The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-20
ROBBERS ROBBED.
The wealthy Mistresses OF Tweed's old
New York Ring.


asked my informant what had beoC me
Of Mr.. Tweed's mistress, whose name need
not give, as all who know it will not require
il ana 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 sac
has handsome home, very nicely furnish
ed and arranged, with horses, carriages, etc.
She got about 81 10000 from Mr.. Tweed
while he was still flush, and has undoubt'
edly kept considerable portion OF 1t. Her
sister, wholives with her, was at one time the
mistress OF a very important leader and pub
l,c 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 his mistress house. The other per
son had family by the sister Of Tweed s
lady. He lived on Thirty-tourth street with
a legitimate family in OF e house and few
blocks distant was his legitimate family
That other person still goes to see his old
mistress at the mutual home Of the two
sisters, but poor Tweed, he lost his liberty
and life through his mistrss,--died OF ap
! prehensi0n and ennui in Jail"
Who were those mistresse's'
They were the daughters of an old gam
bier named Moore, as unders and. About
thirty years ago fine-ooking, gerteel gam
1 bier in New York wasa novelty, and Moore
was OF this kind, lie wa. a live handsome,
shapely man Of accomplished address, You
know Ransom, a gambler now in New
York? Well, he was as good-looking q man
! :
time the fashionable street of New York
was BECKER, and great promenade was
! from Blocker street down to Prince. re'
quently saw in those days two beautiful
women, superior in appearance to any wO'
men ON Roadway. lnquiring who thty
were, ! was told they were Moore daush.
tiers, Both married, and, being much par,
sued and little OtlC1l0r from their parent,
age, they became the misIresses of two great
leaders in the ring, one OF whom, however
never was prosecuted, il, indeed, he wa,
ever guilty
You told me, said |, that Tweed lost
| his liberty through his mistress.
YES, 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
/ VIC llllN uulSb w III lNtl Ntti was lGltl
once or twice and not convicted, through
setting mp the jury, ETC., but information
was obtained that Henry Clinton and the
other lawyers in the prosecution, all acting
under the direction of Charles OCouor
meant to try him CLAIM and again from
county to county til they got him convict
ed. He went to California at one time and
was notified there to leave the country
lie said No; he would come back and fac,
it, His mistress really brought him back
20 New York. AT last he became seriously
alarmed and was ready to 20 away, bat he
wanted his mistress to 70 along. She refus
ed to leave New York. She may have had
lover of her own here. At any rate, she
did not go, and Tweed had not the strength
of mind, nor even the strength of fear, to 70
without her. SO they bounced on him, put
him in suit OF stripes, gave him that awful
term on Blackwel's Island, which took tn,
heart from him. and finally, after his lligh
and return, he died"