morden's Hotel,
representing himself as party who in
tended buying farm somewhere in the
neighborhood. He gave his name as
Henry lays, but never once put his
hand to paper that Mr.. Morden. can re-
member. Two days after his arrival he
hired a buggy ind drove as far as Freel-
ton, where he stopped and had some
thing to eat. While there he called
for pen, ink, and paper, and wrote a
pocket. He then drove as far as the
village OF Strabane, where he posted
the letter. While in the Office, the
Boss was struck by the appearance of
young child which was lying in it's
mother'a arms. Tweed bought the
child handful of candies for a Christ
mas present, and told the mother that
it reminded him of his own little child
at home in San Francisco. On his way
back to Bullock's Corners, an accident
happened which may yet prove fatal to
Tweed's liberty. When about mile
out of Greensville, he met Miller's
stage, running between Guelph and
Hamilton, and by piece of
horsemanship ran into the vehicle,
which only contained two passengers
drunken farmer and a commercial
traveler-the same party who saw
Tweed at the Hamilton station. Tweed
jumped out rather hastily, and in doing
SO disarranged his wig and lost his Cog
giles, displaying to the interested trav-
eler physiognomy remarkably like
that of a certain individual whose pic
ture is one Of the ornaments of the
walls of our city police Office. The de-
lay was only of few minutes duration,
but enough to satisfy that commercial
traveller. Two days after this occur
renee party from the township of An
caster drove to Bullock's Corners and
took Mr.. Tweed, alias Hays, away with
him. The party's name we suppress.
He is Tweed's brother-in- law, and one
of the most respectable farmers in The
township. and it was to this party
Shat Tweed wrote the letter from
Erection. at this gentleman's
house Tweed has remained ever
since, while every detective in the
United States has been looking for him
in vain. Last evening Connors and Gill
lespie hired rig from Mr.. Bennett,
livery stable keeper on Bark street, and
drove out to Ancaster. They returned
this morning early, when Connors took
the first train for the Bridge, while Gill
lespie, after remaining few hours at
the American Hotel, returned to An
caster.
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