Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-13
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED.
THE STORY OF A MOST REMARK.
ABLE HAN.

II
ABLE HAN.
His Rise rrem Poverty % Aniuesee
ny sa Unparalleled system OF
Neutrality-suspicious. of the Charse-
serissics OF the Man His LosE
aansrtsg and Ftsai Death I'm
Ladisw street yaii.
In a ell.furnished but ealously-guarded
room in Ludlow street Jail. New iork.
yesterday. while tho chimes Of old Trinity
were proclaiming MONDAY. while children
were hurrying yaily from their schools,
and the honest nottingham was going to
enjoy the dinner that he had honorably
earned in the sweat Of his brow, the soul
Of q great man was waited away. No ten
der.hearted woman WAS by to smooth the
pillow upon which his restive head re-
elined. OF to receive the last words Of the
dying man. Around his he'd were clus'
tered three men. who hal shared prosper
ity with him. and were there TO do the
last friendly Offices. Ludlow street Jail
IL situated In the lower part Of tho great
city. ON tho eastern side, and surrounded
by tenement houses. stores and markets.
Tho air is never pure In this locality. and
within tho walls Of the gloomy prison it's
close and offensive. Here. under lock and
key. closely watched by the guardians OF
tho Law. william N. Tweed took his last
farewell Of earth. and gazed his last upon
tho slums Of that great city ever which he
hal once ruled with an iron hand. II was
. gloomy ending 10 . life that at one time
gave promise Of u~nnumbered years OF al
mos, boundless power.
4 GREAT NAN.
We have referred 10 Tweed asa great
man /; and so he was. and 50 hs will DO
remembered by those who knew him best.
That hs WAS, in many respects. . bold. bad
man. none will deny ; but greatness Is not
incompatible with badness. and some Of
tho worlds most noteworthy men have
not been models TO which the rising gen.
Grafton could DO probably referred IS eH.
amplss 10 he followed. William Tweed's
s'eA'ness Wa 80
notably IN . great. warm, o,etnowins
heart, that went out 10 humanity as natu.
rally a. the rivers dow TO the sea. He
was . man OF resources, anu nAa
he trained the same quaiines OF MIMI
which made HIN master OF New io,s, III
some nobier ohsnnei, ms nAne Mouiu nAvs
been embiaxoned hign up on the scroii o'
honor. and he would have peeh n''hg u,
day. . shining marx. IA u Is, MANY VIII
mantle his memory anu an uhenA.',ao,o
and unieelins World wiii waste Dut h.uo
sympathy over MS early ueath. nous
Ands OF hearts whom ms man hAs
eheered. arc to-dAy mourning ns w.
timely taking on, and wherever you nna =
poor man nome IN the ei,y q. Ne" IoIA'
you VAL nnd . temple IN wnish 'ns m
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Mr. Tweed VA. horn in New York CITY
on the third OF April, 1893, and was there
for. af,v.avs ,e,rs and nine day. old At
,,s ,,us n, bis death. M. parsnts were
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10 a. r.a.h III .,,Ji.I h.rJ
tented 81 the bench lie stuuieu nAru.
mastered enough law 70 s.n samission 70
The bar, ana prse,eeJ ,n,s p.oae ~.Sa
LOT some VINE ho "ou'' nv'v ~. ~
great awe, nows'er, VIZ ~ 1oys,s
emorseins inc prolession WI snnpiy J"
sam s'sPp.ns s'one so.ne p1.t r srSs
shien ne en'e'eu ~ NV 49, s"e"nn
oe,ns saee'eu aiu.'sn nvr o,A =, ="
1904, mere no ~ on.e hususuIa~u WI
pseuli,i system Oh cumming VI sleeuon.
ne neIu VIA. s.sys ~.so"'y
tAln py s,umns p.i'oopne'' anu emP'pyy
ing expert 9oun.eis, ne msnasea hs
taenes 20 wen tha' IN uhe 'uee,eu,ns .sa,,
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Dossiso rnE cirf.
lie served but one term in Congress, |
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