Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-09
THE BALLOT.
Tho Tweed Narrative.

j no 1WGSQS Narrative.
Special Telegram 10 The later ucsan.l
New York, April 5.-The Times
has column article to snow The utter
ialsity of the so-callcd Tweed narra-
tive. After pointing out that Tweed
really escaped about I p. m. as shown
by the police records, where the mar
rative says S,,he Times writer proves
that Tweed did not know his own
residence according tothe story, which
gives it as Fifth avenue and Forty.
third street. He really lived at Madi-
son avenue and Flfty-nintn street
The Times cont .nues "The other
portions, Of the narrative are also Of
the same character. The writer
states that the keepers paftook OF
welcome feast in the dining room,
while the statements published after
! Tweed's flight sll-agree that the party
remained in the parlor. The writer
further says Tweed took the opportu.
nifty, rose also and saying he
would wash in IN adjoining
room, he passed into the ball, closing
the door rs he lett the room. Tweed
did not make any such excuse for leay-
ling the ROOM. He. asked permission
TO be allowed to see his sick wife,
which having been granted, he left the
room, and keeper Hogan saw him go
up stairs. Again the writer says he
saw the hack before the door, whereas
the hack or carriage was, it is admit
ted, balf block away. The FloridA
story is exceedingly Improbable. The
lighthouse business is absurd. The.
lighthouses are few along the west
Icoast, aud not one OF them that is not
such resort for winter pieaslire-seek
|ers from the north that Tweed could
mot have maintained his incoghito for
two days. Indeed, it is not probable
he could have done.so outside Of The
Everglades undcrtany circumstances.
i Not dwelier from ose emu OF tho
Ithinly populated coast TO the other
Who is uot acquainted with everybody
] else. Qlfis.als ike llghlhonse keepers
4 of life savipg stations, poslmen, Gus
tom house officers, and pesscns posses
sh.g any authorny Of any kind whas
ever are particu atly wei known eve
|ry where But abeye ali Others, those
who are or have ern III The nab.s Of
acting rs guides 10 npyihcluers, or
who have had s+rstHll d issaas, ssaas e4as !,
are continually inlhe mouths of every
other person OF their calling. Such
men a> Hunt,,he Times core pendent,
is never head mentioned, although
; several of tie most tsmous GU des
and Iuntcrs. Granting Tho ex,s-
tcnce et the unkawn guide named
Hun; it is possible lie might have
. eiTeclually- hidden Tweed in some Of
the many isslpessess Of ,he u esiof,
but it would be necessary for hTn TU
know his man and TO be constantly OF
/. alert TO prevent discovery On the sup
position Of tie story that he was una.
ware Of the character of his employer
= ,ba. theory is u,serly absurd. 1t il
equally improbable, under such cir
cumstances that the guide would leave
Florida and 60 to Cuba and Spain, as
Hunt is represented TO havr done
Then i. is Impossible to reconcile tle
: statements that Hunt WAS !oca
character, residing on the Lagoon
: aud having haunts i'll the everglades
hesides the everglades have beer
very seldom penetrated by white men
There are only one or-tw1 persous or
: 1.-The whole west coast, Who VIII at
J. tempt to enter them, with REASONABLE,
/ probability OF success. The costume
!, described as, that common % denizen
.of the coast, lis one that if SEN thcr,
would seilfjF-ess stt he he wtHrvr to as rnuci
Y annoyance from prying curiosity as i
II would on Broadway Higi, iack boot
pistols, belt. aud blanket are neve
worn in Florida Ii is preposieron
to suppose that he csnla have ffyet
s. near St. Augustine Is single day with
y Hout discovery, md finally asserte'
forty miles brought Tweed ard hi
companion from ST.. Angus inc to ;h
coas, Of Cuba, distance Of 500 mile,
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