The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-04-18
rwEED's EEpExTAxcE.
The Romano. of MS Eseen. Life.


! publish carefully compiled account
vi r~eed's iiisbt aud exile, written
from dIaiy keeps bs Tweed dur,ug
} his piigrImsges OF LaGi1w S,reel
jail, in Florida, Cubs aud Spain.
TDe following is rrsume of the rog
Dautlc story, which occupies several
pages vi he Heeklg:
Ibe uafsaBdsd announcements If
tie dealn oi Charles OCouur, 80. u
Toe begInDIDg Of Deccu.ber, 1873.
as read iu Lugl,a Stfee j al b,
T~eed shh "a l.eIiog the. reverse Of
~ has might be supposed. The an
ticIpaieo event when excited - much
sOrruw 10 he eutife Community. was
more keeuIy i-li uy hiu tna1 by any
body else. lie was engaged ut The
lime IN negoua,i us for his release.
The propositions for restitution aud q
setuement wilb The STATE bF himself
and nls fesi5w delInqaents sere Ia
.yoruJiy en,eftuiued, one uf tie las
partners of Edwards Piesrep5nG has.
rug the ma,,er Ia maud IL the event
ot The de.ease of 0'Coror, Tweed
rIsiSShaL there Mas no otner persoo
o5t- M De cUnid hope 10 seul. ;,
s1ao ESt.ll-- ,sasra ne-was<lsssa
seemed 80 b, p-less an entaDglemrlt
That ne Tell into utter despair. He
Dad bat,lrd for Yeats already With
out result, except thal be mad sqaaR-
dered his III gotIen riches upoo law
s-rs aud Ou Courts, suffered Impris-
onmeats With tne prospects Of !. lie
,erm lu Ludlow Street Jail. in ex-
change Tor ais previous place in Up
prnl,entiary or Biaesaell's Island
Worse lhsn all else, ne had sacrificed
bis property, piece by piece, az ram
ous prices, uLder the cloud of legal
attscbment- 10 raise the fees for
carrying vn his legal battles This
nau reduced bis means 50 that ID
View vi disastrous shrinkage and
foreclosures be fund himself
brought lace 10 face With actual
bankruptcy Tie approaching trial
Of the great $4,000 900 sui. against
nia threatened demand upon his
cash resources for fees which b,
plainly be saw should fail 10 answer.
Ills remsiniug Possessions we're
nvt available to rsl-e read. moGey
aud credit, especially with tie ias
ysrs, was out 0f tbe question.
FLIGHT RESOLVED on
His money gone, his courage trose
down also, sad ns resolved Oh aght
as the rensdy both ioE his bansfup4-
cy and hls n0peless imprisonment
CvGlu be obtain bis liberty, be might /
save s0D- fragments of his eeta.e.
HIS cos,ly aud nunerous counseliors
mad deSerIed h,@ IN ba.Isllons, ana
with bis shfiokIsg purse came a0i
only . change 0f nis temper, baL of
nls advisers and feli0wets la shorJ,
having lost The gEest laay yeFs aud
pad ses vf tie cJgTss he had created |
aud controlled, be iOesd himself
iore.d 10 iaii 6aek np08 i6elr ciienLs,
hIs isIlS~ pri-oasrs OF tbe ja!L I
fseed's ne->IHate ~ LadiOH Ssrevt
dali was Charley LaaFenee, ibr /
silk smuggier, " hO=e exIFsd ssUn led /
- the s1rogasiua oi the IEeaty @Ita
Eagisnd. he lad previously ceuui-
med with Tweed n Ihe more agreea-
bi- rpheIe of Tie AlBeficaa tiah. |
Ecum Dim Tweed iearHed oil tue d.
TAI. of exls.sBg ira Ies and gEe lss-
on The sanjvcl aud having coacioGs d
On mskIng Dis higtI resolsed 10 orezcn .
Spain as Ilc inO>t rxpedienI snelier-
Aaolher ef he IumsI-s Of he Lad-
lox Street. Jaii S4s Bliss, the euglD-
Ger of the NorshanipsOn beEk reo-
b.rv, also Engaged IN he ceiebrzled
''saie robbery" az " asniagsUn-
TnIs person ~as the first I1 saggvs
~ Tweed TIE Feasibility 0s bis Is
cape. Twe,d would p0i listen to
~scn . thing a. hssG. oss meeting h,s
professioDair selgh5sr daily IN ghe
court yard Of ,he jail, shvre they
took their exercise. the sao3ecs ~
more d.6aIlely discussed abd Ihs
outside friends II TIE professional
being called in, Tseed ~as prrsas-
d.d ii ibe prsesieabsiity II plsu
v hieh they presented asd for the ex
tculIo1 u w Lict De engaged 20 pay
. stipulated zmouas VI money.
Fux6t, Ee had reasoBed, must De nI> (
1sis resist HIS csniereaces With
ais new advisers, pscsliarls skIilsd il
-uca matters, convinced hlgn THAI
his ss.p, il eGierSained .: ali. mnsi
be taken wiIb such abseiateee>> as u
sase no csn6daDts or k4oxlecge OF 4
has pi2a excep, smoag his own
irierds. He must surrender himself /
exclusively To The ecuirol ii lhosr
~ no undertook The job. And sc /
cordingIy no memher cf his sstaily, L
.or biz counsel, nor a5y friend or
persoa whaseSer Of his pesicas cca-
srcsi"s-. kues y oi his prv9osec Hsgh;
.r bad asy part in is sx-e1tier,
ne.thsr usd lnsy know of ans where's
bouss .. say time 1liit u hsc becsr9e
secxsssry for him 80 cymnuoicsie
. ilh the u after bis arrest in Caos bs /,
he Spanish osfeials u