The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-13
NEW YORK.
Boss Tweed Gone 10 His Account
He Died Peacefully at Noon
Yesterday.

Boss Tweed Gone 10 His Account
He Died Peacefully at Noon
Yesterday.
Nxw YoRK, April 12.-Wm. NJ. Tweed
died in the Ludlow street Jail at precisely
12 N. to-day. He was attended by Dr.
Carnochan, who was with him from at
early hour this morning; also, Foster
Dewey, his Secretary; Mr.. Douglas, hi,
son.in.law, and one ot his counsel. AL
hope of his recovery was abandoned soor
after II, when DR.. CarnOchan announced
a cIogging Of the heart and complete
nervous exhaustion. At the time Of hi
death there was NO struggle, as he passed
away in a sleep, with his head lying or
his arm. Keeper Kernin was hurriedly
summoned three minutes before noon
aud, reaching Mr.. Tweeds room
the noon signal rang out, and
the long.prisoned old man dropped back
dead in his bed. His last words to DR.
Carnochau were: II have tried to dc
some good, il l have not had good luck
I am not afraid to die. believe the
guardian angels will protect me-" The
announcement oil his death spread rapid
ly, aud 4 crowd Of curious people soor
assembled outside Of the Jail, peerinu
eagerly through the half closed windows
Mr.. Tweed has been dangerously Ill for
several days, His death resulted from 8
complication OF diseases, but was caused
directly by nervous exhaustion and the
clogging Of the action Of the heart. he
was delirious last evening and early this
morning, when he was attended only by
his servant. Later he became calm and
rational He was conscious till within
Ave minutes Of his death, and short
time before drank little tea, which was
handed to him by his son-in-law, Mr..
Douglass. Most Of Mr.. Tweed's family
are in New Orleans. They were tele,
graphed TO yesterday, but have not had
time to reach the city. Under the stat.
utes the body OF the dead prisoner can't
be removed from the Jail until after eI-
animation by the Coroner.
Mr.. Tweed, shortly before his death,
said to Mr.. Edelstein, u lawyer, some.
thing with reference to the effect on his
health and fortunes, Of his confinement in
j.il. and mentioning some persons by
name, he exclaimed: "They will be salts.
fed now" No member OF his family was
in his-room when be died, although his
daughter, Mrs. Douglass, was in an ad-
joining apartment. His wife, sons Rich.
ard and William ", Jr., and other reIs
tiyes, near and remote, were in Europe,
where they had been for soma months.
His room was sumptuously furnished,
but his meals had been brought to him
from the Jail. His beard was snoW-white
and so was his hsir. His face waa very
thin, but the dimensions Of his figure had
not been perceptibly reduced
Mr.. John D. Townsend, who has lately
been Tweed's counsel, came to the Jail
about half past one o'clock and was pres.
ent at the inquest. To Il reporter Of the
Evening Post Mr. Townsend said that he
had been told by Edelstein that Tweed
made the following remark TO him about
90 minutes before his death: "Tilden and
Fairchild, l guess, have killed me At last.
have tried hard TO do the best | could,
but they wouldn't let me. They will prob.
ably be satisfied when I am carried out
Of here tomorrow"
CoroGer Waltman and Deputy Coroner
cuahman went to the jail this afternoon
tn hold an inquest as the Revised Stat
utes provide that the body Of any
person who dies during confnt-
ment in prison, shall not be removed
till after the coroner's investigation. A
Jury was impannelled and viewed the
body, which lay on the bed where he died.
The deposition OF DR.. Carnochan was
taken and verdict rendered in-aecord-
ance with his statement, in which DR..
Cushman coincided. DR.. Carnoshan Ger.
tiled that death was caused BY pericar.
ditis-Inaammation Of the membranes
around the heart-pneumonta bronchitis
and chronic disease Of the kidneys. BE
added, although this was not included in
the deposition, that death was produced
by the constant excitement under which
Tweed had been laboring.
The body will be removed from the
Jail 10 the house Of bis son.in.laW, Mr.,
Douglass, in 77th street.
THE SUGAR IMPORTERS m CONSULTATION
WITH SHERMAN.
New YORK, April 12.-General sber-
man To day visited the Subtreasury and
Custom House. In the latter place the
Secretary was called on by 'Messrs. Grin
nell, Minturn & Co, and other sugar i'm
porters Of this city. The merchants ex-
pressed their views in regard to the pro.
posed new tariff on sugars. The Secre'
tary said he had no option in the matter
His duty would only be to execute th.
law.