The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-10-30
TWEED AND DUCATs.
The Boss says It Cost Him 5000. 600
to Get Out OF Ludlow Jail.

NEw YORK, Oct. lin the course
of the Tweed examination, which was
continued to-day, the ex-Boss made
some interesting statements in regard
TO his financial strength. past aud pres
ent. II am willing 20 testify, said he
"that in the year 1877 the cost of the
real estate / owned, together with my
personal estate, was -, 200, 600 Al no
time in my life was i worth more than
from that amount 10 $1,000, 600. In
the fall Of 1871 an action was COM
menced against me by the people. etc
for 81. 600, ,000. and 7 was arrested
thereon and $1,000, 900 bail required.
The amount Of real estate transferred
10 my son Richard, was near rs / can
estimate. S2,0000O0. Upon this he
did so justify, i never again came in
possession OF that property. All Of il
was sold by my sou, or by his direction
or by foreclosure, and tho proceeds
paid 10 ne. All Of the property, from
many causes, shrank in value, as shown
by the schedule. / realized, from what
| considered in the fall of 1871 worth
81, 600. 600, less than q, l,000.0 900, which
does not include the $50, 600 paid to
nor the consideration for the Port
Washington property OF $50, 900. which
was paid by me on account OF furnish
ing the Metropolitan hotel IL Is i'm
possible for me now To state what per-
sonal property was al one time po-
sessed OF. j speculated largely in
stocks with Fisk, Gould and others,
sometime being a winner and more Of
ten looser. ] bought aud sold diff
ferent kinks Of stocks. have reckless
ly parted with great deal Of money.
/ own no real estate nor have any inter
est in any. / now affirm that L am not
to-day the owner OF any money or
property, OF any kind whatever, from
which s., 900 could be realized. The
statement which have been Published
that / have large interests abroad, and
have property OF security at home, is
utterly untrue. In my statement to
the Attorney General / eourted the
broadest investigation on these points.
/ now again express my entere willing
ness TO give mp every particle Of prop
erty / have in the world, and TO furn-
ish evidence on any subject which may
be considered beneficial 10 the people
OF the city and State, aud ia fact, TO
place myself NJ the disposal OF the
proper officials, TO enable them to undo
through me, as far as possible, the
wrong that / have committed. The
only other interesting testimony in to-
days examination related TO the ex.
penses incident to Tweed's escape from
Ludlow street Jail, concerning which
he testified as follows:
Question. What were tho expenses
Of your escape from Ludlow street jailY
Anwser IL cost me $500, 600 for as
sistance. etc.
Q. What sort OF assistance? A.
The sort Of assistance you would have
to have II you wanted TO get away aud
couldn't. Laughter.
q. Did you pay officials, or whom7
A. don't know that / ought TO say
whom, but never TO any officials.
O. What proportion Of this 5000. b
900 did you spend in getting out Of
jailp A. Nothing. / cannot answer
for the division OF the money; / don't
know. 1t cost me 5000, 900 TO get away,
and for my yacht and my expenses in
Cuba and Spain; aud il hadn't been
kidnapped should still be there.
Mr.. TOwnsend-I would say Mr..
Chairman, that while Mr.. Tweed feels
some difiidence in going into details
connected with his escape. the account
which appeared in Harper's Weekly
was substantially correct. dr. Tweed
never paid any official any bribc. as he
bad already-stated.
The investigation will be continued
on Saturday.