The New York herald., 1877-10-26

me- And they can keep mo hero until ! rot"
swell, tho election which is coming of viii put in
new state officers"
..Bu, the samo Governor will be 10 onlcc said Mr.
Tweed. "No. Ny remedy must DO found in the
courts have made all the restitution In my power.
am not indictabe. am simply hero because can
not pay ajudgmenI"
"Aro you tho only member Of the Ring now hold In
durcssf"
out swecny lives up town. Connolly is In switxer.
land Hall is IN London, or thereabout."
"Aro you on good tcrms with any OF these per.
sonsf"
"No, not at present. have just found to-day look
ing my papers, receipt In iu for a suit which
Ingersoll Tor Woodward, havc forsottcn) has
brought against my wife, another check OF Jimmy
0'Brien and como other lcttors of Hugh Hastings.
You II is q slow ana laborious matter to 60 back
and recall recover these little items in an almost
lumultous career"
WASN'T It o foolish thing for Woodward to have
ventured over tho Canadian line 10 Chicago?'
'Pm satisfied that he did 1t by arrangement anu
that it was understood he was to DO arrcsted.n
"why did Hall run sway-on the score Of your CON.
fessione'
''Ha think, has been crazy. or growing craxy for
years He was drcadfully tiresomo fellow, with his
weak little puns."
''But he useful, he not in tho way or draw
ing up advantageous cunning blllsS"
expert. Hall was pretty good his logs, to preside
at dinner or mako ready speech"
s'What Is the meaning OF the rumor that Swoeny
and the Sweeny influence at work to keep you in
jan'"
~ don't think Swccny wants out He's prob
ably going into politics again. You know he never
to tho front much, but wanted to rule from a
position OF retirement Ho can reach Influences
which cannot reach
THE MAN FRONT
"But you never auarrollcd much with your asso-
ciatesg"
"No Thcy didut quarrel with me, because was
the only man who wound 60 tho front They couldn't
rely othcr II anything desperate was hand.
i U
where Elijah Purdy wanted me to preside. Said l.,
Now, boys, tell you frankly, I'm afraid 60 to that
meeting. You may 80, but don't want to- Pooh,
pooh |! said Purdy, we didn't expect that OF you,
bohodl no Purdy came. Come on, said /, .I'll pre-
side' so took the CHAIR wasn't worry able
in IT, eithcr. mon from California, by tho name OF
Doyle. running for Recorder against Barnard.
(Ths recolection Is at random.) saw, as tho roll
call proceeded that Doyle had the majority OF dele-
gates. Said a secretary: :-'Havea motion made to
dispense with calling the rolll' 1t done. Al in
favor Of Mr. Barnard tho of this body say
aye Carriedl The meeting is adjournedr Well,
there was riot and was driven into ono corner
Isaiah Rynders had pistol long as my arm drawn
and cooked. SAID be:--.lJl pay you for ths! l
was scared. bus s,ae'say CO. pm not afraid OF .
Wbole ward OF you nshting villains sald I, and We
all got out'
''Then you never quarrelled with Swecnyf"
"Oh. swccny is a hard, ovcrbcaring, revcngciu'
mau. lie wants his way and treasures up wrath. Ho
has considerable ability OF It's kind We or
poste and unllko that wc got along very wcll.n
.'How did you ever take into your confidence Dick
Connolly? 2"
.Connoly before my time; l had TO take tho
world Il and not mako Il anew. He was a
powerful 10 his ward and district being from
Cork and that region In otner days was full Of Cork.
opiuns If you woold walk through there ana talk
against Connolly It would be at your pcril. We could
not get aloug without Connolly and annexed him for
the voto he controlled lie had been an old federal
Custom House Officer and In Mayor Hnvcmcyer,s
bank"
"who got Connolly on?'
.Tiden, through the aid Of Mayor Havemoyer.n
ESCAPE REroLD.
'sThe story Of your escape to Spain by way Of Flor
ida and Cuba has been published. Was that essen.
TALLY correct?"
pretty correct Tho man who wrote Il was fiehty.
as you can soc where hc starts by saying tnat CO.
capped from my house Fifth avenue, when lived on
Madison avenue. | did step out OF my own house.
Franklin at vigo, in Spain, saw human being
whom had seon before. Tho only exception
seeing my son on tho wharf at vigo as was
walked down to go on board the Franklin. recog-
nizcd my son there, but wo did not speak 10 each
other"
"wcrc you not oppressed with scnsc OF loneliness
and Of mental pain at that long solitude in dangerous
or obscure paccsf'
NO. suffered plenty Of physical distress, but no
mental distress. My temperament derived from my
father TO be hopeful and buoyant and enjoy what Is
going on"
"Bu did you not feel somewhat anxious at the idea
Of never returning TO this city, whore you had
powerful and had spent your youth and middle lc2 ?"
"No, think not You see, l had suffered enor.
mously from tho nsra;itudc OF people nad done
much for. Everybody abandoned me except my fam.
iv n friends md thoso lats S,aid