New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-04

Wesbrook the surprise was ueNelopen vi Sch'"e "''
under heavy fclon to the Pentenary' ana
establishing such acts under the common law rs punish
able like any other robbery.
Ills curious coincidence also, that daring the admin
israton Of President Pierce, Westbrook was member
of Congress with Tweed the latter having inhuenn"y
excrted himself to procure the appointment OF uned
States Dstrict-Atorney for the man who has SINCE so
esnaI,v dissolved the "Twced influence" the bench
II should be remarked here perhaps that Judge west
brook having voted for the famous kensas-Nepr'sh"
bill declined the appointment "A question nj the hahus
Of Pierce Us it might like payment Tor Dis vo'
dehcacy not elsewhere manifested ON tha occasion oy
others As Judge his decisions and rulings nave 'eeh
artsa nv great cearncss and simplicity his genteneSs
Of manner and delivery being entirely wanting III any
effort at oratOriea or dramatic ELECT
In view OF the severity Of the attacks whch nave pc"
made upon our state Judiciary. this recognition III
deerent kew would seem 20 DO due 10 the judge VINO
finally disposed OF Tweed's case It's Importance III
tracing the course of the latter is absolute Iwecd
watched the proceedings as If he were spectator anu
listener wherein eat In hts retreat, viewing through MS
window the OF the distant shipping ana 'e HOUSE,
tons mst dimly visible in the smote OF the hoThoh'
Tweed knew well the temper of his judge ana IN one TO-
card II was the same TO HIM whether he was Oh the
ground TO help out Of sight ard reach ihoeou he
eopec;ured that the inclination OF the judge Wouu NC
lcss severe in view Of tho obvious absence oil all appear
ance OF influence from him Tweed. He watched ue
defeat OF the motion for dismissal and scanned Win
wonder the unprecedented and then novel proceedings
for struck Jury" course he could know nothing OF
the secret counses held by the juniors at the scSbed OF
O'Conor The latter at Fort Washington, almost III y
dirco, line across the river, and quite in sight OF the
hidngplace the fugitive had suddenly reused up from
HIS long and extraordinary lethargy He became e"nVa
Iescent got out of bed and rvacd Tweed hnSe ia ms
growing interest in the trial.
Tweed had certainly made definite plans for his iiure
IN leaving his prison. But at large he fingered IN
tensely anxious that the result Of the tria might admit
that the aGrOitEcSS
Of David Dudley Field in the absence OF hie on! antso-
s,harles OConor Indicated easy ro NJ the junior
counsel into whose hands the case Of the people iao
dropped. TIE witnesses came on the stand from INC
public offices, from the city banks Garycy ara niger
soil came Mr. Tlden the subsequent candidate Tor the
Presidency, was put 10 the question Tweed watched II
all He was cert ain from appearances that the pr0secu-
ton OF the suit was breaking down The counsel WIN
their witnesses and the proofs the side OF the people,
seemed 10 him (s ne describes it like the ser6otyped
scene in pnntoinimc. where the great blower appears
and SENDS every body and everything Of The sta2c"f
living nh in the air at puff Such seemed ne rre+sti-
Bile dexterity Of the noted croscxamner and c"din
All these proceedings Of the trial had been String out
nnd had reached the beginning Of March The snS
pense of Tweed had become intense. Upon The near
event depended whether he should return to ms naive
city or resume his flight and geek permanent place OF
exile He had occupied his present quiet retl eat sncc
the 5th of December, mailing three monihs. He CON
tnued under control Of the two men who had man
AGED hi7 CDntidceu lot MS Sdi'tN' tiu
implicitly what they directed, and they held hn Ia hnd
like trainers lie slept rose he walked. he rode ate.
only they instructed him. and 1t may he re-
marked that this discipline |and relation were main-
tanned until ne closed his engagement with them salts
fac,ory in Florida HIS days back Of the Palisades be-
ing spent in strict secuson, all his mind naturally cen
tered upon reading tie daily reports Of the trial And rs
The great length of the proceedings naturally grew mo-
notonous even to him. he suddenly startled one day
on receiving his papers by seeing The announcements IN
the customary saon headlines, thai Charles OConor
had rcappeared i'm his before Judge Wcstrook! or
~, resnrrccions and ghosts seemed tie most fear
fu 10 Tweed As he describes It, hGd be committed mar
der. and had the body Of his victim been suddenly
brought before him 10 confront, he might have felt az he
did when he read tie srikngly dramatic scene in the
court when the white ana cuaciated form OF the vene
able peader and resumed ais cause before INC Judge
Al hon, for Tweed at once seemed vanished. lie had
conjccturcJ brilliant technical stroke ~ MS c0ui
eel which would quash the whole timing. as they did
before the CouT; of Appeals lie had estimated the
probabilities Of changing. the jury some agree
ueut. But tie odvcnt OF O'Coaor dissolved al" He did
10, wait for the end. lie again gathered up his now
scsuy effects. n De TwcoD did not make All end OF this
thing O'Color never would. once more be- was done
REMOVAL 70. STATEN Island.
TIE scene low chanrcs Tweed had finally suGren-
Gc!cd himself 10 c>e. HI took ny temporary abode
about half milo from Fort WddswOrtn, at the NarTows.
in o Gshcrmans hut with his two companions This
shauy had been used by shat fishermen. hut the
Obstruction which their poles made caused their removal
by order OF G.. w. b." the famous guardian OF New
YORK. Hurhog. The shadmans nut was therefor" vacant
uEti thc DISTINGUISHED occupancy 10y thi, otner
friend Of Ncw-York city and its less Hqot h2h"ays.
"W NJ T." TIE cottage, Ike others Of ;he but, Was a.
small dinrnscus with tier OF hunks or bcrtA. like Tic
forccstlc snip Here the party s'ad ior two weeks
making Icparltons How they escaped lie Argus-eycs
oI the many ioiu, and several Associated Press agents
daring ~ retreat On Staten Island il indeed 9iracIc
the very hnnc The agent Of the Associated Ircs MI
simonOn and tho the.csj hauQt Of the reporters as
itramarinc, special, rccuar. and regular
special. lIr Tweed uOt only lived at this siHd-DEn's
hut for WO week. but aade visit across the chan
mel and stopped a night in Brooklyn! This VAS Ja!Iy
the beginning o. course rough life aud free adyo!
trre which 10. Ted until his arrest in Santiago de CabG.
The Judgment for So 100000 and upv ard which had
now been entered mp 0St hiD s as satly aitcr all
upon HI, resolution "a the old badge Of Big Six
uDon his breast the early days Of the Old 'ewIork
ilr,add.as in the Bowery lie fully realized that the
bail Cnut The iud:icnO barrier when bad been
most rgcnousy devised to banisn him forever co the
old haGnis II firm and relentless decree as ever
Venice had enforced IN her bitter and relentless eilc6
of the secret chambers OF the Council of Tea But ne
lad, IN fact. far apprehension ana concern now
about thc prospective ocean and the Geestabo
scacsncss than about OCouor, and the knapsach West
brook had strap ed upon his back. However he lodged
tho man aucs OF the seasickness 10y dcvising
coasting ex,Ic ltor by which, reaching Florida and
theEco crO,s.;s ic Spanish Main, he mi< IN easy
stages land :nGer the protection OF the Spanish Nag
HIS pysique usually averaged two hundred and
eighty pOuad.a ost nconyeni NJ bulk on sea Oyagr
end ia ecascAness prOportiola 81 increased
disturbance.
During hs STAY on staten Island light and astSailing
n.e tted out, and manned by himself and
two companions, with negro boy He stared at last
from the pier in front Of the fort III row-boa in the