Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-12
AS he descended the stoon be also cow,

As he descended the stoop he also saw
a man passing slowly, which caused him
to hesitate, but this person said in a low
1 tone, " All right. Get in the wagon - So
he scrambled into the covered wagon.
/ which drove quickly around the block
| into Madison avenue, but as the cot there.
car having run off the track. some
mounted police and passengers stood in
the way, and the fugitive was stopped for
two or three minutes. The wagon soon
started again, and drove zig-zag across the
city toward the North River, which was
soon reached, and beside a big truck on
the pier they stopped. The driver said.
"Get out on the river siden Tweed got
out, seeing that the truck covered him from
observation as he alighted. man stood
near the truck also, who indicated that
Tweed was to descend into rowboat, i'm
which he quickly embarked and crossed
to the jersey side There he was met nv
another vehicle in waiting for him on the
shore roaG, wnen he was driven off into
the region beyond the river and Palisades
IN direction and to a termination where
ne had never been before, and could not
now ascertain or indicate. AT an old farm
mouse Tweed was received by another of
his new-tound friends, and in this refuge,
disguised, he continued from December i
until the first week in March, ALWAYS under
& atrot OF two men who had managed his
escape and contracted for his safety. He
did simply what they directed, and they
held him In hand like trainers. He slept.
he rose, he walked, he rode, ate and drank
only as they instructed him, and il NAV he
remarked here that this discipline and re-
laton were maintained until he closed his
engagement with them satisfactorily in
Florida. On March 5, Tweed left JERSEY
City and took up his temporary abode on
Staten Island, about half a mile from Fort
Wadsworth, at the Narrows, in a fisher
mans hut, with his two companions.
Here the party staid two weeks, making
preparations. Mr. Tweed not only lived
at this shad mans hut for two weeks but
even made a visit across the channel and
stopped night in Brooklyn.
During his stay on Staten Isl and. a licbt
and fast-sailing little schooner was fitted
out, and manned by himself and two com
panions, with negro boy. He started at
last from pier in front of the fort in a
roW-boat In the night, and slipped away
upon pleasant breeze.
In due course, and without anvthinr
nodceable, they reached the lagoons on the
coast OF Florida. AT one of the lighthouse
stations they made definite stoppage
again, Tweed taking board with the keen
ef OF the light as John Secor, an invalid
gentleman, seeking restoration of health
and the recreations of fishing and hunt
ing. Here he parted with his guides
from New York, closing his contract with
them at that place.
Here Tweed was joined by person
who is known as Hunt in the reports of
his subsequent arrest This man was
florida guide, and with him Tweed spent
long time in the interior, camping out
lunting and fishing. Subsequently he re.
urned to st. Augustine, which place he
eft In fishing smack for Cuba, and he
md his companion, Hunt, landed ten miles
outside the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
The remainder of the story is devoted
0 an account of Tweed's adventures in
;Juba, his subsequent sailing for Spain,
he arrest at Nigo, and return to the
United States.
Appended to the story is his letter of
)ec; 8, 1876, to Charles O'Conor. in which
e states that he surrenders unconditi0p-
lly, and IS ready to make all possible res
tuition and reparation, surrenderihe all
he property now in his possession. and
greeing to detail the disposition hereto
)re made of his effects -t.s