The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-24
ROBBERS ROBBED.
The Wealthy Mistresses of Tweed's old
New York Ring.

The Wealthy Mistresses of Tweed's old
New York Ring.
l asked my informant what had become
f Mr.. Tweed's mistress, whose name need
not give, as all who know it will not require
it and those who do not know need not.
Said he: "She is living with her sister at
a small town on the shores of Long Island
Sound, not far from New York, where she
has handsome home, very nicely furnish
ed and arranged, with horses, carriages, etc.
She got about 81 100000 from Mr.. Tweed
while he was still flush, and has undoubt-
eddy kept considerable portion of it. Her
sister, who lives with her, was at one time the
mistress of very important leader and pub
tic office in New York. The two men were
entirely unaware, though they were doing
business with each other every day, that
their mistresses were sisters. Each had
given hi. mistress house. The other per-
SON had family by the sister of Tweed's
lady. He lived on Thirty fourth street with
legitimate family in one house and few
blocks distant was his lille gitimate family
That other person still goes to see his old
sisters, but poor Tweed, he lost his liberty
and life through his mistress-died OF ap
prehension and ennui in jail"
who were those mistresse's"
"They were the daughters of an old gam
bier named Moore, as understand. About
thirty years ago tine-looking, genteel gam
bier in New York was novelty, and Moore
was of this kind. He was a live, handsome,
shspely man of accomplished address. You
know Ransom, gambler now in New
York? Well, he was as good-looking man
| as Ransom IN his best days. About this
time the fashionable street of New York
was Blocker, and a great promenade was
from Blocker street down to Prince. FREE
quently saw in those days two beautiful
women, superior in appearance to any wo-
men on Broadway. Inquiring who they
were, was told they were Moore's daugh.
ters Both married, and, being much pur'
sued and little offcolor from their parent
age, they became the mstresses of two great
leaders in the ring one of whom, however,
never was prosecuted, if, indeed, he was
you told me, said 1. that Tweed lost
his liberty through his mistress.
Eyes, he was deeply enamored of her
Tweed had gross animal nature, and this
woman when he met her was in the ma
turity of her beauty. She is now probably
about forty years of age or more. When
the ring burst up in 1871 Tweed was tried
once or twice and not convicted, through
setting up the jury, ETC., but information
was obtained that Henry Clinton and the
other lawyers in the prosecution, all acting
under the direction Of Charles 0'Conor,
meant to try him CLAIM and again from
county to county til thev got him convict
ed. He went TO California at one time and
was notified there TO leave the country.
He said: No; he would come back and face
| it, His mistress really brought him back
| 20 New York A. last he became seriously
alarmed and was ready to go away, bat be
wanted his mistress to 10 along. She refus-
ed to leave New York. She may have had
did not 90, and Tweed had not the strength
Of mind, nor even the strength of fear, to 10
without her. SO they bounced on him, put
him in suit OF stripes, gave him thataw
term on BlacKwell's Island, which took the
heart from him. and finally, aher his flight
and return, he died"