The times., 1898-10-14
TWEED'S REFUGE.
His Unhappy Experience at Santiapo
icnrs Ago.

santiago, says a correspondent. was
once warm place for a person Wirisr,
NJ Tweed by name He did not take the
town by assault, but was conveyed init
II oy benevolent fishermen, who found
him wandering sunburned and forIor,
upon the desolate Cuban coast. Cottages
and huts are occasionally pointed out as
the abode Of the great boss who fled
from Ludlow street Jail to make his home
among a strange people. Nobody knows
exactly how Tweed reached Santiago
when he should have been in Jail attend
iEg TO the expiation of various sins COM
mitted against the treasury OF New York
He found that life dragged in Ludlow
street and he arranged to make his es-
cape. Availing himself of the lax rules
OF the prison, he drove up to his house
in Madison avenue for a change of appar-
el, and subsequently took passage on an
American yacht, which put him ashore
upon the coast of Cuba, after which she
pursued her course 10 Jamaica. History
jealously guards the name of the yacht,
and Mr.. Tweed never cared TO dwell upon
his adventures in southern climes
He landed upon the scorching sands Of
Cuba within ten miles of our present
city of Santiago. The boss" was ac-
eompanied by man named Hunt who
was supposed to have been a faithful
servant. He was, as a matter Of fact,
a relative. Tweed had secured pass
port before his precipitate departure. The
document duly recorded that the bearer
was John Secor." an American citizen.
Even the chiIdlike fisher folk who first
harbored him suspected John Secor."
and they watched him narrowly He
aroused their cupidity by Offering them
a gold piece to guide him into the city
of Santiago. The gold tempted them. and
they guided him safely.
n
TO the nearest hotel. They made sure Of
the gold piece which he had offered them,
and then conducted him and his COM
panion to police headquarters. The fish
ernen were ignorant of the identity of
the men. yet they felt moderately sure
that they had trapped some one for
whose capture a large sum might be paid
Righteous Indignation rested upon the
face of the boss when he was informed
that he was under arrest. He sent at once
for the United States consul at Santiago,
and demanded to know what ii meant
that a worthy American citizen should
fnd himself in such a predicdment. The
| consul examined the passports Of John
| Secor'' and made protest to the Spanish
| authorities. In this he was seconded by
I Mr. Ransden. the British consul Mr..
| Tweed had in the meantime been i'm
prisoned on a Spanish warship in the
! harbor. Through the representations Of
/ the consuls he was released
John Secor'' took up his residence at
/ one of the less pretentious hotels. He and
I his companion did not mingle much in
I the life OF the oldest of Spaniard settle
ments in this Western Hemisphere. He
I was regarded with suspicion. and even
his champions. the consuls. began to
make furtive inquiries about the benevO-
lent-looking parsonage who had come TO
them in a small boat. The news of the
escape of Tweed had by that time reach
/ ed Cuba. and the United States consul
| general at Havana was making searching
| inquiries.
| Things reached such a pass that Mr..
/ Tweed concluded that he did not care 10
7 longer remain in Santiago \ Spanish
( bark was about TO sail. John secor ap-
/ piled for his passports. Sp9aish O.Icials
! transact business in a leisuralv manner
] They told him that they could not give
/ him the documents in less han four DAYS.
/ So from July % to July 2s the Spanish
| bark was in waiting. Mr.. Tweed cheer
/ fully paid the demurrage charges. He Sc
| cured his passports and set sail fo- N'S0,
! Spain.
| Mr.. Hall the consul general had n-can-
| time convinced himself that John Secor'
was William NJ. Tweed. His telegram 10
| the Santiago police ordering the arrest Of
| Tweed did not however, reach its destina-
| tion until several hours after the bark hal
| repaired away for TIE coast of Spain.
! OfffciaIs were waiting at the dock when
/ the bark arrived at Vigo. and II was not
| long afterward that Tweed was i'll n
Spanish prison He was brought hack to
this country in November. 1875. OIL the
American man-of-war Franklin