The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-04-26

ty for fear of misinterpretation. PFi-
vate sympathy be had in many QUAR-
tiers, but the force of pitiless circum-
stances had caught him fast, as be-
tween the upper and neither millstones.
He arrived at home on the flagship
Franklin, in the autumn of 1875, and
was consigned 20 the sheriff's custody,
co keep until he Should furnish three
million dollars of bail. For seventeen
months he stayed in the debtors jail,
Ludlow street, appearing in frequent
court proceedings and examinations.
He gave up all his property, made a
confession, acknowledged Judgment,
ETC., vet faith was broken with MIN
and he could not get his freedom.
Meantime, the whole period had put on
new face; men had grown stern and
economical and government rigorous.
Against the prison bars Tweeds impa-
tient spirit fluttered until his heart
Overlooked, and, like another Osceola,
he looked out at nature and died in
captivity.
HIS LAST WORLDLY DAYS.
Tweed came home from Spain thin
and hearty with exercise. He loved
nature and sailing, and he told me
that ne could amuse himself all day at
sea, playing Solitaire with deck
of cards. 81 would have been happy
forever in a foreign land" he said,
wishing TO see nobody. My life has
been a failure in everything. There
is nothing l am proud OFF,
Around this man on every side, like
fruits to Tantalus, assistance reached
but dill not clasp. The new boss OF
New York-John Kelly-was outspok-
en- for relief OF Tweed. The sheriff,
Riley, who took charge of his jail, al
most loved him, and Tweed occupied
the household apartments of sheriff
Riley's sister, who kept the jail. Yet,
like the hapless prisoner ia the iron
mask, Tweed was the affliction of his
well-wishers and more miserable by
their kindness.
Taking no exercise his kidneys be-
came affected, and he was ordered by
DIR. Carnochan to inject about gal
Ion of fluid into his bladder every day
with an India rubber reservoir. He
also had heart disease immensely accel-
Grated by the air of the Jail, mental in
difference and hopelessness. Tweed
never spoke against any body, except
Judge Davis, who abused him when
sentencing him, and Fairchild, the boy
ish Encouragement OF Tiiden. He
never went out of jail except under
orders OF the courts, but once, when a
politician in Fifty-filh street died
Tweed said to Major Quincy:
81 would like to go there and see my
humble friends corpse. Can 1 gO?'
The MAJOR took him there. Said
Tweed: 81 would like to go visit nay
daughter, Mrs. Douglas, at Seventy
second street." He stayed there fifteen
minutes. Said the major: "Tweed
| xuac OhaIianf dor Lind a no
rent. He was one of the best prisoners
I ever had. In my judgment he died
OF mental as well as physical pain; i
there is such thing, his heart was
| broken.
| 1t was the belief in the sheriff's Office
that TWeed's family in Europe had
been provided for, because Rich.
ard Tweed never returned home and
now lives in Paris, and Mrs Tweed
and the younger children recently
crossed the ocean and are now IL
Rome. "Tweed could pay for every.
thing in JAIL" said the deputy sheriff
she never seemed apprehensive abou
money"
Mr.. Tweed was an interesting com
panion-open, merry, liberal. He was
without disguise later in life, and neve
palliated his own offenses. He said II
me, when L asked him if his wife stooC
by him:
"She is Gods own handlwork
| There's nothing against her except
that she has got n worthless husband
like me-"
Tweed's sensitiveness was not offer
suspected in his flush days, but it al
ways existed, and came out strong at
ter his trials, and finally absorbed TIN
livelier part of his nature. He died a
least penitent. He suffered more thar
mere blows and hard labor-the insult
of his own conscience and pride 2
well as the fury of the world. GATH