The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-04-18

" tuS IrpOtts tHs. tnt aAtVitoSco
David Dudley Field. ia the abseDc
of bis old antagonist. Charles 0'Col
or, iDdicaied an essv rout of III
Junior ccnsel, into whose hands th
case of the people bad dropped
The witnesses came on the stan
from public afiices, from the cit.
banks; Garvey and Ingersoll came
and Mr.. Tilden, the subsequent car
didate for the Presidency, was pat u
the question Tweed watched it all
He was certain from appearance
that the prosecution of the suit wa
breaking down. Tweed bad been il
exile now three months and his sns
pense lad became Intense He con
timed under the control OF the tw'
men who had managed his escap1
aud contracted for bis safety. r,
did implicitly what they directed
and they held him in hand like traia
ers. He slept, be rose. be walked
be rode, ate and drank only as they
instructed him, and it may be re
marked here that this discipline anC
relation were maintained until b.
clcsed bis engagement with then
satisfactorily 10 Florida.
SUDDENLY STARTLED.
Tweed was srddeaiy startled on,
day by the announcement that Cha
O'Conor had reppeared 10 bis case
OF all the resurrectious and ghost.
this seemed most terrible to bin
Ali hope seemed TO vanish He haC
coDjectured some brilliant tecbnica
stroke by his counsel which would
qussh the whole thing as they did
before in the Court of Appeals II,
had estimated the probabilities o.
banging the jury on some disagree
meut. But the advent of O'ConoE
dissolved all. He did not wait I'LL
The cod He again gathered up bis
now scauty effects II be Tweed
did not make an en'i Of this thug
0 Conor never would He next took
up his abode at q deserted fisher
mans hut, near The Narrows, on Sta
zen Island, bis two companions ac-
companylng him. Here the party
stayed two weeks. While here be
crossed the channel one nigh, and slept
% Brooklyn. How be escaped the
sigilahce of The detectives on bis track
. miracle. During bus stay or
aten Island a light and fasr-sailing
schooner was fsSed up and manned
,y himself snd Two Companions. With
s negro boy. He started ST las; from
ne pier In front Of The fort in a rDx
boat In the night and slipped away
lpon pleasant breeze 10 due
course aud without aDytbiog notice
.ble they reached The lsgoous on tbe
coast of Florida. At one Of the light
house stations they made a deioiIe
again. Tweed taxing
board with tie seeper Of the light a.
Johu Secor, an Invalid geotieman
seeking restoration Of health asd
he recresJious of fishing aud huol-
ng. Here, too, be parted with his
guides from New York, closing his
contract with them at that place.
His new quarters stood out upor the
,arf upon long and irregular strip
,f sandy sec beach outside Of
bright and Iimpid lagoon, between
his beach and the main land the
sgoon averaging half a mile 10
width. Here in this lonely shelter be
ook a melancholy and meditasive
est.
PERFECT PEACE AND sAFETT.
He experienced. for the first time
a many years, a feeling of perfect
'raee and safety whi.h began to fas-
innate him Communication was
.asily had with the main land, ana
acIlIties of mails and even the indis-
,-nssble newspaper were within
'asy reach Tweed was here joined
y Hunt, who was practical hunter
md guide. His chief resource OF
'ro6t was 70 pilot pleasure parties
ho seek Florida during the winter
months. Hunt led Tweed into the
Interior, where they remained, hunt
ng and fishing, until the climate be-
anne too bot, when be proceeded TO
ne neighborhood of st. Augustine.
Here be deliberately planned a neg
phere aud q new lite of usefulness.
not of repentance and reparatioa-
When be lef. this place for Cuba 10 Q
Isbing smack be bad completeda def
ute set o! plans to be carried out Cd
ls arrival in Spain. Some forty
niles sail brought Tweed and his
on the Coast of Cuba
ome ten miles outside The harbor Of
santiago de Cgos. The fisherman
tho brought them from tie Ameri-I
an coas, did not dare 10 confront;
be Spanish officials sirh a freight
! hich be strongly suspected was con-
lt wac bright. moon
ghr night as they made the poinr
hosen for landing Tweed bad al
esdy been habituated 20 the by xaYs
BY bis guides, aud even
: bere be might have taken oue Of the
egaisr steamers plying among the
I est indian ports, be gGIse natural
= continued his course as he bad
larted, keeping himself away from
rgu.ar channels IN which be mighr
{ inconveniensiy recognized There
Tss no kind Of hsbnstioa within
iybt, and the hour, nstwiih standing
sc Snooniigb,. preeluded search
Iuas wrapped himself in tne blake |
I'D was soon asleep on the rock !
here they were left by she skipper |
amping vut had been their custom /
II several % ,osbs Aroid,og towa- |
I'd set,lemenrs they 6nalIy came |
thin sight of a fshertnsn's hus ca I
'e DAY. 4
ARRESTED BIZ THE sPAsIAEDs.
They engaged fisherman 20 take
len 70 Santiago de CGhs, and on
leir arrival they were mes by q cuz-
"a house officer, who demanded
assports. Nos being able 20 csm-
y they were srresseu and placed oa
,srd the Spanish rnan-of-ssr Cher
rcA This vas on the 18th Of Jane,
,7e, snd be vas reles-ed on the
3d. The change aud arrival of
w Captain G.aeral az Havana had
Iused bOsn suspicion aod delay in