The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-05-18
THE MIGHTY FALLEN
The Sad Fate which has Befallen
the Members ofthe Tammany King.
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The modest eortrgc of twelve carriages
which passed down Broadway to Hamiltpn
Ferry yesterday, scarcely claiming \ passing
tUuk from the thousands that thraTgr,l the
great tIoroushfAre, and which, crossing the
East River, followed tae remains of Wn.iam
Mar, Tweed TO Their last resting place in
the silent city, ss sharply points moral rs
the other circumstances OF the departed
= st.ttssnI; II ;, miserable end If h. had
died in 1874 said Hen. Woliman yes
terlay, Broadway wou.d have lsen fes-
toonei. and every civic and military organ
zstion in New YORK would have turned ou;
td do honor to his memory" Anil Coroner
Whitman ought tn kHo~ what he Is talking
as1Vt, Tor ne was very near Ia . The OH man
in ,hnsc pllmy days whsD Tweed rewarded
his fidelity by making him 5 natnr nf the
Stale If New York Thr windows Of the.
Manhattan C.uh, tllsy wnuid have been cr,,v-
ttrti wftit Democratic swailuwtai.s few
years ago to >rc tie great Tribune Of the
P.ei's 60 by in procession. were empty,
and
NO FLAG FLOATED At HALF MAST
over the City Hail, nr even tl,e stil'undnish-
rslmnnum. nj Of his dynasty. the Cs,ar: II.,uss, :
rs" not even over tito BrnadNay Iank, from
the second f'sT Of which i,s- ruled New York
ari divi.led the swag" down stairs. Not
enc rnl,iem of mourning along the entire
length os the route fr"m Seventy sixth street
to the Battery. half the length oi Manhattan
Island, not sign To show that any onc-
mournrd the fate of the fallen chieffain.
outside Of the dezeh carriages WHICH ioii0w-
ed the uRpretentiols hearse that carriesi his
remains tn The grave Boss Kelly, his sue
cessor. v = mertfy among the mnnrnerS. for
poor Twred ha.l doDe lis hest to serve Kelly
against Tilden IN his last days, anil Kelly
helped sInrten these days by raising hopes
of freedom that were never IN be realized.
One wou!d have thought that some Of the
thousands oi Democrats to whom Twes,i had
gwen place during his busy lite Woili have
turnc,l cut ut his funeral. hut ,l->ertrsl during
tifr-tly tlnsq wh" h',i framed 10 him sn,t
would have iiack,neu his isrts 10 flis says
If his prosperity. he was neglected. eveA in
death Ii Is not the neglect Of forgri.uiue.>.
hut rank ingrstitude, more str,ng tIsn
traitors arms that lreI heipcl 10 yanquish
his a.no,t ininnitn.,ie srlrit.
Tie ln>t ac, in the strange drama in VIII: h
the fallen D.,-s pay,d ea,iing part recalls
the awful b.i.ht that has fsiit-n on hts e4tear-
sge in tl.e. old days ot tie Am,ricu. anil the
B.o~>ou, Twrl. reiea4rl at last, and a;
rest in Gnecnw"ai
FISK SHOT Down
and laid away amnng the bills Of his nasive
prsh4,.sst 4r,.l sss..s Y.4sl ha.iy rlzllvlrel
from tl,e efTsAs hf hi shIrndii rascality.
Peter Brains SwJeny an exile in Paris. aud
AZ lai,crty by h,aligning the memory Of his
drad 1aoti,cr Slippery D.ck cennely ~an-
iering over the face u the earth ike airr-
turissl spirii, now heart Of at the f'a't of
the Pyramid as ClsoIS and anon in the
sIna.es of Mair,l--a l'rnkrn. l,ol,rl,z-s i,an,
with ewes turned wis,faliy To the scenes Of
his former glefies that he dare not rrvisi,; !;
the shadow Of his formrF self. ITarry Genct,
Prince Hall, allowed 70 remain in New