The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-12
Our New York Letter,
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NEW York, April I, 1877.
Oakley Hall has been found, an,
it is as wrote last week. lie is il
London, and the reason for his be
ing there, is what | said. lie wa
complicated with the ring, though
he has so covered his tracks that h,
has been living for some years il
tolerable security. The return @
Sweeney, and the consequent dis
closure of the inside secrets of tina
gigantic swindle could not but in
volvc Kim and put him in the cate.
gerry of the worst Of tho lot. And
SO Oakley Dali, Mayor of New York
ruler of the Democracy of this city
and the head and front Of the re.
spectacle portion of the clique that
has plundcrcd New York 50 long
is in London in disguise, and tho
mere sport of II cheap actress, who
will hang to him as long as he has
any portion of the money he stole,
and will desert him Tie moment it
is gone' With ability sufficient to
command any place and any posi-
ton, he permitted wine, women and
the attendant pleasures of the mo-
mcnt to lead him into excuses,
which has ended as it always has
and always will. Icannot commend
to the youth who read the STAR a
more instructive example. Hon.
csty and deccRcy, in the long run,
always pay better than the summer
pleasures that follow career like
Oakley Halls. Oakley Hall will, in
a year from now, be borrowing a
dollar or two from chance Ameri-
cans in London to pay for the mis-
cradle bed he will be sleeping in.
And such men always end exactly
in that way.
Tweed has got tired of being fol-
lowed 10y the law and is making Il
compromise. He has told all he
knows about his escape and the
swindle, and very interesting
chapter it is. He lived in a fisher
mans hut in New Jersey; he lived
in the everglades of Florida; he
went hither and yon, fugitive and
wandcrcr up and down tho earth,
till, sick and tired, he wanted moth
ing so much as to be allowed to
quit his wandcrings and settle down
to a quiet life, out Of Jail. He has
been hunted up and down the earth,
branded as criminal, till, weary
and faint, he wanted peace. And
so he permitted himself to be taken.
and came home, made his statement
and accepted terms. He turns over
to the city all that is left of tie
money he and his coadjutors stole,
and will be permitted to 90 out and
live unmolcsted. The great king is
now a poor old man, with no money
to speak of and no power, past
that he darcs not look back upon
and no future at all. There are
thousand draymen in the city who
are better off than he, and who could
not afford to change places with
him.
Whatever may be the upshot of
it, there is no doubt but that the
arch conspirator, Tildcn, wishes
very much to make another effort
for the Presidency. lie never in
tended that the verdict of the Joint
Commission should be final, if it was
adverse to him, and had the admin
istration of Hayes bcerlcss popular,
be would have commenced proceed
ings long ago in the Supreme Court.
1t is certain that he has gone so far
as to have skilled Attorneys draw
up the papers necessary to contest
the Election, and proceedings will
be commenced if the temper of the
public should change, and become
adverse to the present administra-
ton. Tildcn staked his all upon
the Presidency, and he has by no
means rclinquishcd his hopes.
One ofthc oldest and richest firms
in the city is that of tho Jcwctts,
Lead Manufacturers. The junior
is nephew of the senior,
and is "a peculiarly excitable man,
so much so that it was deemed adj
visable by his partners to buy him
out, and the papers necessary had
been drawn. Thursday morning
an explosion was heard in the pri-
vate Office, and tho room was dis
covered to be on fire. The employ
ees of the house rushed to the room
md found the senior dead, the jun
Tor mortally wounded, and the other
member badly wounded and uncon-
sclous. There were revolvers and
on the floor, and the frac-
mcnts of hand grenade, which had q
doubtless exploded, killed the two I
and wounded the other. 1t is all :
mystery, for the only living man of !;
Tho three is unable to speak. Doubt
ess young Jewett, the nephew, did 0
he bloody work with the hand grcn- !
de, for there are no pistol or knife t
Wounds on the bodies of himself. v
lis uncle, or the other member of s
he firm. b
Light cheviots, and plain bunting "
t fifty cents a yard are the popular ]
hoice for suits, taking the place of s
ebege and camePs-hair, while the c
hin wool stuffs knottcd and dashed IL
nth gay color in rich, subducd cf- "
ects, costing three dollars yard, v
re made into polonaiscs above silk tc
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