The evening times., 1898-10-15
TWEEDS REFUGE

Santiago, says a correspondent was
once warm place for person, William
Nj. Tweed by name He did not take the
town by assault, but was conveyed init
1t by benevolent fishermen who found
him wandering sunburned and forEorn
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 expiration OF various sins com
m1tted against the treasury of New York
he found that life dragged in Ludlow
street, and he arranged to make his es-
cape Awaiting himself of the lax rules
OF the prison, he drove up TO his house
In Madison avenue for 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 to jamaica. History
JtalOusly guards the name of the yacht
and Mr. Tweed never cared TO dwell upon
his adventures in southern climes
He landed upon the seorching sands of
Cuba within ten miles Of our present
city Of Santiago. The boss was ac-
cOmpanied by a man named Hunt who
was supposed TO have been a faithful
servant He was, as a matter of fact,
a ItIdlIFc "ec1 Hdu secured pass
port before his pTecipitate departure. The
document duly recorded that the bearer
was John Secor," an American citizen
Even the childlike fisher folk who first
harbOred him suspected "JOnu Secor,'
and they watched him narrowly He
aroused their cupidity by Offering them
d gold piece to guide him into the city
Of Santiago. The gold tempted them. and
they guided him safely.
h Tc-Frs Lad n hTy-,
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
ermen were ignorant of the identity of
the men, yet they felt moderately sure
that they had trapped some one for
whose capture 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 ut once
for the United States consul at Santiago,
and demanded TO know what IL meant
that a worthy American citizen should
find himself in such a predicament- The
consul examined the passports of John
SecOr' and made protest 70 the Spanish
authorities In this he was seconded by
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 consuIs he was released.
John SecOr' took up his residence at
one of the less pretentious hotels. He and
his companion did not mingIe much in
the life Of the oldest of Spaniard settle
rlents in this Western Hemisphere He
was regarded with suspicion and even
his champions, the cOnsuls. began to
make furtive inquiries about the benevO-
Ient-lOOking parsonage who had come 10
them in a small boat. The news of the
escape of Tweed had by that time reach
cd 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 to
longer remain in Santiago a spanish
bark was about 10 sail John SecOr' ap-
piled for his passports Sp9qfsh o.Hoials
transact business in a Ieisur=1v nanlf'-r-
They told him that they could not give
him the documents in less han four dsvs
So from July - to July Z6 tne spanish
bark was in waiting. Mr.. Tweed clleer-
fully paid the demurrage charges IIe Sc
cured his passports and set sail fo- Fiso.
Spain
Mr. Hall the consul general had u-c;I'i-
time convinced himself that John Seco-''
was William NJ Tweed Ills telegram 70
the Santiago police ordering the arrest II
Tweed did not. however, reach its ieStira-
ton until several hours after the bark hal
repaired away for tire coast II Spain
officials were waiting al the doc1 when
the bark arrived NJ Vigo, and u WIS not
long afterward that Tweed wa5 IN a
Spanish prison. He was brought hack TO
this country in November. 1875. on the
American man-of-war Franklin